The amount of dissolved oxygen in a river is a matter of life or death for the plants and animals living within it, but this oxygen concentration varies drastically from one river to another, ...

Without oxygen in its free, gaseous state, life as we know it would not be the same. On land, all animal life depends on atmospheric oxygen in a narrow concentration range of around 20%. Too much or ...

With no dissolved oxygen to sustain animals or plants, ocean anoxic zones are areas where only microbes suited to the environment can live. With no dissolved oxygen to sustain animals or plants, ocean ...

In 2009, the journal Nature featured the article, “A safe operating space for humanity,” in which scientists described nine global-scale processes that regulate the overall habitability and stability ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in Nature Ecology and Evolution argues that the steady loss of dissolved oxygen across the world’s oceans, lakes, and reservoirs qualifies as a tenth planetary boundary ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and rocks beneath our feet there lies a vast biosphere with a global volume nearly ...

These nodules can act like batteries that split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen In an unexpected twist, metal-rich nodules found on the seafloor are generating oxygen, new research suggests. This ...

Industrial gas major Nippon Gases is using digital twin technology to refine how oxygen is applied in wastewater treatment, ...

Experienced boiler operators know that oxygen can cause localized, severe corrosion in steam boiler systems through a process called oxygen pitting. This occurs when dissolved oxygen in the water ...

Chandigarh: Two allied reports on Sukhna Lake have confirmed a localised oil spillage along the southern shore ahead of the ...