Dark Oxygen | CIA Deep Sea Secret Could Trigger the Next Extinction Event
The Why Files · Season 6 · Episode 15
Two miles below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered something impossible: rocks that generate electricity and produce oxygen without sunlight. These ancient metallic "batteries" could be the original source of Earth's oxygen - before plants or algae existed.
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Season
6
Episode
15
Air Date
22/May/2025
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Two miles below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered something impossible: rocks that generate electricity and produce oxygen without sunlight. These ancient metallic "batteries" could be the original source of Earth's oxygen - before plants or algae existed.
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