International online special article: According to Reuters May 14 news, a retired US Navy serviceman from Texas recently completed the deepest dive ever made by humans in a submarine. Shockingly, in the deepest part of the ocean floor, he found the least expected thing -- human-made garbage.

The plastic trash in the deepest part of the ocean (in the red circle) Photograph: Screenshot

VictorVescovo is a retired naval officer and the Dallas-based co-founder of private equity fund InsightEquityHoldings. He made the disturbing discovery at a depth of nearly 35,853 feet (10,927 meters) while exploring the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, he said in a statement on Monday. StephanieFitzherbert, a spokeswoman for the deep-sea expedition, said the artifact Viscovo found on the ocean floor was confirmed to be plastic. Plastic waste has reached "epidemic" proportions, with an estimated 100 million tons now found in the world's oceans, according to the United Nations.

The expedition team has completed four dives in the Mariana Trench in the past three weeks, and their submarine, the DSVLimitingFactor, is mainly used to collect Marine life and rock samples.

This is only the third time humans have dived into the deepest part of the ocean. Viscovo's dive is even deeper than the previous record for the deepest human dive set by the U.S. Navy in 1960, when it reached 35,800 feet (10,912 meters). Another was made by Canadian film director James Cameron in 2012, when his submarine reached a depth of 35,787 feet (10,908 meters). (Xie Shijia)

Marine life found in the deepest part of the ocean by expedition team

Marine life found in the deepest part of the ocean by expedition team

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