Topic
Deep ocean
3 questions tagged Deep ocean — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
when
When was the first vampire squid observed alive in the wild?
The vampire squid was first observed alive in the wild in 1898 and later filmed in much greater detail in the 1990s. It lives in the oxygen-poor deep sea.
AnimalsDeep ocean
which
Which sea is the deepest part of the world’s oceans?
The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific contains the deepest known point in the oceans, the Challenger Deep, at about 10,900 to 11,000 meters.
OceanographyDeep Ocean
how
How do deep-sea pressure levels affect the animals that live there?
High pressure changes how body molecules and membranes behave, so deep-sea animals evolve flexible tissues and specialized chemistry.
ScienceDeep ocean