Much of the abyssal plain is between 3,000 and 6,000 meters ... The image below shows a bathymetric map of the ocean floor, where pink denotes the shallowest water (continental shelves and ...

Deep beneath the ocean's surface, in the pitch-black abyss, scientists have uncovered a fascinating phenomenon: "dark oxygen.

Massive quantities of microplastics lie on the deep ocean floor 500 kilometers off ... and nearly 6,000 meters deep on an abyssal plain located farther offshore. Analysis of fine grains contained ...