Cave rock studies provide window into ancient civilisations
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 11:20
in Earth & Climate
There is a certain romance to speleology, the study of caves, if you can see past the cold and the damp and the dark. Caves are ancient and often beautiful places. And they can be useful. Rock formations in caves, it turns out, hold within them chemical secrets that provide a window on both ancient civilisations and the climate of the future.