hadal zone
Americannoun
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Finally, there are the incredibly deep seafloor trenches known as the hadal zone, named after Hades, Greek god of the underworld.
From Scientific American • Aug. 6, 2022
Since then, Dr Cui has set his eyes on the hadal zone in general, and in particular on the bottom of the Mariana trench.
From Economist • Aug. 25, 2016
The hadal zone is one of the most poorly studied habitats on Earth.
From Nature • Mar. 17, 2016
Such landers are the only tools currently available to explore the hadal zone — and they are no substitute for submersibles, says Jeffrey Drazen, a deep-sea researcher at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
From Nature • Dec. 8, 2015
"The hadal zone is 45% of the ocean's depth range. So the entire discipline of deep sea biology has concentrated on the shallowest 50% and that seems wrong," he said.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2014
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