Deepest known whale graveyard discovered 7 km beneath Indian Ocean with 5-million-year-old fossils
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James Woodford
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Scientists discovered the world's deepest known whale graveyard in the Diamantina Zone of the southern Indian Ocean at 7 km depth. The expedition, led by Peng Zhou of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in early 2023, involved 32 dives in a crewed submersible along 1,200 km of seafloor. The remains include a new species of extinct beaked whale and other fossils over 5 million years old, as part of the Global Hadal Exploration Programme.
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· 4 pulledThe world's deepest known whale graveyard has been discovered in the southern Indian Ocean at a depth of 7 kilometres.
The remains found there include a new species of extinct beaked whale and other fossils that are over 5 million years old.
In early 2023, Peng Zhou at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his colleagues undertook 32 dives in a crewed submersible along 1200 kilometres of the seafloor, in an area known as the Diamantina Zone.
The expedition was part of the Global Hadal Exploration Programme, an effort led by Chinese scientists to explore all the deepest
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