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595: Dark Oxygen | CIA Deep Sea Secret Could Trigger the Next Extinction Event (STRIPPED)

2025/5/23
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主持人：我介绍了深海多金属结核的发现，它们在没有阳光的情况下产生氧气，颠覆了我们对地球生命起源的认知。中情局早在1960年代就知晓这些结核，并利用深海采矿作为掩护执行秘密任务。这些结核不仅是地球早期氧气的来源，也可能存在于宇宙的其他地方，为我们寻找外星生命提供了新的方向。然而，深海采矿正在破坏这些古老的生态系统，可能引发无法挽回的生态灾难。我们必须重新评估深海采矿的风险，并采取措施保护这些珍贵的资源，避免第六次物种大灭绝的发生。 主持人：我强调了深海多金属结核的重要性，它们不仅能产生氧气，还可能形成海底神经网络，影响地球的电磁场。深海采矿对这些结核的破坏可能导致生态崩溃，甚至引发全球性的灾难。我呼吁人们关注深海采矿带来的潜在风险，并采取行动保护这些古老的生态系统。我们对深海的了解还很有限，贸然开采可能会带来无法预料的后果。因此，我们需要更加谨慎地对待深海资源，避免重蹈覆辙，引发第六次物种大灭绝。

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The discovery of oxygen produced by rocks in the deep sea, without sunlight or plants, challenges our understanding of life's origins and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The CIA's involvement and the potential for clean energy are also explored.
  • Oxygen was found being generated from rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean, without sunlight or plants.
  • These rocks generate electricity and use it to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
  • The CIA has known about these rocks since the 1960s, keeping their potential classified for decades.
  • The discovery dramatically increases the possible locations for alien life to trillions.

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Two miles below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered something impossible: rocks that generate electricity and produce oxygen without sunlight. These ancient metallic "batteries" could be the original source of Earth's oxygen - before plants or algae existed.

The CIA has known about these rocks since the 1960s, keeping their true potential classified for decades. The discovery dramatically expands where alien life might exist, from billions of possibilities to trillions.

These seafloor nodules host thousands of newly discovered species that evolved to harness electricity directly. But now, deep-sea mining threatens to destroy in days what took millions of years to form.

Dark Oxygen forces us to reconsider our understanding of life on Earth and beyond. Could disrupting this hidden electrical network trigger the next mass extinction?

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