China is going full Jules Verne as it prepares to go where no drill has gone before. As part of its Deep Ocean Drilling Program, the special-built Meng Xiang (梦想号, "Dream") drill ship is gearing up ...
In the depths of the ocean where the Earth’s crust meets the freezing water, chemicals leak into the seawater through cracks ...
To learn about how rocks and minerals get pushed from the Earth's mantle to the seafloor, scientists drilled a really, really deep hole. Reading time 3 minutes Rock at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean ...
BEIJING, Dec 18 (Reuters) - China will on Friday conduct sea trials for its first ocean research drilling vessel, capable of drilling at depths of more than 10,000 metres (32,800 feet), a key step ...