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

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