An isolated pillow outcrop surrounded by sediment found during a 2016 expedition to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Photo: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration ...

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A team of scientists from Southern University of Science and Technology has published a paper highlighting the importance of ...

On January 23, 1960, two men, diving in a small deep-sea submersible, reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, a spot about 200 miles southwest of Guam that, at 35,800 feet below the surface of the ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in its various incarnations, has been delivering us valuable data about our world for over two centuries. It closely monitors the ...

Just as Earth’s land surface has enormous peaks and valleys, the oceanic world has similarly varied topography. Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench — a chasm in the ...

Pagan Island, Northern Marianas is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station. A steam plume flows south from the peak of Pagan Island’s ...