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Exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial life living in caves

Exploring the possibility of extraterrestrial life living in caves

For millennia, caves have served as shelters for prehistoric humans. Caves have also intrigued scholars from early Chinese naturalists to Charles Darwin. A cave ecologist has been in and out of these subterranean ecosystems, examining the unique life f…

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Stalagmites trace climate history and impact from volcanic eruptions

Stalagmites trace climate history and impact from volcanic eruptions

The soils and vegetation of Patagonia’s fjord regions form a unique and highly sensitive ecosystem that is closely linked to marine ecosystems, sediment deposition and carbon storage in the ocean. A research team has been working on reconstructing the …

Science Daily March 22, 9 Blogs on other sites Read More...

A life less obvious: Study sheds light on the evolution of underground microbes

A life less obvious: Study sheds light on the evolution of underground microbes

Precambrian cratons — some of Earth’s oldest rocks — were uninhabitable for microbes for much of their existence, with the longest period of habitability not much beyond a billion years, and many only for the past 50 million to 300 million years, acc…

Science Daily November 21, 2 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years

Ancient seashell resonates after 18,000 years

Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team: it is believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type.

Science Daily February 21, 10 Archaeology News, Blogs on other sites, Cave Art Read More...

Disease threatens to decimate western bats

Disease threatens to decimate western bats

A four-year study concludes that the fungal disease, white-nose syndrome, poses a severe threat to many western North American bats.

Science Daily January 21, 19 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Expect more mega-droughts

Expect more mega-droughts

Mega-droughts – droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change, according to new research.

Science Daily October 20, 30 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Boo! How do Mexican cavefish escape predators?

Boo! How do Mexican cavefish escape predators?

When startled, do all fish respond the same way? A few fish, like Mexican cavefish, have evolved in unique environments without any predators. To see how this lack of predation impacts escape responses that are highly stereotyped across fish species, s…

Science Daily October 20, 29 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are so wide they can host planetary bases

Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are so wide they can host planetary bases

Subsurface cavities created by lava on Mars and the Moon could provide a shield against cosmic radiation, new research suggests.

Science Daily August 20, 5 Blogs on other sites Read More...

What happens in Vegas, may come from the Arctic?

What happens in Vegas, may come from the Arctic?

Ancient climate records from Leviathan Cave, located in the southern Great Basin, show that Nevada was even hotter and drier in the past than it is today, and that one 4,000-year period in particular may represent a true, ”worst-case” scenario pictur…

Science Daily July 20, 22 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Earliest humans stayed at the Americas ‘oldest hotel’ in Mexican cave

Earliest humans stayed at the Americas ‘oldest hotel’ in Mexican cave

A cave in a remote part of Mexico was visited by humans around 30,000 years ago – 15,000 years earlier than people were previously thought to have reached the Americas. Excavations of Chiquihuite Cave, located in a mountainous area in northern Mexico c…

Science Daily July 20, 22 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Caves tell us that Australia’s mountains are still growing

Caves tell us that Australia’s mountains are still growing

Research shows Buchan Caves to be about 3.5 million years old and that Victoria’s East Gippsland has remained tectonically active for long times, even into the present-day, which is why residents occasionally report earthquakes. Basically, the upliftin…

Science Daily May 20, 20 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground

Human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground

The Monte Conca cave system in Sicily is showing signs of being altered by pollution from above.

Science Daily May 20, 8 Blogs on other sites Read More...

9,900-year-old Mexican female skeleton distinct from other early American settlers

9,900-year-old Mexican female skeleton distinct from other early American settlers

A new skeleton discovered in the submerged caves at Tulum sheds new light on the earliest settlers of Mexico.

Science Daily February 20, 5 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Early North Americans may have been more diverse than previously suspected

Early North Americans may have been more diverse than previously suspected

Ancient skulls from the cave systems at Tulum, Mexico, suggest that the earliest populations of North America may have already had a high level of morphological diversity, according to a new study.

Science Daily January 20, 29 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Driven by Earth’s orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration

Driven by Earth’s orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration

New research describes a dynamic climate and vegetation model that explains when regions across Africa, areas of the Middle East, and the Mediterranean were wetter and drier and how the plant composition changed in tandem, possibly providing migration …

Science Daily January 20, 27 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Sea-ice-free Arctic makes permafrost vulnerable to thawing

Sea-ice-free Arctic makes permafrost vulnerable to thawing

New research provides evidence from Siberian caves suggesting that summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean plays an essential role in stabilizing permafrost and its large store of carbon.

Science Daily January 20, 8 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Illumination drives bats out of caves

Illumination drives bats out of caves

Researchers have investigated how the illumination of bat caves affects the animals’ behavior and whether the color of light makes a difference on their flight. Although red light irritates the small mammals somewhat less than white light, from the res…

Science Daily December 19, 11 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Bats in attics might be necessary for conservation

Bats in attics might be necessary for conservation

Researchers investigate and describe the conservation importance of buildings relative to natural, alternative roosts for little brown bats in Yellowstone National Park.

Science Daily November 19, 19 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Secret of explosive volcanism unlocked

Secret of explosive volcanism unlocked

When will the next eruption take place? Examination of samples from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi show that the explosivity of stratovolcanoes rises when mineral-rich gases seal the pores and microcracks in the uppermost layers of stone. These findings resu…

Science Daily November 19, 15 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Can machine learning reveal geology humans can’t see?

Can machine learning reveal geology humans can’t see?

Identifying geological features in a densely vegetated, steep, and rough terrain can be almost impossible. Imagery like LiDAR can help researchers see through the tree cover, but subtle landforms can often be missed by the human eye.

Science Daily September 19, 23 Blogs on other sites, Cave Science Read More...

Evidence for past high-level sea rise

Evidence for past high-level sea rise

Scientists, studying evidence preserved in speleothems in a coastal cave, illustrate that more than three million years ago — a time in which the Earth was two to three degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial era — sea level was as much as 16 …

Science Daily August 19, 30 Blogs on other sites, Cave Science Read More...

Field research in Turkmenistan’s highest mountain reveals high biological diversity

Field research in Turkmenistan’s highest mountain reveals high biological diversity

Well-known for its unique landscapes and rare wildlife, the Koytendag State Nature Reserve was yet to reveal the scale of its actual biodiversity when a series of international expeditions.

Science Daily July 19, 16 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Cave secrets unlocked to show past drought and rainfall patterns

Cave secrets unlocked to show past drought and rainfall patterns

Global trends in cave waters identify how stalagmites reveal past rainfall and drought patterns.

Science Daily July 19, 8 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Holy Pleistocene Batman, the answer’s in the cave

Holy Pleistocene Batman, the answer’s in the cave

Examining a 3-meter stack of bat feces has shed light on the landscape of the ancient continent of Sundaland. The research could help explain the biodiversity of present-day Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. It could also add to our understanding of how peopl…

Science Daily April 19, 25 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Cherokee inscriptions in Alabama cave interpreted

Cherokee inscriptions in Alabama cave interpreted

For the first time, a team of scholars and archaeologists has recorded and interpreted Cherokee inscriptions in Manitou Cave, Alabama. These inscriptions reveal evidence of secluded ceremonial activities at a time of crisis for the Cherokee, who were d…

Science Daily April 19, 10 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Stalagmite holds key to predicting droughts, floods for India

Stalagmite holds key to predicting droughts, floods for India

By studying the last 50 years of growth of a stalagmite from Mawmluh Cave, they found an unexpected connection between winter rainfall amounts in northeast India and climatic conditions in the Pacific Ocean.

Science Daily March 19, 25 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in Canada

Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in Canada

The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod in a cave that was covered by a thick ice sheet until recently is certain to raise questions. Researchers describe a new species of cave-dwelling, insect-like dipluran from the i…

Science Daily February 19, 5 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Central Texas salamanders, including newly identified species, at risk of extinction

Central Texas salamanders, including newly identified species, at risk of extinction

Biologists have discovered three new species of groundwater salamander in Central Texas, including one living west of Austin that they say is critically endangered. They also determined that an already known salamander species near Georgetown is much m…

Science Daily January 19, 14 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Volcanoes fed by ‘mush’ reservoirs rather than molten magma chambers

Volcanoes fed by ‘mush’ reservoirs rather than molten magma chambers

Volcanoes are not fed by molten magma formed in large chambers finds a new study, overturning classic ideas about volcanic eruptions.

Science Daily December 18, 4 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Evolution: South Africa’s hominin record is a fair-weather friend

Evolution: South Africa’s hominin record is a fair-weather friend

The fossil record of early hominins in South Africa is biased towards periods of drier climate, suggests a study of cave deposits. This finding suggests there are gaps in the fossil record, potentially obscuring evolutionary patterns and affecting our …

Science Daily November 18, 21 Blogs on other sites Read More...

A Mexican cavefish with a scarred heart

A Mexican cavefish with a scarred heart

Scientists are studying a guppy-sized, blind, translucent fish that lives in the cave systems of northern Mexico to figure out why some animals can regenerate their hearts, while others just scar.

Science Daily November 18, 20 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacial

Scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacial

The magnitude and trajectory of sea-level change during the Last Interglacial, more specifically Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5e, is uncertain. To date the consensus view has been that sea-level may have been six to nine meters above present sea level. H…

Science Daily September 18, 10 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Cold climates contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals

Cold climates contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals

Climate change may have played a more important role in the extinction of Neanderthals than previously believed, according to a new study.

Science Daily August 18, 29 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Predatory sea corals team up to feed on stinging jellyfish

Predatory sea corals team up to feed on stinging jellyfish

Cave-dwelling corals in the Mediterranean can work alongside one another to catch and eat stinging jellyfish, a study reveals.

Science Daily July 18, 31 Blogs on other sites Read More...

How the Little Ice Age affected South American climate

How the Little Ice Age affected South American climate

For the first time, scientists reconstruct the rainfall distribution in Brazil during the climate changes that marked the Middle Ages using isotopic records from caves.

Science Daily July 18, 24 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Do bats adapt to gates at abandoned mines?

Do bats adapt to gates at abandoned mines?

Abandoned mines can serve as roost sites for bats, but because the mines pose serious risks to humans, officials often install gates at their entrances.

Science Daily June 18, 20 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Prehistoric teeth dating back two million years reveal details on Africa’s paleoclimate

Prehistoric teeth dating back two million years reveal details on Africa’s paleoclimate

New research shows that the climate of the interior of southern Africa almost two million years ago was much wetter than the modern environment. This first extensive paleoenvironmental sequence for the interior of southern Africa suggests that human an…

Science Daily May 18, 29 Blogs on other sites Read More...

The ban of the cave bear

The ban of the cave bear

At 3.5 meters long and with a shoulder height of 1.7 meters, the cave bear was one of the giants of the Ice Age. Yet few appear to have survived until the last glacial maximum 24,000 to 19,000 years ago. Researchers have conducted analyses to find out …

Science Daily April 18, 5 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Bats as barometer of climate change

Bats as barometer of climate change

Bats spend every night hard at work for local farmers, consuming over half of their own weight in insects, many of which are harmful agricultural pests, such as the noctuid moths, corn earworm and fall armyworm. And now they are arriving earlier in the…

Science Daily February 18, 13 Blogs on other sites Read More...

New research reveals plant wonderland inside China’s caves

New research reveals plant wonderland inside China’s caves

Over five years (2009-2014) researchers have delved into the depths of some of China’s most unexplored and unknown caves in the largest ever study on cave floras. Surveying over 60 caves in the Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan regions, they were able to ass…

Science Daily February 18, 7 Blogs on other sites Read More...

In the footsteps of Jacques Cousteau: Researchers unveil the secret of the Blue Hole stalactite

In the footsteps of Jacques Cousteau: Researchers unveil the secret of the Blue Hole stalactite

In 1970, Jacques Cousteau and his team recovered an unusual stalactite from the depths of the Caribbean Sea. Now a geoscientist explains what it reveals about our climate since the last ice age.

Science Daily December 17, 18 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula reveals a cryptic methane-fueled ecosystem in flooded caves

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula reveals a cryptic methane-fueled ecosystem in flooded caves

In the underground rivers and flooded caves of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where Mayan lore described a fantastical underworld, scientists have found a cryptic world in its own right.

Science Daily November 17, 28 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Unique underwater stalactites

Unique underwater stalactites

In recent years, researchers have identified a small group of stalactites that appear to have calcified underwater instead of in a dry cave. The Hells Bells in the El Zapote cave near Puerto Morelos on the Yucatán Peninsula are just such formations. Sc…

Science Daily November 17, 24 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Bat feces: A reliable source of climate change

Bat feces: A reliable source of climate change

Isotopes found in bat guano over the last 1,200 years provide scientists with information on how the climate was and is changing.

Science Daily October 17, 26 Blogs on other sites Read More...

‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people

‘Wing prints’ may identify individual bats as effectively as fingerprints identify people

For decades, bats have defied scientists’ best ideas for keeping track of individuals, a critical element in wildlife research. Biologists have now discovered a means of identifying individual bats that may be as universal, distinctive, permanent and c…

Science Daily October 17, 24 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Stalagmites from Iranian cave foretell grim future for Middle East climate

Stalagmites from Iranian cave foretell grim future for Middle East climate

Relief from the current dry spell across the interior of the Middle East is unlikely within the next 10,000 years, results of a new study show, which include information during the last glacial and interglacial periods.

Science Daily July 17, 10 Blogs on other sites Read More...

‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions

‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions

Researchers have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions.

Science Daily June 17, 28 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast… 8,200 years ago

Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast… 8,200 years ago

An analysis of stalagmite records from White Moon Cave in the Santa Cruz Mountains shows that 8200 years ago the California coast underwent 150 years of exceptionally wet and stormy weather. This is the first high resolution record of how the Holocene …

Science Daily June 17, 20 Blogs on other sites Read More...

How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.

How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.

Blind cavefish typically have skulls that bend slightly to the left. A study suggests this orientation might help them find food as they navigate in a perpetual counter-clockwise direction around a cave.

Science Daily May 17, 24 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region’s past

Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region’s past

Ice cores drilled from a glacier in a cave in Transylvania offer new evidence of how Europe’s winter weather and climate patterns fluctuated during the last 10,000 years, known as the Holocene period.

Science Daily April 17, 27 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Stalagmites store paleoclimate data

Stalagmites store paleoclimate data

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the dominant atmospheric pressure mode over the North Atlantic that plays a significant role in determining the winter climate in Europe. Depending on the prevailing state of the NAO, Europe experiences mild or v…

Science Daily April 17, 11 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Surprise discovery of Europe’s first cave fish

Surprise discovery of Europe’s first cave fish

Researchers have discovered the first European cave fish. A hobby cave diver first sighted the fish, a loach in the genus Barbatula, living in a hard-to-reach, underground water system in South Germany.

Science Daily April 17, 3 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Scientists overcome inaccessibility of caves through molecular genetic approach

Scientists overcome inaccessibility of caves through molecular genetic approach

An international group of scientists has used a novel highly sensitive method for detection of environmental DNA in groundwater to extend the poorly known range of the rare subterranean amphibian from the Dinaric Karst. With this highly sensitive non-i…

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Big bat find in Alberta’s boreal forest

Big bat find in Alberta’s boreal forest

Biologists have announced the discovery last month of the largest Alberta bat hibernation site (based on estimated bat count) ever recorded outside of the Rocky Mountains.

Science Daily March 17, 16 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Anyone can be backyard scientist, mole study shows

Anyone can be backyard scientist, mole study shows

Scientific findings are awaiting discovery in your backyard. The requirement? A keen sense of observation and patience. A researcher recently completed a study on moles’ behavior that proves the concept. His laboratory? A molehill-dotted city lawn in d…

Science Daily February 17, 21 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Caves in central China show history of natural flood patterns

Caves in central China show history of natural flood patterns

Researchers have found that major flooding and large amounts of precipitation occur on 500-year cycles in central China. These findings shed light on the forecasting of future floods and improve understanding of climate change over time …

Science Daily January 17, 19 Blogs on other sites, China, World News Read More...

Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands history

Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands history

Have you tried the national dish gofio while on holiday on the Canary Islands? If so, you have eaten the same food as the original inhabitants ate, nearly 2,000 years ago. The island farmers have cultivated the same types of grain for over a thousand y…

Science Daily January 17, 9 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Many muons: Imaging the underground with help from the cosmos

Many muons: Imaging the underground with help from the cosmos

Muons, once used to explore the inside of pyramids and volcanoes alike, are enabling researchers to see deep underground with a technological breakthrough.

Science Daily December 16, 17 Blogs on other sites, Cave Science Read More...

Scientists examine bacterium found 1,000 feet underground

Scientists examine bacterium found 1,000 feet underground

Researchers find a bacterium 1,000 feet underground (called Paenibacillus) that is resistant to 18 different antibiotics and uses identical methods of defense as similar species found in soils.

Science Daily December 16, 8 Blogs on other sites Read More...

Upper Paleolithic humans may have hunted cave lions for their pelts

Upper Paleolithic humans may have hunted cave lions for their pelts

Upper Paleolithic humans may have hunted cave lions for their pelts, perhaps contributing to their extinction, according to a new study.

Science Daily October 16, 26 Blogs on other sites Read More...

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