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At www.q-mag.org/blood-red-flint-tools-souvenirs-of-doggerland.html ... the North Sea island of Heligoland, a remnant of Doggerland, has something that is claimed to exist nowhere else, red silex (flint).

   At http://phys.org/print356081070.html ... the ESA Cluster satellites (a group of four satellites closely orbiting on a near trajectory, have observed noise waves inside the

There is also another interesting article in the June issue of the New Concepts in Global Tectonics journal (page 233) (www.ncgt.org) ... 'Migrations of foreshocks

At New Concepts in Global Tectonics journal, 3:2 June issue of 2015 (www.ncgt.org), there is an interesting paper, some 26 pages in length (lots of

one of the images being released by NASA. More to follow.

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