Part of our team (@jordonhemingway.bsky.social, C. Fernandes, T. Nagakura, Z. Wang) went sampling in the #Bedretto tunnel this week, looking for #darkoxygen !
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Part of our team (@jordonhemingway.bsky.social, C. Fernandes, T. Nagakura, Z. Wang) went sampling in the #Bedretto tunnel this week, looking for #darkoxygen !
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
Thank you @isme-microbes.bsky.social for funding my participation in this expedition!
@ethzurich.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social
DARK OXYGEN (Ucraïna) presenta nou àlbum: "Oblivion" #DarkOxygen #RawBlackMetal #Ambient #Setembre2026 #Ucraïna #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
September 24, 2026 at 1:53 AM
DARK OXYGEN (Ucraïna) presenta nou àlbum: "Oblivion" #DarkOxygen #RawBlackMetal #Ambient #Setembre2026 #Ucraïna #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
Day 3 at 2900 m depth is mainly for analyzing gas and isotope geochemistry. @davidbekaert.bsky.social brought a mass spec and colleagues from @whoi.edu and @ethz.ch are collecting ancient brines in pressure vessels. #darkoxygen @mblscience.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social #OxyMoRon #NASA #deeplife 🧪⚒️
March 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Day 3 at 2900 m depth is mainly for analyzing gas and isotope geochemistry. @davidbekaert.bsky.social brought a mass spec and colleagues from @whoi.edu and @ethz.ch are collecting ancient brines in pressure vessels. #darkoxygen @mblscience.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social #OxyMoRon #NASA #deeplife 🧪⚒️
Day 2 #NASA #OxyMoRon team is going sampling 1 billion-year old brines at 2900 m depth below surface. Walking 4km in the heat and dusty tunnels to get to our site and back. #mblscience ⚒️🧪 #darkoxygen #deeplife #microbiome @karenlloyd.bsky.social @jamesdinneen.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social
March 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Day 2 #NASA #OxyMoRon team is going sampling 1 billion-year old brines at 2900 m depth below surface. Walking 4km in the heat and dusty tunnels to get to our site and back. #mblscience ⚒️🧪 #darkoxygen #deeplife #microbiome @karenlloyd.bsky.social @jamesdinneen.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social
🌚 What the heck is "#DarkOxygen" everyone keeps talking about?
In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped metallic lumps that give off almost as much electricity as AA batteries.
In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped metallic lumps that give off almost as much electricity as AA batteries.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis
It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being created in parts of the ocean with no light.
www.ijpr.org
July 24, 2024 at 8:37 PM
🌚 What the heck is "#DarkOxygen" everyone keeps talking about?
In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped metallic lumps that give off almost as much electricity as AA batteries.
In the total darkness of the depths of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered oxygen being produced not by living organisms but by strange potato-shaped metallic lumps that give off almost as much electricity as AA batteries.
Read an interesting article and thought I'd doodle some notes. Dark oxygen - that's a cool name for a band.
#sciart #darkoxygen #lettering #sciencenews
#sciart #darkoxygen #lettering #sciencenews
January 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Read an interesting article and thought I'd doodle some notes. Dark oxygen - that's a cool name for a band.
#sciart #darkoxygen #lettering #sciencenews
#sciart #darkoxygen #lettering #sciencenews
"Best Deep Life paper 2023" Award lectures tomorrow (Nov 22nd). Webinar starts at 9 am ET. Zoom link on IC-DLI website.
icdli.sjtu.edu.cn
#deeplife #darkoxygen #subsurface #microbiome
icdli.sjtu.edu.cn
#deeplife #darkoxygen #subsurface #microbiome
November 21, 2024 at 10:51 PM
"Best Deep Life paper 2023" Award lectures tomorrow (Nov 22nd). Webinar starts at 9 am ET. Zoom link on IC-DLI website.
icdli.sjtu.edu.cn
#deeplife #darkoxygen #subsurface #microbiome
icdli.sjtu.edu.cn
#deeplife #darkoxygen #subsurface #microbiome
All samples made it home, our trip to Moab Khotsong gold mine was a full success. Thanks to an amazing team, help from friends, collaborators and support from funding agencies. 🧪⚒️
@mblscience.bsky.social @ethz.ch @unlv.edu @whoi.edu @usc.edu @hfspo.bsky.social #NASA #OxyMoRon #darkoxygen #deeplife
@mblscience.bsky.social @ethz.ch @unlv.edu @whoi.edu @usc.edu @hfspo.bsky.social #NASA #OxyMoRon #darkoxygen #deeplife
March 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
All samples made it home, our trip to Moab Khotsong gold mine was a full success. Thanks to an amazing team, help from friends, collaborators and support from funding agencies. 🧪⚒️
@mblscience.bsky.social @ethz.ch @unlv.edu @whoi.edu @usc.edu @hfspo.bsky.social #NASA #OxyMoRon #darkoxygen #deeplife
@mblscience.bsky.social @ethz.ch @unlv.edu @whoi.edu @usc.edu @hfspo.bsky.social #NASA #OxyMoRon #darkoxygen #deeplife
Remember #DarkOxygen? The discovery that deep-sea rocks may be producing O2 went thru 3 years of peer review. Rebuttals go thru peer review. That's science.
Why did @ScienceMagazine cover a seabed mining company's 16pg rebuttal before it passed through peer review?
www.science.org/content/arti...
Why did @ScienceMagazine cover a seabed mining company's 16pg rebuttal before it passed through peer review?
www.science.org/content/arti...
Claim of ‘dark oxygen’ on sea floor faces doubts
Find would mean Earth has a completely new source of oxygen, but critics say evidence is weak
www.science.org
September 18, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Remember #DarkOxygen? The discovery that deep-sea rocks may be producing O2 went thru 3 years of peer review. Rebuttals go thru peer review. That's science.
Why did @ScienceMagazine cover a seabed mining company's 16pg rebuttal before it passed through peer review?
www.science.org/content/arti...
Why did @ScienceMagazine cover a seabed mining company's 16pg rebuttal before it passed through peer review?
www.science.org/content/arti...
#Hydrogen201
I had a 2024 Zoom with Prof Sweetman of Scottish Association for Marine Science. He described the major discovery of "dark oxygen" production at the deep seafloor, & replicating the generation of #darkoxygen in lab apparatus.
We discussed his plans of including hydrogen #H2 analysis.
I had a 2024 Zoom with Prof Sweetman of Scottish Association for Marine Science. He described the major discovery of "dark oxygen" production at the deep seafloor, & replicating the generation of #darkoxygen in lab apparatus.
We discussed his plans of including hydrogen #H2 analysis.
May 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#Hydrogen201
I had a 2024 Zoom with Prof Sweetman of Scottish Association for Marine Science. He described the major discovery of "dark oxygen" production at the deep seafloor, & replicating the generation of #darkoxygen in lab apparatus.
We discussed his plans of including hydrogen #H2 analysis.
I had a 2024 Zoom with Prof Sweetman of Scottish Association for Marine Science. He described the major discovery of "dark oxygen" production at the deep seafloor, & replicating the generation of #darkoxygen in lab apparatus.
We discussed his plans of including hydrogen #H2 analysis.
📣 Exciting news! The Nippon Foundation and Scottish Association For Marine Science are embarking on a groundbreaking deep-sea research project to study "Dark Oxygen' – a revolutionary discovery of oxygen production in complete darkness on the #oceanfloor.
January 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Last year, @samsocean.bsky.social scientists made the groundbreaking discovery of #DarkOxygen production by polymetallic nodules, a target of #DeepSeaMining.
As #ISA30 negotiations unfold, findings like this highlight the urgent need to close scientific gaps in Earth’s least explored biome.
As #ISA30 negotiations unfold, findings like this highlight the urgent need to close scientific gaps in Earth’s least explored biome.
March 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Last year, @samsocean.bsky.social scientists made the groundbreaking discovery of #DarkOxygen production by polymetallic nodules, a target of #DeepSeaMining.
As #ISA30 negotiations unfold, findings like this highlight the urgent need to close scientific gaps in Earth’s least explored biome.
As #ISA30 negotiations unfold, findings like this highlight the urgent need to close scientific gaps in Earth’s least explored biome.
Next week at UCD School of Earth Science: Prof. Andrew K. Sweetman from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) talking about his latest paper on #darkoxygen. It caused quite a stir in the geoscience community, looking forward to that talk!
November 26, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Next week at UCD School of Earth Science: Prof. Andrew K. Sweetman from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) talking about his latest paper on #darkoxygen. It caused quite a stir in the geoscience community, looking forward to that talk!
At the opening of the 17th #DeepSeaBiologySymposium 🇭🇰, @drmtaylor.bsky.social acknowledged significant #deepsea science, including the groundbreaking discovery of #darkoxygen, collaborative international programs such as Digital DEPTH, and our 20th anniversary!
January 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
At the opening of the 17th #DeepSeaBiologySymposium 🇭🇰, @drmtaylor.bsky.social acknowledged significant #deepsea science, including the groundbreaking discovery of #darkoxygen, collaborative international programs such as Digital DEPTH, and our 20th anniversary!
Hello Australian friends and colleagues. I will be chatting about our latest research on the ABC radio show Nightlife today (Thursday) at 11:30 pm. Stay tuned!
#subsurface #deeplife #darkoxygen #microbiome
#subsurface #deeplife #darkoxygen #microbiome
January 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hello Australian friends and colleagues. I will be chatting about our latest research on the ABC radio show Nightlife today (Thursday) at 11:30 pm. Stay tuned!
#subsurface #deeplife #darkoxygen #microbiome
#subsurface #deeplife #darkoxygen #microbiome
Multi-year expedition to get to bottom of #DarkOxygen 🌌mystery!!
Premature to consider #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️, given this & other outstanding Q's we have about this fragile ecosystem.
🦑https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465191-dark-oxygen-new-deep-sea-expedition-to-explore-mysterious-discovery/
Premature to consider #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️, given this & other outstanding Q's we have about this fragile ecosystem.
🦑https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465191-dark-oxygen-new-deep-sea-expedition-to-explore-mysterious-discovery/
Dark oxygen: New deep sea expedition to explore mysterious discovery
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
www.newscientist.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Multi-year expedition to get to bottom of #DarkOxygen 🌌mystery!!
Premature to consider #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️, given this & other outstanding Q's we have about this fragile ecosystem.
🦑https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465191-dark-oxygen-new-deep-sea-expedition-to-explore-mysterious-discovery/
Premature to consider #DeepSeaMining🪸⛏️, given this & other outstanding Q's we have about this fragile ecosystem.
🦑https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465191-dark-oxygen-new-deep-sea-expedition-to-explore-mysterious-discovery/
The work that discovered #darkoxygen in the deep sea was funded by The Metals Company, which wants to be the first to be mine the deep. Now they’re trying to discredit that work.
Heres how the journal and scientists responded. My latest w/ Hannah Northby.
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Heres how the journal and scientists responded. My latest w/ Hannah Northby.
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Scientists, deep-sea miner spar over ‘dark oxygen’ discovery
The Metals Co. is trying to discredit new research that bolsters opponents' claims that the deep sea is too unknown to mine.
www.eenews.net
July 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The work that discovered #darkoxygen in the deep sea was funded by The Metals Company, which wants to be the first to be mine the deep. Now they’re trying to discredit that work.
Heres how the journal and scientists responded. My latest w/ Hannah Northby.
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Heres how the journal and scientists responded. My latest w/ Hannah Northby.
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
What if oxygen is produced in other ways than #Photosynthesis? Last year some researchers found so called #DarkOxygen in the #DeepSea. Will they be able to replicate their study? They plan to find it out! @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim at other worlds
Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.
www.bbc.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What if oxygen is produced in other ways than #Photosynthesis? Last year some researchers found so called #DarkOxygen in the #DeepSea. Will they be able to replicate their study? They plan to find it out! @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Well #darkoxygen is back in the news
November 6, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Well #darkoxygen is back in the news
Come work with us on #darkoxygen as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. It is an amazing opportunity to get up to 3 years of funding. Deadlines are March 1. and November 1. Happy to discuss your ideas! Details here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/...
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
Zintellect - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - ICAR - OxyMoRon: Understanding dioxygen production and consumption in apparently anoxic environments - 0042-NPP-MAR26-ABProg-Astrobi...
About the NASA Postdoctoral Program The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ong
zintellect.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Come work with us on #darkoxygen as part of the NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. It is an amazing opportunity to get up to 3 years of funding. Deadlines are March 1. and November 1. Happy to discuss your ideas! Details here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/...
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
@mblscience.bsky.social #astrobiology
Look, @mortythenurse.bsky.social !
Rocks just got even cooler!
Rocks just got even cooler!
Dr. Harini Bhat (PharmD) | Science Storyteller on Instagram: "Dark oxygen is making waves in the scientific community and here’s why ☝🏽
#darkoxygen #sciencefacts #ocean #deepsea #geology"
tilscience on July 31, 2024: "Dark oxygen is making waves in the scientific community and here’s why ☝🏽
#darkoxygen #sciencefacts #ocean #deepsea #geology".
www.instagram.com
August 1, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Look, @mortythenurse.bsky.social !
Rocks just got even cooler!
Rocks just got even cooler!
#science LINKS TO SCIENCE PART 2 #sonicboom #inventor #microscope #darkoxygen
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2023/04/sci....
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2023/04/sci....
LINKS TO SCIENCE PART 2
SCIENCE PART 2 Scientifically Proven Facts People Still Cannot Believe 🟇🟈 Dark Oxygen Discovery Could Change Everything! 🟇🟈 5 Lies You W...
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com
February 22, 2026 at 10:50 PM
#science LINKS TO SCIENCE PART 2 #sonicboom #inventor #microscope #darkoxygen
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2023/04/sci....
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2023/04/sci....