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Lunar Water

21 September 2023 Astronomy, Electromagnetism, Physics
Gary sent in the link https://scitechdaily.com/moons-mystery-moisture-electrons-from-earth-may-be-forming-lunar-water/ ... high energy electrons in earth's plasma sheet, or sheaf, are conributing to weathering processes on the surface of

Sodom Update

20 September 2023 Ancient history, Archaeology, Catastrophism
TeHEP newsletter 15th and 16th September 2023. Interesting interview published with Steve Collins on 16 years excavations at Tall el-Hammam in Jordan. It seems he

Cova Dones

18 September 2023 Anthropology, Archaeology
At https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-more-than-100-ancient-drawings-in-a-spanish-cave-180982898/ ... At Millares, near Valencia, down south, we now have Palaeolithic cave art. Most of the known cave art is located in northern

Solar Orbiter and the Sun's Corona

18 September 2023 Astronomy, Electric Universe, Electromagnetism
At https://phys.org/news/2023-09-solar-orbiter-solution-year-old-mystery.html ... which has an image of the Sun's corona as seen by a beamed down product of Solar Orbiter's Metis instrument. There is

Jupiter and the Fireballs

18 September 2023 Astronomy
Gary sent in a story from the New York Times but it is paywalled. A fireball seen crashing into Jupiter. However, it is nothing new

The Sahel is Greening

16 September 2023 Climate change, Environmentalism, Physics
Staying on the subject of North Africa, this post concerns the Sahel. Previously known as the Sudan, which is now the name of a country

Goatherds Bad People

16 September 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism, Climate change, Environmentalism, Geology
At https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-really-turned-sahara-desert-green-oasis-wasteland-180962668/ ... this article is about the disappearance of the green Sahara, rather abruptly, around 4500 years ago. Most scientists have linked it either

Humans and Extinction Events

15 September 2023 Anthropology, Biology, Climate change, Evolution
A new study claims humans nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago. This apparently happened on four other occasions - it is estimated. Gary sent in

Pyrenean Caves, again

14 September 2023 Climate change, Environmentalism
At https://www.netzerowatch.com/pyrenean-caves-reveal-a-warmer-past/ ... which is by David Whitehouse, who used to work for the BBC - a long while ago. The mountains of the world

Strange Lights on Venus

14 September 2023 Astronomy, Electromagnetism
At https://phys.org/news/2023-09-venusian-atmosphere-meteors-lightning.html ... planetary scientists are suggesting that  periodic flashes of light in the atmosphere of Venus, picked by  spacecraft and probes, may not come

Is the universe still expanding?

14 September 2023 cosmology
At https://phys.org/news/2023-09-webb-accuracy-universe-expansion-deepens.html ... apparently, the James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the rate at which the universe is expanding. Not a suprise as the Hubble

More on the 8.2 ky event

13 September 2023 Catastrophism, Climate change, Geology
Scientific Reports from the journal Nature - see https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14684-y ... tells us the Holocene, beginning around 11,700 years ago, has been punctuated by large scale

The 8.2 ky cooling episode

13 September 2023 Catastrophism, Climate change, Geology
Ther 8.2 ky event, or 6200 to 6000BC - another way of saying the same thing. If you want to find out about it, and

Spying on the Magdalenians

13 September 2023 Ancient history, Archaeology
The hearths of Palaeolithic hunter gatherers have been used to look at the environment in which they lived. Changing vegetation at the end of the

Disappointment Looms

12 September 2023 Climate change, Electromagnetism, Physics
It seems disappointment may loom for the climate cheerleaders as the Hunga Tonga volcano, which threw a huge amount of water vapour into the upper

Hunga Tonga undersea flows

12 September 2023 Catastrophism, Geology
At https://phys.org/news/2023-09-tonga-volcano-unleashed-fastest-undersea.html ... the Hunga Tonga volcano, in 2022, unleashed the fastest underwater currents ever recorded, according to a new study. Fastest ever should come

James Webb and Cosmology

12 September 2023 Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.quantamagazine.org/standard-model-of-cosmology-survives-jwsts-surprising-finds-20230120/ ... and https://dnyuz.com/2023/09/02/the-story-of-our-universe-may-be-starting-to-unravel/ ... which has the title - the story of our universe may be starting to unravel. It's all down to

Mesolithic Pits

10 September 2023 Archaeology
In the same issue of Current Archaeology, 403, on the very next page, 13, we have news of the discovery of 25 Mesolithic pits at

300,000 year old wooden throwing stick

10 September 2023 Anthropology, Archaeology, Catastrophism, Geology
At https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287719 ... as per Current Archaeology 403 [Sept/Oct 2023]. The relevant link is Science Reports on page 12. Here we have a picture of

Geophysics and Celestial Mechanics

6 September 2023 Astronomy, Climate change, Electromagnetism, Physics
This one is a lot more complicated - and there is a lot more verbaige at the two links. These are https://judithcurry.com/2023/09/01/geophysical-consequences-of-celestial-mechanics/ ... the post