Scientists discover beer bottle at the deepest point of the ocean
In 2022, Dr Dawn Wright, a professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University, said humans are ‘irrevocably’ changing the planet.
When it comes to exploring the deep sea, unless you suffer from thalassophobia (the fear of large bodies of water), it can be quite fascinating.
But Dr Wright’s strange discovery proved we needed to understand our planet better to preserve it.
In a Los Angeles Times report, she explained the initial goal of her underwater research was to explore 'a previously unvisited area' of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
She descended more than 6.7 miles in a two-seat submarine to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean where she found something peculiar.
“Sitting in sediment at the bottom of the ocean at the Earth’s deepest point: a beer bottle. It had traveled more than 6.7 miles to the darkest depths of the Pacific, label still intact,” Dr Wright explained.
“This discarded trash had managed to reach an unsullied part of our world before we actually did - a symbol of how deeply and irrevocably humans are affecting the natural world.”
Taking to X, she also reinforced her belief that we need to protect the planet better.
