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At http://phys.org/print355974545.html ... an extinct volcanic plateau has been discovered in 4900m deep water off the eastern coast of Australia   A survey ship mapping

To get an idea we only need to look at what elephants consume - and they are much smaller than mammoths. At www.macroevolution.net/what-do-elephants-eat.html ... we

An interesting video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-V1EzI_TU ... Bruce Leybourne at a conference. He claims global temperatures over the last century reflect 30 year weakening trends and

An interesting deduction is made about iron production in central Norway at www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150708072520.htm ... iron was exported from central Norway south into Europe and further

At www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/ ... or http://phys.org/print355939615.html ... the crater of Mount St Helens, in spite of still recovering from its recent volcanic activity, now holds a

Most of us have had the opportunity to look at, even touch, Roman mortar. At http://news.discovery.com/history/roman-concrete-mimicked-resistant-volc... ... Roman concrete closely resembles rock found in the

At http://phys.org/print355645261.html ... we learn of a new 'model' of the Sun which claims to mirror the solar cycle (which is little understood) and not

At http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/human-presence-in-s... .. and at www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/632316/archaeologists-di...   is a reference to the glens rather than the high mountains of the Cairngorms but the discovery was

This is an image of the far side of Pluto courtesy of http://spaceweather.com   which came from the New Horizons spacecraft - taken from 2.5

At www.macroevolution.net/mesozoic.html ... there is quite a nice discussion of the cataloguing of animal remains to specific periods of time with an emphasis on dinosaurs.

at www.smithsonian.com/science-nature/what-killed-dinosaurs-utahs-giant-jur... ... dinosaur boneyards are an interesting aspect of the geological record. One such can be found in a Utah quarry that is roughly

Publication of the 'The Tall al-Hammam Excavations' (volume one)  is now complete. The report is by Collins, Kobs and Luddeni, Eisenbraums of Winona Lake, and

In this instance, the cat as in catastrophism - sky fairies and all that. We are back to 536AD and the sky darkening across Europe

Earthquake research came up with subduction to account for tectonic activity in some regions of the planet. However, it very quickly became a boon for

During the Pleistocene Ice Ages some mammal species had a large than life form. Cave bears were large in comparison to modern bears and giant

At http://phys.org/print355384512.html .. comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko is being studied in detail by the ESA Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae Lander. Lots of vested interests are involved

At http://phys.org/print355384527.html ... NASAs Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array    have picked up some five super massive black holes previously unseen as they were hidden in

Climate alarmism is very political. It can also be quite amusing. At http://notrickszone.com/2015/07/06/noaa-fudging-turns-into-a-mess-bangor... .... and http://notrickszone.com/2015/07/07/noaas-data-debacle-alterations-ruin-1... ... by token of the law of unintended consequences.

At http://phys.org/print354867536.html ... begins, 'we know that our universe is expanding at an accelerating rate ... but what causes this growth remains a mystery' and

  I was watching a BBC television programme the other day on the Messel shale formation. It was fronted by the agreeable Richard Fortey -