A brine pool can stun or kill animals and even pickle them alive. Scientists from the University of Miami have discovered a lethal pool at the bottom of the Red Sea that kills anything that swims into ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a name like the 'Hot Tub of Despair', you might not be surprised to learn that this bizarre structure is more dangerous than it might first appear. While it may seem like a harmless pool of ...

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, ...

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"Jacuzzi of Despair" is the name researchers aboard E/V Nautilus gave a brine pool located at a depth of about 3,300 feet in the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Exploration Trust/NautilusLive So far as water ...

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 ...

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.