We see a boat on the water and a deep ocean trench below it. The deepest depths of the sea are found in the crescent-shaped Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. But what is the ...

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 ...

For scientists studying the mysteries of the ocean, few places on Earth hold the level of intrigue that the Mariana Trench does. As the deepest point in all the Earth's oceans, this site has scholars ...

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 ...

From the deep ocean floor to vast underground caverns beneath our feet, these places challenge our understanding of the world.

Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer, said he made the unsettling discovery as he descended nearly 6.8 miles (35,853 feet/10,928 meters) to a point in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench that is the ...

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The coral Iridogorgia chewbacca, found in the tropical Pacific, has long branches, and its DNA confirms that it is a new species.

Almost three-quarters of our world is covered in saltwater, and, on average, the ocean is about 12,100 feet or 2.3 miles deep. But in certain places, the sea floor plummets to truly astonishing depths ...