#deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
July 24, 2024 at 4:05 AM
#deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
#Deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules
"The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current."
#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules
"The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current."
#deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
July 24, 2024 at 4:07 AM
#Deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules
"The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current."
#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules
"The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current."
A new paper in Nature says that the #polymetallicnodules coveted by #deepseamining may be the source of #Deepoceanoxygen supporting abyssal ecosystems.
"...nodules sitting on the seabed could generate electric currents large enough to split, or electrolyse, molecules of seawater."
"...nodules sitting on the seabed could generate electric currents large enough to split, or electrolyse, molecules of seawater."
#Deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules
"The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current."
#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules
"The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current."
#deepoceanoxygen
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
#deepseamining
BBC coverage of new paper from Prof Andrew Sweetman (Scottish Association for Marine Science) claiming *electrical* production of oxygen in deep sea where photosynthesis is impossible.
"...almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery."
July 24, 2024 at 4:15 AM
A new paper in Nature says that the #polymetallicnodules coveted by #deepseamining may be the source of #Deepoceanoxygen supporting abyssal ecosystems.
"...nodules sitting on the seabed could generate electric currents large enough to split, or electrolyse, molecules of seawater."
"...nodules sitting on the seabed could generate electric currents large enough to split, or electrolyse, molecules of seawater."
You know those #polymetallicnodules the #deepseamining advocates want to harvest & use in batteries? A new paper in Nature says these nodules may *already* be functioning as batteries, w/ their electrical activity strong enough to make #deepoceanoxygen by hydolysis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor - Nature Geoscience
Oxygen is generated abiotically at the abyssal seafloor in the presence of polymetallic nodules, potentially by seawater electrolysis, according to in situ chamber and ex situ incubation experiments.
www.nature.com
July 24, 2024 at 3:55 AM
You know those #polymetallicnodules the #deepseamining advocates want to harvest & use in batteries? A new paper in Nature says these nodules may *already* be functioning as batteries, w/ their electrical activity strong enough to make #deepoceanoxygen by hydolysis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
