A submersible searching the Red Sea floor found something that looked impossible: a black lake with waves moving 1 mile ...

Far below the ocean surface, in regions deeper than 1,000 meters, scientists have discovered environments so extreme that they resemble alien lakes resting on the seafloor. These features, known as ...

Sustainable ways to obtain lithium are necessary to make batteries for an increasingly electrified world. An efficient new electrochemical device that could extract the critical metal from thousands ...

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 ...

Super-salty underwater lakes rich in carbon dioxide could host extreme life forms unlike any others on Earth. Water that is rich in salt and other minerals sinks to the bottom of the ocean due to its ...