Olivier Rouxel, a geochemistry researcher at Ifremer, the French national institute for ocean science and technology, told AFP there was "absolutely no consensus on these results". "Deep-sea ...

Nautile is a French submersible operated by the French ... the greater depths needed for scientific research in the deep sea. Jennifer Uscher is Production Assistant of NOVA Online.

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?