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Chinese Team Stunned as Deep-Sea Submersible Finds Ecosystem At Pacific Ocean's Deepest Trench Zone

The most vibrant chemosynthesis-based communities were captured using a manned submersible, Fendouzhe, on an expedition to ...

Scientists Find New Ecosystem in Deepest Trenches of Pacific Ocean

Scientists have long studied organisms that thrive around hydrothermal vents. But those native to areas known as cold seeps — ...

Culprit behind mass sea star deaths along Pacific coast revealed, scientists say

Starting in 2013, a mysterious sea star wasting disease sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska. The epidemic has ...

3 reasons why the Pacific Ocean tsunami fizzled before reaching WA

Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.

Pacific algae invade Algeria beaches, pushing humans and fish away

At a beach near Algiers, brown algae native to the Pacific Ocean cover the golden sand, posing a threat to ecosystems native ...

Maps: Tracking a Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean

Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...

‘Flourishing’ ecosystem discovered 30,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean

A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below ...

The Pacific Dodged a Monster Tsunami After One of the Biggest Quakes Ever. Here’s Why

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...
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Chinese scientists uncover strange life forms at 31,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean

The organisms discovered sustain on chemosynthesis rather than sunlight and are clustered around abundant methane seeps in ...