Researchers who discovered “dark oxygen” on the ocean floor are planning a new project ... That’s unusual, as oxygen is typically produced by plants through photosynthesis.

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters ... Covering only 0.1% of the ocean floor, these seagrass meadows provide food and shelter to thousands of species of ...

Like land plants and seagrasses ... in their bodies either becomes part of the food chain or sinks to the ocean floor. At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria works to decompose the carbon fixed ...

That’s unusual, as oxygen is typically produced by plants through photosynthesis ... be a source of energy for microbial life on the ocean floor. With funding from the Nippon Foundation in ...