Beijing approves construction of first South China Sea deepwater ‘space station’
Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface After ...
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Archaeal and anaerobic methane oxidizer communities in the Sonora Margin cold seeps, Guaymas Basin (Gulf of California)
Cold seeps, located along the Sonora Margin transform fault in the Guaymas Basin, were extensively explored during the ‘BIG’ cruise in June 2010. They present a seafloor mosaic pattern ...
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Marine exploration for biological discovery
Deep-sea exploration is also a national strategic ... and the South China Sea cold seeps for biodiversity research. As China’s largest deep-sea sampling activity with the most diverse samples ...