If it takes two molecules of hydrogen for one of oxygen to form water, why is there more oxygen than hydrogen in our oceans?
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It takes a lot of energy for a water molecule to separate into its components, so the oxygen and hydrogen dissolved in bodies of waters won’t be from there.
Oxygen is produced by photosynthesizing organisms floating in the water, and to an extent it’s released from hydrothermal vents. Hydrogen isn’t produced at the scale of oxygen within oceans.
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