Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

Earth is teeming with organisms that manage to survive in the most extreme environments, including in some rare deep-sea brine pools in the Red Sea, which very nearly went undiscovered.

Discovery of the deep-sea NEOM Brine Pools “Our current understanding is that life originated on Earth in the deep sea, almost certainly in anoxic—without oxygen—conditions,” said Purkis.

Scientists delving into the unexplored regions of the Red Sea have uncovered perilous natural traps on the ocean floor. They identified brine pools located nearly 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the ...

It was in the background, hiding! The first-ever underwater discovery. Scientists make a chilling discovery at the bottom of ...

The brine pools were found 4,000 feet below the surface ... used remotely operated submersibles and deep-sea probes to explore the area of deep-sea trenches lying between Africa and the Arabian ...

Catastrophic flooding across the Arabian Peninsula in the winter of 2024 underscores the urgency of studying the frequency and triggers of such extreme weather events. (Representational image) A study ...

Researchers speculated that these extreme environments mimic the harsh conditions of early Earth, particularly in the deep sea where life may have first emerged. Brine pools are rare, with only ...

Scientists believe that life on Earth may have first appeared in deep-sea conditions similar to those of these brine pools, which researchers have called "death traps". Researchers suggest that ...