This is not the first case linking plastics with the deepest parts of the ocean. Explorer makes alarming find while attempting to break a world record in the ocean: 'A rather disheartening discovery' ...
posing new challenges to the health of the ocean’s food web. The research highlights how filter-feeding marine organisms alter the behavior and composition of microplastics, creating unforeseen risks ...
At 11,034 meters, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point in the ocean. Seas ... oceans sustain a greater diversity of creatures, mostly bacteria and microscopic plankton ...
Still, this underwater canyon is one of the most unexplored places on our planet, and it will likely remain so until we find new ways to peer into these deep sea environments without being crushed.
"Mariana Trench: The Deepest Depths ... As with a lot of deep-sea animals, science knows very little about goblin sharks. No one knows exactly how they reproduce, and a pregnant female has ...