I’m beginning to think she just doesn’t really like us very much

    • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works
      22·
      1 年前

      This is a Canadian mining company that discovered it by partially finding a researcher to investigate. After about 8 years, their researchers literally said “we’re forced to conclude that this was caused by the above.”

      The mining company was not happy, the CAD government put a moratorium on mining for further research, and now the company is paying to have other research completed cuz they “dispute his findings” 😂 I’ll see if I can find the article

      Edit: the article. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/oxygen-ocean-study-conflict-1.7273929

  • gnutrino@programming.devEnglish
    213·
    1 年前

    To be clear, the oxygen source they found is tiny relatively speaking it’s just a surprise it’s there at all (and even then the measured oxygen level levelled out after 48hrs so it may not even be a continuous source of oxygen under normal circumstances, they theorised that it may have been caused by them stiring up the seabed when they dropped the chambers down)

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      1 年前

      Iirc it did turn out that certain life was found in far greater abundance in areas with that oxygen source though, its tiny overall but huge for the local environment.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    17·
    1 年前

    Even without that did you see how he plans to mine them? They’re going to drag the seafloor. Which will completely destroy any ecosystem down there. And unlike a strip mine that stays in one location for decades, this is one and done. One day to destroy an area and move on.

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
    156·
    1 年前

    Not saying we should mine this but definitely not a critical source of oxygen for humans. Most oxygen is created through photosynthesis.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 年前

    Good thing we’re really down there for that Chinese nuclear sub. Sorry, my NCD is slipping.