What If You Drilled a Hole at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench?

This is the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. It stretches 11km (7 mi) down below sea level. But what if we made it even deeper? Get a giant drill because we’re about to dig a hole in one of the most hostile environments on the planet. Has anyone attempted to do this before? What kind of nasty conditions would you be stepping into? Could you drill all the way to the Earth’s core? What will this hostile environment be like?

00:00 Deepest Place on Earth
00:47 Mariana Trench
01:37 Drilling a Hole to the Bottom
03:05 What we Know About the Mariana Trench

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50 Comments

  1. the lazy hustler on September 1, 2023 at 11:57 pm

    Maybe you will reach space from down 🀣🀣



  2. KillerBabe on September 2, 2023 at 12:00 am

    Than you have a big hole



  3. AndrewSkates on September 2, 2023 at 12:00 am

    If you drilled a whole through Challenger Deep, you would get a get a error message saying β€œBarrier reached. Please go back”



  4. FUKU TORA on September 2, 2023 at 12:00 am

    You might end up meeting the Lava Boss. Say hi!



  5. Kiki Sylvester on September 2, 2023 at 12:01 am

    WTF is wrong with you people? Working really hard at destroying the earth so let’s drill to the earths core in the Atlantic ocean? You people must have worms eating your brain! Have that checked out and quit making decisions for everyone. This sounds as stupid as nuking an active volcano. I can’t handle anymore complete ignorant stupidity. I listened to 33 seconds of this assinine video. No more.



  6. He Who Murks With One Leap on September 2, 2023 at 12:02 am

    Titanium – Tungesten Alloy



  7. Tyler Mitchell on September 2, 2023 at 12:03 am

    1:23 anybody know what movie that scene is from?



  8. doberv on September 2, 2023 at 12:04 am

    i don’t know why scientist is making space ship to explore outer space if we haven’t even explored the 65% of earth



  9. Peaceful Vibes on September 2, 2023 at 12:05 am

    You’ll release more Megalodons along the way & then demons to finalize.



  10. Smartest ドげブ on September 2, 2023 at 12:05 am

    Drilling a hole at the bottom of the Mariana Trench would be an extremely difficult and expensive undertaking, and it is not currently being proposed or planned by any organization. However, if it were to be attempted, it would likely have significant environmental impacts due to the unique and fragile ecosystem of the trench. Additionally, there could be geological risks associated with drilling at such extreme depths, such as the release of gases or destabilization of the seafloor. It is also important to consider the potential impact on the scientific research and understanding of the trench.



  11. IamRB on September 2, 2023 at 12:05 am

    I thought it would be something new but nvm I guessπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ



  12. Evan Xie on September 2, 2023 at 12:09 am

    Why won’t the lava turn into obsidian



  13. Chewyswing on September 2, 2023 at 12:10 am

    Long story short: you’ll die from pressure



  14. Sam Samretha on September 2, 2023 at 12:15 am

    What if earth moves to another solar system



  15. -- on September 2, 2023 at 12:16 am

    Humans constantly create apocalyptic non-sense exploration from their crazy ideas to destroy their environment and unconsciously end their own lives ~ Unknown



  16. Jay on September 2, 2023 at 12:17 am

    Watch the movie Underwater



  17. yaktuber on September 2, 2023 at 12:21 am

    I think mariana trench is 34.000+ feet



  18. A_l_o_n_e on September 2, 2023 at 12:22 am

    What is the clip at for 1:26 from



  19. sayan barik on September 2, 2023 at 12:24 am

    these vidoes are more entartaing than any big budget hollywood movies



  20. Nur Izati on September 2, 2023 at 12:26 am

    What if we stopped using papers for a year



  21. Eva Alcantara on September 2, 2023 at 12:27 am

    Let’s just build The Virgil for this.



  22. Nba and AFL clips on September 2, 2023 at 12:28 am

    How do u kknow it’s the deepest of only 5 percent of the ocean has been discovered



  23. Tα΄‘Ιͺᴄᴇᴏɴᴄᴇ.πŸͺ on September 2, 2023 at 12:29 am

    Dudes!I’m not sure πŸ˜•



  24. Fling Cheese on September 2, 2023 at 12:31 am

    Easy, you would’ve drilled a hole in the Mariana Trench.



  25. Bad bro lindo on September 2, 2023 at 12:31 am

    Yes me



  26. jap pat on September 2, 2023 at 12:32 am

    It would be awesome if you make a video on
    What if we lived in a different universe where the laws of physics are different



  27. Ed Laquian on September 2, 2023 at 12:32 am

    imagine you and your whole team/crew drilled the mariana trench and right after you drilled it somebody removes your VR and said "unfortunately you have been permanently banned from the simulation for trying to destroy the its world" and obviously you’re so shocked and you just looked at the personel dead in the eye and then you looked around and see thousands or millions of people wearing VR and then you realized that all of it was just a simulation and all the people youve met and the good and bad things happened is just a part of it and none of it was real .



  28. Duy Truong Anh on September 2, 2023 at 12:33 am

    Mariana 83.853 FT



  29. Anurag Tumane on September 2, 2023 at 12:33 am

    Drilling a hole at the Mariana Trench is not a very feasible thing.



  30. Π―Ι›ΠΈΙ›Ι›Ρ‚Ξ± Η€ΟƒΠΌΙ›Κ“ Ζ³Ξ±ΠΈΞ±ΞΉ on September 2, 2023 at 12:34 am

    But y will they start the drilling from the Surface of the Ocean, won’t it b more clever to send a robotic drill to the bottom then start drilling from there.



  31. AlphaGen on September 2, 2023 at 12:34 am

    He sounds too young in this video
    Anyways,I’ve been learning so many more things from you than my school.
    And I’ve been a fan since
    3 mil



  32. Uppari Anandkumar on September 2, 2023 at 12:35 am

    Balayya trailer πŸ˜‚



  33. Dazzling Sounds on September 2, 2023 at 12:37 am

    This guy acts a lot while talking so I’m leaving this channel



  34. ADR on September 2, 2023 at 12:39 am

    I love this channel but I swear you contradict yourself lol it would be cold just above freezing… then you report in Japan the water is to hot to work with… I know there are other variable factors but i just wish these videos were more than 5 minutes bc i feel like there are very seldom facts to your "what ifs"



  35. jakobi bailey on September 2, 2023 at 12:39 am

    get Elon Musk out here



  36. Paper planes ultra on September 2, 2023 at 12:41 am

    Maybe to mantle 🀨



  37. sparxy on September 2, 2023 at 12:42 am

    You would make a underground volcano and die



  38. b m on September 2, 2023 at 12:43 am

    Next time on What If: What if you built the Burj Khalifa on top of Mt. Everest? πŸ˜‚



  39. Oprakn on September 2, 2023 at 12:44 am

    Hola



  40. Winter Springfield on September 2, 2023 at 12:47 am

    What if perpetual motion machines work?



  41. Grace Wang on September 2, 2023 at 12:48 am

    stahp hooman just let the trench aloneπŸ˜…coz im sure there’ll be alotta victims abt supermassive this project..



  42. Dentrell Lamar on September 2, 2023 at 12:48 am

    When you find out that the Mariana Trench is as deep as the earth is wide. The earth is 12km wide approx 7900 miles the Mariana Trench is 11Km deep approx 6800 miles πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ€”πŸ€” something got me thinking but I can’t say…



  43. Snipe Woods on September 2, 2023 at 12:49 am

    Don’t do it! You will release all of SATAN’S demons. We have enough venom on Earth now to deal with.



  44. Economic-_-, πŸ₯ on September 2, 2023 at 12:51 am

    They already know outcome why would there be need of experiments 🀣



  45. GΓΆkhan Zengin on September 2, 2023 at 12:52 am

    Nice video.



  46. Mikey Zorn on September 2, 2023 at 12:53 am

    I’m going to out pizza the hut



  47. oxycodone Tylenol on September 2, 2023 at 12:53 am

    This channel chooses some of the most demanding situations , but fails to mention adequate information



  48. STAR β€’ KANN on September 2, 2023 at 12:55 am

    This channel is totally based on fiction/fantasy world



  49. Stu Gamerzone on September 2, 2023 at 12:55 am

    It is possible to drill in mariana trench. Usa vs soviet Union drilling down into the earth is a perfect example. Russians went through the crust and achieved 13km which is deeper then Mariana. And usa actually drilled through the water



  50. Υ¬ΘŠα’»Ι loves you on September 2, 2023 at 12:55 am

    I wonder if you could use some kind of gyro mechanism to keep it level