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Florida Fossil Bed

19 February 2025 > Catastrophism, Evolution, Geology, Palaeontology
At https://phys.org/news/2025-02-underwater-fossil-bed-collectors-rare.html ... hundreds of mammal fossils have been recovered from the Steinhatches River in Florida, dating back to around half a million years ago.
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Water produced by Chicxulub

8 February 2025 > Astronomy, Catastrophism, Geology, Plate Tectonics
I have wondered how the Chicxulub asteroid impact could have generated a large tidal wave that swept up through the central parts of North America
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Big Solar Flares

8 February 2025 > Astronomy, chemistry, Electromagnetism, Geology
NCGT Journal of March 2014 - see www.ncgtjournal.com ...  had a research paper by Robert Johnson, SIS member and author ... 'massive solar eruptions and
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Opaque Skies

8 February 2025 > Catastrophism, Climate change, Geology, Volcanism
Up to the eruption of Mount St Helens the major effect of volcanic blow outs on the transparency of the atmosphere was down to dust
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Canyons on the Moon

5 February 2025 >
William sent in the link https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/35-000-mph-speeding-rocks-ripped-2-2-mile-deep-canyons-on-moon-in-10-minutes/ar-AA1yrGM0 ... but see also https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-asteroid-grand-canyons-moon.html ... an asteroid slammed into the Moon, long long ago, and carved out two
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Fishy Sediments

1 February 2025 > Biology, chemistry, Geology
At http://physorg.com/news/2011-03-mystery-ocean-sediment.html ... I haven't seen much on further research on this but it is worth airing again the original missive. Research by an international
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Space Weather

1 February 2025 > Astronomy, dendrochronology, Physics
Two posts at https://spaceweather.com ... are interesting. On January 28th we have the Sun near spotless but on the 30th a hole in the Sun's
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The Space Tesla

31 January 2025 > Astronomy, Catastrophism
William sent in a link to a post at MSN. I've found the same story at https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/city-killer-asteroid-has-a-1-in-83-chance-of-smashing-into-earth-in-2032-nasa-says ... the asteroid, 2024YR4, was detected by NASAs
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Wildfires and Abrupt Climate Change

25 January 2025 > Catastrophism, Climate change, Dating, Geology
An interesting article at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162311.htm .. a new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice cores suggests global increases in wildfire activity coincide with
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Oxygen on the Sea Bed

25 January 2025 >
At https://www.edition.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/dark-oxygen-research/index.html ... or https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01480-8 ... metallic rocks on the ocean bed are apparently producing oxygen. Where no sunlight can penetrate. Early research showed that
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Sun Stone Enigma

24 January 2025 > Archaeology, Astronomy
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250116134101.htm ... we are told that around 2900BC, Neolithic people in Denmark 'sacrificed' hundeds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists now
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Zanclean Mega Flood

23 January 2025 > Catastrophism, Geology
A new study provides strong evidence that the refilling of the Mediterranean Sea involved a collossal megaflood. It brought an end to the period known
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Understanding Fast Radio Bursts

23 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250121162048.htm ... 'astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.' This is the headline, or title, at the
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Ice Age Land Forms

22 January 2025 > Archaeology, Catastrophism, Geology
This one is grounded in the earth - or below the waves of the North Sea. At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/giant-ice-age-landforms-discovered-deep-beneath-north-sea-revealed-in-amazing-detail ... it seems the ocean bottom imaging
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Interstellar Visitor and Problems in the Mantle

22 January 2025 >
William also sent in the link https://msn.com/en-us/news/technology/researchers-discover-piece-of-an-ancient-planet-buried-deep-within-the-earth/ar-AA1xArkK ... this press release seems to be doing the round of media sources at the moment without being
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There is a Cosmic Crisis

22 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmology
The headline at the link - the universe is expanding  faster than physics can explain. The cosmic crisis continues. This was sent in by William.
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Bungle Bungles

21 January 2025 > Catastrophism, Geology
At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/the-bungle-bungles-towering-domes-in-the-australian-outback-that-contain-traces-of-the-earliest-life-forms-on-earth ...  this is presented as a geological oddity for others to peruse. The Bungle Bungles are rock domes - towering domes that form
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Popo Agie

19 January 2025 > Archaeology, Geology
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250107194051.htm ... the Popo Agie is a rock formation in Wyoming that harbours lots of mangled animal remains mixed in with dinosaurs. It is
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Iron Age Migrations

19 January 2025 > Archaeology, Genetics
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250115124453.htm ... ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on the female line of descent. Inheritance was apparently via the female of the
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James Webb Space Telescope

8 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.sciencealert.com/3-years-after-jwsts-launch-heres-what-it-has-taught-us-about-the-universe .... 27th December 2024, 3 years after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, we have a quick look at what has
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