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Ancient Fossils In China Reveal Secrets Of Earth's First Mass Extinction
The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.
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Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
A new study proposes that life may exist far from sunlight in a “radiolytic habitable zone” deep beneath the icy surfaces of Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. Cosmic rays, which can penetrate rock and ice, break water molecules apart to release hydrogen, oxygen, and energy-rich electrons. These can fuel microbes in subsurface water, much like bacter...
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'Dark Oxygen': A Deep-Sea Discovery That Has Split Scientists
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?
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Oxygen Production Discovered in Deep-Sea Metal Nodules, Researchers Investigate
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the deep ocean, where oxygen is being produced by metal nodules found on the seafloor. This surprising process, which occurs in total darkness, challenges the long-held belief that oxygen is only generated through sunlight and photosynthesis. The research team, led by Prof Andrew Sweetman from the ...
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Unexpected Oxygen Source Found 4,000 Metres Below Pacific Ocean Surface
This finding challenges existing beliefs about the origins of aerobic life and necessitates further research into its implications for deep-sea mining and sediment smothering.
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Unknown Terrain, Low Oxygen: Challenges As Hunt For Titanic Sub Continues
As rescuers search an area the size of the state of Connecticut - or about half the size of Belgium - for thesubmersible, which could be on the ocean floor or bobbing on the surface, with the tourists bolted in from the outside.
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Viral Video Of Rare Glass Octopus Leaves Internet Mesmerised
The video was posted by 'The Oxygen Project' and it features a glass octopus living deep down in the vast ocean
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New Study Reveals How Marine Viruses May Aid in Mitigation of Climate Change
A new study suggests how 5,500 marine RNA virus species may help push carbon absorbed from the atmosphere to permanent storage on the ocean floor. The effort aims to learn more about the organisms that live in the ocean and do the majority of the work of absorbing half of the human-generated carbon in the atmosphere and producing half of the oxygen...
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Scientists Confirm Growing Oxygen-Less "Dead Zone" In Gulf Of Oman
Researchers of a British university have brought to light the existence of a fast-growing "dead zone" devoid of oxygen in the Gulf of Oman, spelling environmental disaster for fish and marine plants in the area, as well as for people reliant on the ocean for food and employment.
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Loss Of Ocean Oxygen To Become Widespread By 2030s: Study
There is bad news for marine life as a new study has found that loss of oxygen in oceans due to climate change which is already discernible in some parts of the world should be evident across large regions of the oceans between 2030 and 2040.
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Ancient Fossils In China Reveal Secrets Of Earth's First Mass Extinction
The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.
-
Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
A new study proposes that life may exist far from sunlight in a “radiolytic habitable zone” deep beneath the icy surfaces of Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. Cosmic rays, which can penetrate rock and ice, break water molecules apart to release hydrogen, oxygen, and energy-rich electrons. These can fuel microbes in subsurface water, much like bacter...
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'Dark Oxygen': A Deep-Sea Discovery That Has Split Scientists
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?
-
Oxygen Production Discovered in Deep-Sea Metal Nodules, Researchers Investigate
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the deep ocean, where oxygen is being produced by metal nodules found on the seafloor. This surprising process, which occurs in total darkness, challenges the long-held belief that oxygen is only generated through sunlight and photosynthesis. The research team, led by Prof Andrew Sweetman from the ...
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Unexpected Oxygen Source Found 4,000 Metres Below Pacific Ocean Surface
This finding challenges existing beliefs about the origins of aerobic life and necessitates further research into its implications for deep-sea mining and sediment smothering.
-
Unknown Terrain, Low Oxygen: Challenges As Hunt For Titanic Sub Continues
As rescuers search an area the size of the state of Connecticut - or about half the size of Belgium - for thesubmersible, which could be on the ocean floor or bobbing on the surface, with the tourists bolted in from the outside.
-
Viral Video Of Rare Glass Octopus Leaves Internet Mesmerised
The video was posted by 'The Oxygen Project' and it features a glass octopus living deep down in the vast ocean
-
New Study Reveals How Marine Viruses May Aid in Mitigation of Climate Change
A new study suggests how 5,500 marine RNA virus species may help push carbon absorbed from the atmosphere to permanent storage on the ocean floor. The effort aims to learn more about the organisms that live in the ocean and do the majority of the work of absorbing half of the human-generated carbon in the atmosphere and producing half of the oxygen...
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Scientists Confirm Growing Oxygen-Less "Dead Zone" In Gulf Of Oman
Researchers of a British university have brought to light the existence of a fast-growing "dead zone" devoid of oxygen in the Gulf of Oman, spelling environmental disaster for fish and marine plants in the area, as well as for people reliant on the ocean for food and employment.
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Loss Of Ocean Oxygen To Become Widespread By 2030s: Study
There is bad news for marine life as a new study has found that loss of oxygen in oceans due to climate change which is already discernible in some parts of the world should be evident across large regions of the oceans between 2030 and 2040.
