The discovery that electric rocks make oxygen challenges the long-held belief that only photosynthetic organisms produce our planet's oxygen.
  • sinkingshipEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    I was shocked about “electric rocks” but it seems to be just a fancy word for “metallic minerals”.

    The article also says

    Geiger determined that natural mineral deposits on the ocean floor, called polymetallic nodules, contained elements including cobalt, nickel, copper, lithium, and manganese—all of which are critical components of batteries.

    I think I have seen some video about an Australian entrepreneur who wanted to “harvest” those things off the seafloor, to great concern of environmentalists.

    • brianorca@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      I guess it was unexpected that rocks can create a functional battery, and not have been drained after all this time.

    • acockworkorangeEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      How cool is that the guy’s surname is Geiger? I mean, it’s not radioactive but… well I think it’s cool.