Scientists Discover “Dark Oxygen” Deep in the Pacific And It’s Shocking
- Publish date: Wednesday، 06 May 2026 Reading time: 1 min read
Scientists Discover “Dark Oxygen” Deep in the Pacific And It’s Shocking
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Oceanographers recently stunned the scientific community by discovering that oxygen is being produced in the pitch-black depths of the Pacific Ocean. Previously, it was believed that only photosynthetic organisms could generate Earth's oxygen supply using sunlight. This groundbreaking finding, located four kilometers below the surface, suggests that polymetallic nodules act like "geobatteries," splitting water molecules to release oxygen without any light, effectively rewriting our fundamental understanding of how life might begin.