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Up to the eruption of Mount St Helens the major effect of volcanic blow outs on the transparency of the atmosphere was down to dust

William sent in the link https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/35-000-mph-speeding-rocks-ripped-2-2-mile-deep-canyons-on-moon-in-10-minutes/ar-AA1yrGM0 ... but see also https://phys.org/news/2025-02-ancient-asteroid-grand-canyons-moon.html ... an asteroid slammed into the Moon, long long ago, and carved out two

At http://physorg.com/news/2011-03-mystery-ocean-sediment.html ... I haven't seen much on further research on this but it is worth airing again the original missive. Research by an international

Two posts at https://spaceweather.com ... are interesting. On January 28th we have the Sun near spotless but on the 30th a hole in the Sun's

William sent in a link to a post at MSN. I've found the same story at https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/city-killer-asteroid-has-a-1-in-83-chance-of-smashing-into-earth-in-2032-nasa-says ... the asteroid, 2024YR4, was detected by NASAs

An interesting article at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250102162311.htm .. a new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice cores suggests global increases in wildfire activity coincide with

At https://www.edition.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/dark-oxygen-research/index.html ... or https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01480-8 ... metallic rocks on the ocean bed are apparently producing oxygen. Where no sunlight can penetrate. Early research showed that

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250116134101.htm ... we are told that around 2900BC, Neolithic people in Denmark 'sacrificed' hundeds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists now

A new study provides strong evidence that the refilling of the Mediterranean Sea involved a collossal megaflood. It brought an end to the period known

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250121162048.htm ... 'astronomers thought they understood fast radio bursts. A recent one calls that into question.' This is the headline, or title, at the

This one is grounded in the earth - or below the waves of the North Sea. At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/giant-ice-age-landforms-discovered-deep-beneath-north-sea-revealed-in-amazing-detail ... it seems the ocean bottom imaging

William also sent in the link https://msn.com/en-us/news/technology/researchers-discover-piece-of-an-ancient-planet-buried-deep-within-the-earth/ar-AA1xArkK ... this press release seems to be doing the round of media sources at the moment without being

The headline at the link - the universe is expanding  faster than physics can explain. The cosmic crisis continues. This was sent in by William.

At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/the-bungle-bungles-towering-domes-in-the-australian-outback-that-contain-traces-of-the-earliest-life-forms-on-earth ...  this is presented as a geological oddity for others to peruse. The Bungle Bungles are rock domes - towering domes that form

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250107194051.htm ... the Popo Agie is a rock formation in Wyoming that harbours lots of mangled animal remains mixed in with dinosaurs. It is

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250115124453.htm ... ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on the female line of descent. Inheritance was apparently via the female of the

At https://www.sciencealert.com/3-years-after-jwsts-launch-heres-what-it-has-taught-us-about-the-universe .... 27th December 2024, 3 years after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, we have a quick look at what has

The processes that bring gold up to the surface from deep in Earth's Mantle rely on the sulpher that bubbles beneath volcanoes. Hence, the fire

At https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ancient-genomes-word-indo-european.html ... a team of 91 researchers, mainly from the University of Copenhagen, has discovered an Indo European convergence between the eastern and the

At https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-watching-a-vast-growing-anomaly-in-earths-magnetic-field ... apparently, Earth's magnetic field has an anomaly. Something not yet understood. A large region of lower magnetic intensity exists in the skies