Deep Sea Brine Pools are often considered biological dead zones in the ocean. However, a remarkable variety of marine life, including mussels, hagfish, crabs, and even sharks, inhabits these toxic lakes' peripheries.

A unique community of organisms thrives along the brine pool shore, akin to deep sea hydrothermal vent communities. Organisms capable of chemosynthesis interact and coexist on the bounds of these brine pools as predators thrive on them. Here, energy is primarily derived from chemosynthesis, not sunlight, illustrating how the deep-sea ecosystem uniquely supports life. Without photosynthesizing producers, the energy stems from the Earth itself.

Narrated by Leo Richards
Co-written by Leo Richards and Blake Frutiger

Music:

• Wonder by VYEN
• Ambient Sci-Fi Music by Eon
• Inhale by VYEN
• Signal To Noise by Scott Buckley
• Storyteller by O.B.

Bibliography:

• OceanX
• NOAA Ocean Explorer
• Science.gov
• Science and the Sea