China's Haiyang Dizhi-6 completes 16th deep-sea expedition_ discovers rare seabed minerals and tests world's first 10_000-metre ocean exploration system (original) (raw)

For centuries, the deepest parts of the ocean remained beyond human reach, hidden beneath crushing pressure and perpetual darkness. Now, a Chinese research vessel has returned from one of its most ambitious missions yet, bringing back mineral samples from the seafloor and data gathered nearly eight kilometres beneath the Pacific...read full story