The rare pools, which form on the seafloor, are hypersaline (meaning unimaginably salty) and contain zero oxygen. Indeed, they are so inhospitable, that any animal that strays into their briny ...

Having a basement-level pool in the thick of Manhattan is a rare get, even for the city’s super-wealthy — but now, four listed homes deliver them swim-ready.

Scientists recently discovered rare brine pools — dense, salty depressions — at the bottom of the Red Sea, where microbes thrive under extreme conditions.

Just west of Roseville, a stretch of open fields that might seem ordinary to the average person is now permanently protected, ...

From “Discovery of the Deep-Sea NEOM Brine Pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea,” by Sam J. Purkis et al., in Communications Earth & Environment, Vol. 3, No. 146; June 27, 2022 ...

The brine pools in question are in the Gulf of Aqaba, a large region in the northeast of the Red Sea that lies between the Arabian and Sinai peninsulas.

Chaffee’s historic above-ground pool, one of the last of its kind in the U.S., marks its 85th anniversary with a celebration, special activities and continued summer traditions.