#abyssal

DEEP SEA PRODUCE ITS OWN "DARK OXYGEN"

Small metallic nodules, like potato-size strewn across the deep sea ocean seafloor produce oxygen in complete darkness and without any help from living organisms, a new research reveals.

Called polymetallic nodules, are found in the deep sea and produce oxygen through seawater electrolysis, where seawater splits into oxygen and hydrogen in the presence of an electric charge. This charge may come from the difference in electric potential that exists between metal ions within the nodules, which leads to a redistribution of electrons. This is called by scientists as dark oxygen, as is produced without sunlight, as photosintesys does.

-Polymetallic nodules coat fields of the ocean floor Photo: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

These nodules polymetallic nodules are common between 3,000 to 6,000 m below the ocean surface. These nodules mostly contain oxides of iron and manganese , but also metals like cobalt, nickel and lithium, as well as rare earth elements such as cerium that are essential components of electronics and low-carbon technologies. This also raise new concerns about potentially mining polymetallic nodules, which could represent a vital source of oxygen for deep-sea ecosystems.

Main photo by Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Sisters Driftwood and Abyssal

Driftwood is an albino seawing with bad eyesight, she spends most of her time in costal shallow waters never venturing into the depths of the sea. She works as an artisan mostly carving wood and making shell inlays

her older sister abyssal was born and raised in the ocean floor never seeing truly sunlight she spends her time as a palace guard and when she has the time stone carving

redraw of the characters in this ~2019 thing that I can’t for the life of me remember if I posted -_-

by Ivan Palma

Stamps are F2U, BUT do not claim you made these. If you'd like to give some credit, use my tumblr profile or my artfight profile or just say hi to me - Ldinka.

Ik this time they're worse than my previous post about the stamps, but I had no idea for some of these. These stamps are in bigger format than they should be, use 98x56 size if you're using these for artfight, and don't want gigantic stamps. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED CODE if ur like me and don't rlly understand how to size stuff with new html (or I'm too blind for my own safety).

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