In deep-sea environments devoid of sunlight ... The findings raise the possibility that nodules could have been the source of ...

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

Created over millions of years, manganese nodules along the abyssal plain contain many of the metals needed to make batteries ...

Researchers from Boston University have made a startling discovery: rocks are producing "dark oxygen" in a region currently ...

Adepth Minerals also criticized the researchers for not measuring whether hydrogen was created. Hydrogen would also be formed ...

These deep-sea rocks, called polymetallic nodules, don't only host a surprising number of sea critters. A team of scientists that includes Boston University experts has discovered they also produce ...

“There’s already overwhelming evidence that strip mining deep-sea nodule fields will destroy ... knowing they may be a significant source of oxygen production.” Prof Sweetman added ...

The discovery raises concerns about the potential negative impacts of deep sea mining on this newly found oxygen source and the wider ... of copper and manganese nodules lying on the seabed.

Mining of rare metals on deep sea and ocean floors miles below the ... It is difficult to estimate how much oxygen polymetallic nodules produce on a broader scale, but the ability for this oxygen ...

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

In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, about 12,000 feet below the surface, lies a region called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ...

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