Speleology (CAVES) with Dr. Gina Moseley
Caves! Caverns! Grottos! Crystals! Let's get down and dirty with Speleology with explorer, researcher, professor, and paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley. She shares what it’s like to spend a week straight in a cave, safety tips, climate research breakthroughs, and the deepest and darkest caves. Also: stalactites, stalagmites, cave clouds, show caves, who counts as a spelunker, what ancient climate science can tell us about our current sticky situation, cave diving, cave rescues, creepy caves, gated caves, old school versus new school cave mapping, if cavers ever lose their damn minds down there, and why nothing beats the longing for the underground. Grab a friend and wear a helmet. We’re goin’ in.
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A donation went to the British Cave Rescue Council
Links to things we discussed:
Cavechat.org • View topic - Poll: Offended by "Spelunker"?
Cave Types - National Cave & Karst Research Institute
Journey Into the Fiery Depths of Earth’s Youngest Caves | Smithsonian
Deepest unbroken vertical shaft in a cave - Guinness World Records
Cave Related Statistics: Caves With The Deepest Drop
The deepest cave: Veryovkina Cave
The daring journey inside the world's deepest cave
What Does Cave Reverb Really Sound Like?
How to Leave No Trace While Caving
WAG Bags 101 — Packing Out Human Poop!
Minimum Impact Caving - National Speleological Society
(PDF) The Epidemiology of Caving Injuries in the United States
Cave collapse kills one, injures another in northern Vietnam
Reconciliation of the Devils Hole climate record with orbital forcing
Bureau of Land Management Cave Safety Tips
Mammillary cave structures: quite boob-like indeed
Cave Related Statistics: Worlds Highest Caves
The Highest Cave In U.S. Is In Colorado and It Might Be Haunted
Aquanaut: The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue a book by Rick Stanton
Nat Geo: Thai Cave Rescue (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans
Snopes: Does Map of Missing Persons in US Match Up with Cave Systems?
7 Creepy Archaeological Discoveries
The Discovery of the Chauvet Cave
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jacob Chaffee
Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn