Why the Mariana Trench Still Terrifies Scientists

How deep can humanity actually go? From the first divers of the ancient world to the historic descent into the Mariana Trench, this is the story of our push into the deep. We'll meet the bizarre creatures that survive under crushing pressure — and uncover why the world's superpowers are now racing to control the ocean floor.

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0:00 What will be in the video
1:55 Ancient divers & the pursuit of pressure protection
3:29 Discovering the Mariana Trench
4:19 The Bathysphere: Trapped on a cable
6:01 Auguste Piccard & the bathyscaphe revolution
8:28 Project Nekton: The US Navy's secret mission
10:24 Why we've only explored 5% of the ocean
13:00 Ocean zones & the danger of deep pressure
15:11 Bizarre creatures of the abyssal depth
16:08 The tragic truth behind the blobfish
17:26 Descending into Challenger Deep
20:28 A terrifying crack at 10,000 meters
21:49 Reaching the bottom of the world
22:52 Why humanity abandoned the trench
24:02 James Cameron's solo dive
25:42 The billionaire conquering all ocean trenches
26:53 Extreme environments & the origin of life
28:53 Why the New Underwater Race Is Getting Dangerous