Scientists exploring the Red Sea have discovered a trap of natural deaths in the area, believed to be the place where Moses parted from the waters.
Brinepool was found 4,000 feet below the surface of Aqaba Bay. Water is estimated to be up to 10 times more salinity than regular seawater, and lack of oxygen can kill pools and all marine life. According to Research published in Nature Communications.
The study also claimed that large predators were lurking near the edge of the pool, grabbing helpless prey after they succumbed to the effect.
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3D rendering of topographic maps of the Red Sea, North Africa and the Middle East.
The research team, led by Sam Perkis, professor and chairman of the Department of Marine and Geoscience at the University of Miami, uses remotely operated submachisels and deep-sea probes to create an area of the deep sea trench between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. I explored.
The team speculates that the environment caused by these conditions mimics the harsh conditions of the early Earth, and this is especially true in this deep sea where life could have appeared first. I believe it.
“Our current understanding is that life has been born on a deep ocean planet. Abnormal, anoxia – oxygen is not a condition,” Perkis said.
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The study even suggested that these “pools of death” could provide clues to aid in searching extraterrestrials.
This unique ecosystem is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, the study says, and may resemble conditions found in the “water world” far beyond the solar system. He said.
With very few living organisms living in saltwater pools, sediment layers are uninterrupted and contain archives of past climate and geological events.
“Usually these animals disrupt or unravel the seabed, causing the sediment to accumulate there,” Perkis said. “That's not the case in Brinepool. Here, the sedimentary layer settling in Brinepool's bed remains very intact.”
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He and his team hope that the untouched conditions allow them to study the ancient times better It helps them reconstruct ocean conditions and climate patterns and track the evolution of the Earth's ecosystem over millions of years.
Oceanologists have discovered similar layers in the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Antarctic Ocean, but not at this depth.
