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Wooded Fens

30 November 2023 Biology, Climate change, Geology
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231126224848.htm ... the Fens of eastern England were once heavily wooded - according to research at Cambridge University. Surprisingly, the woods were dominated by
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Big Blob Hot Water

29 November 2023 Climate change
At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/big-blob-of-hot-water-in-pacific-may-be-making-el-nino-act-weirdly ... it seems a big blob of warm water in the Pacific Ocean is affecting the much hyped upcoming El Nino. Have these
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Eric Lerner

29 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmology, Physics
Robert sent in some interesting links for anyone interested in the views of Eric Lerrner. He isn't very keen on Big Bang, for example. Lerner
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Mexican Migrations

25 November 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism
It seems what is true of the Old World is also true of the New World. Catastrophic events caused major human migrations. At https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/indigenous-mexicans-migrated-to-california-5200-years-ago-likely-bringing-their-languages-with-them-ancient-dna-reveals ...
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Goddess Particles

25 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmology, Electromagnetism
At https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/earth-slammed-by-ultra-powerful-goddess-particle-cosmic-ray-and-we-have-no-idea-where-it-came-from .... researchers detected an 'ultra high energy' cosmic ray recently - the most powerful one since the 'Oh My God' cosmic ray of
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Saturn's Rings

25 November 2023 Astronomy
William sent in the link https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-saturns-rings-form-icy-181500953.html ... but see also https://phys.org/news/2023-05-saturn-magnificent.html ... a new study suggests the rings of Saturn were formed between 400 and
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Update on Ozone Hole

25 November 2023 Electromagnetism, Environmentalism
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231120170922.htm ... It seems the Hunga Tonga Ha'apai submarine volcano played a role in the loss of ozone over the Antarctic. It changed the
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Neanderthal artists and Homo Erectus woodworking

24 November 2023 Archaeology, Evolution
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121224642.htm ... now we have Neanderthal artists - making geometric shapes on cave walls. The cave in question is at La Roche-Cotard in France,
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Ice Age Climate SE Asia

24 November 2023 Catastrophism, Climate change, Geology
A tentative piece of evidence that might suggest the geoid of the earth was different during the last Ice Age - particularly during the Late
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Tutankhamun's Yellow Glass Pendant

24 November 2023 Archaeology, Catastrophism, Geology
Gary sent in the link https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-yellow-glass-in-african-desert-traced-back-to-extraterrestrial-impact ... meteor impacts are becoming as common as kippers on a breakfast plate. In the desert zone that straddles
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Heart of the Milky Way

24 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175511.htm ... the James Webb Space Telescope is at it again - after peering at the heart of the Milky Way. Nothing to do
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Ozone Hole

24 November 2023 Electromagnetism, Environmentalism
At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231121175239.htm ... University of Otago - research published in Nature Communications at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42637-0 ... we are told that over the last 4 year period
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Cosmic Vine

22 November 2023 Astronomy
Using red shift to date a chain of 20 galaxies resulted in an early universe timing - between 11 and 12 billion years ago. Red
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Shadow Comet

20 November 2023 Astronomy, Climate change, Electromagnetism
At https://spaceweather.com ... archive November 19th, 2023. A big new sun spot group is emerging on the rotating face of the Sun. It is crackling
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Weird Geology of Mercury

19 November 2023 Astronomy, Electromagnetism, Geology
Gary sent in the link to https://phys.org/news/2023-11-unveiling-mercury-geological-mysteries-salt.html ... It was the salt that captured his attention. Glaciers of salt. How did it get there. This
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Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients

19 November 2023 Astronomy, cosmology
At https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03569-3 ... we have the headline, 'mysterious tasmanian devil space explosion' - baffles astronomers. The menagerie link is later expanded to 'the Cow' and
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Volcanic Megabeds

18 November 2023 Catastrophism, Dating, Geology
This is a cracker as they say. At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/supervolcano-megabeds-discovered-at-bottom-of-sea-point-to-catastrophic-events-in-europe-every-10000-to-15000-years ... notice the word 'catastrophes' in the headline - in fact, it is the crunch line.
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Einstein Must be Wrong

18 November 2023 cosmology, Physics
In one of those astounding moments of hubris we have at https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/einstein-must-be-wrong-how-general-relativity-fails-to-explain-the-universe ... that might lead readers to think Einstein could well be wrong on
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Norway Tomb

18 November 2023
Another lost megalithic tomb unearthed. This time in western Norway. See https://www.archaeology.org/11903-231117-norway-neolithic-burial ... a stone lined tomb was discovered in Norway during construction work. It
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Neolithic Engineering

17 November 2023 Archaeology
The ruins of a 5000 years old tomb have been unearthed in Orkney  - see https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/a-neolithic-feat-of-engineering-orkney-dig-reveals-ruins-of-huge-tombs ... In fact, all the archaeological action appears to
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