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This one came from an article in American Scientist (volume 105) which was provided by Jovan. Soon after 19th century cartographers captured the relative locations

Robert sent in this link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5008797/Red-sprite-lightning-sto... ... Red sprites are electrical bursts of lightning active above thunderstorms. They are red at higher altitudes, fading

At www.dw.com/en/archaeology-fossil-teeth-discovery-in-germany-could-re-wri... ... a single tooth found in a former river bed of the River Rhine in Germany is causing a bit of a headache

Sent in by Kevin - www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41665459 ... wildlife colonises man made rock pools. Researchers at Aberystwyth University in Wales have drilled holes the size of

Gary sent in this one - www.independent.co.uk/news/science/tree-structure-mystery-china-scientis... ... scientists baffled by prehistoric tree over 300 million years old. They have a more complex structure than

In this instance, not a round up of animals but the commercial brand of a weedkiller that you will find on the shelves of your

Laurence sent in this link - go to www.inform.kz/en/karaganda-archaeologists-complete-reconstruction-of-an-... ...     which might not be what you expected (looking more like a garden rockery feature).

Robert sent in this link - go to www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4998508/Scientists-create-incred... ... Scientists claim to have mapped most of the tectonic plates, ancient and recent, which  they

At https://phys.org/print427601705.html ... scientists have discovered sea levels did not rise slowly after the end of the Ice Age but rose in a series of

Turquoise and Lapis Lazuli are bright blue minerals. For some reason they have been highly prized by historical communities - whether it was ancient Britons

At https://phys.org/print427551247.html ... electricity in space is now out into the mainstream open as indicated in this post. Solar eruptions could electrically charge areas of

Still running with the Moon, subject wise, we www.astronomy.com/news/2017/10/moon-atmosphere ... (link sent in by Jovan) where we are told that for 70 million years the

Another interesting article by Tim Cullen in the Atomic Comet series - go to https://malagabay.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/the-atomic-comet-sea-of-showers/ .. the Sea of Showers is a vast lava plain

An interesting paper is discussed at http://notrickszone.com/2017/10/19/ph-d-thermal-engineer-claims-supernov... ... which is relevant to the SIS membership following the talk by Rupert Holms at our autumn meeting

Another article in October's Nature Commmunications - it is discussed at https://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/10/19/greenland-glacier-retreated-durin... .... It seems that an ice stream, more properly a glacier, retreated during

Meanwhile, Scientific American asks - will Italy's supervolcano erupt soon?(sent in by Jovan) - go to www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-italy-rsquo-s-ominous-supervolca... .... this question  comes a few weeks after

Gary also sent in this link - www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4991930/Google-Earth-reveals-400... ... 400 stone structures have been found on the edge of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia - first

Gary sent in links to this story. So too did Jovan and William. See for example www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017/10/18/volcanic-eruptions-and-the-fall-o... ... the claim is that distant volcanoes triggered

The BBC news teams were full of it on Monday (the 16th October) and on Five Live on Tuesday morning they got excited all over

It is often depressing to read CAGW stuff but you are rarely far away from it especially in the media with its constant thump thump