Experts Examine Stalagmites in a Serbian Cave, Stunned to Learn About the Climate Conditions 2,500 Years Ago. Climate records are not the easiest in the world to analyze.

Stalagmites formed in caves hundreds of thousands of years ago preserve a record of how fires behaved the last time Earth’s temperatures were as high as today. Close. Advertisement.

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 ...

Isotopic measurements from stalagmites have shown that "climate hiccups", where extreme fluctuations in temperature occur over a few years also happened in the ice age.

Nerja Caves, in Spain, has long been known for its impressive collection of stalagmites, stalactites and prehistoric art. Now, scientists have calculated that people have been visiting for over ...

VALENCIA, SPAIN—Over the past several years, investigation within the Cova Dones cave system in Valencia […] ...

Earth What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth. Wildfires are already changing as a result of climate change but we don’t know what will happen as our planet gets even ...