Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

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Could lumpy metallic rocks in the ... the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme depths, and supported their case that deep-sea mining posed ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks ... "Deep-sea discovery calls into question the origins of life," the Scottish Association for Marine Science said in a press release to accompany the publication of the ...

The research that gave rise to the dark oxygen discovery was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining business, The Metals Company, that wanted to assess the ecological impact of such exploration.