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Ghada Chehade
10 October 2021 > ElectromagnetismWriter, social critic, and performance poet are amongst her accomplishments. Ghada has been a political analyst, specialising in geopolitics and socio-political changes in the modern
Lumps in Taurids
10 October 2021 > CatastrophismAt https://phys.org/news/2021-10-prior-swarm-large-asteroids-hidden.html ... we were told over a year ago, problem two of three years ago, that NASA was actively looking for big lumps of
Earth's magnetosphere
9 October 2021 > ElectromagnetismAt www.sciencealert.com/standing-waves-have-been-found-at-the-edges-of-eart... ... the earth is constantly buffeted by a stream of charged particles, the solar wind. However, the earth does have a mechanism to
Lakes on Mars
9 October 2021 > AstronomyGary also sent in this link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10069819/ ... Mars Jezero crater was a lake - estimated 3.7 billion years ago. Until a flash flood
Mass Extinction Africa
9 October 2021 > CatastrophismGary sent in this link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10070379/ ... a mass extinction in Africa and Arabia - 30 million years ago. According to the Daily Mail,
Feathered Dinosaaurs
7 October 2021 > BiologyAt https://phys.org/news/2021-10-cool-oasis-cretaceous-feathered-dinosaurs.... ... dinosaur fossils have been popping up galore in parts of China in recent years. The Jehol Biota, in particular, in NE China,
Mangroves on the Yucatan
7 October 2021 > GeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2021-10-hidden-mangrove-forest-yucatan-peninsula.html ... this story is all about the vagaries of computer modeling and how conclusions can be reached by not factoring in all the
Caves
2 October 2021 > ArchaeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2021-09-hidden-chamber-vanguard-cave-gorham.html ... Gorham's Cave complex on Gibraltar. A new cave has been found, branching off from Vanguard cave - but at a higher level.
Isle of Wight of Monsters
2 October 2021 > GeologyAt https://phys.org/news/2021-09-species-large-predatory-dinosaur-isle.html ... the Isle of Wight has been a good hunting ground for dinosaur fossil bones over the years. The Wight is derived from
Sunlight and Clouds
2 October 2021 > AstronomyAt https://phys.org/news/2021-09-sunlight-filtering-venus-clouds-earth-like... ... sunlight filtering through the Venus thick atmosphere could support earth like photosynthesis in the cloud layers. Chemical conditions are potentially amenable to
Tipping on Mars
2 October 2021 > AstronomyGary sent in the link www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10041411/ ... Mars surface was carved by fast and furious floods from overflowing craters - with enough water released in
Roman Tiles Carlisle
2 October 2021 > ArchaeologySent in by William via a Smithsonian link that would not print out. The story can be found at the local level - see https://cumbriaguide.co.uk/excavation-of-carlisle-roman-bathhouse-uncove...
The Absurd
27 September 2021 > Climate changeThe Week That Was newsletter of September 25th 2021 - see www.sepp.org ... and provides some news from the UN before plunging into a recent
Gigantic Plasma Jet
27 September 2021 > AstronomyAt https://spaceweather.com [25th September 2021] we have a short video clip by a photographer in Puerto Rica using a Sony A7 camera. He shows
TeHEP update
23 September 2021 > ArchaeologyIn the TeHEP newsletter of 24th September 2021 [go to www.tallelhammam.com to sign up for the newletter] we learn from Stee Collins, the lead archaeologist
White Sands New Mexico
23 September 2021 > ArchaeologyWilliam sent in the link to this story - www.yahoo.com/news/oldest-human-footprints-north-america-225106590.html ... according to a report published in the journal Science [23rd September 2021] footprints found
An Exercise in Smoke and Mirrors
23 September 2021 > Climate changeThe Week That Was, the weekly newsletter of www.sepp.org ... has a piece by Ken Haapala, president of SEPP, that some may find rather revealing
Water Water Everywhere
23 September 2021 > GeologyRobert sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2021-09-groundwater-ice-sheets-largest-reservoir.html ... with the comment that deep hot water was found at the Kola super deep bore hold, casting
Super Volcanoes on Mars
23 September 2021 > GeologySent in by Gary- www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10009433/ ... ancient Mars was dotted with thousands of massive super volcanoes discovered after scientists mistook their extinct calderas as craters
Volcanoes Did Not ...
22 September 2021 > CatastrophismRobert sent in a link to an article that claims volcanoes did not cause the extinction of the dinosaurs - a counter view to the