4,000 Meters Below Sea Level, Scientists Find Surprising ‘Dark Oxygen’.

Headline photo by Darren Orf

Scattered across the abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized prize for mining companies in search of the resources needed for the green energy revolution. of people. A new study analyzing these features reveals that these rock formations can produce “dark oxygen” 4,000 meters below sea level … Read more

This week in science: Chimpanzee ‘conversations’, deep-sea oxygen and tidal waves

This week in science: Chimpanzee 'conversations', deep-sea oxygen and tidal waves

AILSA CHANG, HOST: It’s time for a regular science roundup with our friends at NPR’s Short Wave podcast, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello both of you. REGINA MOTHEBELI, ABOUT THAT: Hello. EMILY KWANG, OUTSIDE: Hello. CHANG: Hello. Okay, so how this works – I love when we explain this all the time – is … Read more