During the mission, scientists will conduct the shooting of the seabed and collect samples of sea water. Chinese manned deep-sea submersible “Tszyaolun” began his dive into the “Abyss Challenger” — the deepest point of the Earth’s surface, located in the Mariana trench. On Tuesday, may 23. The bathyscaphe lowered into …
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Ten kilometers under the bottom of the Mariana trench there is life. The scientists extracted the 46 samples using a remotely operated unmanned underwater vehicles in close proximity of a mud volcano, South Chamorro. This underwater mountain is composed of serpentinite — dense rock which is formed when igneous minerals …
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Scientists suggest that the persistent organic pollutants originally contained in the plastic waste. Scientists from the UK and Australia recorded high levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPS) — toxic chemicals in two of the deepest ocean trenches. This is stated in article of researchers published in the journal Nature Ecology …
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