TIL about 'Dark Oxygen', which is produced on the Ocean Floor by Lumps of Metal
TIL about 'Dark Oxygen', which is produced on the Ocean Floor by Lumps of Metal
Researchers found that electric currents from polymetallic nodules are behind this alchemy—the same minerals that deep-sea miners are targeting
That photo is silly. A bunch of people will scroll past thinking oxygen can be a black solid haha.
Dark, in this context, simply means it is being produced without light. This paper and finding should not be surprising to anyone with a chemistry background. In fact, I wonder why it has any traction at all.
For the love of god, no deep sea mining
See the other post over in !science@mander.xyz
If you put a standard AA battery into saltwater, you’ll observe bubbles and hear a fizz—that’s the generation of hydrogen and oxygen gases as the electricity splits water molecules, a process known as electrolysis
That sounds like a bad idea. Don't do this.
Sweet, man