# earth science (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover earth science. Page: Feed: --- ## [Giant Ancient Roman Dolium And Possible Shipwreck Found On The Seabed Near Elba Island](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/giant-ancient-roman-dolium-and-possible-shipwreck-found-on-the-seabed-near-elba-island/) _2026-08-21 · MessageToEagle · MessageToEagle.com_ Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Underwater archaeologists have discovered a giant Roman-era dolium and a possible shipwreck on the seabed near the island of Elba. The underwater mission began in May 2026 and is led by the ABAP Superintendency for Pisa and Livorno, in collaboration with the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Florence and \[…\] ## [Scientists Melt Diamond at Neptune-Crushing Pressure and Find a Possible Route to More Fusion Energy](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/21/diamond-rain-neptune/) _2026-08-21 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Deep beneath the blue clouds of Neptune and Uranus, carbon may be passing through one of the strangest cycles anywhere in the Solar System. Immense pressure can force carbon-rich material to separate and crystallise into diamond, sending countless crystals sinking towards hotter regions far below the atmosphere. Scientists have now recreated another part of that \[…\] The post Scientists Melt… ## [How One Star Could Measure the Spin of the Milky Way’s Black Hole](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/20/sagittarius-a-spin/) _2026-08-20 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Astronomers have found a star racing around the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy so closely and so quickly that its path could soon tell us how fast that black hole is spinning. The star is called S301. It is faint and ordinary looking, yet its orbit is the most extreme yet \[…\] The post How One Star Could Measure the Spin of the Milky Way’s Black Hole appeared first on Above The Norm… ## [El Niño 2026: Pacific Subsurface Heat Climbs to 11.1°C Above Average as Warm Pool Pushes East](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/20/el-nino-subsurface-temperatures/) _2026-08-20 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ The developing El Niño has produced its most alarming subsurface signal yet, with temperatures reportedly reaching 11.1°C above average beneath the equatorial Pacific. Only days after localized anomalies around +10°C were being tracked, the newest pentad analysis dated August 16 shows the hottest departures climbing even higher inside a vast body of abnormal warmth stretching \[…\] The post El Niño… ## [Climate Change Could Cause The Area Burned By Wildfires In Europe To Nearly Triple](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/climate-change-could-cause-the-area-burned-by-wildfires-in-europe/) _2026-08-20 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Increasingly hot, dry and windy conditions could substantially extend the area affected by wildfires across Europe, according to a new study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) with contributions from the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research. Climate change is intensifying wildfire conditions across Europe, with \[…\] ## [A Chain Of 19 Atoms Just Revealed A Hidden Mathematical Pattern](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/20/hidden-quantum-order/) _2026-08-20 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Scientists have taken a tiny line of atoms, tuned them with extreme precision and watched a hidden mathematical pattern appear in the way the whole system behaved. Only 19 atoms were needed to see the clearest version of it. The atoms remained ordinary strontium atoms throughout the experiment, yet once they were pushed into a \[…\] The post A Chain Of 19 Atoms Just Revealed A Hidden Mathematical… ## [Mountain Plants Make Their Own Steady Living Conditions](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/mountain-plants-make-their-own-steady-living-conditions/) _2026-08-20 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Soil erosion is a major problem on agricultural and natural hillslopes worldwide. To combat soil erosion and create flat, stable surfaces, we humans often build artificial terraces, such as rice or vineyard terraces. (a) Terrace creation by Dryas octopelata. (b,c) Top and side view of experiment plant plot. Orange \[…\] ## [New Quantum Gravity Result Pushes the Holographic Universe Idea Further](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/19/holographic-universe-paper/) _2026-08-19 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Could space, gravity and an entire higher-dimensional world be encoded by information living in fewer dimensions? A new quantum gravity calculation has pushed that possibility through a much harder mathematical test. Physicists working with a five-dimensional model of gravity found that its behaviour can still be matched to a four-dimensional quantum theory living on the \[…\] The post New Quantum… ## [Tiny Near-Earth Asteroid Is Spinning So Fast Its Surface Can Be Thrown Into Space](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/18/kamooalewa-asteroid/) _2026-08-18 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Kamo’oalewa is a tiny near-Earth asteroid measuring only about 59 metres along its longest dimension, roughly the length of a large passenger aircraft. It travels around the Sun in an orbit that keeps it relatively close to Earth, earning it the unusual status of a quasi-satellite of our planet. China has selected the object as \[…\] The post Tiny Near-Earth Asteroid Is Spinning So Fast Its Surface… ## [Rivers Are Flooding While Wetlands Vanish: Scientists Identify a Man-Made Water Paradox in the Ganga Plains](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/18/ganga-plains-water-crisis/) _2026-08-18 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Across one of the most densely populated river regions on Earth, an extraordinary water crisis is taking shape. Major rivers continue to flood, flood danger remains severe, and enormous volumes of monsoon water move through the East Ganga Plains. At the same time, wetlands beside those rivers are shrinking, groundwater-fed streams are drying, underground water \[…\] The post Rivers Are Flooding… ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jcbvupq6UIIa) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [Scientists Ran 2,000 Simulations Of Humanity’s Future. Most Ended In Collapse](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/17/human-civilization-collapse-simulations/) _2026-08-17 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Scientists pushed ten versions of human civilization 1,000 years into the future and ran each one 200 times. Across those 2,000 simulations, seven of the ten futures collapsed in every single run. Some survived for centuries before failing, while others broke down repeatedly, recovered part of what had been lost, rebuilt their technological systems and \[…\] The post Scientists Ran 2,000 Simulations… ## [Tiny CosmoCube Satellite Will Use The Dark Side Of the Moon To Eavesdrop](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/tiny-cosmocube-satellite-will-use-the-dark-side-of-the/) _2026-08-17 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – A tiny UK-developed satellite, roughly the size of a small carry-on suitcase, could help answer one of the biggest questions in cosmology: what happened in the roughly 150 million years of cosmic dark ages, before the universe’s first stars appeared? Artist’s impression of the CosmoCube satellite. Image credit: Surrey \[…\] ## [Ancient Colombian Civilization Engineered A 500,000-Hectare Water System That Could Still Work Today](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/17/ancient-colombian-water-system/) _2026-08-17 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ Across the lowlands of northern Colombia, enormous patterns cut through wetlands, marshes and agricultural land. Long parallel ridges stretch across the landscape beside ancient waterways, while artificial channels connect areas that once supported settlements, crops and fishing. Together these structures form part of a pre-Hispanic hydraulic landscape extending across more than 500,000 hectares… ## [Europe Was Hit by 16 Major Floods in Less Than Two Years](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/15/europe-was-hit-by-16-major-floods-in-less-than-two-years/) _2026-08-15 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ One of medieval Europe’s most infamous natural disasters has turned out to be part of something far larger. The catastrophic St. Mary Magdalene Flood of July 1342 has long dominated accounts of extreme flooding during the Middle Ages, particularly across Germany and the major river systems of Central Europe. A reconstruction published in Nature now \[…\] The post Europe Was Hit by 16 Major Floods in… ## [Rising Competition For Clean Water In The Future](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/rising-competition-for-clean-water-in-the-future/) _2026-08-15 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Water scarcity is not just a matter of a lack of supply. What if there is enough water available, but its quality leaves much to be desired? Image credit: ronymichaud – Pixabay And what if the interests of the various sectors – households, agriculture, industry and energy producers – also \[…\] ## [A Gas Enshrouded And Gas Reddened Black Hole At Cosmic Dawn](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/a-gas-enshrouded-and-gas-reddened-black-hole-at-cosmic-dawn/) _2026-08-15 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Astronomers have discovered a “black hole star,” an extremely bright red spot in the early universe that appears to be a new type of astrophysical object. It resembles an enormous star, but its energy production is closer to what a black hole might generate. Astronomers have discovered a “black \[…\] ## [New Evidence Raises Fresh Concerns Over AMOC Stability As Collapse Fears Grow](https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2026/08/15/new-evidence-raises-fresh-concerns-over-amoc-stability-as-collapse-fears-grow/) _2026-08-15 · David Freeman · Above The Norm News_ The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation entered a severely weakened state during the last deglaciation and then began making abrupt shifts between weaker and stronger circulation. A new high-resolution reconstruction of that period shows two major AMOC intensifications developing while the wider circulation remained suppressed. Heat transport across the Atlantic changed rapidly, tropical… ## [Paleontologists Reconstruct 56-Million-Year-Old Forests, Revealing Striking Parallels To Current Climate Change](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/paleontologists-reconstruct-56-million-year-old-forests-revealing/) _2026-08-14 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com –The researchers have reconstructed the forest canopy from 56 million years ago, during a massive, abrupt release of carbon into the atmosphere at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). They used fossilized leaf cells to reconstruct the tree canopy of the PETM, Earth’s most recent period of comparable global warming, with \[…\] ## [The Flood Of The Millennium: A Series Of Catastrophic Events That Affected Much Of Europe](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/the-flood-of-the-millennium-a-series-of-catastrophic-events-that/) _2026-08-14 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – The famous flood of 1342 is known as the “St. Mary Magdalene’s Flood.” This major disaster affected much of Europe. It was not just a single event, but a series of floods that now help researchers study climate and risk. Old picture of a flooding (Luzern, from e-codices). Image \[…\] ## [Breakthrough: A New Tool For Mapping Dark Matter](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/breakthrough-a-new-tool-for-mapping-dark-matter/) _2026-08-13 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – For the first time, researchers have discovered a globular cluster stellar stream in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way – specifically in an ultra-diffuse galaxy. The discovery opens up new possibilities for studying dark matter, one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in modern astrophysics. Hubble Space Telescope image showing \[…\] ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KZvjC7MJODOA) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Evidence Of Liquid Nitrogen Recently Flowing On Pluto’s Surface](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/evidence-of-liquid-nitrogen-recently-flowing-on-plutos-surface/) _2026-08-12 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Researchers provide evidence that liquid nitrogen is rising to Pluto’s surface through cracks in the northern edge of the Sputnik Planitia, part of the massive heart-shaped glacier on the dwarf planet’s surface. Pluto. Image source This is the first evidence of liquid recently flowing on Pluto. The study is \[…\] ## [Tiny Vortices Discovered On The Sun’s Surface That Have Never Been Seen Before](https://www.messagetoeagle.com/iny-vortices-discovered-on-the-suns-surface/) _2026-08-12 · MessageToEagle.com · MessageToEagle.com_ Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory (NSF NSO), the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany, and the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) in the USA have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of solar physics. The highest-resolution image of the Sun’s \[…\] ## [Uranium in Nova Scotia. Powerpoint presentation](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/11/28/uranium-in-nova-scotia-powerpoint-presentation/) _2025-11-28 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ Uranium presentation Download ## [Debunking – again – the Mining Association of Nova Scotia](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/11/28/debunking-again-the-mining-association-of-nova-scotia/) _2025-11-28 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ This piece was published in the Halifax Examiner on October 28, 2025. On October 13, the Canadian Mining Journal posted an article entitled “Debate grows over Nova Scotia’s Uranium mining future”. I submitted a comment on the article’s website debunking Continue reading ## [Minas Basin in a time of climate change and sea level rise](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/08/16/minas-basin-in-a-time-of-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/) _2025-08-17 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ This article was published in the Halifax Examiner on August 15, 2025 The town of Wolfville is an independent town within the Municipality of Kings County. Windsor is an independent town within Hants County. Both towns are situated on the Continue reading ## [Debunking NS Politicians and MANS about Nova Scotia Uranium](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/07/26/debunking-ns-politicians-and-mans-about-nova-scotia-uranium/) _2025-07-26 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ My article debunking Nova Scotia politicians and special interest group MANS appeared in the regional Nova Scotia Paper on July 25, 2025. Full text: Letter to the Editor of the Valley Journal Advertiser Dr Elisabeth Kosters – geologist. The July Continue reading ## [Commercial Special Interest Groups are bullying concerned Nova Scotia citizens](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/07/15/commercial-special-interest-groups-are-bullying-concerned-nova-scotia-citizens/) _2025-07-15 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ This post highlights the twinned articles by NS journalist Joan Baxter and myself about the less than civil behaviour of mining special interest groups regarding potential Uranium exploration in Nova Scotia Continue reading ## [Statement on Uranium mining in Nova Scotia to Wolfville Town Council](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/06/17/statement-on-uranium-mining-in-nova-scotia-to-wolfville-town-council/) _2025-06-17 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ I submitted this statement in person to Wolfville Town Council today, June 17, 2025. - Statement on Uranium exploration to Wolfville Town Council, June 17, 2025 My name is Dr Elisabeth Kosters, I’m a retired geologist, I live in Wolfville. Continue reading ## [Energy East – again?](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/03/07/energy-east-again/) _2025-03-07 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ Premier Houston demands an oil pipeline The future is here and it’s mayhem. On March 3, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a 30% tariff on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, 10% for Alberta oil. The threat had been Continue reading ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oZ4ObqKChLDd) _2025-03-07 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Critical Nova Scotia minerals in critical times?](https://earthsciencesociety.com/2025/02/26/critical-nova-scotia-minerals-in-critical-times/) _2025-02-26 · earth science society · EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETY_ Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston promoted Lithium exploration and lifting the bans on Uranium mining and fracking. While the world needs to reset priorities in light of the recent US election, the premier's priorities are not based upon science or global economic factors Continue reading