Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's discovery of ...

Deep beneath the ocean's surface, in the pitch-black abyss, scientists have uncovered a fascinating phenomenon: "dark oxygen.

Sunlight, the lifeblood of the ocean’s surface, penetrates only to a certain depth—around 650 feet—beyond which the marine world plunges into perpetual darkness. This “euphotic” zone ...

Ocean scientists were on a voyage to study octopus ... or the bathypelagic zone at depths of over 3,300 feet. The sheer darkness in that zone earns it the “midnight” nickname.

If oxygen can be made in the dark ocean on Earth, researchers believe ... If oxygen is produced at these extreme depths, in total darkness, that calls into question what life could survive and ...

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's ...