A study published in Nature Communications finds that some life forms living in ocean floor sediments get their energy from hydrogen and oxidant molecules released when molecular bonds of ocean water are broken by radioactive isotopes. “This work provides an important new perspective on the availability of resources that subsurface microbial communities can use to sustain themselves,” says report co-author Justine Sauvage of the University of Gothenburg.
click on title to read article. Thought question: Could natural radiation from uranium and thorium in rocks and minerals (as occurs on the seafloor) be used to produce “green” hydrogen from water? Hydrogen is called “green” when its produced to replace fossil fuels for energy.
