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Monday, 19 January 2026

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The Final Word

Ontario-geofish [21:46:00]

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 This is great.  I'm ending all my efforts now, and painting the kitchen.  They will measure on stagnant day in July, in Toronto, and pull out the plum.  They won't measure the length of the summer.This has all been a game of tailored measurements, and shifting definitions.  Cold is the new hot.  Freezing is melting.  I'll go into my cave for a few years,

SPISULA FOSSIL CLAMS FROM HAIDA GWAII

ARCHEA [17:00:00]

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Some lovely Spisula praecursor (Dall) fossil clams from the Skonun Formation of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, captured from the Miocene when this coastline looked very different from today. These fossil bivalves belong to the surf clam lineage, a group well adapted to shallow, energetic marine environments with shifting sands and strong wave action. Their robust, equivalve shells

Point Emery, accidental amenity

Oakland Geology [16:56:08]

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Emeryville is squeezed between Oakland and Berkeley along the Bay shore. Its much-modified shoreline, which once was mudflats and coastal marsh, has two peninsulas made of landfill. The one has those tall [...]

Identifying building stones

Earth Learning Idea [11:55:00]

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Have you ever wondered about all the beautiful building stones you see when you walk round most towns and cities? Try this ELI - 'Building Stones 1– a resource for several Earthlearningidea activities; use a [...]

Man-Eater (2025)

Koprolitos [10:00:00]

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La entrada de hoy es corta pero intensa. Os traemos el que podría haber sido el primer corto de dinosaurios de 2026, pero por cuestión de horas debió de ser casi con total seguridad el último de 2025: [...]

Fusion still hopeless

Ontario-geofish [13:37:00]

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 Lions, tigers and bears, boohoo.  All the great news stories of yesterday have washed out.  We are wallowing in stupidity.  And I don't want to write about that.However, [...]

It's a good day to freeze

Ontario-geofish [11:54:00]

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 You've got to watch the 2015 Galavant series, when you are thawing out.The cold air is advancing slowly.  Warmer air is flooding the Arctic, ready to be turned in cold sludge by the heat [...]