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Tuesday, 26 November 2024

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Unexplained Heat-Wave ‘Hotspots’ Are Popping Up Across the Globe

State of the Planet [19:54:22]

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Distinct regions are seeing repeated heat waves so extreme, they cannot be explained by climate

Favosites hisingeri Coral Fossil

Louisville Area Fossils [18:40:00]

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This picture is of a Favosites hisingeri (Milne-Edwards et Haime, 1851) coral fossil. It existed during the Silurian period. The fossil was found in Lickershamm, Gotland, Sweden. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) on August 2024. Learn more: https://fossiilid.info/11660?mode=in_baltoscandia

Pacific equatorial belt unbelievably cold

Ontario-geofish [17:23:00]

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 That curve at the top is 2015, and it's what you need if you want to be warm, away from the equator.  Our current ocean temperature for the El Nino and La Nina zone, is way at the bottom.You [...]

Arctic at full force

Ontario-geofish [13:03:00]

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 I use Greenland as my Arctic thermometer.  When it goes 'white' at 60 below, the Arctic is ready to blow out again.  That means full outbreaks or spills.  These take place [...]

Landscapes: Sunderdunga Valley Kumaon Himalaya

Reporting on a Revolution [03:59:00]

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In mid November, I explored the Sunderdunga valley in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. It was a good rigorous walk through some extraordinarily beautiful landscapes. This area is better known for the famous [...]

Linux - KDE mucks up again

Ontario-geofish [13:25:00]

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 My #1 reason for always reinstalling is kde.  Now the update screwed up everything again, but I was able to hobble through with reinstalling.  I followed this, just using a [...]

Los mundos prehistóricos de Zhao Chuang

Koprolitos [10:00:00]

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El paleoartista chino Zhao Chuang nació en una familia de trabajadores ferroviarios del distrito de Sujiatun en Shenyang (Liaoning) y se obsesionó con los dinosaurios desde muy pequeño. A los 21 años, [...]