naming them the NEOM Brine Pools after the Saudi development company that funded the research. The biggest pool measured around 107,000 square feet (10,000 square metres) in diameter, while three ...

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 ...

In 2015, a team of scientists and engineers with the Ocean Exploration Trust were exploring the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico when they came across a larger brine pool, which looks like ...

Not so with the brine pools. Here, any sedimentary layers that settle to the bed of the brine pool remain exquisitely intact," explained Purkis. Only about 40 such brine pools have been documented ...