Brine Pools facts
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When sea ice cracks, pools of brine can leak into the sea, but the process can make hollow icycles, carrying the brine to the floor, freezing bottom-dwelling ocean life
About underwater lakes called "brine pools", which have a salinity 3 to 8 times higher than the surrounding ocean. They often have mussels which grow around their borders.
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There are "Brine Lakes" or "Brine Pools" at the bottom of the ocean (There are a number near Yucatan). They look like underwater lakes, with tide marks and lapping waves.
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There are undersea lakes called brine pools. These lakes are composed of extra dense saltwater which reacts much like a real lake. It will flow over ridges and can have waves. Submersibles will even float on the surface of the lakes.
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Brine pools, lakes at the bottom of the ocean up to 10x saltier than seawater.
