The Great Blue Hole in Belize, a colossal sinkhole in the Caribbean, has become a focal point for new research, revealing a ...

The ocean is home to all manner of mysteries, from “alien” shape-shifters to ancient shipwrecks. And so, when Richard Branson and a team of scientists took a submersible down to the bottom of Belize’s ...

They were rolling in the deep. Scientists have identified what could potentially be the “deepest known blue hole” in the world, extending so far down that the bottom has not yet been reached.

A blue hole off the coast of Mexico has been found to be the deepest underwater sinkhole in the world. The Taam Ja' Blue Hole, which was first discovered in 2021, was originally thought to be 900 feet ...

A team of researchers has identified the deepest known sinkhole on Earth — so deep that they have yet to reach its bottom. The Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH), which is located underwater, off the coast ...

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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 ...

Scientists have yet to reach the bottom of the Taam Ja' Blue Hole in Mexico's Chetumal Bay, which new measurements hint could be connected to a labyrinth of submarine caves and tunnels. When you ...

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Creation of the “Blue Hole” marine protected area in the South Atlantic Ocean would protect thousands of square kilometers of seafloor from bottom trawling and require better working conditions on ...