For the latest on how coronavirus is affecting access see Access News. * St Cuthbert's reopens on 9th June. * Charterhouse Caves reopen on 13th June. * Fairy Cave Quarry Caves reopen on 13th June. * Eastwater, North Hill reopen 1st Aug. * Tyning's Barrow closed 1st Aug.

Access News Access Guide Software Update The software that provides the Access Guide has been completely re-written. The new user interface is designed to make it easier to search the information. A new and hopefully useful feature is that the most recent updates can be found by sorting the

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Volcanologists working on remote islands in the Galápagos Archipelago has found that volcanoes which reliably produce small basaltic lava eruptions hide chemically diverse magmas in their underground plumbing systems - including some with the potential to generate explosive activity. These volcanoes might undergo unexpected changes to sudden such activity in the future.

Documents Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)] Minutes and Officer Reports 2020 * EGM in lieu of postponed AGM, Sat 26th September 2020 * GM Wed 29th July 2020 * [Agenda - Published 23 July 2020] * GM Wed 15th July 2020

Ancient climate records from Leviathan Cave, located in the southern Great Basin, show that Nevada was even hotter and drier in the past than it is today, and that one 4,000-year period in particular may represent a true, ''worst-case'' scenario picture for the Southwest and the Colorado River Basin -- and the millions of people who rely on its water supply.

Documents Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)] Minutes and Officer Reports 2020 * EGM in lieu of postponed AGM, Sat 26th September 2020 * GM Wed 29th July 2020 * [Agenda - Published 22 July 2020] * GM Wed 15th July 2020

A cave in a remote part of Mexico was visited by humans around 30,000 years ago - 15,000 years earlier than people were previously thought to have reached the Americas. Excavations of Chiquihuite Cave, located in a mountainous area in northern Mexico controlled by drugs cartels, uncovered nearly 2000 stone tools from a small section of the high-altitude cave. Analysis of the sediment in the cave uncovered a new story of the colonisation of the Americas.

According to paleoclimatic reconstructions analyzing stalagmites sampled in some caves in the Murge plateau (Apulia, Italy), Neanderthals might have become extinct because Homo sapiens employed more sophisticated hunting technologies.

Documents Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)] Minutes and Officer Reports 2020 * EGM in lieu of postponed AGM, Sat 26th September 2020 * GM Wed 29th July 2020 * [Agenda] * GM Wed 15th July 2020

Access News Access Guide Software Update The software that provides the Access Guide has been completely re-written. The new user interface is designed to make it easier to search the information. A new and hopefully useful feature is that the most recent updates can be found by sorting the

Documents Forms If you have any expense claims please use one of the following forms: * [CSCC Expenses Form (.pdf)] * [CSCC Expenses Form (Excel format)] Minutes and Officer Reports 2020 * AGM Sat 25th July 2020 * GM Wed 15th July 2020 * [Agenda] [Treasurer's Report] [Webmaster's Report] * AGM Sat 16th May 2020 The AGM has been rescheduled to the 25th July due to the covid-19 lockdown