Certain metallic rocks seem to be making oxygen in the dark, without light or sunshine, at the bottom of the ocean.

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Dark oxygen denotes oxygen that is produced in the deep ocean without sunlight. It arises from the interaction between rare metal deposits on the ocean floor and saltwater. This oxygen generation ...

Deep-seafloor organisms consume oxygen which scientists believe is produced by seawater electrolysis without light or sunshine.

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