@article{cb961a7d4d86458ebdc265cda6119b29,
title = "Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor",
abstract = "Deep-seafloor organisms consume oxygen, which can be measured by in situ benthic chamber experiments. Here we report such experiments at the polymetallic nodule-covered abyssal seafloor in the Pacific Ocean in which oxygen increased over two days to more than three times the background concentration, which from ex situ incubations we attribute to the polymetallic nodules. Given high voltage potentials (up to 0.95 V) on nodule surfaces, we hypothesize that seawater electrolysis may contribute to this dark oxygen production.",
keywords = "element cycles, environmental chemistry, environmental impact, marine biology, marine chemistry",
author = "Sweetman, \{Andrew k.\} and Smith, \{Alycia J.\} and \{De Jonge\}, \{Danielle S. W.\} and Tobias Hahn and Peter Schroedl and Michael Silverstein and Claire Andrade and Edwards, \{R. Lawrence\} and Lough, \{Alastair J. M.\} and Clare Woulds and Homoky, \{William B.\} and Andrea Koschinsky and Sebastian Fuchs and Thomas Kuhn and Franz Geiger and Marlow, \{Jeffrey J.\}",
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year = "2024",
month = jul,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1038/s41561-024-01480-8",
language = "English",
journal = "Nature Geoscience",
issn = "1752-0894",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
}