In the News

An interesting piece at https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/the-canterbury-swarm-and-the-... ... which is a resurrection of an older story, the idea that monks at Canterbury witnessed an impact on the

At https://notrickszone.com/2020/12/07/12-indian-meteorologists-demonstrate... ... 12 Indian meteorologists demonstrate how warming can be discovered in temperature records. Another sign that Western science is taking a back seat

In Down to Earth geological magazine of November 2020  we have a story about a fossil tree found on Peru's altiplano [the central Andean plateau].

This came from http://cojs.org/the-last-days-of-ugarit/ ... one of the many cities and towns destroyed at the end of the LB age was Ugarit. For a time,

In one of those strange twists of fate we have this story at https://phys.org/news/2020-12-sediment-cores-dogger-littoral-island.html ... where it has been learnt that the Storegga Slide at

Finnish researchers have discovered phosphorous and flourine in solid dust particles collected from a comet. This measurement implies all the most important elements for creating

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ice-patch-norway-reveals-large.html ... this story is part of widespread exploration of retreating mountain glaciers around the world. In this instance it is Norway. The  melting

One hard to make up your mind about. Well, that depends of course. A faraway galaxy, we are told, is noted for its absence of

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-comet-ld2-atlas-transitioning.html ... this is more on the idea of comets transitioning from Centaurs beyond Jupiter and moving through a gateway to become one of

At https://sciencex.com/news/2020-11-ancient-earth-thick-toxic-atmosphere.html ... and see also https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd1387 ... Venus has a thick toxic atmosphere is the premise with which it begins. Now, it seems, early

Rober sent in the two links www.space.com/steve-picket-fence-streaks-mystery ... and https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020AV000183 .. and comments, nobody knows what actually causes STEVE but they all do not think

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-asteroid-vt4-skimmed-earth.html ... the impact audit system in Hawaii spotted a close pass by of an asteroid on the 14th November [2020]. It was just

At https://phys.org/news/2020-11-apophis-asteroid-earth-thought.html ... David Tholen, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, has been having another look at the asteroid Apophis, and at the path

Of interest to catastrophists one might assume. Ancient dust on the sea floor. However, once again the focus is on climate. rather than meteors or

Another day. Another comet. At https://spaceweather.com ... 11th and 12th November 2020 ... an image of the Orion Nebula with Comet Atlas in the foreground.

William sent in a Yahoo link to this story but you can see it at www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8937305/ ... which comes with images. A previously unknown burial

Gary and William have been sending in links over the last few weeks that I've been unable to post, for a variety of reasons. We

Two posts sent in by Gary - at www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8821137/ ... the remains of a 1200 year old Norse place of worship dedicated to gods such

Sea levels were 32m higher than today 13,800 years ago - in southern Greenland (https://notrickszone.com/2020/10/08/scientists-assert-relative-sea-level... ) ... an embarrassment of water. Sea levels rose at

At https://electroverse.net/auroras-without-a-solar-storm-sign-o-the-times/ ... Electroverse is a sort of alarmist blog preaching global cooling is on the way. Nevertheless, it picked up this story with an