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Aerial photo of Blackwood Sinkhole on Great Abaco, the Bahamas
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Early Inhabitants of the Bahamas Radically Altered the Environment

Lakshmi Supriya, Science Writer by L. Supriya 26 April 202111 October 2021

Clues in sediments show that once humans arrived on Great Abaco Island, they hunted large reptiles to extinction and burned the old hardwoods and palms, leading to new pine- and mangrove-dominated lands.

Imagen de satélite mostrando el huracán Dorian sobre las Bahamas en 2019
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Descifrando las causas de la actividad de los huracanes en el pasado

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 7 April 202126 October 2022

Registros individuales de paleohuracanes extraídos de los sedimentos de islas azotadas por tormentas no muestran una clara influencia del clima en la frecuencia de los huracanes en el último milenio.

Satellite image showing Hurricane Dorian over the Bahamas in 2019
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Untangling Drivers of Ancient Hurricane Activity

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 29 January 202126 October 2022

Individual paleohurricane records extracted from the sediments of storm-battered islands do not clearly implicate climate as having shaped hurricane frequency over the past millennium.

Aerial image of the Great Blue Hole in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize
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Severe Cyclones May Have Played a Role in the Maya Collapse

Lakshmi Supriya, Science Writer by L. Supriya 1 September 20203 November 2022

Sediment cores from the Great Blue Hole reveal that a series of extreme storms hit the region after 900. The storms may have irreparably damaged an already stressed Maya population.

Aerial view of an oceanic blue hole
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Sea Caves Hold Clues to Ancient Storms

Lakshmi Supriya, Science Writer by L. Supriya 22 November 201926 October 2022

Sediments dug up from sea caves help reconstruct past climate, contributing to better storm predictions.

Drone photo of a shoal in the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Old Idea Spurs New Research into Origins of Carbonate Mudstones

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 12 April 201926 October 2022

Using modern techniques, scientists tested an old hypothesis about carbonate mud production to shift the thinking about rocks that are used as seawater archives and a source of petroleum.

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