BCRA Cave Science Symposium and AGM

BCRA Cave Science Symposium and AGM

Symposium – Saturday 11th October 2025 Field trips – Sunday 12th October 2025 School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol FIRST CIRCULAR The British Cave Research Association are pleased to announce details of the 36th Annual Cave Science Symposium and associated field trips. The symposium will be hosted by Professor David Richards, Linda Wilson and…

Cave and Karst Science Vol 51 No 3: Mongolia, Mulu and Mendip

Cave and Karst Science Vol 51 No 3: Mongolia, Mulu and Mendip

The latest edition of the BCRA’s Cave and Karst Science contains five papers, some shorter contributions and a photo spread. Maria Box and colleagues have been studying how Seasonal temperature and ventilation changes govern proxy-signal transfer into caves in northern Mongolia. They note that cave monitoring is essential for the accurate interpretation of speleothem-based environmental…

Adventures Underground

Adventures Underground

The second edition of the popular Adventures Underground by Dave Haigh and John Cordingley is available now from Wildplaces Publishing. The first edition, reviewed here, won the 2017 Tratman Award and sold out very quickly. This revised paperback edition contains three new chapters, adding 48 pages to bring the total to 288. This very readable…

Newly-published Book – Karst: Environment and Management of Aquifers

Newly-published Book – Karst: Environment and Management of Aquifers

Who isn’t tempted by a free book, especially when it’s about karst or caves? The Groundwater Project has just published a 300-page volume on the science of karst and management of aquifers. “Karst: Environment and Management of Aquifers” is a newly published book, authored by Zoran Stevanović, John Gunn, Nico Goldscheider and Nataša Ravbar. It…