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@cohentheblue @nativeCalgarian

"While such geobatteries exist in nature, “getting enough voltage to be able to split water is very challenging,” "

Given that seawater containts salts such as NaCl, KCl etc, does this make any difference or the concentration of these salts (which are IIRC Ionicly bonded) impact on how easily it is to split in Hydrogen and Oxygen, or does that then Produce H+ and OH- ions. I did read elsewhere, a while back that radioactive decay from various elements also plays a part in Production of Oxygen.

So would this reaction help produce Oxygen from the OH- ions, in a similar way we see Radiation from the sun, hitting the atmosphere, causing O_2 to split then reform in to O_3.

Seems there is a lot going on and complex, but potentially sensitive reactions taking place, sensitive in the sense that if we interfere with the ocean bed, it will really have a much larger impact.