Researchers studying hydrothermal vents in the depths of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench have found tiny inorganic structures performing energy conversions associated with life. There are a ...

While the Mariana Trench may appear to be a desolate and lifeless chasm, it is, in fact, teeming with life. Diverse marine life forms, such as coral, jellyfish, and octopus, have been discovered ...

Metagenomic sequencing of 1,194 samples generated the 92-terabasepair (Tbp) Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research (MEER) dataset, identifying 7,564 microbial species, 89.4% of which had ...

Structures In The Mariana Trench Appear To Be Converting Energy In A Life-Like Process "A vital function in modern plant, animal, and microbial life, can occur abiotically in a geological ...

Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. . | Credit: Han Xu et al. (2025) Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea.

Life is surprisingly persistent in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. Whether or not you subscribe to the idea that viruses count as “life”, little is known about the ones that ...

Earth Science Deepest Virus Ever Detected Unearthed by Scientists in the Mariana Trench The bacteria-hunting virus is named vB_HmeY_H4907 and was found 8,900 meters below the surface of the ocean.

Science Meet the mysterious, magnetic microbes dwelling in the Mariana Trench Closely studying these magnetic foraminifera could lead to new insights about the evolution of magnetic life.

The life-supporting medium results from chemical reactions between the seawater and magma rising from beneath the ocean floor. 5. The Mariana Trench was designated as a US national monument in 2009 ...

For example, 80 percent of the biosphere -- the life of our planet -- is found in the deep sea, making the abyss the largest habitat on earth and still containing unimaginable surprises.

These strange sounds were first discovered during a submarine exploration near the Mariana Trench in 2014. Researchers likened them to the sounds of spacecraft engines in the famous film saga Star ...

The bottom of the Mariana Trench is about 35,876 feet (10,935 meters) deep, making it deeper than Mount Everest is tall.