A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

The research that gave rise to the dark oxygen discovery was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining business, The Metals Company, that wanted to assess the ecological impact of such exploration.

Environmentalists said the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme depths, and supported their case that deep-sea mining posed unacceptable ecological ...

The discovery questions long-held assumptions about the origins of life on Earth Environmentalists said the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme ...

Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark oxygen" is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed. Get any of our free email newsletters — news ...

Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark oxygen" is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed.