We all hear of oxygen as a pure gas that we breathe for the vitality of our organs. But the striking discovery at the base of the ocean mesmerizes many scientists and the world. A black oxygen, please do not blow your mind away with your logical thinking. Yeah, it is true dark oxygen produced by the charged metallic lump at the bed of the Pacific Ocean.
The New discovery led by the scientists found that the metallic nodules produced oxygen in the dark edges of the ocean below the eyes of many spectators.
These dark oxygen are the treasurable source of electricity that was produced by the AA batteries in the real world.
What is Dark Oxygen and Where is it Found?
The dark oxygen name is given to that oxygen which is produced without the need of photosynthesis. This oxygen is produced via metallic lumps.
Over the centuries, it had been thought that oxygen could be produced by only the living organism. However new discoveries could lead to a new turn in the theory evolution of oxygen.
Scientists from the Scottish Association of Marine Science discovered a mineral deposit called polymetallic nodules which produces oxygen at the depth of the Pacific Ocean. This discovery was made in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an Abyssal plain stretching between Hawaii and Mexico.
Marine Scientists’ discovery was made in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an abyssal plain stretching between Hawaii and Mexico.
What is the Industrial Significance of the Newly Found Ploymetallic Compound?
The newly found place in the area of Clarion-Clipperton Zone is an abyssal plain that stretches between Hawaii and Mexico. These nodules are highly charged particles that are rich in metals like cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese.
These supercharged metallic lumps have the potential to produce a charge that is equal to AA batteries, if the mining industries can harness this energy they can use it on smartphones, wind turbines, and solar panels.
How Marine Scientists from the Scottish Association of Marine Science Conducted Their Research?
Andrew Scottman and their team of Marine Scientists from the Scottish Association of Marine Science Conducted their research on metallic nodules.
Andrew Scotsman said “We were trying to measure the rate of oxygen consumption by the seafloor “ To measure this they have used a benthic chamber, which takes up some polymetallic nodules.
Andrew found out that the oxygen in that chamber should be decreased as they are respire by the nodules but the opposite happened.
They measured that the amount of oxygen increased, and they deeply observed that the 1.5 voltz charge produced by the metallic nodules split the seawater hydrogen and oxygen. So the oxygen amount is increased.
This finding now rebuilds the evolution scientists thinking about the discovery of oxygen billions of years ago, because we think it is produced in the presence of sunlight but the the new oxygen is produced in a completely dark atmosphere.
