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An interactive page that lets you scroll down the ocean. Visit the great depths of the Mariana Trench and discover all the sea creatures hidden beneath.
The deep sea is broadly defined as the ocean depth where light begins to fade, at an approximate depth of 200 m (660 ft) or the point of transition from continental shelves to continental slopes. [ 1][ 2] Conditions within the deep sea are a combination of low temperatures, darkness, and high pressure. [ 3]
Below the ocean’s surface is a mysterious world that accounts for over 95 percent of Earth’s living space—it could hide 20 Washington Monuments stacked on top of each other. But the deep sea remains largely unexplored. As you dive down through this vast living space you notice that light starts fading rapidly.
20 hours ago · Deep sea scientists lowered a robot down to the ocean depths to reveal diverse life and new species thriving on seamounts in the Pacific Ocean.
20 hours ago · Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international waters.
The US space agency is exploring the deep ocean to search for clues of what oceans on other planets could look like, and push the limits of science and technology in one of the most extreme ...
Deep-sea fish are fish that live in the darkness below the sunlit surface waters, that is below the epipelagic or photic zone of the sea. The lanternfish is, by far, the most common deep-sea fish. Other deep-sea fishes include the flashlight fish, cookiecutter shark, bristlemouths, anglerfish, viperfish, and some species of eelpout .
Deep-sea exploration is the investigation of physical, chemical, and biological conditions on the ocean waters and sea bed beyond the continental shelf, for scientific or commercial purposes.
But what exactly is the deep ocean? The first 200 meters of the ocean are the open ocean. Much of the marine life we know of lives here, where there is light. Below 200 meters, where there is little light left, you enter the Twilight Zone.
As deep-sea mining threatens to encroach on previously untouched seafloor habitats and climate change warms and acidifies the seas, the ocean's ecosystems are on the brink of profound change.
