Scientists discover new species in one of world’s deepest ocean trenches

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/details-9266.php

This article was about marine biologists from New Zealand and Japan discovered fish in the trenches of Peru-Chile. The species discovered have never been captured on camera before and live 7000m deep. There were snailfish, large crustacean scavengers, and cusk-eels deep down in the trench. With the use of high-tech equiptment the marine biologists were able to capture the species for three weeks. Also, this expedition that went on was the seventh to take place in part of HADEEP. That is a collaborative research between the University of Aberdeen's Oceanlab and the University of Tokyo's Ocean Research Institute. They were known for their deep ocean research for three years. This trench was believed to be void of any type of fish, and now discovered an entirely new species. The marine biologists also stated that the trench located in Peru-Chile is one of the deepest trenches in the world.
I thought that this article relates to the course because of the trench and plate tectonics. A trench is formed from the collision of plate tectonics. The trench occurs when there is subduction happening between two plates. One plate will push into another plate, and it will go below that plate. From that happening, the trench will form on the top of both of the plates.
From the information in this article, I found it very interesting. I was surprised to think that people would believe that an area like that trench would be void of any existence. With all of the technology used it was entertaining to read how soon they found a new species of fish. Not only did they find one new species of the snailfish, but I thought it was fascinating that they also found another type of crustacean scavangers, and cusk-eel. It really shows how much area people have not searched for living species. With such a large amount of water who knows what could be down in there. Especially with plate tectonics moving and having more spaces between that where other things can be hiding. Overall, I thought this article was very interesting and happy that I stumbled upon it.

-Kelsey Cappello