A new study led by scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt does just that by successfully retrieved a 30 meter (98-foot) sediment core from the “Great Blue Hole,” located off the coast of ...

Location of the blue hole and images of it at (B) 16 feet deep, (C) 65 feet deep, and (D) 98 feet deep. Graphic: Alcérreca-Huerta et al., Front.Mar. Sci. 2024 “This evinces the needs of ...

Tropical storms have been steadily increasing in frequency over the past 5,700 years, new evidence from sediment in the Great Blue Hole reveals, with a massive spike in the past two decades.

Located in the Lighthouse Reef atoll off the coast of Belize City, the Great Blue Hole is one of the world’s most famous diving zones. At over 400ft deep, this giant sinkhole was made by the ...

Located off the coast of Belize, the Great Blue Hole is one of the most magnificently gorgeous parts of the planet, but diving here can be deadly.

Charles Darwin described it as ‘the most remarkable reef in the West Indies’. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (BBRRS) won its place on the World Heritage List in 1996 as an outstanding natural ...

Overview of the Geological Formation. The Great Blue Hole was formed about 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age.Rising sea levels flooded a limestone cave system, turning it into an ...

A team of scientists — including Virgin billionaire Richard Branson — has returned from a groundbreaking mission to the bottom of Belize’s Great Blue Hole with exciting findings.

The Blue Hole is part of the Lighthouse Reef System, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Divers often explore this stunning cave, which is about 124 meters deep, to see stalactites and stalagmites that ...