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For people with "thalassophobia," or the fear of deep bodies of water, blue holes are something out of a nightmare. These massive vertical caves open up in the shallow waters near coastlines, but blue ...

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. After studying a 30-meter (98-foot) sediment core ...

This amazing astronaut photo shows the bizarre whale-like shape of a Belizean tropical island. The coral-reef-covered structure is home to the Great Blue Hole, one of the deepest marine sinkholes on ...

Drone image from 200 meters height above the “Great Blue Hole,” showing the drilling platform anchored in the center. Visible in the background is the edge of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. FRANKFURT. In ...

Drone image from 200 meters height above the “Great Blue Hole,” showing the drilling platform anchored in the center. Visible in the background is the edge of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll.

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A storm, even once it has passed, can leave traces in the ocean that last for thousands of years. These consist of sediment layers composed of coarse particles, which are different from the finer ...