Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

A Chinese submersible discovered thousands of worms and molluscs about 10 kilometres below sea level, in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, a study claimed on Wednesday. The creatures, which are ...

Manned submersibles capable of reaching full-ocean depth have been rare, with less than a dozen individuals visiting the deepest point of the Mariana Trench before 2019. Immense hydrostatic pressure, ...

The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can be found in the Pacific. The Pacific's basin is uniquely low, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our target was an east-to-west transect starting near Guam, over the Challenger ...

While it’s not helping fly the Millennium Falcon, marine biologists have discovered a new type of deep-sea coral in the western Pacific Ocean that bears a striking similarity to a certain beloved Star ...

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 ...