Recently, the research team led by Research Fellow Hongzhou Xu from the Department of Ocean Circulation Observing and Modeling (LOCOM) published a research paper titled "Three-layer circulation in the world deepest hadal trench" online in the international journal "Nature Communications". Based on the 10,000-meter-class hadal mooring observation array, this research discovered for the first tim...

In 2024, a research team led by Dr. Xiaotong Peng reported the discovery of abiotic organic compounds in basalt from the oceanic crust of the Southwest Indian Ridge and proposed a novel molecular mechanism for its condensation.This breakthrough followed the team’s discovery of nanoscale abiotic organic matter in mantle rocks from the Yap Trench in 2021. It represents a significant advance in r...

On the afternoon of March 28th, 2024, the research vessel TAN SUO YI HAO returned to Sanya, carrying the Full-Ocean-Depth HOV Fendouzhe. It successfully completed the first China-Indonesia joint deep-sea diving scientific expedition voyage mission in the Java Trench. The trench exploration team set sail from Sanya on February 8th and the voyage lasted for 50 days. The team members were from 1...