DeSoto Caverns Provide UA Geologists Insight into Global Warming

One of Alabama's popular spots under the ground is helping University of Alabama scientists understand more about global warming on top of the ground. A team of UA geologists is conducting research deep in the underground caves of DeSoto Caverns Park, a state attraction visited by more than 100,000 people annually, located on the outskirts of Childersburg, a small town in Talladega County.

By studying carbonate deposits — stalactites and stalagmites — that have formed in the caves, the UA scientists are able to learn how the outside climate has changed over time. They hope to date the climate changes back to 1540 — the time the caves were actually discovered by the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto — and beyond.

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