Don't Panic Geocast

Episode 57 - "You go to a cave and do math problems"

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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.

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

      John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman

      Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

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