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Saturday, 08 June 2024

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Cottage Report -- Steel Gray Cold

Ontario-geofish [23:24:00]

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 We continue the cold in June.  This was a standard prediction, since we have no heat energy in the world.  If we never get equatorial plumes, we live with this forever.  I'm glad the warmies think it is going to be warm.I have got a battery pole saw for my birthday, or whatever.  I'm going to clear out the view.  I'm also fixing the screen doors with new screen,

Freighter hits submarine in Lake Superior

Ontario-geofish [22:09:00]

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 I just *knew* there was a sub in the Great Lakes.  I don't know how many times I've dreamt of it.  Is it ours, the US, or Dr. No.  Amazing.  This giant freighter was holed because of it, and it can't be the lake monster, unless somebody made a steel hardhat for

BARNACLES: KWIT'A'A

ARCHEA [22:08:00]

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One of the most interesting and enigmatic little critters we find at the seashore are barnacles. They cling to rocks deep in the sea and at the waters' edge, closed to our curiosity, their domed mounds like [...]

The cold remains strong in this one

Ontario-geofish [13:05:00]

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 The fantasy report has BC warm air flowing over the mountains.  Fat chance.It's fun that all the fantasy reports have been wrong so far.  However, you would never know, because they [...]

Going underground #1 – flint and brick

Metageologist [12:53:47]

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The further you go from home, the more exotic things become, whether for holidays, or for an imaginary journey straight down. There are wonders under your feet, much closer than you think. We’ll start from [...]

i terremoti della notte fra il 7 e l'8 giugno ai Campi Flegrei

scienzeedintorni [09:49:00]

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Quella tra il 7 e l'8 giugno 2024 è stata l’ennesima notte agitata ai Campi Flegrei. Il tutto è iniziato alle 1.52 GMT (le 3,52 italiane) con un evento di M 3 alla Solfatara, preceduto poch iminuti prima [...]

Fragment of a Platyceras dumosum

Louisville Area Fossils [00:30:00]

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This fossil fragment is of a Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840) spiny snail (gastropod). It was found in Clark County, Indiana USA. The layer it was found is called the Jeffersonville Limestone which [...]

Down to Earth Extra June 2024

Geology in the West Country [16:00:00]

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Down to Earth Extra June 2024 The June 2024 edition of Down to Earth Extra has been published. You can download it HERE or you can read it below.

Cascadia Subduction Zone, One of Earth’s Top Hazards, Comes Into Sharper Focus

State of the Planet [13:04:47]

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Where tectonic plates collide off the coasts of the western United States and Canada, giant earthquakes and tsunamis occur. The last one was 324 years ago. When will be the

SSP debate, part 2: Jessica Polka opposing “the open access movement has failed”

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [10:21:56]

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In opposition to my speech supporting the motion “the open access movement has failed”, here’s what Jessica Polka said in opposition to the motion. The open access movement has not failed. It is in [...]

Canada to ossify climate groupthink

Ontario-geofish [01:11:00]

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 I don't think they'll actually do this, but I am sure 'climate deniers' will be burned at the stake.  If anybody fears that you will stop their tikkytok fun, they can put you in [...]