The ocean is far deeper than most people realize, holding secrets and mysteries that continue to astonish scientists and ...

A deep-sea robot is released onto the seafloor of the Mariana Trench, reaching a depth of 10,666 meters. [Photo provided to China Daily] A team of Chinese scientists has developed a miniature 2.7 ...

Chinese scientists have achieved a number of scientific, technological and engineering breakthroughs in the field of deep-sea ... onto the sea floor of the Mariana Trench, reaching a depth of ...

especially on the ocean floor. Since the 1960s, multiple missions—some autonomous, others manned—have sought to explore the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench. Over 30,000 feet deep ...

Despite advancements in technology and seabed mapping, a large part of the ocean floor ... Mariana Trench. That's because, the Mariana Trench's environment is very hostile. Sunlight cannot ...

The Mariana ... the trench spans about 1,580 miles in length and 43 miles in width. At its deepest point, the floor is seven miles below sea level or just under 36,201 feet deep.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. Its deepest point, known as the Challenger Deep, reaches approximately 10,984 meters ... have also endured daunting expeditions to its floor. Their ...

to the east of the Mariana Islands. The distance between the surface of the ocean and the trench's deepest point, the Challenger Deep is nearly 7 miles (11 km). Walsh had only dived to 100m at ...

An isolated pillow outcrop surrounded by sediment found during a 2016 expedition to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Photo ... little we know about these deep sea viruses, let alone how many ...

Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench ... such as deep-sea shrimp and crabs, and — higher up in the water column — stony coral reefs. The ocean floor remains ...