Tag Archive for 'Polymetallic nodule'

A polymetallic nodule, collected from the ocean floor, in a lab at Northwestern University. Image credit: Camille Bridgewater / Northwestern University.

Rare-Earth Metal-Bearing Minerals on Ocean Floor Produce Oxygen, Scientists Say

Jul 22, 2024 by News Staff

Researchers from the Scottish Association for Marine Science and colleagues have discovered that the polymetallic nodule-covered abyssal seafloor in the...