Oceanography
What Are Hydrothermal Vents?
Hydrothermal vents are places on the seafloor where seawater circulates through hot, chemically reactive ocean crust and returns to the ocean carrying dissolved minerals…
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Oceanography
What Is the Deep Sea?
The deep sea is the vast ocean environment below the sunlit surface layers, commonly including waters deeper than about 200 meters. It is cold, dark, under high pressure…
Oceanography
What Animals Live in the Deep Sea?
Deep-sea animals live under darkness, cold temperatures, high pressure and limited food, so many have evolved traits rarely seen in shallow water. The community includes…
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…
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,…