Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is present in the outside atmosphere and commonly has higher concentrations in...

Microplastics are increasingly recognised as a significant environmental pollutant, found in oceans, rivers, soils, and even underground...

The Earth is under constant bombardment from innumerable cosmic rays that sweep through space at nearly the speed of light. Some are...

Caves are complex and inhospitable environments, but even in these dark, cold and nutrient limited parts of the world life can still...

Pathways, railings, and lighting are just some of the many potential human modifications that can be seen in tourist caves such as...

Alistair Morgan is a masters by research student at Lancaster University, his research is focussed on understanding how phosphorous...

On Saturday 14th of November the British Cave Research Association hosted their first virtual science symposium. This meeting was hugely...

As of the 18th of March Pooles cavern has closed to the public due to the COVID-19 virus. This development will obviously limit the...

Here Georgina Shaw a BSc Earth and Environmental Science student at Lancaster University tells us about her exciting dissertation project...

So in mid January a small team of us descended to Pooles Cavern to set up the latest batch of radio logging devices supplied by TinyTag....

Since 2017 we have been working hard to develop a UK site dedicated to the development and promotion of cave science. The aim was simple,...