Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world's oceans. Come on in: The water's ...

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Nearly seven kilometers beneath thePacific Ocean’s surface, in an environment no human has seen directly, scientists have ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Mariana Trench is the deepest known point of the ocean, plunging down further than the height ...

An isolated pillow outcrop surrounded by sediment found during a 2016 expedition to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Photo: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration ...

Sonar mapping of the Challenger Deep by the DSSV Pressure Drop employing a Kongsberg SIMRAD EM124 multibeam echosounder system (26 April – 4 May 2019) The highest known pressure in the deep oceans ...

Bizarre noises detected around the deepest ocean trench on Earth have finally been identified. These strange "biotwang" sounds—first detected in 2014 during an acoustic survey of the Mariana ...

Learn more about the fat molecules researchers discovered in deep-sea mud volcanoes and the clues they offer to microbial ...

Scientists have found microbial traces in deep-sea blue volcanic mud, offering crucial insights into how life may thrive in ...

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