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Scientists have found 'dark oxygen' in the deep sea for the first time. Scientists are also surprised to see this. Small metal bodies have been found in the Clarion-Clipperton area of the North Pacific Ocean. That is, small balls. These balls are spread on the sea floor.
Scientists have named it dark oxygen.
The disturbing thing is that these balls produce their own oxygen. Scientists have named it dark oxygen. These metal balls are potato-shaped. They produce oxygen in complete darkness, so the oxygen produced here is named 'dark oxygen'. Because sunlight does not reach here.
Andrew Sweetman, a scientist at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, said, “When we first got the data, we thought our sensors had failed.” Because no one had seen anything like this on the sea floor before. Oxygen consumption always happens. No production. So we were surprised. After this, a re-examination was done.
Oxygen was obtained from metal balls
Further investigation revealed that Andrew and his team were about to make some groundbreaking discoveries. Its study report has been published in Nature Geoscience on 22 July 2024. These metal balls produce oxygen through electrolysis. That is, the separation of oxygen and hydrogen in the presence of an electric charge.
Oxygen is produced from electrical charge
You will get an idea of where the electric charge came from under the sea. So let us tell you that when the metal ions present inside these metal nodules share electrons, an electric charge emanates from them. These are polymetallic nodules, which are present at a depth of 10 to 20 thousand feet.
45 lakh sq km vast plain area of the sea
The Clarion-Clipperton zone consists of plains within the ocean. It is spread over an area of about 45 lakh square kilometers between Hawaii and Mexico. Oxygen gradually decreases in the deep sea. Because there are no photosynthetic organisms here. But these nodules produce dark oxygen.
Where there is no sunlight there is oxygen
Dark oxygen has been found at a depth of 13 thousand feet, where there are no waves. No sunlight. Oxygen is not produced naturally, that is, it is not produced by photosynthesis. One mechanism is the oxidation of ammonia. Oxygen is released from this. But dark oxygen has been observed for the first time.