Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken ...

In 2021, Chinese scientists boarded a deep-sea sub, Fendouzhe, and ventured to the depths of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. Over 33 dives, they collected thousands of sediment ...

and the Mariana Trench—the deepest ocean trench on Earth. Of the more than 7,000 microbial species researchers documented in the samples, over 89% were previously unknown. Their study ...

A recent Japanese government report warns of a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, which could result in devastating tsunamis and up to 300,000 fatalities.

This movement results in deep ocean trenches, volcanic eruptions, and earthquake epicenters along the boundaries where the plates meet, called fault lines. The Ring of Fire is home to the deepest ...

Subduction zones are "characterized by intense geological activity, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the formation of deep oceanic trenches," said Newsweek. This is similar to the ...

Both trenches make up part of the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. The Cabinet Office projected up to 199,000 fatalities in the event of a magnitude-9.1 megaquake in the Japan Trench late at night in ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world's oceans. Come on in: The water's ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...