In deep-sea environments devoid of sunlight ... The findings raise the possibility that nodules could have been the source of that oxygen to help life get started, says Sweetman.

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the ... the future of deep-sea mining.

but the rocks also often serve as the only anchoring point for many delicate deep-sea creatures. Now a new study suggests the nodules are able to produce oxygen about 4,000 m below the ocean’s ...

“That’s when we said ‘My god, we have another source of oxygen,’” says Sweetman ... Science News sponsorship position. Deep-sea mining of the metallic nodules would stir up plumes ...

This unexpected source of “dark oxygen,” as it’s called ... such a moratorium is so important for protecting these deep-sea nodules in a comment to the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition ...

This discovery that the nodules may be a source of oxygen for the deep sea has major implications in terms of how life on our planet may have begun. "For aerobic life to begin on the planet ...

On the floor of the ocean, there are small mineral deposits known as polymetallic nodules, which may be as small as ... so that we do not deplete the oxygen source for deep-sea life," noted study ...

New research suggests that polymetallic nodules on the deep-sea floor may produce oxygen, a conclusion that could have enormous consequences for mining companies. Above, Gerard Barron, chairman ...

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the ... the future of deep-sea mining.