Hypersaline environments are found around the world, above and below ground, and many
are exposed to hydrocarbons on a continuous or a frequent basis. Some surface …

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 …

Glacier-fed streams (GFSs) are extreme and rapidly vanishing ecosystems, and yet they
harbor diverse microbial communities. Although our understanding of the GFS microbiome …

Urban rivers were heavily polluted, which resulted in blackening and odorization (ie, black-
odor rivers). Nevertheless, very limited information is available on sediment contamination …

Discharge of gas-rich brines fuels productive chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep sea. In
these salty, methanic and sulfidic brines, microbial communities adapt to specific niches …

Glacier-fed streams (GFSs) exhibit near-freezing temperatures, variable flows, and often
high turbidities. Currently, the rapid shrinkage of mountain glaciers is altering the delivery of …

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 …

Deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basins are polyextreme environments in the ocean's interior
characterized by the high density of brines that prevents mixing with the overlaying …

The Red Sea is a marine environment with unique chemical characteristics and physical
topographies. Among the various habitats offered by the Red Sea, the deep-sea brine pools …