Uncovering dark oxygen revealed just how little is known about the deep ocean, and the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ, in particular.The region is being explored for the deep-sea mining of rare ...

New research challenges a long-held assumption about oxygen in the deep sea, with scientists finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

Dark oxygen refers to oxygen produced at extreme ocean depths without the involvement of photosynthesis. This process occurs on the deep ocean floor, where light cannot penetrate.

"Dark oxygen" is being produced deep in the ocean, and scientists are baffled by the strange phenomenon, according to a new study. In science class, kids learn that plants need sunlight to do ...

Uncovering dark oxygen revealed just how little is known about the deep ocean, and the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ, in particular.The region is being explored for the deep-sea mining of rare ...

The discovery of dark oxygen 13,000 feet (4,000 m) below the waves, where no light can penetrate, challenges scientists' belief that Earth's oxygen is only naturally produced through ...

Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' created without photosynthesis It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being ...

Sweetman and his team discovered the phenomenon, dubbed “dark oxygen,” accidentally while sampling the seabed over 13,000 feet down in a 1.7 million square mile swath of seafloor located ...

Uncovering dark oxygen revealed just how little is known about the deep ocean, and the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ, in particular.The region is being explored for the deep-sea mining of rare ...

Dark oxygen and the search for extraterrestrial life. Officials at NASA are interested in the research on dark oxygen production because it could inform scientific understanding of how life might be ...