As flowing water erodes the limestone layered beneath the Earth’s surface in southwestern Indiana, caves and sinkholes develop. This hilly underground landscape occurs naturally and allows unfiltered ...

If microbiology is the study of microbes, and sociology is the study of societies, then meteorologists ought to be giving us the forecast on incoming space rocks. In the Sciences, labels are supposed ...

DECORAH - Though it provides little solace for northeast Iowans worried about the impact of livestock confinements in areas of karst topography, attendees at a daylong forum on the subject at Luther ...

Twenty percent of tested wells in Door County contain evidence of coliform bacteria, according to Kevin Masarik, outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension's Center for Watershed ...

Our report on the study of karst took us from local experts to a globally-acclaimed scientist. The ground under Augusta County, the way it's formed, is simple to conceptualize if you picture one ...

DECORAH - I had a revelation Tuesday during a presentation at Luther College by Department of Natural Resources Northeast Iowa Fisheries Supervisor Mike Steuck. Steuck, one of several speakers at a ...

In past columns I discussed two of the features a person can find in our Indiana karst landscape. There are, however, other karst features of interest in our state. Sinkholes are a very common ...

Unique sights: Water notch and Kanthan River inside Kanthan Cave. Tropical limestone karst landscapes support rare and endangered flora and fauna that needs to be researched and catalogued. — Photos: ...

Activists in Indonesia demand the government to issue a new regulation aimed at better protecting the country’s karsts, the unique rocky landscapes that are home to species found nowhere else on Earth ...