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Monday, 20 October 2025

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Australia keeps the warmies happy

Ontario-geofish [14:56:00]

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 I'm glad our warmies have such a happy life.  It keeps them away from me, as if they would ever sink to depths of physics mud wrestling.There it is - total stagnant default weather.  For Australia, that's Mad Max weather, dusty dry and extremely hot during the day.  Cold at night.  All the heat energy comes and goes with the daily sunshine.So, it is very neat that

Landscape Archaeology Conference (LAC): Bamberg, 18 – 21.03.2026

Deutsche Quartärvereinigung [14:36:00]

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DEUQUA members are chairing a session at LAC 2026. he abstract deadline is Friday, the 31.10.2025: https://lac2026.com/ Session 28: Landscape Archaeology of Riverine Environments Markus Fuchs (University of Giessen), Hans von Suchodoletz (University of Jena / University of Leipzig), Christian Tinapp (University of Leipzig / Saxony Archaeological Heritage Office) Rivers and their environments are important areas in the history of mankind. As rivers [...]

Sediment cores support Giant Fish Tsunami every few hundred years

Ontario-geofish [13:32:00]

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 ReferenceHa, of course they go with the more remote-chance cause of continuously linked San Andreas and Cascadia.  Why not?  Who cares about basic physics.  These guys need [...]

The fossil record and evolution of fur seals and sea lions - the family Otariidae

The Coastal Paleontologist [12:00:00]

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A life restoration of the early fur seal Pithanotaria, hiding within a kelp forest off the California coast during the late Miocene. Artwork by yours truly. Introduction Modern pinnipeds include [...]

Yet more lying necks: Backwards Birds edition

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [11:39:24]

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Back at the start of October I posted Necks: the lying liars that just keep lying, which included Coy Pearson’s beautiful photo of a Cooper’s hawk from behind, with its neck twisted a full 180 degrees to [...]

Pterophyllum rectum Plant Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [05:57:00]

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This image is of a Pterophyllum rectum (Stur, 1885) plant fossil. It was found in Lunz, Austria. The fossil dates to the Late Triassic Period. Picture taken at Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia [...]

Narrow Arctic spill still alive

Ontario-geofish [12:29:00]

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 It has wheedled its way down to Florida, and is still spilling.  Nothing else going on.Arctic is still in recharge, so we'll have to wait for something more

Local impact of government's 'net-zero' targets for carbon emissions

Earth Learning Idea [11:56:00]

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Continuing our 'green' theme -  'How will the ‘net-zero’ target affect your local area? - assessing the local impact of the government’s ‘net-zero’ targets for carbon emissions'This [...]

Las cosas importantes de la vida para Thomas Waldron

Koprolitos [10:00:00]