Metal Rocks That Produce Dark Oxygen on Earth May Sustain Alien Life Too

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a proposition on how dark oxygen may sustain life on other moons and planets
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#darkoxygen #aliens #extraterrestrial

0:00 Dark oxygen produced by manganese nodules
2:10 Do these exist elsewhere?
2:52 What we know about these nodules
4:55 These could exist in any watery location, but what about moons of Jupiter?
6:00 How large these organisms could get
7:15 Could support a lot of life anywhere
8:10 Still a lot of unanswered questions
8:45 Why this is still so exciting
9:20 What needs to be done

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[appalingbehaviour]

Just realised I normally smash the Like button when Anton says "hello wonderful person".

[Matt-irr]

ANTON, -> BEST SCIENCE CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE BY FAR! GREAT JOB!

[paullukens]

Hello Anton. I have two thoughts (retired American Biology teacher living in central Thailand) concerning your video today. The footage of the ocean floor showing these rocks (your video) it looks as though these nodules are in "rows" of some sort? Too deep for wave action to do this? Second, I think we have these nodules here, around our home in the woods. My daughter and I have collected thousands of rocks (amateur geologists) and I think we have them here on dry land, but it used to be an ocean. Thanks. As always... great videos.

[dritzzdarkwood]

This is why it is imperative that we sign petitions and financially support environmental groups that combat the move to mine the ocean floors!

[LordDustinDeWynd]

Howdy from Temple, Texas, USA! Great content!

[GregMoe-fzlb]

Anton this video is amazing to me, I just did a research presentation about polymetallic nodules and "dark oxygen" and you have been the reason I've been so interested in this topic and the repercussions of deep sea mining. Big props to you for inspiring the youth, and keep up the great videos!

[danielvest]

I can see a future where industry uses the metals contained in these formations then some non-profit is going to have to re-create them and put them back in place.

[jimcurtis]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🫡😊

[ephimp]

the funny thing is that this discovery happened because a rich CEO type really wanted to strip mine these nodules off the ocean floor and commissioned a study on environment impacts with hopes that these are just useless rocks that will have no impact on environment. I bet that CEO is super pissed now for "wasting" his money

[BrittSama]

Love seeing Anton smile in the thumbnail! It immediately made me smile too 💜

[marknovak]

Dark Oxegen should be a 'hold your horse' on seabed mining item to research.

[marcoflumino]

I wonder... Anton is anyone trying to calculate the amount of oxygen used by life worldwide? Because if someone can estimate the amount, we can see if is any other process that produce O2 for the planet, thus seeing if or what we missing in the puzzle.

[AayushSinghOriginal]

Thank you for the video like always Anton!

Just feel that sound quality could be a lot better, thank you!

[swmiwindnsolar]

Enjoyed your presentation on Dark Oxygen.

[moondogaudiojones]

Did not know this! Hope we find out something soon. Thanks Anton!

[johnbirkenhauer]

I love Anton, even when he gets over-excited. That's what science needs more of.

[patrickbureau]

Thiz NEWZ ROCKZ !
THX COUZIN
🌺🍀⚜️🇨🇦⚜️🍀🌺

[darkhorseman]

They grow faster when we get solar flares. Solar flares are linked to the manganese nodules within them.

Even that deep in the ocean.

[holdmybeers]

Do you play No Mans Sky, Anton? Bet you do. Thanks for these awesome videos

[Core-vumc]

If they grow that slowly, wouldn't they get covered with sediment? I'm also wondering how this discovery impacts the "great oxygenation event" as we understand it.