Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean seemed to produce oxygen without sunlight ...

The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...

Oxygen minimum zones occur naturally in midwater areas of the ocean,generally from 100-1,000 m depth, and can also occur in partially enclosed areas such as the Black and Baltic Seas. Ocean ...

Scientists who recently discovered that metal lumps on the dark seabed make oxygen, have announced plans to study the deepest ...

Professor Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues set out to measure seafloor respiration but instead stumbled upon a hidden ecosystem capable of producing oxygen. The most crucial ...

Prof Sweetman, addressing concerns raised by mining companies such as Canada's Metals Company, stated that upcoming experiments would provide conclusive evidence. He advocated for a cautious approach, ...

Some areas of the Tropical Ocean harbor very productive ... is produced in these areas sinks to depth and is degraded by bacteria. During this process, oxygen is consumed through respiration ...

A new study sheds light on how a species of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in almost all marine habitats, thrives in a dark, oxygen-free environment.

In an attempt to prove one terrifying truth about the sea, a man dove a whopping 65 feet deep into the ocean. There are some daredevils out there who go a whole lot further down in the name of extreme ...

The world's oceans were warmer in 2024 than at any time since measurements began, a study published on Friday has found.