Evaporite deposition and seafloor spreading are two salient geological processes in the
geological history of the Red Sea. We piece together the available evidence about rift …

Deep hypersaline anoxic basins (DHABs) are unique water bodies occurring within fractures
at the bottom of the sea, where the dissolution of anciently buried evaporites created dense …

This chapter introduces the environmental gradients that characterize the broader Red Sea
habitat. The Red Sea is formed by an actively spreading rift and notably has only one natural …

The mesopelagic zone of the Red Sea represents an extreme environment due to low food
concentrations, high temperatures and low oxygen waters. Nevertheless, a 38 kHz …

Studies focusing on biofilm assembly in deep-sea environments are rarely conducted. To
examine the effects of substrate type on microbial community assembly, biofilms were …

Brine pools in deep-sea environments provide unique perspectives into planetary and
geological processes, extremophile microbial communities, and sedimentary records. The …

Deep-sea brine pools represent hypersaline environments famed for their extremophile
microbes. With anoxia entirely excluding bioturbating megafauna, brine pools are also …

Applying microbial electrochemical technologies for the treatment of highly saline or
thermophilic solutions is challenging due to the lack of proper inocula to enrich for efficient …

The two main observations characterising marine and lacustrine methane macro-seeps are
ebullition through holes in the sea-or lake-bed, and hydroacoustic “flares” in the water …

The previously uncharted Afifi brine pool was discovered in the eastern shelf of the southern
Red Sea. It is the shallowest brine basin yet reported in the Red Sea (depth range: 353.0 to …