A calcite formation hidden in a southern Nevada cave has turned out to be one of the longest and most detailed climate archives ever found on land, preserving a near-continuous record that stretches ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Climate history recorded in a calcite deposit in a southern Nevada cave indicates that the hot, arid southwestern United States experienced significant shifts in temperature and ...

Devils Hole II is a narrow crack in the rock, not a wide open cavern, and its walls are coated with thick layers of calcite formed as groundwater slowly seeped through over hundreds of thousands of ...

Beneath the Amargosa desert of the southwest United States lies a hidden gem for climate research. The Devils Hole cave system, named after its bottomless depths, provides a window into the vast ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A calcite formation named Snowy River could prove a gold mine for scientists. Snowy River, believed to be the largest continuous calcite formation in the world, was discovered in ...

Geologists study rainfall patterns in the distant past to better understand how deserts in the southwest United States will be impacted by future climate change. Beneath the Amargosa desert of the ...