This week we’re going underground…to caves that is. We review the basics of how caves form, some unique features, and a lot of fun vocabulary. We also talk about the latest and greatest scientific discovery!

• How caves form
• Carbonic Acid
• Hydrogen Sulfide
• Video of Limestone vs. Acid
• Carlsbad Caverns Formation
• White-Nose Syndrome
• Karst
• Speleothems
• Stalactites vs. Stalagmites
• Cave Bacon (Flowstone)
• Cave Popcorn
• Troglobites
• Wind Cave
• Boxwork Calcite
• Lehman Cave
• Cave shields
• Alabaster Caverns

Fun Paper Friday

This week we learn about one of the most exciting physics discoveries in modern physics - the measurement of gravitational waves.

• Gravitational waves for dummies
• Text Messages from LIGO
• Abbott, B. P., et al. “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger.” Physical Review Letters 116.6 (2016): 061102.

Contact us:

Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - @dontpanicgeo - [email protected]

John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman

Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin