The discovery of dark oxygen has shifted our understanding of the deep sea and potentially life on Earth. But we still don’t ...

Scientists at the University of St. Andrews found that seals can detect blood oxygen levels, allowing them to plan dives and ...

A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

The seals’ ability to detect the amount of oxygen in their blood may help them make diving decisions and avoid drowning.

Some scientists have challenged the claim that so-called "dark oxygen" is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed ...

A scientific debate has emerged regarding the possibility of producing 'dark oxygen' without sunlight ... "Greenpeace has long campaigned to stop deep sea mining from beginning in the Pacific ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

The research that gave rise to the dark oxygen discovery was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining business, The Metals Company, that wanted to assess the ecological impact of such exploration.

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called ...

Environmentalists said the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme depths, and supported their case that deep-sea mining posed unacceptable ecological ...

Environmentalists said the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme depths, and supported their case that deep-sea mining posed unacceptable ecological ...