Science news articles about 'stalactites and stalagmites'

... level, the palaeoclimatic record of calcite speleothems (stalactites and stalagmites). The experts hope that these calcium structures, an excellent climatic natural record, will provide information ...

... old trick for remembering the difference between stalactites and stalagmites in a cave: Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling ... these events as very sharp periods of drying in the stalagmite record," Adkins says. "We think that these droughts indicate ...

... scientists from Britain, Russia, Mongolia and Switzerland. 'The stalactites and stalagmites from these caves are a way of looking back ... techniques to date the growth of cave formations (stalactites and stalagmites). Data from the Ledyanaya Lenskaya Cave ...