This pool, however, was found just 1.25 miles off the coast of Egypt. 3 The deadly brine pools are thought to arise from dissolving pockets of minerals deposited up to 23 million years ago.

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 ...

Underwater explorers discovered an underwater brine pool at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The pit of super-salty water and dissolved methane kills any critter unlucky enough to fall inside.

So a discovery like the 'Brine Pool' in the Gulf Coast is something truly remarkable. ... At about 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep, the 'Brine Pool' looks like a lake at the bottom of the ocean.

Context. 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 ...

Scientists venture into the “Jacuzzi of Despair," a massive toxic brine pool at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. ... Gulf Coast Galveston official axed after 42 years of serving city beaches.

From “Discovery of the Deep-Sea NEOM Brine Pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea,” by Sam J. Purkis et al., in Communications Earth & Environment, Vol. 3, No. 146; June 27, 2022 ...

Scientists recently discovered rare brine pools — dense, salty depressions — at the bottom of the Red Sea, where microbes thrive under extreme conditions.

Brine pools aren’t a new scientific discovery, but this one is surprisingly close to the shore — just 1.25 miles off Egypt’s coast. Before this discovery, the closest known Red Sea brine ...

Marine scientists indeed call a deep-sea brine pool in the Gulf of Mexico (or Gulf of America, per U.S. President Donald Trump) a "Jacuzzi of Despair," or "Hot Tub of Despair." ...