Divers have finally made it to the bottom of Belize’s iconic Great Blue Hole, but a dirty secret was lurking at the bottom of the pristine natural wonder.

The Great Blue Hole is a large marine sinkhole in the Caribbean Sea, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the coast of Belize. With a diameter of 318 meters (1,043 feet) and a depth of 124 meters ...

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Divers have finally made it to the bottom of Belize’s iconic Great Blue Hole, but a dirty secret was lurking at the bottom of the pristine natural wonder.

A startling discovery by divers who made it to the bottom of Belize’s mysterious Great Blue Hole has reignited debate about the health of Earth’s oceans.

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 ...

And now, researchers say they've found the deepest one yet on the planet – one so large that they can't even get to the bottom. It's the Taam Ja' Blue Hole in Mexico's Chetumal Bay, once thought ...

In 2017, Laura McGann read a story in the Irish Times about a fatal accident involving Alessia Zecchini, a preternaturally gifted freediver from Italy, and Stephen Keenan, a well regarded safety ...

The Great Blue Hole is a large marine sinkhole in the Caribbean Sea, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the coast of Belize. With a diameter of 318 meters (1,043 feet) and a depth of 124 meters ...