Scientists have discovered a real-life “deadpool” at the bottom of the Red Sea — one that kills almost every creature that swims into it. The pool — which measures 107,00 square feet, or just over the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine scientists indeed call a deep-sea brine pool off the eastern coast of Mexico a "Jacuzzi of Despair" or "Hot Tub of Despair.

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The brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba are up to ten times saltier than seawater and lack oxygen, causing marine creatures that enter to be anesthetized or die. Scientists discovered deadly saltwater ...

Laser line scan mosaic of a pool of brine surrounded by mussels at a depth of 700 meters in the Gulf of Mexico. From here. A brine pool is a volume of hypersaline (~4-5x) water that is denser than the ...

Far below the ocean surface, in regions deeper than 1,000 meters, scientists have discovered environments so extreme that they resemble alien lakes resting on the seafloor. These features, known as ...

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science recently discovered rare deep-sea brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, a northern extension to the Red Sea.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The Gulf of Mexico is known for many things, ...

Marine scientists indeed call a deep-sea brine pool off the eastern coast of Mexico a "Jacuzzi of Despair" or "Hot Tub of Despair." While it's true that most organisms that enter the water will die ...