Analysis of Moroccan stalagmites reveals that the Sahara received increased rainfall between 8,700 and 4,300 years ago, ...

In the past water was flowing down this large stalagmite formation. We date tiny pieces of stalagmite (~0.25g) to establish when the cave was wet in the past. Credit: Ben Lovett.

Analysis of stalagmite samples from caves in southern ... Stalagmites (column-shaped rock formations which rise up from the floor of caves) are incredibly valuable archives of past climate changes.

A broken stalagmite can regrow, as long as it has a steady supply of water. The water deposits minerals on the rock, which accretes or gets bigger. Lead author Jean-Jacques Delannoy and his team ...

In this photo, a large drone (top middle) is lighting an enormous stalagmite approximately 20m ... as water flows down the gently sloping rock. In Hang son Doong there is huge variety of these ...