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BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Mystery oxygen source discovered on the sea floor — bewildering scientists

www.nature.com

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Mystery oxygen source discovered on the sea floor — bewildering scientists

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BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A chemical reaction could be producing oxygen by splitting water molecules, but its source of energy remains unknown.
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    This could be a truly amazing discovery 💡

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      Looks like you were downvoted by an anaerobic organism?

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        Shai hulud!

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          Aww, come out of there Hulud

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        There’s someone out there who downvotes every single post they read.

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      Also casts doubt on markers discovered showing possible life on other planets. We missed a source of oxygen creation on our own planet. Who’s to say there aren’t other ways that both methane and carbon dioxide are present on other planets.

      (I’m certain there’s life on other planets. This just makes it less likely that a planets with all the signs is one of those planets)

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        Methane’s a lot more complex of a molecule to occur on its own though

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          Last article I read said of the three gasses, methane was the most common to occur without needing life to make it.

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