Scientists Find Caves on Mars Carved by Water That May Have Supported Life A group of researchers has identified what could be the first water-carved caves on Mars, raising new possibilities in the...
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The importance of #karstic #aquifers for the past and future #survival of #groundwater #amphipod #biodiversity: out now @consbiog.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧬 🦐 🏔️
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Views from the south side of Mullach Mór; the sequence runs from SE to SW (2025-04-05; Michael O'Connell)
One more tweet - to celebrate a stunning #karstic #landscape!
Some of the landscape views that I experienced and attempted to capture as photos on a glorious early April afternoon / evening ☺️ 2025. 7/7
view of Mullach Mór from roadside at L. Gealáin. Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowering beside road
Large turlough/lake system (L. Gealáin; the white lake) with Mullach Mór & Knockanes in background
A circular clump of Cladium mariscus (saw sedge) on marl. Youngest and most vigorous growth on the periphery; within die-back in progress
A Little Egret among the reeds at L. Gealáin. There was a pair present on Saturday (2025-04-05; MO'C)
Saturday pm at Mullach Mór, the #karstic #Burren #landscape was looking its best. On the roadside at L. Gealáin, blackthorn in flower, turlough unseasonally low exposing the white marl, clumps of sedge (much saw sedge) & a pair of shy egrets. The uplands beckoned 1/7
Es una de mis rutas favoritas por que en una circular de 9 km encuentras desde muchas curiosidades vegetales y animales, hasta geologicas. Como estas marivillosas cuevas y formaciones de las llamadas "piedras de agua" geología #geology #karstic #kárstico #geología
Es una ruta que suelo hacer todas las semanas para entrenar, el ascenso a esta formación #kárstíca es duro. La formación estaba llena de panales de abejas grises que estaban afanadisimas con su trabajo con las flores de tomillo :3
#geología #geology #karstic #kárstico
Hoy me he levantado #geologo y tenia muchas ganas de ver de cerca la "mesa” o “colada” de paleotravertino llamada "Bancal alto" que hay en la ruta del #Gollizno en Olivares/Moclín en #Granada.
#geology #karstic #kárstico #geología
Ruins of Cistercian abbey of Corcomroe (constructed: early13C) on the fertile soils of the NE Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland Also known as: Sancta Maria de petra fertili - St. Mary of the fertile rock
To mark #WorldSoilDay. Photos from Oughtmama uplands, northern #Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland. Uplands #karstic limestone with little/no soil cover; in the valleys calcareous #soil derived from drift (last glaciation, 20 ka ago) are the basis of pastoral (pasture & arable in earlier times) farming
Loch Gealáin (the white lake; marl-rich turlough) in foreground close to maximum extent; Mullach Mór (large peak) uplands in the background
Woody vegetation struggles due to high grazing pressure (goats; also cattle); erratics (limestone boulders resting on limestone) are common
Whitethorn (Crataegus monogyna) in a small area with some soil cover. Yew survives on the cliff edge (far right of photo) where it is out of reach of grazers
Flock of feral goats. The goats are more or less permanent denizens at Mullach Mór. Patches of hazel scrub survive in the lowlands
#NewYear2024 & time for a small indulgence: the #karstic landscape at Mullach Mór, #Burren, Co. Clare. May is the best month to see the wonderful flora but the #landscape & #geology can be enjoyed at anytime & especially in winter. Photos: November 2023
