Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer primarily focused on tech news. Previously, he was a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has had recent work featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, as well as McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He lives outside Indianapolis.
ArticleBody:It may be an overused statistic, but it’s true: We know less about what lives and lurks in our oceans than we do about outer space. This year proved no exception to the rule, either. In the last year, researchers discovered long-lost shipwrecks, odd animals, and even a phenomenon known as “dark oxygen,” among many other finds. ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ found using underwater drones The USS Stewart rests about 3,500 feet below the ocean's surface.
World’s largest coral formation is longer than a blue whale A diver from National Geographic Pristine Seas measures the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands. The biggest animal in the world may be the blue whale, but researchers in 2024 determined that the biggest intertwined community of animals is undoubtedly the recently discovered Pavona clavus coral colony.
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