Scientists are going to dig a hole at the bottom of the ocean, will find the reason for this terrible disaster

Trending: A 7-month excavation campaign will be launched on the Japan Trench to find out why tsunamis occur.

Why do tsunamis occur? A team of international scientists, including researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), are going on an unprecedented mission to find the answer to this question on the Japan Trench. The Japan Trench is a deep-sea trench located in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean, about 8 kilometers (8,046 meters) deep.

Will drill up to a kilometer deep

Researchers will use advanced equipment to drill about a kilometer deep into the ocean floor and study the samples obtained from every angle. The director of the expedition, Professor Ron Hackney, said that the expedition also aims to check what changes have occurred in the rocky samples since the devastating earthquake in 2011.

The expedition will last for 7 months

This expedition is the final stage of a 10-year international research project known as the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). The mission will last for about seven months. Before this, over the past decade, 81 scientists from Australia and New Zealand have gone on separate drilling expeditions.