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Posted April 15, 2010:

• Stalagmite Reveals Carbon Footprint of Early Native Americans

Posted April 7, 2010:

• Deadly Fungus Threatens 9 Bat Species in Ga., Ky., N.C., S.C. and Tenn., Expert Says

Posted March 29, 2010:

• Bat Navigation: After the Next Sunset, Please Turn Right

Posted March 12, 2010:

• Phylogenetic Analysis of Mexican Cave Scorpions Suggests Adaptation to Caves Is Reversible

Posted January 20, 2010:

• Cave Reveals Southwest's Abrupt Climate Swings During Ice Age

Posted December 30, 2009:

• Window Opens Into Moon's Past Volcanism

Posted November 18, 2009:

• To the Bat Cave: Researchers Reconstruct Evolution of Bat Migration With Aid of Mathematical Model

Posted November 12, 2009:

• Canada: Alberta's Hidden Valleys Offer Both Resources and Danger

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Cave Study Links Climate Change to California Droughts

Posted September 28, 2009:

• Researchers Go Underground To Reveal 850 New Species In Australian Outback

Posted August 24, 2009:

• New Species Of Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands

Posted August 3, 2009:

• Is Bat White-Nose Syndrome An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

Posted August 1, 2009:

• 'Ebola Cousin' Marburg Virus Isolated From African Fruit Bats

Posted June 11, 2009:

• Abrupt Global Warming Could Shift Monsoon Patterns, Hurt Agriculture

Posted June 3, 2009:

• Cantabrian Cornice in Spain Has Experienced Seven Cooling And Warming Phases Over Past 41,000 Years

Posted May 29, 2009:

• Environmental Pollution Increases Risk Of Liver Disease, Study Finds

Posted May 15, 2009:

• Peruvian Stalagmites Hold Clues To Climate Change

Posted May 5, 2009:

• Caves Closed In U.S. To Slow Bat Disease Spread

Posted May 2, 2009:

• Cave Activity Discouraged To Help Protect Bats From Deadly White-Nose Syndrome

Posted March 25, 2009:

• Underground Subatomic-Particle Measurements Yield Meteorological Clues

Posted March 9, 2009:

• Researchers Study Cave’s 'Breathing' For Better Climate Clues

Posted March 5, 2009:

• White-Nose Syndrome Death In Bats: First Prevention Proposed By Ecologists

Posted February 25, 2009:

• Stalagmites Confirm 9,000-Year Lower Brazil Rainfall

Posted February 3, 2009:

• White-Nose Kills Hundreds Of Bats Near Abandoned Mines In Pennsylvania

Posted February 2, 2009:

• Biodiversity Hotspot Enabled Neanderthals To Survive Longer In South East Of Spain

Posted January 13, 2009:

• Voracious Sponges In Underwater Caves Save Reefs

Posted December 19, 2008:

• Unusual Microbial Ropes Grow Slowly In Cave Lake

Posted December 17, 2008:

• Magma Discovered In Its 'Natural Habitat' For First Time

Posted December 5, 2008:

• Decline Of Roman And Byzantine Empires 1,400 Years Ago May Have Been Driven By Climate Change

Posted November 25, 2008:

• Climate Change Wiped Out Cave Bears 13 Millennia Earlier Than Thought

Posted November 6, 2008:

• Ancient China: Lack Of Rainfall Could Have Contributed To Social Upheaval And Fall Of Dynasties

Posted October 30, 2008:

• Mysterious Bat Disease Decimates Colonies: Newly Identified Fungus Implicated In White-Nose Syndrome

Posted October 20, 2008:

• Genetic Explanation For Moles' Poor Eyesight

Posted September 24, 2008:

• Stalagmites May Predict Next Big One Along The New Madrid Seismic Zone

Posted August 19, 2008:

• New Climate Record Shows Century-Long Droughts In Eastern North America

Posted June 13, 2008:

• Ecotourism In Belize Is Damaging Environmentally Sensitive Sites

Posted September 26, 2007:

• Cave Records Provide Clues To Climate Change

Posted July 16, 2007:

• New Process Promises To Reduce Costs Of A Clean-Coal Technology

Posted March 12, 2007:

• Caves Of St. Louis County: A Tale Of Loss

Posted March 8, 2007:

• Prototype Space Probe Prepares To Explore Earth's Deepest Sinkhole

Posted March 2, 2007:

• Discovery Of New Cave Millipedes Casts Light On Arizona Cave Ecology

Posted December 15, 2006:

• Underground Air Might Cause DNA Damage

Posted December 12, 2006:

• Snottites, Other Biofilms Hasten Cave Formation

Posted September 20, 2006:

• The Point Of Icicles

Posted August 23, 2006:

• Australian Geologists Date World's Oldest Discovered Open Caves At 340 Million Years

Posted May 8, 2005:

• New Method For Dating Ancient Earthquakes Through Cave Evidence Developed By Israeli Researchers

Posted December 6, 2004:

• The Platonic Form Of Stalactites

Posted March 7, 2002:

• "Buried Dams" Help Clean Recycled Water

Posted December 15, 2000:

• Exploring Earth's Interior With Virtual Reality

Posted October 20, 1999:

• SMU Geophysicists Discover Large Blob Deep In The Earth

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