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Caver Rescued from Maryland’s Schtrumph’s Cave
January 25, 2012 / Maryland, United States, North AmericaRescue groups responded yesterday evening to a caver trapped in Schtrumph’s cave, just west of Hagerstown, Maryland. While exploring the 90 or so meter (300 foot) long cave with a …
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More Elevator Woes at Carlsbad Caverns
January 24, 2012 / New Mexico, United States, North AmericaSince September 2010, the two primary elevators that whisk visitors in and out of Carlsbad Caverns National Park have been out of service while a project is underway to replace …
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Symposium on Pseudokarst this Fall in Tui, Spain
This fall the 12th International Symposium on Pseudokarst kicks off in Spain. Organized by the UIS Commission for Pseudokarst, Clube Espeleolóxico Maúxo and the Instituto Universitario de Xeoloxía “Isidro Parga …
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Malaysian Cave Could be 1,500 Million Years Old
New findings by a Chinese geologist suggests that Malaysia’s popular Gua Tempurung show cave is actually much older than previously thought. Although earlier studies had shown that the cave was …
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Poll: Were you Alarmed by the New WNS Death Toll Estimate?
January 23, 2012 / Canada, United States, North AmericaLast week new estimates were released by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that put the total number of bat deaths from white-nose syndrome at somewhere between 5.7 and 6.7 …
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Yucatán Cenotes Provide Clues to Ancient Climatic Changes
January 23, 2012 / Mexico, North AmericaResearchers studying the cenotes of the Yucatán have discovered a record of climate change that dates back to the Pleistocene – 15,000 years ago – in a cenote located between …
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Australian Cave Divers Break Australasian Depth Record
January 22, 2012 / Australia, New Zealand, OceaniaAfter spending two weeks on their third expedition to the cave, a group of Australian divers have discovered a link between New Zealand’s Pearse River and the Nettlebed Cave system. …
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Become a Troglodyte; Cave House For Sale
January 21, 2012 / Arizona, United States, North AmericaSitting on 37 acres just outside Bisbee, Arizona, a retirement community about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Tucson, the Chulo Canyon Cave House is currently on the market for the …
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Debate Over Recreational Cave Diving at Wakulla Springs
January 21, 2012 / Florida, United States, North AmericaA meeting this past Thursday to discuss permitting recreational cave diving at Florida’s Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park saw an excellent turn out of over 250 people. During the …
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New Estimate: Up to 6.7 Million Bats Killed by WNS
January 20, 2012 / Canada, United States, North AmericaEarlier this week the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced that their biologists now estimate that at least 5.7 million to 6.7 million bats have now died from white-nose syndrome …
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Oldest Evidence of Deep Sea Fishing Found in an East Timor Cave
January 19, 2012 / East Timor, AsiaScientists from the Australian National University have uncovered the earliest evidence of humans participating in deep sea fishing during an excavation of a small one square metre test pit in …
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Krasno 2012: Deep Caves & Karst Symposium
A symposium on the special values of deep karst and the caves that occur within, will take place this April in Croatia’s Northern Velebit National Park. The event, which will …
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Oldest-Known Astrologer’s Board Discovered in Croatian Cave
A team of researchers has identified a more than 2,000 year old ivory astrologer’s board which was found in Croatia, in a cave overlooking the Adriatic Sea. The 30 fragments …
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Recreational Cave Diving Coming to Florida’s Wakulla Springs?
January 17, 2012 / Florida, United States, North AmericaA 26-year-old policy to prohibit cave diving at Florida’s Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park is up for discussion after a group of cave divers approached the Florida Park Service …
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Cave Rescue Divers Assisting Search of Partially Capsized Cruise Ship
Costa Concordia, the cruise ship which ran aground last Friday now seems much more like an enormous underwater labyrinth than a modern cruise ship. The accident on January 13th which …
