About HADAL
Hadal trenches are located at 6-11 km ocean depth and are currently less accessible to humans than the Moon. Representing the most extreme and remote of marine environments, they remain virtually unexplored and continue to challenge - and drive - technological advances towards deep sea exploration and the search for new marine resources.
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The overall aim for HADAL is to explore life, its function and importance, in the deepest and least explored realm of the global ocean.
- Ronnie Glud, Professor and Director of HADAL
Hadal Trenches
- Hadal trenches are located at 6-11 km ocean depth
- Resulting from tectonic plate movement, they may reach thousands of kilometers in length and be up to 60 km wide.
- Hot-spots of microbial activity occur within the trenches.
- Little is known about the role of hadal trenches and their associated - potentially undiscovered life forms - in global element cycles.
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