WHAT IS HADES?
The Hadal Ecosystems Studies (HADES) Program is a collaborative project, funded by the National Science Foundation, aimed to pursue the foremost questions in trench and hadal ecosystem science, determining the composition and distribution of hadal species, the role of pressure, food supply, physiology, depth, and seafloor topography on deep-ocean communities and the evolution of trench life. Learn more »
From November 9 to December 9, 2014, a team aboard R/V Falkor explores the biology and geology of the deepest parts of the ocean in the Mariana Trench.
