“Due to the unique environmental conditions – including oxygen-free bottom water and several stratified water layers – fine ...

Analysis of the sediment in Belize’s Great Blue Hole shows a concerning trend. Blue holes, the name for collapsed limestone ...

It's called the Great Blue Hole. Scuba divers and snorkelers have been cruising the surface waters for decades, but few have dared to venture deeper and explore what lies beyond the blackness.

While the Great Blue Hole has silently recorded history for thousands of years, its latest revelations are a loud warning.

A 30-meter sediment core from Belize's Great Blue Hole reveals 5,700 years of hurricane history, showing a sharp rise in storm activity.

Belize's Great Blue Hole is one of Earth's most mysterious features ... Only divers with at least 24 dives under their belt are allowed inside. 7. In 2012, the Discovery Channel ranked the ...

Researchers have described how tropical cyclones in the Caribbean could become more frequent after analyzing sediment from ...

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 – along with six other areas surrounding Belize's barrier reef – the Great Blue Hole remains one of the world's most distinguished scuba sites.

Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great ...

A 30-meter sediment core extracted from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize offers the longest continuous record of storm ...

According to Travel Belize, the country’s Great Blue Hole is a massive marine sinkhole that “is circular in shape and roughly 1,000 feet across (300 meters) and over 400 feet deep (120 meters).” ...

A graph from the study showing the storm frequency in the Great Blue Hole in 100-year counting windows. The black line represents the 5,700-year trend towards increasing storm frequency in the ...