Governors of American Pacific territories and environmental organizations are strongly opposing the US government's proposal to lease millions of acres of seabed near the Mariana Trench for exploration and mining.

Victor Vescovo made the deepest solo dive in history on May 1, 2019, descending 10,927 meters to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where he discovered a plastic bag.

A US government plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed near the Mariana Trench for deep sea exploration has drawn opposition from US territories like the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery of a deep-sea crustacean, Hirondellea gigas, that utilizes an aluminum-coated exoskeleton to survive in the extreme environment of the Mariana Trench.

American researchers have studied a highly resilient bacterium found in the Mariana Trench, which proved extremely difficult to destroy even under pressures many times greater than its natural habitat, potentially offering new insights into the origins of life on Earth.

Victor Vescovo, during his record-breaking solo dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in May 2019, discovered a plastic bag at a depth of 10,927 meters.

A Chinese diving expedition has found previously unknown habitats and new species in the deep sea of the Mariana Trench. Some of these new species were subsequently studied in Vienna.