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Oxygen
Green ImpactOcean-floor minerals can produce oxygen, study finds
Researchers have discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen 13,000 feet below the surface, which challenges the long-held belief that only photosynthetic organisms generate oxygen
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