Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Relying on China's self-developed human occupied vehicle (HOV) Fendouzhe, Chinese scientists have completed an exploration of the hadal zone, the deepest part of the ocean floor, and identified 7,564 ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

It included the first human descent to the deepest point of the Yap Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, a region nearly 9,000 ... a systematic study of hadal zone ecosystems and the creation ...

"Also, we found that living things eat some refractory carbon matters, which are generally difficult to be utilized, in the hadal zone, a region where food source is fairly limited. If such a ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the presence of thousands of previously unknown microbes thriving in the hadal zone, the deepest and most extreme region ofEarth’s oceans. Located between 6 and 11 ...

The remote South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic are a perfect place to find new and rarely seen species, and a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition in the region is finding many of those species ...

Hadal trenches, defined as deep-sea regions exceeding 6,000 meters in depth, are characterized by extreme conditions, including immense hydrostatic pressure, perpetual darkness, low temperatures ...