30.6.11
Opération de secours Réseau de la Pierre Saint Martin (SSF)
iBats iPhone & Android App Released
A team of British bat researchers have developed an iPhone and Android app that can be used to identify and geolocate bats. The program, dubbed iBats picks up the bats echolocation pulses when the someone holds their phone in the air and turns it on, a job that would have required at least three pieces of equipment previously.

As the data is recorded it is sent to the Indicator Bats Program website, and added to the other data compiled from ongoing acoustic bat monitoring projects in the UK, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Russia and Japan.
At present, a special ultrasonic microphone add-on is required to record the bats, however the developers are looking for solutions so that anyone would be able to record the bats.
Some of the organizations involved in the development of the app include the Zoological Society of London, the UK’s Bat Conservation Trust, the Darwin Initiative, the Leverhulme Trust, MSM Software and Atomic Powered.
News of this app excites Susan Kwasniak, spokeswoman for Bat Conservation International, who is hopeful that active engagement with the general public will help to advance conservation of bats.
For more information on the Indicator Bats Program and iBats, visit http://www.ibats.org.uk.
Info: CavingNews
20.6.11
Escuain 2011 pre-campaña al C9 (1a parte)
El rio de las Galerías Viejas del C9 a -325m
Escuain 2011
Full article: Freatic
15.6.11
Expedição subaquática na gruta do Almonda
Elementos do grupo de mergulhadores XploraSub e do Núcleo de Espeleologia da Universidade de Aveiro (NEUA) estão a realizar uma campanha de exploração na gruta da nascente do Almonda, concelho de Torres Novas. O objectivo é mapear as galerias subaquáticas integradas no maior sistema cársico de Portugal.
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