The ocean is vast and full of mystery. Scientists never finished researching the waters on Earth. So deep, so far away, full of unknown creatures.
95 percent of the ocean floor is unexplored. Scientists have mapped the ocean floor, but what is there? Scientists also conduct research such as Seabed 2030 to examine what is at the bottom of the ocean.
The milky sea phenomenon is a phenomenon where the sea lights up at night due to a family of phosphorescent plankton called Dinoflagellates. The mystery is that scientists are still not sure how and why these organisms congregate in such large numbers.
In 2016, a team of scientists from the Ocean Exploration Trust discovered a strange purple round creature on the ocean floor off the coast of California. This species was eventually named Blobus purpilis which was thought to be a kind of sea slug.
There is a mysterious jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii that seems to be able to live forever. He can return to the phase of being a baby or in the life cycle of a jellyfish back into a polyp. Scientists are researching in hopes of finding a cancer drug that mimics longevity.
Scientists wonder if there are giant squid in the ocean? In 2005, the giant squid Architeuthis was discovered off the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific. It is larger than 8 meters and looks like it could be even bigger.
Based on statistics, the accident rate in the Bermuda Triangle is the same as in other areas. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) admits the region has problems with rapid weather changes due to the Gulf Stream, a distorted compass magnet and methane gas escaping from the ocean.
The Mariana Islands in Guam have the deepest place on Earth called the Mariana Trench. The depth is 10,984 km below sea level. Until now scientists are still finding strange new species and some giants in the Mariana Trench.
According to scientists, the animal closest to the sea dragon is the Giant Oarfish. This fish is long and flat like a dragon and is known to grow up to 17 meters.