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Speleohydrology and climate change

The topic of climate change is one of the fronts of scientific research in the 21st century. A special focus of speleological research is the discovery of records of climate change in caves. However, the question arises as to the impact of climate change on the conditions of speleological research and on the hydrological dynamics in karst. Extreme weather conditions around the world have become more frequent. That is why we need to define new standards of speleological research. New recommendations to the speleological community should include methods for monitoring, collecting and analyzing climate data for risk assessment purposes. Analyzes of hydrological extremes and other climate-related processes in karst and caves are of interest to the wider community. We will highlight examples from the Dinaric Karst in Croatia (deep pits, hydrologically active caves, caves with ice).

speleohydrology, climate change, extreme weather, Dinaric Karst

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