Author: carreragt87
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2021 – International Year of Caves and Karst
Welcome to the International Year of Caves and Karst! International years celebrate and inform the world about important topics, many of which are not known to the general public. Caves and karst occur around our planet but few people understand the great value of caves to humanity. Fewer still know what karst is. Please see…
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Canadian team confirms presence of huge unexplored cave in British Columbia
https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/canadian-team-confirms-presence-huge-unexplored-cave-british-columbia
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National Geographic – Epic flood sends cavers scrambling for their lives
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/2018/10/flood-escape-deepest-cave-veryovkina-abkhazia/?user.testname=none
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Rescue at Wind Cave
http://fox43.com/2018/02/18/how-emergency-crews-rescued-a-14-year-old-boy-from-a-cave-in-lancaster-county/
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Lethal fungus that causes white-nose syndrome may have an Achilles’ heel
Source:USDA Forest Service – Northern Research Station Summary:In the course of genomic analyses of the fungus behind white-nose-syndrome, a devastating disease that has killed millions of bats in North America, US Forest Service scientists discovered something very surprising: brief exposure to UV-light kills Pseudogymnoascus destructans. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180102153209.htm