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Apophis
5 November 2014 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print333876505.html ... in 2029, the asteroid Apophis is due to pass within 35,000km of the Earth - which is fairly close. What effect will

Clouds and Climate Models
2 November 2014 > Climate changeA new paper by John McLean of the James Cook University (Australia), a professor of physics, has appeared in the open access journal Atmospheric and

Geography and Climate Change
2 November 2014 > Climate changeat www.geocurrents.info/physical-geography/eco-authoritarian-catastrophism-... ... which is a review of a book written by some bigwigs in the Climate Change community and a geography teacher is left

Palaeogene volcanism
1 November 2014 > CatastrophismCave Hill dominates a portion of the landscape in the northern part of Belfast - see Down to Earth magazine issue 89, 2014 (ISSN 0969-3408)

The Sun and Volcanoes
1 November 2014 > Climate changeCurrently, in 2014, there are active volcanoes in Iceland, Japan. Hawaii, Indonesia and Mexico. In addition the search for the lost Malaysian airliner has revealed

The magnetic and solar link between wind and ocean currents
1 November 2014 > Climate changeAt http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/29/magnetism-and-weather-interconnect... ... is a post by another retired scientist that has upset the Green Blob on a number of occasions, Tim Ball of Canada.

Raised beaches and glacial erratics
1 November 2014 > GeologyTim Cullen turns his attention to Ice Age dynamics and some of the absurdities encased in the mainstream mantra - go to http://malagabay.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/geomorphology-bending-the-truth/ ... where

Flint Mines
1 November 2014 > ArchaeologyAt www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/10/2014/small-clue-to-neolithi.... ... where we learn about flint mines that dwarf those of Grimes Graves in East Anglia. The flint mines in Bavaria are 8m
Sand dunes on comet
1 November 2014 > Astronomy This is an image from Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken by the Rosetta spacecraft. Sent in by member Gary Gilligan it shows sand dunes on the

Atmospheric Gases
29 October 2014 > PhysicsAt http://phys.org/print333613144.html ... a paper in Nature Geoscience (Oct 2014) has suggested the origin of Earth's nitrogen rich atmosphere is due to the tectonic forces

Idaho Mammoth
29 October 2014 > GeologyAt http://phys.org/print333645423.html ... part of a mammoth skull and tusks have been unearthed at a reservoir in Idaho. It is possible an entire skeleton is

Magnetic fields and young stars
29 October 2014 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print333618940.html ... astronomers have found that the accretion discs around young stars also have a magnetic field which is described as a big surprise.

Sink Holes and Fossilised Remains
29 October 2014 > CatastrophismAt http://news.yahoo.com/500-old-traces-monster-hawaii-tsunami-discovered-1... ... it is claimed an earthquake in Alaska was responsible in generating a tsunami wave that struck Hawaii in the 15th century AD.

Botocundos
27 October 2014 > ArchaeologyTwo articles in Current Biology of October 23rd 2014 both concern Polynesians reaching S America. The first one claims the indigenous Botocundos tribe of Brazil

Lockheed Fusion
27 October 2014 > ElectromagnetismThe Lockheed Fusion project is going well they claim - go to https://cosmosmagazine.com ... (October 24th 2014) are working on a fusion reactor that could
The Step Pyramid of Djoser (update November 2014)
27 October 2014 > ArchaeologyLaurence Dixon supplied the link to this picture of the Stepped Pyramid which has apparently upset UNESCO. Go to www.artdaily.com/news/73106/UNESCO-seeks-answers-from-Egypt-on-more-than... It seems the damage may

clouds above the Poles
27 October 2014 > AstronomyAt http://phys.org/print333394180.html ... astronomers are looking at strange clouds in the upper atmosphere of Titan, as seen by NASAs Cassini Mission - see also www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php

Unusual Comets
27 October 2014 > AstronomyAt www.scientificamerican.com/article/exocomets-around-beta-pictoris/ ... again, this is a piece of French observation and research beginning way back in 1986. The astronomer, Anne-Marie Legrange, and colleagues, witness

how sun spots may erupt
27 October 2014 > ElectromagnetismAt www.q-mag.org/understanding-and-forecasting-solar-eruptions.html ... Anne Marie de Grazia has translated into English some French research in which they have followed the evolution of the solar magnetic

SIS Autumn Meeting 2014
25 October 2014 > ElectromagnetismThe SIS 2014 Autumn Meeting took place on October 25th, staged at the Quaker Meeting House in Watford, a fine venue. The Quakers, and various