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

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...

Sediments collected from the Great Blue August in Belize suggest that the frequency of tropical storms has increased consistently over the past 5,700 years, peaking in the past 20 years.

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

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.

New Evidence From Belize's Great Blue Hole Shows Tropical Storms In The Caribbean Have Been Increasing In Frequency

Over the past 5,700 years, tropical storms in the Caribbean have been increasing in frequency, according to new evidence from sediment buried deep within the Great Blue Hole. Researchers extracted a sediment core from the Great Blue sinkhole, which is located about 50 miles off the coast of Belize. It revealed that tropical cyclones have become more frequent over the past 5,700 years, with a massive spike in just the last two decades. “A key fin…