The ocean might be deep and mysterious, but not all of its life is bathed in darkness. Close to 90% of marine ecosystems ...

The Atlantic Ocean may have formed millions of years earlier than previously thought, igniting a period of climate change, scientists found.

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Metals on the ocean floor produce 'dark oxygen' 13,000 feet below the surface Finding challenges assumption only photosynthetic organisms generate oxygen Metals on the deep-ocean floor produce ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found evidence of oxygen production near polymetallic nodules located deep in the ocean. Called dark oxygen, this oxygen is being produced ...

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The study, titled "Deep ocean cooling and freshening from Subpolar North Atlantic reaches Subtropics at 26.5°N," was published March 26, 2025, in the journal Nature Communications, Earth ...

the color appears dark in the deep waters and helps the squid hide from predators. During the day the strawberry squid swims around in the twilight zone of the Atlantic Ocean in a range of about ...

Mining activity could negatively affect the seafloor ecosystem, scientists warn. Rare metals on deep sea and ocean floors miles below the surface produce "dark oxygen," and mining these minerals ...