Soluble rocks, such as limestone and dolomite, can create karst formations, including caves, gullies, and troughs, due to ...

The connection between what happens on the surface and what happens underneath was explained in a recent webinar focusing on ...

Hidden away among the unexplored limestone hills of Cambodia are a series of karst formations. These uncharted caves, sinkholes, and towers have long been home to rare and elusive wildlife, but we're ...

Sinkholes, often dramatic manifestations of karst geomorphology, result from the dissolution of soluble rock, such as limestone, dolomite, or evaporites, by naturally acidic groundwater. This process ...

Credit: Fauna & Flora/Cover Images Scientists have discovered not one but three new species of karst-dwelling geckos in previously unexplored limestone hills in Battambang Province, western Cambodia.

For more than a decade, environmental activist Iwan Dento has opposed the mining of the limestone karst formations in his homeland of Maros, Indonesia. Until 2013, the karst mountain area of ...

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