Dye tracing reveals that much of the water flowing through Mammoth Cave comes from outside park boundaries, turning it into an early pollution warning system.
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September 28, 2026 at 4:29 AM
How a glowing dye test proved that 60% of Mammoth Cave's underground water reaches far past the park's own boundaries
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Excerpt from Hindustan Times Science.