For most of the human history, the oceans represented something larger than any power could control. It was unfathomable and beyond conquest—wild, uncontained, and governed by forces of nature rather ...

It’s no wonder deep-sea creatures are so strange. They survive against the odds in one of the most extreme environments on ...

The papers were a result of a three-month expedition of the hadal zone, the deepest part of the ocean floor, that we took in 2021. Riding in China's self-developed deep-sea vessel, we ...

So we have people that study all parts of the ocean, from coral reefs all the way down to the hadal zone, the very deepest parts of the ocean. The ecosystems in the ocean really matter ...

These include the sunlight zone (epipelagic), the twilight zone (mesopelagic), the midnight zone (bathypelagic), the abyssal zone (abyssopelagic), and the hadal zone (trenches) ...

We are introduced to the basic geological development of the deep water trenches of the hadal zone, and the practicalities and challenges of scientific sampling at depth. Referencing is up to date, ...

Deep sea. Image via Depositphotos. The depths of the ocean, classified as the bathyal, abyssal, and hadal zones, are areas devoid of sunlight and characterized by high pressure and low temperatures.