The Ocean Is So Close, but the Sea Floor Is So Hard to Get To

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The ocean is so close, but the sea floor is so hard to get to. I mean, it just feels like we're right at the beginning of this huge task of understanding imean. How could you not be excited about it? Marie tharp's oral histories came from the american institute of physics and columbia university. You can sign up for our news letter at box dot com. Slash unexplainable by emailing emal any thoughts you might have about the show to unexplainable at box dotcom.

Earlier this year, Nicole Yamase explored the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest place in the ocean, where few people have ever been. The rest of the seafloor is almost as mysterious — 80 percent remains unmapped — but the few glimpses scientists have gotten have completely revolutionized our understanding of the planet.

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