Headline: Discovery of 'Dark Oxygen' in Deep Ocean Defies Previous Oxygen Production Theories
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Researchers have found that metallic nodules on the deep ocean floor are generating oxygen in the absence of light a phenomenon previously thought impossible, reports BBC. Traditionally, it was believed that oceanic oxygen production depended solely on sunlight-driven photosynthesis by marine plants. However, at depths of 5 kilometers, where sunlight doesn’t reach these metal nodules are breaking down seawater into hydrogen and oxygen revealing a new, non-biological method of oxygen generation.
Keywords: Dark Oxygen,Deep Ocean,Metallic Nodules,Oxygen Production,Light Absence,Photosynthesis,Non-Biological Oxygen Generation,Sunlight,Seawater Breakdown,Hydrogen,Oceanic Discoveries,Marine Science
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