In the total darkness of the depths of the #PacificOcean, scientists have discovered #oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped #MetallicLumps that give off almost as much #electricity as #AAbatteries.

#DarkOxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean could force rethink about #OriginsOfLife
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/22/dark-oxygen-in-depths-of-pacific-ocean-could-force-rethink-about-origins-of-life

‘Dark oxygen’ in depths of Pacific Ocean could force rethink about origins of life

Electrically charged metallic lumps found to produce oxygen in total darkness in process aking to how plants use photosynthesis

The Guardian