Open access paper:
Adriana Dutkiewicz, Andrew S. Merdith, Alan S. Collins, Ben Mather,
Lauren Ilano, Sabin Zahirovic, R. Dietmar Müller; Duration of Sturtian
“Snowball Earth” glaciation linked to exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge
outgassing. Geology 2024; doi:
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Gusher of gas deep in mine stokes interest in natural hydrogen
Flow of clean-burning fuel in Albanian mine dwarfs rates of
other seeps, Eric hand, Science, February 8, 2024
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Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1 - FOBBV CAM
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Sea level rise could drastically erode California beaches by the end of the century
NPR, Morning Edition, Alice Woelfle, August 22, 2023
The open access paper is:
Vitousek, S., Vos, K., Splinter, K.D., Erikson, L. and Barnard, P.L., 2023. A
model integrating satellite-derived shoreline observations for predicting fine-scale
shoreline response to waves and sea-level rise across large
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Iceland Feb 8 eruption Threatens Blue Lagoon: Livestream w/ Geologist Shawn Willsey
A volcanic eruption has started at the Sundhnúksgígar crater row 8.2.2024
Hraun rennur yfir Grindavíkurveg - video of lava flow
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Shawn Willsey Livestream-Feb 7: Iceland & Kilauea Update and Much More
Series of strong quakes on Reykjanes Ridge south of Iceland
Iceland Monitor, February 7, 2024
Grindavík More Damaged Than Previously Thought
Iceland Monitor, February 3, 2024
Giant Crevasse Uncovered Under Grindavík Sports Hall
Iceland Monitor, February 7, 2024
Reykjanes Could Erupt Again Next Week
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Hi,
This is the weirdest usage of crowd sourcing that I have
yet seen. Tracking aircraft using crowd sourcing is not
what I would expect someone to do.
What is ADSBx?
How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
Twitter’s decision to ban accounts that tracked private
planes, including one tracking its new CEO, has prompted
questions about what flight informat
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Paper Lens
Libyan desert’s yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of
these rare and mysterious shards, Elizaveta Kovaleva Lecturer,
University of the Western Cape The Conversation, November 20, 2023
Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have
formed from lost meteor impact By Elizaveta Kovaleva
Live Science, December 03, 2023
The paper is:
Kovaleva, E., Helmy, H., Belkacim, S
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South Tampa mystery: Where is the sound coming from? Neighbors investigate
By Nina Kravinsky, National public Radio, January 4, 2024
Mysterious Bass Sounds Irking Florida Residents
Might Just Be Fish Mating Loudly
Sarah Kuta, SMithsonian MAgazine, January 31, 2024
The Tampa community raised money to fund an investigation,
and now, a local scientist will install underwater microphon
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We know what ‘foo fighters’ that buzzed Second World War pilots really
were, say scientists Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph, February 2024
However, the source of paper, Journal of Modern Physics, is considered a
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An other article.
What Were the Mysterious “Foo Fighters” Sighted by WWII Night Flyers?
Something strange was following the Beaufighter crews of the 415th
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Crazy people. At least it is too wet to be a problem in Louisiana.
Meet the DIY Diggers Who Can’t Stop Making ‘Hobby Tunnels’
Bloomberg, February 3, 2024
Diggers and Digging Enthusiasts
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Discover Magazine Reports 110-Year-Old News about Fossil Origins of Greek Myths, Jason Colavito, Jan. 30, 2024
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Doggone it: Bobi may not be the world’s oldest dog after all
Sarah Do Couto, Global News, January 16, 2024
Exposing The World's "Oldest" Dog
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Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike any you've ever seen
Cell Press, February 2, 2024, ScienceDaily
Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in Canadian quarry
Before age of dinosaurs, plants experimented with bizarre forms,
discovery shows. Emily Chung · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2024
The open access paper is;
Robert A. Gastaldo, Patricia G. Ge
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Oklahoma State University, student discovers new dinosaur species, publishes findings
Oklahoma State University, Sara Plummer , January 24, 2024
Paleontologists Discover New Species of Oviraptorosaur in South Dakota
Jan 25, 2024 by Sergio Prostak
The open access paper is:
Atkins-Weltman, K.L., Simon, D.J., Woodward, H.N., Funston,
G.F. and Snively, E., 2024. A new oviraptorosaur (
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Sensational’ Medieval Armor Discovered Near a Castle in Switzerland.
The rare 14th-century gauntlet is one of the best-preserved artifacts of
its kind ever found in the country, Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian
Magazine, January 26, 2024
Archaeologists discover intact medieval gauntlet at Kyburg Castle
The team also unearthed fragments of the glove's companion, worn
on the opposite
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4,000-year-old 'Altar of the Sun' tomb rediscovered in Ireland
The ancient burial tomb was believed to have been lost to
history in the 19th century, Alana Loftus, Irish Star, Jan. 24, 2024
Everyone Thought This 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Had Been Destroyed.
Then, an Archaeologist Found It Billy Mag Fhloinn located the Altóir
na Gréine, thought to have vanished in the 19th century,
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DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars
Jason Scott, Textfiles.com,
Free Range Archivist and Software Curator at Internet Archive
ASCII by Jason Scott Jason Scott's Weblog
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Scientists More Hopeful Than Ever That Perseverance Has Already Found
Life on Mars by Carly Cassella, Space, Science Alert, January 29, 2024
The open access paper is:
Paige, D.A., Hamran, S.E., Amundsen, H.E., Berger, T., Russell, P.,
Kakaria, R., Mellon, M.T., Eide, S., Carter, L.M., Casademont, T.M.
and Nunes, D.C., 2024. Ground penetrating radar observations of the
contact between
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‘Landmark paper’ shows why ice age Europeans wore jewelry
Bridget Alex, ScienceOrg, January 29, 2024
Ancient Jewelry Shows Ice Age Europe Had 9 Distinct Cultures
Sarah Wild, Scientific American, January 29, 2024
The paywalled paper is:
"Evidence from Personal Ornaments Suggest Nine Distinct
Cultural Groups between 34,000 and 24,000 Years Ago in
Europe,” by Jack Baker et al
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Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the
Pacific by exploration team, Juliana Kim, NPR, January 29, 2024
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The Key Role of Plate Tectonics for Accelerating the Evolution
of Complex Life: Quest for the Missing Extraterrestrial Civilizations
by Taras Gerya and Robert Stern, EGU 2023
#EGU23 PC3 Humans, hominoids and extraterrestials
Time interval in video: 2:00 - 7:20
Basic premises:
1. Civilizations can only be expected on planets with oceans,
continents, and plate tectonics
2. Su
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Maccone, C., 2012. The statistical Drake equation. In
Mathematical SETI: Statistics, Signal Processing, Space
Missions (pp. 3-72). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Osmanov, Z.N., 2023. Are we visible to advanced alien
civilizations?. Acta Astronautica.
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Mysterious 'magic' islands that come and go on Saturn's moon Titan
finally have an explanation by Briley Lewis, Science Live
The open access paper is:
Yu, X., Yu, Y., Garver, J., Zhang, X. and McGuiggan, P., 2024. The
fate of simple organics on Titan's surface: A theoretical perspective.
Geophysical Research Letters, 51(1), p.e2023GL106156.
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An iPhone Fell 16,000 Feet. Its Screen Didn’t Break. How?
Part of the answer is that phone screens have gotten more
durable. And part of it is basic physics.
By Anna Gibbs, Slate, January 11, 2024
His sock, shoe and iPhone were sucked out of Alaska
Flight 1282. The phone still works, Seattle Times,
Here’s how an iPhone survived a 16,000-foot fall from a plane
By Gerrit De Vynck
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Oldest Fossilized Skin Discovered, Clocks in at 300 Million Years Old
Isaac Schultz, GIZMODO, January 11, 2024
The (open access ?) paper is:
Paleozoic cave system preserves oldest-known evidence of amniote skin
by Ethan D. Mooney, Tea Maho, R. Paul Philp, Joseph J. Bevitt, and
Robert R. Reisz in Current Biology. DOI:
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Massive Submarine 'Superstructure' Has Been Lurking on
the Pacific Ocean Floor; Scientists Explore Its Formation
and Growth. Margaret Davis, LiveScience, Jan 11, 2024
Experts stunned by massive underwater structure
expanding since Jurassic era
By: Vikrant Singh, WION (India), January 11, 2024
The paywalled paper is:
Konrad, K., Balbas, A., Finlayson, V.A., Jackson,
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Major East Coast cities are sinking, Virginia Tech research shows
Linh Bui, WTOP News, January 10, 2024
The open access paper is:
Ohenhen, L.O., Shirzaei, M. and Barnard, P.L., 2024. Slowly but
surely: Exposure of communities and infrastructure to subsidence
on the US east coast. PNAS nexus, 3(1), p.pgad426.
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Another article about this topic.
Ancient Skeletons Give Clues to Modern Medical Mysteries
DNA fragments from thousands of years ago are providing
insights into multiple sclerosis, diabetes, schizophrenia and
other illnesses. Carl Zimmer, New York Times, Jan 10, 2024
The open access paper is:
Barrie, W., Yang, Y., Irving-Pease, E.K. et al. Elevated
genetic risk for multiple scler
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A 22-million-year-old petrified mangrove forest found in the Panama Canal
by Bob Yirka , PhysOrg
The paywalled paper is:
Martínez, C., Pérez-Lara, D.K., Avellaneda-Jiménez, D.S., Caballero-Rodríguez,
D., Rodríguez-Reyes, O., Crowley, J.L. and Jaramillo, C., 2023. An early
Miocene (Aquitanian) mangrove fossil forest buried by a volcanic lahar at
Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Palaeo
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