Aboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia, Jan 28, 2026 (AFP) - 'So little we know': in submersibles revealing the deep sea

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A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines. This month, AFP boarded one of two submersibles belonging to OceanX, a non-profit backed by billionaire Ray Dalio and his son that brings scientists onto its OceanXplorer ship to study the marine world. The ship boasts labs for genetic sequencing, a he......

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