A recent study published in Cell01479-X)sheds light on the incredible adaptability of microbes living in the hadal zone—the deepest part of the ocean, marked by immense pressure, near-freezing ...

These include the sunlight zone (epipelagic), the twilight zone (mesopelagic), the midnight zone (bathypelagic), the abyssal zone (abyssopelagic), and the hadal zone (trenches) ...

Ocean depth is divided into zones: littoral, bathyal, abyssal and hadal. The deepest part of the ocean, the hadal zone, is anywhere deeper than six kilometres. What is the average depth of the ocean?

The papers were a result of a three-month expedition of the hadal zone, the deepest part of the ocean floor, that we took in 2021. Riding in China's self-developed deep-sea vessel, we ...

Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. . | Credit ... and lizardfish that live in the hadal zone — the region about 19,700 feet ...