Expedition goes deep to safeguard Shuanghe Cave
1 year ago

Expedition goes deep to safeguard Shuanghe Cave

China Daily  

Zhou Wenlong introduces the cave to the students and teachers. In the past, most students visiting Shuanghe Cave were primary and middle school students learning about karst formations. Li said she was impressed by a poem projected on a rock in the cave that read "I can't tell you all my secrets, as they are still growing". Previously, the cave was surveyed at 257.4 km long and 665 meters deep, based on an international scientific investigation carried out before 2019. Since 1988, international researchers and explorers have conducted 22 scientific expeditions in the cave, Zhou said.

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Unraveling the depths
8 months, 1 week ago

Unraveling the depths

China Daily  

A view of the Shier Beihou scenic area. Clad in mud-caked shoes and equally dirtied clothes and carrying a small cloth bag, French cave explorer Jean Bottazzi navigates the winding caverns deep within Suiyang county's mountains in Southwest China's Guizhou province with ease. In 1986, at the invitation of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Jean and …

Unraveling the depths
8 months, 1 week ago

Unraveling the depths

China Daily  

A view of the Shier Beihou scenic area. Clad in mud-caked shoes and equally dirtied clothes and carrying a small cloth bag, French cave explorer Jean Bottazzi navigates the winding caverns deep within Suiyang county's mountains in Southwest China's Guizhou province with ease. In 1986, at the invitation of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Jean and …

Expedition goes deep to safeguard Shuanghe Cave
1 year ago

Expedition goes deep to safeguard Shuanghe Cave

China Daily  

Students and teachers from Beijing Forestry University explore the Shuanghe Cave in Guizhou province in November. GENG GUOBIAO/FOR CHINA DAILY Beijing Forestry University students and teachers recently took part in a "crossover expedition" in Asia's longest cave in Guizhou province, conducting experiments with experts to better understand and protect its rare ecosystem. Zhou Wenlong, deputy director of the Guizhou Institute …

6.6 km added to Meghalaya’s cave system
1 year, 9 months ago

6.6 km added to Meghalaya’s cave system

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A total of 6,635 metres or 6.6 km was added to Meghalaya’s cave system following an international caving project undertaken from February 6-24. Further, as exploration gets deeper into the cave systems, more than 3.5 hours are spent in reaching the last point of the survey from the entrance,” said MAA general secretary, Brian D. Kharpran Daly. With 2,536 …

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