Why is the mariana trench important
What Did Scientists Really See In The Mariana Trench?
our planet is full of mystery from the
barren Arctic Circle to vast open
deserts and even the summit of Mount
Everest human beings have explored and
documented some of the most harsh
environments on this earth in an effort
to discover what else lives here on
planet Earth with us while modern
science has led to some incredible
discoveries we are still eluded by the
deepest and most remote place on the
earth
the Mariana Trench you've probably
already heard something about it before
haven't you you were most likely told
that the Mariana Trench is the deepest
place on earth and while that's true
it's very likely all you've learned well
make yourself comfortable because today
we're going to dive right into the how
and why of this mysterious abyss along
with some of the most interesting and
bizarre species that live in these
depths thousands of meters below us in a
world of complete darkness you won't
believe what secrets this place be holds
named after the nearby Mariana Islands
just east of the Philippines as this
mysterious channel roughly 1500
kilometers long and more than 11,000
meters deep below the ocean sea bed so
what exactly have we found at the bottom
of this deep furrow well for a very long
time it was believed to be uninhabited
with the chances of life settling in
these depths being next to none however
in 2012 James Cameron proved otherwise
making the first-ever solo mission to
the bottom of the Mariana it had been
over 60 years since someone ventured
into this abyss and taking nearly four
hours to descend in return Cameron in
the deep-sea challenger submarine
documented never-before-seen
microorganisms and bacteria which some
scientists say could help us understand
the development of life of our planet
over 35,000 feet down microbial mats
which are basically clumps of thousands
of microorganisms use unique biological
processes to live off of chemicals
altered from deep-sea rocks
strangely enough up until
we knew more about the surface of Mars
than life in the trench
so these microorganisms could go a long
way in unraveling how life on Earth
originated you probably aren't surprised
to learn about bacteria surviving at the
bottom of the Mariana Trench but there
are still many other life-forms down
below that you didn't know existed none
of us did
let's take a closer look at some of the
strange and mysterious creatures that
live in depths so deep that even iron
bends under such intense forces huge
clams and a strange subspecies of fish
unknown to science absurdly live in such
conditions however they are not alone in
fact in a previous expedition about
halfway to the bottom of the abyss a
large shining metallic disc shaped
object was seen floating in the water
after a few minutes a screech rang out
in momentarily the signal from the
cameras disappeared shortly after the
object vanished in an instant however
even after the expedition scientists
preferred not to comment about what they
had witnessed scientists in a more
recent expedition discovered an unusual
jellyfish which looks something like an
alien from another planet the body of
this species with its long tentacles
glows red and yellow this bizarre
creature was discovered in the
little-known area of the Mariana Trench
called the submarine peak of the enigma
at a depth of roughly 3,700 meters
nevertheless if you venture even further
down the floor of the trench is home to
amphipods crustaceans that are closely
related to shrimp but at the bottom of
the ocean these amphipods can grow to
gigantic sizes normally they max out at
less than 2 centimetres long but some
amphipods in the Mariana Trench were
seen to be over a foot in length these
things look like some monster out of a
sci-fi film but the weirdness doesn't
stop there millions of tons of water
filter nearly all the light from the
surface world and leave life in the dark
many species have developed bioluminesce
to help them survive the barreleye fish
deep-sea hatchet fish and sea devil
angler fish all use light to confuse
predators and attract prey camouflaging
themselves are mimicking less
threatening organisms research into the
Mariana Trench is not slowing down
anytime soon the mysteries that lie at
the deepest point on the earth could
change the way we see life on this
planet forever voyages into the deep
continue to discover new species so be
sure to check back when we have more to
share with you about the deep dark and
mysterious world that is the Mariana
Trench
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