Discovery of 'dark oxygen' from deep-sea metal lumps could trigger rethink of origins of life #news

In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen."

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[brandonferrel]

How fast is this process because I’m sitting here thinking about if this can be utilized in hydrogen engines some how to make them more efficient

[thomas]

I live in Hawaii, it's simple, we have lave tubes and off the big island we uh discover fresh water is release from lava tube, off Honolulu had one too. A company tryed to used that water that very cold to cool off Honolulu downtown business building. They gave up. We have lot of water so it just wasted water.

[granvillesemmesiv]

I feel like I’ve observed something like this in my reef tank. I’m just an amateur .