No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the start of deep-sea mining.

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New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

The phenomenon of 'dark oxygen,' whereby deep-sea metallic nodules generate oxygen without sunlight, is reshaping our ...

Portugal’s parliament has approved the drafting of a moratorium on deep sea mining in territorial waters to 2050.

The ocean floor is believed to hold vast reserves of metals such as nickel, manganese, and cobalt, with an estimated value ranging from $8 trillion to over $16 trillion. However, scientists ...

Researchers found that some Pacific Ocean rocks can produce oxygen, called 'dark oxygen', without sunlight, challenging the idea that oxygen generation only relies on photosynthesis ...

Dense populations of polymetallic nodules are scattered along the sea floor - up to 100 per square meter. These were retrieved and taken ashore where oxygen concentration values were calculated.

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In July of 2024, an international team of scientists published a paper in the journal Nature Geoscience claiming that these polymetallic nodules (also known as manganese nodules) could be producing ...

The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team behind it is launching a new project to confirm and explain the findings ...