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Bat Guano Traces Changes in Agriculture and Hurricane Activity

by Katherine Kornei 13 October 20204 October 2021

Researchers hiked and rappeled into two caves in Jamaica to collect over 40 kilograms of excrement.

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Bat Guano: A Possible New Source for Paleoclimate Reconstructions

by JoAnna Wendel 14 December 20164 October 2021

Nitrogen isotopes within samples of bat excrement accurately reflect modern precipitation patterns. So could guano serve as a paleoclimate record?

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How Bat Breath and Guano Can Change the Shapes of Caves

by JoAnna Wendel 9 November 201513 October 2022

Researchers working in caves in Borneo and elsewhere are finding evidence that biological processes shape many tropical caves by slowly eating away at surrounding rock.

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