Well beyond the tourism potential held by the caves and cenotes of Yucatán peninsula for their nearby residents, their research occupies many other disciplines of human knowledge: Archaeology (Mayan remains); chemistry (composition of sediment and water); bacteriology (endemic bacteria to these sites); medicine (lung decompression techniques, among others); hydrolic and hydrology engineering (exploitation of aquifers and saline intrusion); biology (diversity of flora and fauna); and of course, cave diving, an underwater activity exercised by specialized divers who explore their recesses with the only aim of discovering, admiring, and sharing their experiences of what many simply call “another world.”
