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Massive blue hole discovered off coast of Mexico: Window into new lifeforms? | New York Post
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0:38Now PlayingResearchers flabbergasted the science community after discovering the world’s second largest blue hole in Mexico — which could potentially provide a window into life on other planets.
The massive sapphire sinkhole was originally discovered in 2021, but was only documented recently in the scientific journal Frontiers In Marine Science.
It is likely “the deepest known blue hole in the region,” according to the scientists, who were affiliated with the public research center El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur).
Known in scientific circles as Karst formations, blue holes are actually vertical marine caves that were carved over thousands of years by glacial runoff during the Ice Age, according to Discovery.com.
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