Weather Underground: Studying “Speleometeorology” in Carlsbad Cavern

from Nature Notes · host Andrew Stuart

Cave scientist Riannon Colton is working to unlock one of the cavern’s mysteries: its “speleometeorology.” Because it turns out that big caves, like big mountains, create their own weather.

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