Science just got a major glow-up! 🌟 China and Indonesia have wrapped their first-ever joint deep-sea expedition in the Java Trench, plunging over 7,000 meters into the Indian Ocean's mysterious depths. The mission? To unlock secrets of our planet's last frontier. 🎯
☑️ The Tansuo-1 research vessel, home to the Fendouzhe submersible ('Striver' in Chinese), returned to Hainan this week after a 50-day voyage. Think of it as the ultimate science collab: teams from 11 universities and institutions made 22 dives, with 14 breaking 6,000 meters. The deepest? A record-shattering 7,180.4 meters! 💪
🔬 Highlights reel:
Discovered two active hydrothermal vents – nature's underwater cafés for deep-sea critters
Snapped HD footage & collected macrobenthos samples (that’s fancy science for seafloor life)
Found iron-rich sediment layers that’ll rewrite geology textbooks 📚
'This is like finding Atlantis’ R&D lab,' joked CAS researcher Du Mengran. Seriously though: these finds help us understand how geology and marine life evolve together. 🤯
The mission isn’t just about science – it’s a new chapter in China-Indonesia relations. More dives = better climate models + insights into earthquakes. Who knew cooperation could be this deep? 🌏✨
