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Unexplainable

Dark oxygen could rewrite Earth’s history

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Scientists just discovered oxygen being produced without sunlight — without photosynthesis — at the bottom of the ocean. This “dark oxygen” could fundamentally change the story we tell of life on Earth and in the rest of the universe. For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and justice produced with Vox Creative.

0:07.0

Season 3 of the award-winning podcast is back, tackling stories about those fighting for justice in their communities.

0:14.5

In the latest episode, host Ashley C. Ford talks to Miss Sharon Levine, who's fighting to protect

0:19.4

her hometown, St. James Louisiana, from pollution.

0:22.4

I would smell that smell in the moment, but not St. James, Louisiana from pollution.

0:23.0

I would smell that smell in the moment,

0:24.8

but not one where it was coming from.

0:26.8

And all of a sudden, I said, I wonder if the whole world smelling.

0:30.4

Not knowing it was just St. James Parish.

0:32.8

It was smell so bad.

0:35.0

For more than 80 years, the petrochemical industry

0:37.4

has taken root in the region between Baton Rouge and New Orleans,

0:40.4

and the cancer rate is more than seven times higher than the national average.

0:44.0

So when Miss Sharon heard plans of a multi-billion dollar deal to build another plant near her home,

0:49.0

she rallied her neighbors to fight it.

0:52.0

I mean speaking ever since.

0:54.1

I'm in talking.

0:55.2

You can't shut me up now.

0:56.9

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0:58.5

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