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Mystery oxygen source discovered on the sea floor — bewildering scientists (www.nature.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/science

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This could be a truly amazing discovery 💡

[–] apocalypticat 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like you were downvoted by an anaerobic organism?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shai hulud!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Aww, come out of there Hulud

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's someone out there who downvotes every single post they read.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also casts doubt on markers discovered showing possible life on other planets. We missed a source of oxygen creation on our own planet. Who's to say there aren't other ways that both methane and carbon dioxide are present on other planets.

(I'm certain there's life on other planets. This just makes it less likely that a planets with all the signs is one of those planets)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Methane’s a lot more complex of a molecule to occur on its own though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Last article I read said of the three gasses, methane was the most common to occur without needing life to make it.