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The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching ... Enceladus's ocean forms distinct layers ...

At the trench's depths, pressure is over 1,000 times that of sea ... life. Despite extreme conditions, the trench hosts unique creatures like ghost fish and snailfish, with some evolving ...

Trench-arc-basin (TAB) systems are widely distributed in the deep sea, yet our understanding of their biodiversity patterns and community assemblages remains limited. In this study, we collected ...

In this article, we'll explore the science behind dark oxygen, examine its implications for deep-sea ecosystems, and discuss what this discovery means for our understanding of life on Earth.