Over on LinkedIn, my colleague Prof. Wendy Timms has a nice video of her on groundwater recharge fieldwork in the lava caves at Byaduk. Check it out!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wendy-timms-7940b113_come-underground-in-this-rough-cut-quick-ugcPost-7445322531890229248-DkIX

#fieldwork #caves #groundwater #academia

Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN… | Wendy Timms

Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN FAGU with a wide research team. The Australian Research Council funded setup of this National Observatory*. Shout out to local helpers including catchment managers, geotech engineers and gold geologists, my family, and students and uni staff who have ventured into our underground spaces in mines, tunnels and caves for this valuable data (2022-to date). It's a followup to an IAH2025 presentation* on implications of record low soil moisture deficits across parts of Australia for water availability in catchments and basaltic aquifers and associated reports on drip seepage in local mines. Now back to the computer and catching up on desk work.... *The IAH presentation is here with links to download several journal papers and articles: https://lnkd.in/geCsZSji

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‘Guano is far more than just droppings’: #scientists uncover the secrets of bat poo in #Gorongosa park

When they see the guano, they see money. But #guano is the thing that guarantees stable environmental conditions in #caves , from the 100% humidity or 50C [122F] temperature that some #bats need to survive

#biodiversity #cave #bats #mozambique #africa #biooogy #science

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/01/mozambique-wildlife-conservation-gorongosa-bats-guano-dna-wildlife-pests-aoe

‘Guano is far more than just droppings’: scientists uncover the secrets of bat poo in Gorongosa park

The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve’s labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people• Words and photographs by Kang-Chun Cheng

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‘Guano is far more than just droppings’: scientists uncover the secrets of bat poo in Gorongosa park

The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve’s labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people• Words and photographs by Kang-Chun Cheng

The Guardian

Would you like to see some adorable babies? Check out these cuties, just-hatched Hesperochernes mirabilis, a pseudoscorpion found in caves, riding momma around   

#invertebrate #baby #spring #mom #mother #nature #macro #macroPhotography #cave #caves #biology #ecology

Secrets of the #karst: #NewSpecies found in #Cambodia’s limestone #caves – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/mar/23/cambodia-karst-new-species-limestone-caves-aoe

"A survey has revealed the vast array of wildlife – some never seen before – living within the south-east Asian country’s karst ecosystems. The survey team explored more than 60 caves across 10 hills in #Battambang province"

cw: #snakes inside

Nice press release from the Geological Society of America about my new paper on Bear Ice Cave #Utah. A nearly 6000-year long record with interesting implications in light of this year's historic snow drought.

https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2026/GSA_News_Release_26-11.aspx

#geology #climate #snow #cave #caves #openscience

I worked with a great team of collaborators to produce a uniquely long #paleoclimate record from #caves in northern #utah. We dated stalagmites to show that mountain #permafrost repeatedly expanded during glacial periods and disappeared during interglacials in sync with orbital climate cycles over the past ~600,000 years. These results provide rare long-term constraints on alpine permafrost sensitivity and help place modern permafost thaw into a deeper climatic context. The paper was published in Quaternary Research; if you do not have access and wish to get a copy, feel free to send me a private request.

https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2026.10076

#geology #climate #cave #caves #mountain #mountains #quaternary

WATCH IT HERE:

https://youtu.be/_qRchBI40cc

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#YouTube
#video
#biodiversity
#caves
#karst
#Cambodia

Secrets of the Karst

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The ornate flying snake (Chrysopelea ornata) – also known as the golden tree snake – glides from tree to tree by flattening its rib cage and twisting through the air like a shimmering ribbon. Its vivid colouring makes it popular among collectors.

Photograph: Phyroum Chourn/Fauna & Flora

#photography
#Cambodia
#caves
#karst
#biodiversity
#NewSpecies
#geckos
#snakes

The brown tree frog, also known as the Hong Kong whipping frog, found in the Phnom Prampi cave in Battambang province, a designated natural heritage site. The frog gets its name from the way the female uses her back legs to whip up foam before making a nest for her eggs.

Photograph: Phyroum Chourn/Fauna & Flora

#photography
#Cambodia
#caves
#karst
#biodiversity
#NewSpecies
#geckos
#frogs