Speleothems have become a cornerstone of the approach to better understanding Earth's
climatic teleconnections due to their precise absolute chronologies, their continuous or …

Understanding past climatic changes allows us to better understand how our planet will
evolve in the future. One important source of information on paleoclimate is the analysis of …

The relatively stable temperature of most cave interiors is caused by the transfer of the
surface atmosphere temperature signal to the karst underground by thermal conduction …

Volcanic (lava tube) caves at Lava Beds National Monument (N. CA, USA) provide a
valuable terrestrial analog for volcanic caves on Mars and the Moon. Terrestrial volcanic …

Hydroclimate interpretation of stalagmite δ 18 O records from tropical regions requires an
understanding of the temporal integration of rainfall amount and its isotopic composition by …

There is insufficient information on the movement of air in karst environments to constrain
the uncertainty associated with quantifying sources and sinks of methane (CH 4) and carbon …

Oxygen isotope ratios in speleothems may be affected by external processes that are
independent of climate, such as karst hydrology and kinetic fractionation. Consequently …

Abstract “Nothing could possibly live there!” They believed. Indeed, until recently, few
specialized cave-adapted animals were known from volcanic, tropical, or oceanic island …

Rapid permafrost degradation and peatland expansion occurred in Eurasia during the Early
Holocene and may be analogous to the region's response to anthropogenic warming. Here …

Isotopic records from speleothems are an important source of information about past
climates and, given the increase in the number of isotope-enabled climate models, are likely …