The eastern Yucatán Peninsula study region is pierced by vast interconnected flooded tunnels, that function as underground rivers. The groundwater is the only source of potable water for the whole ...
The Yucatán Peninsula's underwater caves cover over 900 miles. Its cenotes, or sinkholes, are an important drinking water resource for the region. Researchers mapped unique communities of microbes in ...
The caves contain one of the biggest aquifers in Mexico and act as the region’s main water source, crucial at a time when the nation faces a deepening water crisis. In 2022, archaeologists also ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activists in Mexico have published photos of steel and cement pilings from a government project that were driven directly through the roofs of sensitive limestone caves on the ...
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Divers in Mexico's Underwater Caves Get a Glimpse of Rarely Seen Artifacts, Fossils and Human Remains
The underwater caves of the Yucatán Peninsula are a window to the distant past. Through two million years and over multiple glaciation cycles, these caves have been transformed. When the sea level was ...
The ancient pot was discovered by members of the Urban Cenotes organization, which preserves caves around the Yucatán Peninsula. Photo by the National Institute of Anthropology and History ...
“What is remarkable is not only the preservation of the mining activity, but also the age and duration of it." Ochre has long been an important material throughout human history. Cave divers made the ...
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