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Monday, 24 November 2025

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Forecast of huge Arctic spill breaks all physics

Ontario-geofish [21:09:00]

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 Ok, when the other half gets the message of a huge cold outbreak in the next few days, I know that everybody thinks this.Using all the sources of stratospheric warming, here is the info thing from Notebook lm.  I love grilling that guy about physics, and he gives me endless drivel about how quantum mechanics justifies the greenhouse effect.  I have to go around him, in order

The Boesseneckers in Britain: Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2025 - Birmingham, UK

The Coastal Paleontologist [18:53:00]

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Incredible northern lights illuminated our path across the North Atlantic - here photographed with a five second exposure. This one is more of a travelogue post than a scientific one - Sarah and I have just returned from an excellent meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, or SVP. This year's SVP meeting was held in Birmingham in the UK, an industrial city in the midlands which, I did not realize until just now, is the second largest city in Britain after London. Birmingham was a [...]

HUNTING HISTORY: RETRACING THE STEPS OF JURA JELETZKY ON BC'S WILD WEST COAST

ARCHEA [17:00:00]

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Retracing the Steps of Paleontologist Jura (George) Jeletzky on the Wild West Coast of Vancouver IslandWe hiked in under the hush of coastal rainforest, the air thick with cedar and ocean mist, following a [...]

il terremoto del 21 novembre 2025 e la delicata - anche se poco conosciuta - situazione del Bangladesh dal punto di vista tettonico e sismico

scienzeedintorni [15:41:00]

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Il terremoto M 5.5 del 21 novembre 2025 ha causato una decina di morti e diverse centinaia di feriti in un’area in cui gli edifici non sono certo adatti a sostenere sollecitazioni sismiche anche non [...]

Identifying rocks

Earth Learning Idea [12:59:00]

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This is the second ELI about identifying rocks in an outdoor collection - 'A forgotten rock garden - 2; help a geologist identify a treasured outdoor collection'.This activity involves matching a set [...]

Arctic leakage gets heavier

Ontario-geofish [12:24:00]

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 Today's story, kids, is about the Arctic in full recharge, yet it is pissing out a lot of cold.Lots of undefined cold air is coming down on us.  This will give us -5C in Toronto, and some [...]

Ucronías prehistóricas (II)

Koprolitos [10:00:00]

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Retomando el hilo de la ucronía prehistórica en la literatura, hoy quiero comentar dos novelas más sobre esta temática, quizás una de ellas no es una ucronía como tal, pero viendo como están las cosas [...]

A bit of Oakland in Richmond

Oakland Geology [16:55:53]

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Oakland’s rocks spill over the city boundaries. Previously in this space I’ve presented two examples (1, 2) from down Fremont way. This week I tracked down an odd bit of color on the geologic map and found [...]

The July 4 Floods in Texas Weren’t a One-Off. They Were a Warning.

State of the Planet [15:06:53]

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We cannot afford to focus solely on short-term fixes, while ignoring the long-term drivers of disaster

The physics of men's underwear

Ontario-geofish [12:47:00]

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 There is a new mensch Canadian underwear being promoted heavily on the socials.  The ads seem to be designed to get the women to buy it for their men.This is gay underwear.  It [...]

Neuroanatomía comparada de tres ejemplares de ornitópodo del Cretácico Inferior de Morella en el 85th Annual Meeting de la SVP

Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [11:57:00]

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En el encuentro de la Society of Vertebrate Paleontology de este 2025 en Birmingham (Reino Unido), se ha presentado la reconstrucción neuroanatómica de Iguanodon bernissartensis y dos ornitópodos [...]