In a recent opinion article, marine scientists and electrochemists listed a number of reasons why it's unlikely that metallic ...

A bold claim that the deep ocean floor produces oxygen without any sunlight has drawn sharp scientific pushback, with critics arguing the proposed mechanism violates fundamental laws of thermodynamics ...

Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...

You are taught early in science that oxygen on Earth comes from sunlight. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light to split water and release oxygen, shaping the atmosphere and making complex life ...

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 "dark ...

Researchers have unveiled plans to investigate the mysterious production of ‘dark oxygen’ on the sea floor — large amounts of the gas that seem to be coming from a region too deep for sunlight to ...

High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.