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Blue Volcanic Goo Found at the Bottom of the Ocean Is Showing Signs of Life (www.vice.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Icytrees@sh.itjust.works to c/wildfeed@sh.itjust.works

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Scientists have uncovered a weird, electric-blue volcanic mud that’s toxic to the touch and somehow alive, deep beneath the Pacific Ocean.

The goo comes from mud volcanoes near the Mariana Trench, almost 3,000 meters down, where sunlight dares not reach. It’s an environment so alkaline (pH 12) that it could eat through your skin. But inside it, researchers from the University of Bremen found fats.

Cited Research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02667-6

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[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

This is how zombie/plauge movies start.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love the color. Imagine painting with this stuff.

[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to eat it. Does anyone else think it would taste like bubblegum icecream?

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

Like Blue Moon, specifically. Or blue cream soda.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Hunh. I thought I already knew how crayons were made. 🙃