Drip stones as aircraft

Drip stones as aircraft

Stone caves help climate research. In the top centimeters of staglagmites of the small devil cavity in Franconian Switzerland, isotopes reveal climatic conditions in the last millennium.
© research group Heika Check Extrema

Stamagmites from the small devil cavity in Franconian Switzerland provide information about seasonal conditions in the millennia -old climate history.

From Dirk Eidemüller

Dropstone caves are known for their enchanting rock formations. Hardly anyone who visits such a cave can be the fascination of these majestic columns made of glittering stone

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