From space, the oceans look calm and simple — just endless blue. But when scientists zoom in with modern tools, that calm ...
When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It’s easy to imagine the sea beneath as calm and largely static – a massive, still abyss far removed ...
Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed surprising diversity. And also trash. Reading time 3 minutes Earth’s hadal zone ...
Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean ...
An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...
Our planet is a beautiful, blue planet that is mostly covered in water. Scientists usually identify five major oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. The Pacific Ocean is the ...