A massive opening just split the seafloor off Florida’s coast, and experts are scrambling to explain what lies beneath. The underwater feature emerged without warning, pulling attention from scientists and officials alike as they mapped its true scale.
In the days following a routine maritime patrol off the coast of Deerfield Beach, Florida, scientists and emergency officials began investigating a series of large sinkholes that formed on the Atlantic seafloor.A Coast Guard vessel conducting a standard safety sweep encountered a depth reading that did not match nautical charts. The instruments measured roughly 40 feet of water where charts indica…