And chemical clues in a stalagmite inside the cave confirm the chronicles on the walls. Sarah Zielinski. August 13, 2015. Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter! This inscription in Dayu Cave ...

This link between stalagmite shape and droplet fall distance can be used to better understand caves. For instance, it can be used to reconstruct how a cave’s height has changed over time because ...

The Oregon caves where the stalagmite that recorded some 13,000 winters was discovered. Vasile Ersek / University of Oxford Nov. 29, 2012, 3:32 PM EST / Source : LiveScience ...

Researchers studying stalagmite formations in the Wabash Valley fault system have found that stalagmites can yield clues to the timing of ancient earthquakes. Courtesy Samuel Panno While exploring ...

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 ...

The stalagmite Batchelor and her team analyzed grew extremely slowly -- taking roughly 20,000 years to reach the length of a human pinky finger. The finger-length subterranean rock formed from a ...