The influence of cave tourism on CO₂ and temperature in Baiyun Cave, Hebei, China

Authors

Linhua Song, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Xiaoning, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Fuyuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Baiyun Cave in Hebei Province is one of the main show caves in North China. The speleothem landscape is wonderful, but strongly weathered. In order to set up the relationship between visitor flow and CO₂ content and temperature, these parameters were measured at observation sites No. 1 and No. 2 in the tourist peak period of May Day Holiday from May 1 to May 7, 2000. and general tourist season August and October, 2000. The results show that visitor flow strongly affects the fluctuations of cave CO₂ content and temperature, that the cave topography and dimensions affect the accumulation and diffusion of CO₂. Variation of air temperature in the cave has shown to be attributable to the visitors.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.29.1.4

Recommended Citation

Song, Linhua; Wei Xiaoning; and Liang Fuyuan. 2000. The influence of cave tourism on CO₂ and temperature in Baiyun Cave, Hebei, China. International Journal of Speleology, 29: 77-87.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol29/iss1/4