Event layer frequency (IMAGE)
Caption
Event layer frequency in the “Great Blue Hole” in 100-year counting windows. The black line represents the 5,700-year trend towards increasing storm frequency in the southwestern Caribbean. The bar chart highlights superordinate short-term fluctuations (increased activity = red; decreased activity = blue), which correlate with warmer and colder Holocene climate periods. Green and brown bars: event-layers, not related to a storm, from the period before the complete flooding of the “Great Blue Hole,” which were, therefore, not included in the frequency reconstruction. Chart from: Schmitt et al. 2025; Supplementary Materials
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Schmitt et al. 2025, Supplementary Material
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To be used only when reporting on the paper mentioned in the press release, i.e. Schmitt et al 2025. Credit: Schmitt et al. 2025, Supplementary Material
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