The Project utilizes the existing Eddy Shaft to access a 270-million-gallon brine pool with a potassium chloride (“KCl”) concentration expected at over 9% (1). We estimate this 270-million-gallon ...

Why it's incredible: The brine pool is peppered with the carcasses of animals that were unlucky enough to enter the deadly waters. The "Hot Tub of Despair" is a deadly pool of extremely salty water at ...

In the animated series Weird Waters (now streaming on Peacock!), two fishy friends, BZ and I.M. Tiger, unwittingly find themselves in a magical pond where fish get powers when they reach adulthood. As ...

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 ...

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 ...

The high salt and no oxygen combo of a newly discovered deadly brine pool in the Red Sea kills almost any critter with the misfortune to swim into it. This salty spot 1.1 miles below the sea’s surface ...

Brine pools are one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet despite their high salinity, exotic chemistry, and complete lack of oxygen, these pools are teeming with life. Bioactive molecules ...