TIL about 'Dark Oxygen', which is produced on the Ocean Floor by Lumps of Metal

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TIL about 'Dark Oxygen', which is produced on the Ocean Floor by Lumps of Metal

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Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months ago

Scientists Discover 'Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean Floor Generated—Surprisingly—by Lumps of Metal

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Researchers found that electric currents from polymetallic nodules are behind this alchemy—the same minerals that deep-sea miners are targeting

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