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Saturday, 06 August 2022

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No change in the oceans for years 

Ontario-geofish [20:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (99 visits) info
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 This is interesting in that there hasn't been a change in ocean current flows for years.  The first video is derived from ocean Argo floats.  It has rather poor resolution, but it there is a change, you see it here first.  The biggest change was the 2016 El Nino, where everything reversed.  The temperature anomaly is high resolution, but it takes quite a while to change after the

LOWER LIAS LYTOCERAS 

ARCHEA [18:14:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (73 visits) info
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A superbly prepped and extremely rare Lytoceras (Suess, 1865) ammonite found as a green ammonite nodule by Matt Cape in the Lower Lias of Dorset. Lytoceras are rare in the Lower Lias of Dorset — apart from the Belemnite Stone horizon — so much so that Paul Davis, whose skilled prep work you see here, initially thought it might be a Becheiceras hidden within the large, lumpy nodule. One of

Tale of a Ukrainian to Canada 

Ontario-geofish [14:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (89 visits) info
 No man of working age is allowed to leave Ukraine.  They've all been drafted.  Hence, only the women with their children are allowed to leave.  They all want to go back, even while there is random [...]

Going after natural gas, they want lithium heat pumps instead 

Ontario-geofish [13:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (100 visits) info
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 Let's not help Europe.  No

August Tree Following—good news & a mystery 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [01:17:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (84 visits) info
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Balsam poplars c. 0.5 mi west of the Happy Jack Trailhead, Laramie Mountains. Last month I didn't post a tree following report because when I got home from my travels and checked my tree, I realized ... [...]

Ode to rotgut 

Ontario-geofish [13:33:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
 Three weddings in a row coming up.Ode to RotgutBuy the whiskey in the largest plastic container.  Lasts a year.  Forties Creek is great rotgut.  Wise Deluxe is a tad better, but still rotgut.  Pour a [...]

THAT'S A WRAP: BC'S FOSSIL BOUNTY COMING AUTUMN 2022 

ARCHEA [04:23:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (304 visits) info
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We live in a diverse province edged by mountains, ocean, forests and streams. While our lens is often on the rugged beauty all around us, beneath our feet is yet another world.Layers of rock hold fossils, each [...]
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