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AGW proponents not only adjust temperature readings from the recent past in order to draw a more prominent warming trend they are now revising history

The Daily Telegraph (see www.telegraph.co.uk January 23rd) ... construction of a dam on a reservoir near Aspen high in the Colorado mountains, has led to

There is a paper by Mike Baillie published in the Journal of Quaternary Science (2007) 22 (2) page 101-9 (see www.intscience.wiley.com and DOI:10.1002/jqs.1099) However, to

This is another recommended web site from www.thunderbolts.info (see www.jmccanneyscience.com/CometHolmesSub_Page.HTM ). This is a web site of a scientist with time on his hands, one

I stumbled on this web site after reading a commendation by a commenter on a forum at www.thunderbolts.info ... but usually avoid repeating stuff from

At http://notrickszone.com/2011/01/23/red-sea-about-to-flood-into-africa-as-continent-shatters/ ... the blog of Pierre Gosselin has picked up on a story from the major German daily, Der Spiegel - on a story

At www.ancientdestructions.com ... Peter Jupp's web site has an excellent article on fossils - from petrified trees (that become agate or chalcedony) complete with beetles

At www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID-2011110117060 'Ancient plant matter found beneath Pine Island changes Florida history' is about some recently discovered ancient plant remains beneath Pine Island, actually a

This amazing story can be found at http://scienceblogs.com/channel/life-science/ and scroll down list of articles to January 19th where it is the fourth post of that

The Sun is coming alive once again as a huge sun spot region is developing lots of dots and signs of activity. According to a

At www.artdaily.org January 22nd ... Mexican archaeologists have discovered three Clovis projectile heads associated with the remains of a gomphotheres in Sonora. The animal is

Oliver Manuel has a paper, The Sun's Origin at www.omatumr.com/abstracts2008/The_Suns_Origin.pdf which can be downloaded or read online. He visualises the Sun as a giant plasma

This fascinating post can be found at http://chiefio.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/can-the-earth-crust-slip/ the blog of EM Smith, 'Musings from the Chiefio' and posted on January 22nd. He ponders for

At www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-students-flock-legendary-physicist-stephen.html there is a story of students flocking to hear Stephen Hawking speak at Caltech in California. He can still draw a large crowd.

NASAs Stardust NExT spacecraft is nearing a rendevous with Comet Tempel on February 14th (see http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov/ ). The mission is designed to look for changes

William Burroughs in Climate Change in Prehistory (Cambridge University Press: 2005) describes some cave paintings at Chauvet drawn with charcoal and of unusually clear draughtsmanship.

At www.physorg.com/print214406296.html ... scientists aim to use mammoth skin and muscle tissue excaated from the Siberian permafrost to bring a mammoth back to life -

At http://thegwpf.org/science-news/2225-benny-peiser-climate-change-is-civilisation-collapse/ is an interesting piece worth reading that attacks the environmentalist idea of civilisation collapse as a result of human exploitation of old mother

At www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/weekinreview/16chang.html?ref=kennethchang there is a story sent in by member Gary Gilligan. It begins with the theme of plate tectonics and earthquakes and proceeds to

At www.thunderbolts.info ... see the Forum section and a discussion of some of Peter Jupp's ideas (he is a member of SIS, and his DVDs