In the past water was flowing down this large stalagmite formation. We date tiny pieces of stalagmite (~0.25g) to establish when the cave was wet in the past. Credit: Ben Lovett.

Section through the MA-1 stalagmite from Arevalo Cave showing the fine layering of limestone. These deposits are a geochemical archive of the changing environmental conditions at the Earth's ...

A stalagmite sample at the Cave of the Mounds has shed light on the impacts of rapid temperature rise in the mid-continental regions. Former University of Wisconsin grad student Cameron Batchelor’s ...