Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a worrying trend

Mysterious 410ft Great Blue Hole in Belize hides a ‘concerning’ secret

Researchers say the Great Blue Hole has revealed a ‘concerning’ storm trend (Picture: Getty Images) Scientists have uncovered a ‘concerning’ trend after taking a sample from the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize. They extracted a sediment core from the bottom of the 410ft (125m) marine sinkhole that has provided a 5,700-year storm archive. The layers of sediment showed that over the past six millennia, on average, between four and 16 tropi…

5,700 Years of Storms Reveal a Brewing Caribbean Crisis

A 30-meter sediment core extracted from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize offers the longest continuous record of storm frequency in the Atlantic. In the shallow waters of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, located 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of Belize, the seafloor plunges steeply into a striking underwater formation. Known as the “Great [...]

Something Truly Scary Discovered at The Bottom of Belize's Great Blue Hole

An expedition to the bottom of the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize in Central America has returned with a cargo of worrying information.

Scientists drilled into Belize's Great Blue Hole and discovered a...

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. Scientists took a 98-foot core sample from the bottom of the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize to uncover patterns of tropical cyclones over the last 5,700 years. (Image credit: Schafer & Hill/Getty Images) Tropical cyclones in the Caribbean are gettin…

Scientists Drilled The Bottom Of Great Blue Hole And Uncovered 5,700 Years Of History

The sample suggests the Caribbean has had a stormy past – but the worst could be yet to come.

Belize's Blue Hole Hides a Concerning Storm Archive

For researchers, peering into Belize's Great Blue Hole is like peering into history—and, in a sense, into the future as well. Unfortunately, their findings indicate storm clouds are on the horizon. From the bottom of the 410-foot-deep underwater sinkhole, scientists from universities across Germany extracted a nearly 100-foot-long sediment...