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Monday, 08 December 2025

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Full closure of Canada flow gate

Ontario-geofish [21:35:00]

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 The Big Arctic Machine has pulled the lever, and closed the Canada spill gate.  This all changes hour to hour, and I'm watching it.  We now have a full basin vortex, and a side clockwise vortex that's trying to flow to Europe.  By tomorrow, I expect the Europe gate to be fully open.Of course, I'm not predicting anything.  Really, if the charmers can't do it, then

Japan subduction earthquake - M7.6

Ontario-geofish [19:11:00]

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 This region has had its share of 'foreshocks', which means there is a 1 in 100 chance of a large M9 happening in the next few days.  Most likely ripping down to fill in the gap of the last M9.  That bend would always stop or start a fault

How to work out the lifestyles of extinct animals

Earth Learning Idea [17:19:00]

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Our ELI today is 'Curious creatures; using fossil and modern evidence to work out the lifestyles of extinct animals'.This activity provides a snapshot of the history of life on Earth.Related activities can be [...]

Lake Temescal

Oakland Geology [16:55:24]

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I’ve written before about the rocks around Lake Temescal, but not about the lake — the reservoir — itself. It was the East Bay’s first meaningful impoundment of drinking water, and in a way an early [...]

Arctic continues recharge

Ontario-geofish [12:35:00]

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 Not much going on, so this is brief, mainly because I'm bored.You can see the 40 below stuff slowly drifting down on us.  This is our stagnant default weather.  No Polar Vortex cows [...]

DinoCómics (XIX): Godae Donmulgi

Koprolitos [09:57:00]

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Primer episodio de Godae Donmulgi (22 de febrero de 2025)Hace ya unos años de la última entrega de esta serie en la que tratamos de los cómics protagonizados por dinosaurios, sin la innecesaria presencia [...]

HOLCOPHYLLOCERAS: A JEWEL OF JURASSIC SEAS

ARCHEA [17:00:00]

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What is most wonderful about natural science is that every fossil—every spiral, ridge, and suture—opens a window onto a vanished world. Take, for instance, this tremendously robust, intricately [...]

All heat has left the Northern Hemisphere

Ontario-geofish [13:12:00]

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 I would do another State of the Oceans, but that is really sad.  I'm not showing the ocean charts.With our stagnant summer, you remember that the north had a lot of ocean warmth.  [...]

The fossil record of early cetaceans from New Zealand, 1: introduction, archaeocetes, and toothed mysticetes

The Coastal Paleontologist [12:00:00]

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This is part 1 of the fossil record of early cetaceans of New Zealand, with an introduction to the stratigraphy and geology, and the archaeocetes and toothed mysticetes from NZ. For toothless baleen whales, [...]

Ordovician Cephalopod Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [05:55:00]

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Above is a picture of an unidentified cephalopod fossil. This animal existed in the Ordovician Period. It was found in the Clays Ferry Formation of Robertson County, Kentucky USA. Thanks to Kenny for the [...]