Children are always asking "Why?" As they experience things for the first time, it's natural to want to find out more. But as ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's ...

Deep beneath the ocean's surface, in the pitch-black abyss, scientists have uncovered a fascinating phenomenon: "dark oxygen." Unlike the oxygen produced by plants through photosynthesis ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Limnology and Oceanography Vol. 54, No. 5, Sep., 2009 Microbial Oceanography of the Dark Ocean... Microbial Oceanography of the Dark Ocean's Pelagic ...