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A Giant Cave Rock Tells Stories About Rain! 🌧️

Scientists found a tall stone point inside a cave in Meghalaya 🌟

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Key Points

4 points

Stalagmite: a rock that hangs from the ceiling of a cave.

Monsoon: the big rainy season that many places in India get each year.

The cave rock is about 11 centimeters long.

The research helps farmers understand why rain can change.

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The stone grew as rain fell for thousands of years 💧

By looking at the stone, they learned how the rainy season changed a long time ago.

They saw that the rain was very strong a long, long time ago and then became weaker.

The study also shows that the Sun and far‑away oceans can affect our rain.

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4 words

stalagmite

A rock formation that grows down from the ceiling of a cave, made by dripping water.

monsoon

A season with a lot of rain that happens each year in some countries.

Holocene

The time period we are living in now, starting about 11,700 years ago.

isotope

A tiny part of an element that can be used like a fingerprint to learn about the past.

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