We know surprisingly little about the deep ocean or the strange creatures that live there. These unusual animals have evolved ...

Deep in the ocean, scientists discovered the presence of "dark" oxygen, which is oxygen produced without photosynthesis. Oxygen was previously thought to require light to be produced; the new ...

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In July 2024, the team finally published their findings in Nature Geoscience, calling the phenomenon dark oxygen.It’s unclear what’s causing it — Sweetman is preparing to investigate further next year ...

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Parts of the Atlantic Ocean are again much warmer than normal, priming Europe for more extreme heat this summer.

Scientists have discovered giant mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean around 250 miles off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, a country in west Africa. Made of mud and sand, these massive ...

The study, titled "Deep ocean cooling and freshening from Subpolar North Atlantic reaches Subtropics at 26.5°N," was published March 26, 2025, in the journal Nature Communications, Earth ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found evidence of oxygen production near polymetallic nodules located deep in the ocean. Called dark oxygen, this oxygen is being produced ...

Deep in the ocean, scientists discovered the presence of "dark" oxygen, which is oxygen produced without photosynthesis. Oxygen was previously thought to require light to be produced; the new ...