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 Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gayatri Kathayat, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Ashish Sinha, California State ...

IF YOU LIVE in northern Europe or North America, your weather depends partly on what the northern polar jet stream is up to. Jet streams are powerful and persistent winds that snake around the Earth ...

A newly published study of a stalagmite found in Cave of the Mounds reveals previously undetected history of the local climate going back thousands of years. Researchers describe evidence for an ice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Indiana weather heats up, you're probably looking for your next outdoor adventure to be of the cooler variety. And lucky ...

Deep inside caves, water dripping from the ceiling creates one of nature’s most iconic formations: stalagmites. These pillars of calcite, ranging from centimeters to many meters in height, rise from ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In a remote cave in northeast India, rainwater has slowly dripped from the ceiling in the same spots for over 1,000 years. With each drop, minerals in the water accumulate on the ...