Researchers hired to study part of the deep sea floor of the Pacific Ocean found a surprising number of new animal species. Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa studied a 900-square-kilometer area in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ. Their goal was to find and study new kinds of sea life. Their task included documenting what is living in the deep sea area, known as an abyss. The researchers published their findings in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. Diva Amon is a researcher at the University of Hawaii. She is assistant director of the ABYSSLINE project to study undersea life. She spoke with VOA on Skype from her laboratory in Hawaii. Amon says usually deep sea biologists think there is not a lot living in the abyss. “But we found that actually there is quite a lot living there, and so that was really exciting..." The group is studying the area because the CCZ is known to have valuable minerals, including copper, nickel and cobalt.
Title: More Surprises from the Deep Sea
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1301/deep_sea.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='More Surprises from the Deep Sea' data-article-id='1811'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12292'>Researchers hired to study part of the deep sea floor of the Pacific Ocean found a surprising number of new animal species.</span> <span data-start-time='12292' data-end-time='31542'>Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa studied a 900-square-kilometer area in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, or CCZ.</span> <span data-start-time='31542' data-end-time='37521'>Their goal was to find and study new kinds of sea life.</span> <span data-start-time='37521' data-end-time='46292'>Their task included documenting what is living in the deep sea area, known as an abyss.</span> <span data-start-time='46292' data-end-time='53063'>The researchers published their findings in the journal Nature Scientific Reports.</span> <span data-start-time='53063' data-end-time='58042'>Diva Amon is a researcher at the University of Hawaii.</span> <span data-start-time='58042' data-end-time='65271'>She is assistant director of the ABYSSLINE project to study undersea life.</span> <span data-start-time='65271' data-end-time='70750'>She spoke with VOA on Skype from her laboratory in Hawaii.</span> <span data-start-time='70750' data-end-time='80250'>Amon says usually deep sea biologists think there is not a lot living in the abyss.</span> <span data-start-time='80250' data-end-time='84188'>“But we found that actually there is quite a lot living there, and so that was really exciting..."</span> <span data-start-time='84188' data-end-time='95917'>The group is studying the area because the CCZ is known to have valuable minerals, including copper, nickel and cobalt.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1301/deep_sea.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7009 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