A team of Chinese researchers has made an impressive discovery in the depths of the northwest Pacific, where sunlight does not penetrate and conditions are considered extreme for life. During a series of dives in the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches, scientists have identified thriving ecosystems made up of organisms that do not live on photosynthesis, but through a rare process: chemosynthesis, informs AFP. In a world where most beings rely on solar energy, these communities demonstrate a