Environment
How Do Volcanoes Erupt?
Volcanoes erupt when magma and gases move from depth toward Earth's surface and pressure overcomes the strength of surrounding rock. The style of eruption depends on mag…
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Oceanography
Deepest fish species discovered, equivalent to being crushed by 1,600 elephants
Scientists have filmed a snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis swimming at unprecedented depths in the ocean, 8,336m below the surface.
Oceanography
Inside the missing submersible exploring the Titanic wreck
The US and Canadian Coast Guards are racing against time to find a tourist submarine that went missing on June 19 while touring the wreck of the Titanic.
Oceanography
Amazing facts about the Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth
Just as the Earth's land surface has huge peaks and valleys, the ocean world has similarly varied terrain.
Oceanography
How deep is the ocean?
The average depth of the ocean is about 3,700m. The deepest point in the ocean known today is Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench with a depth of about 10,935m (nearly…
Environment
Stunned by the flora and fauna inside the world's deepest sinkhole
From a disaster to a wonder of the world - Xiaozhai Tiankeng (Chongqing, China) is famous for its depth of 662m.
Oceanography
Strange creature eggs appear at a depth of 6,200m in the Pacific Ocean
A cluster of mysterious black eggs was brought up by a deep-sea probe, containing the embryos of a strange creature never recorded by science.
New technology
China develops laser radar that can 'find a needle in a haystack'
Xiamen University's lidar (laser radar) system can operate at a depth of one kilometer and detect oil spills from a distance of 12 meters.
Discover science
Energy source from super hot 374 degree C rock underground
Scientists study super-hot rocks at depths of nearly 10km as a potential renewable energy source to replace fossil fuels.
Environment
Is the bottomless lake real?
Some lakes with their enormous depths or strange features easily give the impression that they have no bottom at all.
Oceanography
Fiber optic cable laying system in the world's deepest abyss
Haiwei GD11000 fiber optic cable winch system can deploy cables at a maximum depth of more than 11,000m.
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China discovers gold deposits with reserves of more than 1,000 tons
Geologists have discovered a huge gold deposit estimated at more than 1,000 tonnes, worth a total of about $83 billion, in Hunan province, central China.
Archeology
'Pacific Ghost Ship' Discovered, Double Agent in World War II
The wreck of the destroyer USS Stewart was recently found at a depth of about 1,065 m at the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, about 80 km northwest of San Francis…
Environment
Recreating unprecedented depth and detail inside volcanoes
Scientists in France have developed a new technique that can image the inside of volcanoes in unprecedented detail and depth, helping to more accurately predict the poss…
Oceanography
How special is the plan to put humans living under the sea?
UK-based DEEP is developing the Sentinel system, which it says is a modular, reconfigurable underwater habitat that would allow humans to live at depths of 200m for 28 d…