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Discovery of 'Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean Floor
Researchers led by Andrew Sweetman uncover 'dark oxygen' in the Pacific's Clary and Clipperton zone through polymetallic nodules, revealing a unique oxygen production phenomenon 4,000 meters deep without photosynthesizing organisms, possibly through nodules acting as a geobattery and undergoing electrolysis.