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How Do Scientists Explore the Deep Ocean?
Oceanography

How Do Scientists Explore the Deep Ocean?

Scientists explore the deep ocean with a layered toolkit because no single vehicle can map vast areas, inspect delicate organisms and collect samples equally well. Ships…

December 18, 2018
What Is the Mariana Trench?
Oceanography

What Is the Mariana Trench?

The Mariana Trench is a long, narrow depression in the western Pacific created where one tectonic plate bends and descends beneath another. It contains Challenger Deep,…

December 17, 2018
30 mysterious whales in Alaska Bay
Oceanography

30 mysterious whales in Alaska Bay

The unexplained death of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska forced the US government to conduct an investigation.

December 17, 2018