Andy Baker

Any thanks to Liza McDonough (ANSTO) for agreeing to be interviewed for this article, which includes a summary of our recent Australian Research Council funded project to reconstruct past fire history using cave stalagmites.

We used the inorganic elements preserved in stalagmites and whose source is wildfire ash deposited on the surface above the cave.

You can read more here (subscription required) https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458714-what-ancient-stalagmites-can-tell-us-about-life-on-a-hotter-earth/

And Liza’s overview on LinkedIn is here: min

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/liza-mcdonough-718404146_what-ancient-stalagmites-can-tell-us-about-activity-7270376028831641600-eXQT