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 ...

The mining company reinstated a pump against the terms of its tenancy and filled dried out gypsum ponds with hypersaline water, which seeped into the ground. Non-government agencies estimated 10 ...