Scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by metallic lumps
– Scientists have discovered that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean . These polymetallic nodules, generating electricity like AA batteries, challenge the belief that only photosynthetic organisms create oxygen, potentially altering our understanding of how life began on Earth.
It had been thought that only living things such as plants and algae were capable of producing oxygen via photosynthesis – which requires sunlight. The lumpy nodules – often called "batteries in a rock" – are rich in metals such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, which are all used in batteries, smartphones, wind turbines and solar panels.
This was so shocking that the researchers initially thought their underwater sensors must have been on the blink. The discovery of oxygen produced outside of photosynthesis "requires us to rethink how the evolution of complex life on the planet might have originated," he said in a statement.
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