{"id":60049777,"date":"2024-08-29T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/?post_type=news_digest&#038;p=60049777"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:53:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:53:43","slug":"china-deep-sea-survey-explores-western-pacific-depths","status":"publish","type":"news_digest","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/digest\/china-deep-sea-survey-explores-western-pacific-depths\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Deep sea survey explores western Pacific depths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Chinese research vessel Deep Sea No. 1 set off from Qingdao in eastern China early this month, carrying the manned submersible Jiaolong and headed for a deep-sea scientific expedition in the western Pacific Ocean, a China News Service <a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/b5CTC0HchqhsKrarPCrntQ\">report<\/a> says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expedition involves international scientists for the first time and aims to study the biodiversity and environment of typical deep-sea habitats. Jiaolong, a China-developed submersible that can reach 7,000 metres below the sea surface, allows scientists to probe the environment and ecosystems of seamounts and the animals living on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vessel arrived in the first operation area in the Western Pacific Ocean on 17 August, according to a CCTV <a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/fo63Qsd1Js7zgxFuxQamCw\">report<\/a>. The day after, Jiaolong made its 300th dive since its first deployment in 2009, a milestone celebrated in several Chinese media outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Colombian scientist then joined Chinese submariners for another dive to investigate organisms on the seamount ridges and collect samples of vulnerable species, seabed sediments, rocks, and seawater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Deep-Sea Center\u2019s deputy director, Xu Xuewei, told China News Service that the expedition would enhance scientific understanding of the deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystem in the surveyed areas. The knowledge gained would feed into a scientific project called <a href=\"https:\/\/oceandecade.org\/actions\/digital-deep-sea-typical-habitats\/\">Digital Deep-Sea Typical Habitats<\/a> (Digital DEPTH), he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital DEPTH is a China-led research programme under the UN Ocean Decade framework. It focuses on four types of deep-sea habitats that are vulnerable to human activities and global changes \u2013 seamounts, mid-ocean ridges, continental slopes and abyssal plains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme aims to improve scientists\u2019 ability to observe, simulate and map these typical deep-sea habitats, and to help foster a balance between deep-sea protection and sustainable development. This is especially important as China and other nations explore <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/ocean\/chinas-push-into-deep-sea-mining-gathers-speed\/\">the nascent potential of deep sea mining<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese research vessel Deep Sea No. 1 set off from Qingdao in eastern China early this month, carrying the manned submersible Jiaolong and headed for a deep-sea scientific expedition in the western Pacific Ocean, a China News Service report says.&nbsp; The expedition involves international scientists for the first time and aims to study the 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