ROV pools knowledge of life's origins in Red Sea

摘要

Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, using an Argus Mariner XL remotely operated vehicle, recently discovered rare deep-sea brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, a northern extension to the Red Sea. Deep-sea brine pools are accumulations of very salty water, "underwater lakes" that form in seabed depressions to create "one of the most extreme habitable environments on Earth, perhaps offering clues to first life on our planet, and guiding the search for life beyond it", according to a scientific paper on the find published in the journal Nature Communications.