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flockonusyesterday at 11:37 PM3 repliesview on HN

Oxigen is ALSO, and perhaps in vast quantities produced at the bottom of the ocean, by lumps of metal that react with sea water (aka Dark Oxygen). Interestingly, there are now massive marine harvesting operations targeting that very ore.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-discove...


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rolphtoday at 12:12 AM

it wont matter how much oxygen you try to dissolve, if the temperature is too high you wont hold enough dissolved oxygen to allow aquatic life.

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gases-solubility-water-d_...

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nickfftoday at 12:22 AM

Deep-sea mining has been studied and foreseen for at least 50 years, but it's never been economical. It is possible that current technology will allow for mining of nodules, but this still seems unlikely to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sea_mining#History

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aaron695today at 4:56 AM

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