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The Grand Canyon, known for its majestic valleys and millennia-old rock layers, has now unveiled another marvel — its extensive cave systems that could potentially unlock secrets about climate change.

Team explores relationship between warming temperatures and intensifying summer monsoon rains on groundwater

A study published in Nature Geoscience this week shows we may be in for more dramatic monsoon seasons here in Southern Nevada and across North America.

A research team led by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ paleoclimatologist and professor Matthew Lachniet retrieved an ancient stalagmite from the floor of an undisturbed Grand Canyon cave.

Findings may improve understanding of the potential impact of future climate change on summer monsoon rains.

Study of a stalagmite in a Grand Canyon cave reveals early Holocene climate in the southwestern United States

The Grand Canyon's valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth's history have earned it a designation as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. But, according to a new 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ study, its marvels extend to vast cave systems that lie beneath the surface, which just might hold clues to better understand the future of climate change—by studying nature's past.

Researchers hoping to gain understanding of future groundwater volume in the arid Colorado Plateau looked back nearly 12,000 years to see how higher temperatures affected monsoon rains.