Cave formations record Black Sea deluges

Stalagmites in Turkish grotto document 670,000 years of flooding

Noah, better get more arks. Over hundreds of millennia large floods drowned the Black Sea and its environs over and over again, a new study shows.

FRAGGLE ROCK SCIENCE Stalagmites growing deep within Sofular Cave in Turkey contain records of 19 Black Sea floods. Pedro Balordi

Using chemical cues stuck in cave stalagmites, an international team of researchers has drawn up the most complete record to date of Black Sea flooding.