Probing the Undersea Dead Zone Known as the Hot Tub of Despair
This is one hot tub you definitely don't want to take a soak in. Read about other cool underwater discoveries as we find out what makes this brine pool so deadly.
Other Underwater Discoveries
53 million years ago, Antarctica was a forested wilderness, a lush environment where palm trees took root. Now, more than 97 percent of the world's …
It's a geological feature so massive, so vast and so imposing that it makes Mount Everest look like a mole hill by comparison. Unlike Everest, …
You're probably not ever going to go diving in the waters of the Arctic and Antarctic. But if you ever do, there's a chance that you may come upon …
Over 70 percent of Earth's surface is oceans. There's more than one way to put manmade settlements underwater. Sometimes, they're submerged …
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