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Video: Cavers Continue to Push Sweden’s Longest Underwater Cave
Follow along with cave divers as they explore Sweden’s Dolinsjö Cave as part of the 2016 Bjurälven Expedition.
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Idaho Department of Fish and Game Enlists Cavers in WNS Battle
April 18, 2016 / Idaho, United States, North AmericaMembers of south-central Idaho’s Silver Sage Grotto have teamed up with their states Department of Fish and Game to count bats and place temperature and humidity recorders.
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Dr. Nick: The Curious Minnesota Caver
April 16, 2016 / Minnesota, United States, North AmericaDeep in the basement of the University of Minnesota, Star Tribune reporter Sarah Barker caught up with curious caver/geologist Dr. Nick Seaton.
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Video: The Geology of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu
July 26, 2015 / Wales, United Kingdom, EuropeLearn about the geological features of England’s Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve with Dr. Keith Ball, a retired British Geological Survey geologist and life-long speleologist.
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Video: Divers Experience Malta’s Billinghurst Cave
Visit inside Billinghurst Cave, a large underwater sea cave along the coast of Malta that has very little natural light thanks to a dip in the middle.
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Mammoths Killed by Abrupt Climate Change
Abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made warming occurring today, is being credited as a major factor in repeated mass extinction events of large animals.
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Human Skull in Sinkhole Prompts Homicide Investigation
July 24, 2015 / Kentucky, United States, North AmericaPolice are investigating at a Kentucky sinkhole after a human skull was spotted inside on Tuesday.
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Watch: Cave Divers Explore Pandora Cave
July 24, 2015 / Mexico, North AmericaVisit inside a recently discovered underwater cave covered with bacterial straws and webs, which rain down on the divers with every exhalation.
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Telegraph Article Promotes the Adventure and Camaraderie of Caving
July 23, 2015 / United Kingdom, EuropeFolks are encouraged to try caving, the ultimate activity for those with a sense of adventure, in a recent article in The Telegraph.
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Video: TAG Multi Drop Caving in Hang ‘Em High Cave
July 23, 2015 / Tennessee, United States, North AmericaWatch as a group of young cavers explore Tennessee’s Hang Em’ High Cave during a past Sewanee Mountain Cave Fest event.
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Sacred Phillipine Cave Could See New Life as Tourist Attraction
July 22, 2015 / Philippines, AsiaA cave, formerly used for religious ceremonies, has caught the eye of a developer, who is eager to turn it into a new tourist attraction.
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Natural Yeast Byproduct Found to Inhibit White-Nose Syndrome Fungus
July 22, 2015 / Illinois, United States, North AmericaResearchers have found a cave microbe that produces a compound which inhibits Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.
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Video: The Hybrid Texas/Ropewalker SRT Climbing System
July 22, 2015Dissatisfied with the SRT systems out there, YouTuber cavercse devised his own Hybrid Texas/Ropewalker SRT climbing system to have the best of both worlds.
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Cavers Mark 10th Anniversary of Ruakuri Cave Renovations
July 21, 2015 / New Zealand, OceaniaThis month marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of Waitomo’s Ruakuri Cave, where some 50 cavers worked to build the underground infrastructure.
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Wind Cave to Host Event on Persistence Cave
July 21, 2015 / South Dakota, United States, North AmericaA special evening to update the public on the fossil discoveries at Persistence Cave is scheduled for this Saturday, July 25th at Wind Cave National Park.
