What They Found 1.5 Miles Under The South Atlantic

A deep-sea robot found dozens of unknown species, and something far too familiar. #deepsea #oceanpollution #newspecies ⚠️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wovjYbUiGww&list=PL0H5lrcTOMY83VEIt2hu1weXKq-HqHNKc&index=19 🌊 Last year, a robot gave scientists their first live look at the floor of a deep canyon off the coast of Argentina, more than 2 miles down at its deepest. Nearly 4 million people tuned in. They saw corals, a bright orange sea star that looked just like Patrick Star, and more than forty animals that looked new to science. The robot also kept finding things that didn't belong down there. Twenty-nine pieces of rubbish, all the way down past 12,400 feet, including a rubber boot lying on the seafloor about 1.6 miles down. And this July, when taxonomists sat down with the animals it brought up, they confirmed 57 new species, after getting through only part of what was in the jars. So where did the rubbish come from, how many new species are still waiting in those jars, and what has already moved onto our litter? Let's find out. 🧭 Chapters 0:00 Rubbish on the canyon floor 0:32 A rubber boot 1:51 Half a million views per dive 3:48 57 new species 5:36 Every one they checked 6:43 Lines, ropes and hooks 8:24 Living on our litter 📖 Sources: PLOS One — Teso et al. 2026, Out of sight, hidden into the deep: Marine litter in the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon (southwestern Atlantic) revealed by ROV survey — https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0357098 Ocean News — International Species Discovery Workshop Yields 57 New Species from Mar del Plata Canyon — https://oceannews.com/news/science-technology/international-species-discovery-workshop-yields-57-new-species-from-mar-del-plata-canyon/ Ocean Census — Revealing the ocean life that inspired a nation: Argentina Species Discovery Workshop — https://oceancensus.org/revealing-the-ocean-life-that-inspired-a-nation-ocean-census-schmidt-ocean-institute-argentina-species-discovery-workshop/