When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine landscape nearly devoid of life.-via National Geographic Returning from humankind’s first solo dive to the deepest spot in the ocean, filmmaker James Cameron said he saw no obvious signs of . . . → Read More: Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?
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By Dr. M, on  March 27th, 2013  3 comments  Biology, Crustacean, Ecology, Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Hadal & Trench, Microbes, New Research, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms, Special, Vessels and Equipment  Bacteria, Cameron, Challenger Deep, exploration, hadal, James Cameron, JAMSTEC, marianas trench, Microbes, Trench By para_sight, on March 26th, 2012 38 comments Expeditions, New Research, Opinion & Editorial, The Basics, Vessels and Equipment alvin, Challenger Deep, Deep Challenger, Deep Sea Challenge, exploration, hadal, James Cameron, marianas trench, National Geographic, ocean exploration, submersible This post is co-authored by Al Dove and Craig McClain In the 1989 James Cameron sci-fi movie The Abyss, there’s a scene when Ed Harris’ character dons a special environmental suit that allows him to breathe an oxygen-laden liquid. Thus protected from the risks of crushing deep-sea pressures (no air = no voids to collapse), . . . → Read More: James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge: a scientific milestone or rich guy’s junket?
By Dr. M, on July 14th, 2009 3 comments New Research, Organisms Crinoid, deep, depth, echinoderm, hadal, Japan, record, Trench Japanese researchers recently set a record with the deepest in-situ observation of a criniod. In the words of the authors, Previous records of stalked crinoids from hadal depths (exceeding 6000 m) are extremely rare, and no in-situ information has been available. We show here that stalked crinoids live densely on rocky substrates at depths . . . → Read More: The Deepest Crinoids
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