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Carlsbad, New Mexico | Conduct, support, facilitate, and promote programs in cave and karst research, education, environmental management, and data acquisition and sharing.

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  • Hidden passage leads explorers to deepest cave Down Under
    Live Science August 8, 2022
  • Enormous sinkhole wide enough to swallow the White House opens in Chile
    Live Science August 5, 2022
  • Humongous Sinkhole Appears in Chile, Leaving a Deep Void in The Desert
    Science Alert August 3, 2022
  • Explorers Just Discovered Australia's Deepest Known Cave
    Science Alert August 3, 2022
  • Parts of the moon may provide stable temperatures for humans, researchers find – CNN
    Google News – Science August 2, 2022
  • It's “sweater weather” on the moon in some locations, scientists discover – Boing Boing
    Google News – Science August 1, 2022
  • Some pits on the moon are always 63 degrees, opening up habitation possibilities – NPR
    Google News – Science July 30, 2022
  • Daily Space: Moon – Daily Kos
    Google News – Science July 30, 2022
  • Moon caves could provide shelter for astronauts – New York Post
    Google News – Science July 30, 2022
  • Scientists discover 200 'Goldilocks' zones on the moon where astronauts could survive
    Live Science July 29, 2022
  • Scientists discover 200 'Goldilocks' zones on the moon where astronauts could survive – Livescience.com
    Google News – Science July 29, 2022
  • Lunar Pits Stay Warmer than Surface During Night, Finds New Study
    Sci-News July 29, 2022
  • Strange Moon Pits Could Have Temperatures Comfortable Enough For Humans to Live In – ScienceAlert
    Google News – Science July 29, 2022
  • Strange Moon Pits Could Have Temperatures Comfortable Enough For Humans to Live In
    Science Alert July 29, 2022
  • Strange warm moon pits have the best conditions for astronauts – Space.com
    Google News – Science July 28, 2022
  • Rare Crustacean, Thought To Be Extinct, Found in a 2500-Foot-Long Cave – SciTechDaily
    Google News – Science July 27, 2022
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National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, NM, USA 88220
+1 575-887-5518   |  
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Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed


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