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Nature offers a window on global natural history, providing a unique insight into the natural world, the environment, and the magnificent creatures that inhabit it.
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If you like natural history and you're interested in the environment, why not visit Radio 4's first ever interactive blog here.
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| A picture of the ROV 'Isis' in the Antarctic. © Emily Dolan / The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton |
Nature: Life In The Trenches
The oceans cover over 70% of the earth, yet only 1% of the deep ocean floor has been investigated in detail. The deep sea represents the final frontier in exploration.
In this week’s Nature, scientists Ron Douglas from City University in London and Julian Partridge from Bristol University jump on-board a German research ship bound for the South Pacific on a voyage of discovery.
When we look at the ocean we see a 2 dimensional flat mirror like surface but underneath lies an unknown and complex world. We know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the deep ocean.
Lying between Samoa and New Zealand is the Tonga trench. At just over 10,000 metres it is the second deepest part of the ocean in the world and a difficult landscape to access.
Trying to gain an insight into the lives of animals living there is very difficult. Using innovative techniques to deploy video cameras to the sea bed the team of scientists hoped to see for the very first time what lives down there and how it has adapted to survive.
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