Analysis of the sediment in Belize’s Great Blue Hole shows a concerning trend. Blue holes, the name for collapsed limestone ...

These consist of sediment layers composed of coarse particles, which are different from the finer sediments associated with good weather. In the Caribbean, an international research team has now ...

A sand filter, or "filtration basin", is a stormwater quality treatment system that works by using a two-component clarification system: the first is a sediment forebay for settling large particles ...

While the Great Blue Hole has silently recorded history for thousands of years, its latest revelations are a loud warning.

A 30-meter sediment core extracted from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize offers the longest continuous record of storm ...

The bottom of this submerged pit has been gradually collecting sediment for the past 20,000 years ... which are caused by aggressive waves and storm surges transporting coarse particles from the atoll ...

Scientists uncovered a 5,700-year storm record from Belize’s Great Blue Hole, revealing a sharp rise in extreme weather.

Coarse layers are a testimony to tropical storms Some 7,200 years ago, the former limestone island of what is now Lighthouse Reef was inundated by the sea. The layered sediments at the bottom of ...