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

What creatures lurk in the pitch-black oceans of Challenger Deep? The deepest part of the Earth’s oceans is a portion of the ...

In the summer of 2022, renowned oceanographer Dr. Dawn Wright embarked on a historic journey into Challenger Deep, the deepest known point in Earth's oceans. Located in the Mariana Trench ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a 20-second audio clip believed to have captured the final moments of the Titan submersible ...

the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, reaching approximately 36,070 feet (10,994 meters). Oceans present wide, open spaces that stretch to the abyssal plains, the trenches, and the mid-ocean ...

A newly-released audio recording of the Titan submersible’s final moments sheds new light on the timeline of the ill-fated 2023 underwater expedition.

Only a few expeditions have reached the trench; in 2012, James Cameron’s solo journey to Challenger Deep provided key insights into its mysterious environment. The Mariana Trench sits where the ...

2500 km and a mean width of 70 km (Jamieson, 2015). Our study area is located in the southern section of the Mariana Trench covering the Challenger Deep (~11,000 m depth). The Mariana Trench is ...