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Scientists have discovered that metal nodules on the ocean floor are producing oxygen in total darkness without any aid from living organisms, which could upend our understanding of the origin of life.
This phenomenon seemed impossible given that the area was too deep for light to penetrate and therefore foster photosynthesis — the process by which plants and other organisms convert water andSweetman was so flabbergasted by the finding that he “initially thought the sensors were faulty.” This occurs when seawater divides into oxygen and hydrogen while in the proximity of an electric charge, which in this case, is provided by the highly-charged metal ovals like an aquatic battery.
“For aerobic life to begin on the planet, there has to be oxygen and our understanding has been that Earth’s oxygen supply began with photosynthetic organisms,” he said. “But we now know that there is oxygen produced in the deep sea, where there is no light.”
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