Deciphering clues to prehistoric climate changes locked in cave deposits
Sunday, May 24, 2015 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
It turns out that the steady dripping of water deep underground can reveal a surprising amount of information about the constantly changing cycles of heat and cold, precipitation and drought in the turbulent atmosphere above. The analysis of a stalagmite from a cave in north east India can detect the link between El Nino conditions in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian monsoon, a new study has found.