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Florida Fossil Bed
19 February 2025 > Catastrophism, Evolution, Geology, PalaeontologyAt 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.

Water produced by Chicxulub
8 February 2025 > Astronomy, Catastrophism, Geology, Plate TectonicsI have wondered how the Chicxulub asteroid impact could have generated a large tidal wave that swept up through the central parts of North America

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

Opaque Skies
8 February 2025 > Catastrophism, Climate change, Geology, VolcanismUp to the eruption of Mount St Helens the major effect of volcanic blow outs on the transparency of the atmosphere was down to dust

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

Fishy Sediments
1 February 2025 > Biology, chemistry, GeologyAt 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

Space Weather
1 February 2025 > Astronomy, dendrochronology, PhysicsTwo 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

The Space Tesla
31 January 2025 > Astronomy, CatastrophismWilliam 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

Wildfires and Abrupt Climate Change
25 January 2025 > Catastrophism, Climate change, Dating, GeologyAn 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

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

Sun Stone Enigma
24 January 2025 > Archaeology, AstronomyAt 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

Zanclean Mega Flood
23 January 2025 > Catastrophism, GeologyA new study provides strong evidence that the refilling of the Mediterranean Sea involved a collossal megaflood. It brought an end to the period known

Understanding Fast Radio Bursts
23 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmologyAt 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

Ice Age Land Forms
22 January 2025 > Archaeology, Catastrophism, GeologyThis 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

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

There is a Cosmic Crisis
22 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmologyThe headline at the link - the universe is expanding faster than physics can explain. The cosmic crisis continues. This was sent in by William.

Bungle Bungles
21 January 2025 > Catastrophism, GeologyAt 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

Popo Agie
19 January 2025 > Archaeology, GeologyAt 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

Iron Age Migrations
19 January 2025 > Archaeology, GeneticsAt 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

James Webb Space Telescope
8 January 2025 > Astronomy, cosmologyAt 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