earth1 小时
"Dark oxygen" discovery upends centuries of scientific beliefs, textbooks to be rewritten
Certain metallic rocks seem to be making oxygen in the dark, without light or sunshine, at the bottom of the ocean.
CNN on MSN8 天
Scientists say they found oxygen where it shouldn’t be. Now, the hunt is on for more answers
A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...
Center for Biological Diversity7 年
Deep-sea Mining
That's one reason the Center has taken a lead role against deep-sea mining. We're opposing lax environmental standards, challenging a proposed phosphate mine off the coast of Mexico, and working on ...
PetMojo on MSN6 个月
4 Scariest Deep Sea Creatures Ever Discovered
It travels between different deep-sea zones and is usually found lurking in either the mesopelagic zone (the twilight zone) ...
来自MSN3 个月
Unexpected deep-sea discovery shines light on life in the twilight zone
The ocean's twilight zone is deep, dark, and—according to new research—iron deficient. No sunlight reaches this region 200 to 1,000 meters below the sea surface, where levels of iron ...
BBC1 年
Crunch talks due on deep-sea mining controversy
From anemones to worms: A number of weird creatures have been retrieved from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage ...