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Wear and tear, basically. The most common is unwitting trampling of floor sediments, perhaps followed by accidental muddying or breaking of stalactites and stalagmites. Some disturbance to cave-dwelling organisms, such as by trampling through pools and stream inhabited by the animals. The one real worry in the USA at present is the transfer of the fungal spores of White Nose Syndrome, currently responsible for killing vast numbers of bats - but we can't really know how much of the infection is spread by the unfortunate animals themselves moving from cave to cave.
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Why do you need caves?
Caves help the environment. They act as water conduits from hills to springs, and they act as homes or shelters for various organisms. They also fulfill the aesthetic, challenge and scientific curiosity needs of cavers and cave-scientists (speleologists).
Why were caves closed to the public?
You specify any particular examples but the main reasons are conservation (as with the original Lascaux Caves), safety (or rather fears of liability!) and in the case of show-caves, commercial failure. Also of course, closure to the "public" does not necessarily preculde access for genuine cavers & cave-researchers.
What is a person called who studies caves?
Speleologist.The term Speleology in fact covers a range of cave-related sciences, particularly geology & hydrology, biology, archaeology; and invokes various skills in chemsistry, physics, etc.Speleologists study the science of caves. Spelunkers [used to be a US-only word for those who] study caves for recreational purposes. +++ 'Spelunkers' was what a group of New England cavers called themselves in the 1940s, and combines Greek and Latin words for "cave". It was used generally and neutrally in the US - rarely anywhere else - until the 1960s, but then American cavers started to use it in a derogatory manner for ill-equipped, inexperienced adventurers. Some US cavers even wore T-shirts emblazoned with "Cavers Rescue Spelunkers". The normal word is "caver", and the activity itself, "caving". (Source: Wikipedia)A Speleologist. The category title gives a clue! :-) it's an umbreall term covering several science disciplines.
What is the name of someone who explores caves?
A Caver. One who studies caves & their contents scientifically is a Speleologist - though many still call themselves cavers out of modesty, and use "speleology" to describe the science! Some Answer-ers would reply "spelunker" - a word I have never seen in caving literature. From Wikipedia at least, although the word was coined from a mixture of Latin and Greek by an American caving club in the 1940s, but not adopted outside of the US, it started to become derogatory in the 1960s, according to American cavers.
A place where many caves are connected by passages?
It's called a cave system. They are quite common. There are even more systems that are connected hydrologically although with no humanly-passable links. Wookey Hole, at the foot of the Mendip Hills in SW England is one such example. It discharges the River Axe whose tributaries are several major caves on the hills above it; and despite efforts over many decades and continuing, no-one has yet found a cavers' route from the sink caves to the resurgence; nor between the feeder caves.
What is the meaning of the yellow bumper sticker with a flying bat?
Cavers put it on there cars to show that they explore caves and meet other cavers
Who is the person who likes to study caves?
A Speleologist or Cave Scientist - though many describe themselves simply as cavers who are studying the particular aspect that interests them.
What is the length of caves in the Loire valley?
Caves don't conform to standard lengths. You'd have to find a cavers' guide-book or cave-index to find information like that. As for the Loire valley, I don't know if it has any natural caves (though it is in limestone), but it seems to be noted for artificial caves dug to create homes.
Why do you need caves?
Caves help the environment. They act as water conduits from hills to springs, and they act as homes or shelters for various organisms. They also fulfill the aesthetic, challenge and scientific curiosity needs of cavers and cave-scientists (speleologists).
Why were caves closed to the public?
You specify any particular examples but the main reasons are conservation (as with the original Lascaux Caves), safety (or rather fears of liability!) and in the case of show-caves, commercial failure. Also of course, closure to the "public" does not necessarily preculde access for genuine cavers & cave-researchers.
What is the birth name of Alice Cavers?
Alice Cavers's birth name is Alice Ruth Cavers.
Where are the most caves at?
I've heard that the Cumberland Plateau which spans Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia(known to spelunkers as the TAG region) has the highest density of caves in the U.S.. I'm not sure about the world. There isan enormous number of caves in France. Using cavers' guide-book indexes I totted upapproaching 1000 caves in total in just two areas of Northern England, though this does include very minor caves &rock-shelters as well as more extensive systems. SE Asia is very rich in caves and spectacular tropical-karst landforms. BTW I've never seen the word 'spelunker' used in anything written by cavers so just where does it come from - apart from the USA? Is it an archaic term like "pot-holer" in Britain, or as I have heard, actually a slang term of derision by cavers towards novices and dilettantes? To answer the actual question would need a huge amount of research in caving literature!
List of limestone caves in the UK?
Not here: too many! They are listed in the cavers' regional guides for the main caving areas, and other publications for smaller areas, but there are many hundreds listed!
What has the author Charles Cavers written?
Charles Cavers has written: 'Hades! The ladies!'
What are stalactites spelunkers?
Nonsense question. . A stalactite is a calcite formation within a cave. . A "Spelunker" was originally a "caver" - a person who explores caves - and was coined by a couple of American cavers in the 1930s, not used at all outside the USA, and now used, if at all, only in a derogatory way by US cavers of novices and dilettantes. (I took the trouble to investigate it!)
What is a person called who studies caves?
Speleologist.The term Speleology in fact covers a range of cave-related sciences, particularly geology & hydrology, biology, archaeology; and invokes various skills in chemsistry, physics, etc.Speleologists study the science of caves. Spelunkers [used to be a US-only word for those who] study caves for recreational purposes. +++ 'Spelunkers' was what a group of New England cavers called themselves in the 1940s, and combines Greek and Latin words for "cave". It was used generally and neutrally in the US - rarely anywhere else - until the 1960s, but then American cavers started to use it in a derogatory manner for ill-equipped, inexperienced adventurers. Some US cavers even wore T-shirts emblazoned with "Cavers Rescue Spelunkers". The normal word is "caver", and the activity itself, "caving". (Source: Wikipedia)A Speleologist. The category title gives a clue! :-) it's an umbreall term covering several science disciplines.
What is the largest cavern in the US?
I suggest you may be able to find out from or via the National Speleological Society web-site or its other publications. Expect thousands! The UK hasthousands of recorded caves altogether, listed across cavers' regional guide-books, but I don't know if US cavers have similar books readily available.
