“Dark oxygen” source discovered on ocean floor. “The metal nodules are able to make oxygen precisely because they act like batteries”, splitting seawater into hydrogen and oxygen.
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Perfect synchronicity - I just finished reading this solar punk short story about deep sea mineral nodules and the mining companies that want to scrape them up!
https://susankayequinn.com/books/slimy-things-did-crawl
The environmental impact in mining these nodules is terrible. Here’s a good episode from Last Week Tonight: https://youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?feature=shared
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