August 2013

August 19, 2013

RIP: YDB team member Paul DeCarli

I was sad to see a forwarded note last week from the daughter of Paul DeCarli informing folks of his passing. Paul DeCarli joined the YDB team in recent years as an expert in nanodiamond formation and other high energy matters related to our investigation. Readers may remember a post on DeCarli here. A wag once remarked that science advances one funeral at a time. In cynical moments it seems…

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August 16, 2013

The Eyes Have It: Clovis peckers record YDB event in America's oldest petroglyphs?

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August 13, 2013

Mahaney....Again!: New Evidence from a Black Mat Site in the Northern Andes Supporting a Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago

Source: JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY Volume: 121 Issue: 4 Pages: 309-325 DOI: 10.1086/670652 Published: JUL 2013 Abstract: Previous work has ascribed a cosmic impact origin to black, high-temperature, carbon-encrusted beds (2–3 cm thick), associated with the Younger Dryas readvance of ice at 12.8 ka during the Late Glacial in the northern Andes of Venezuela. The evidence for this includes carbon…

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August 11, 2013

Baillie Years and the Black Death

More info here and here Baillie Black Death and Tree Rings Coincident -Marc Young here- In the process of restoring this document from the library fire, I was unable to gain access to the original book titled New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection. I did however track down a chapter by Mike from Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society that you can read below. I will keep trying to…

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August 10, 2013

WikiLies: Skeptical Raptor squelches science

The accuracy of information concerning the YDB event on the Wikipedia has always suffered from the dominance of a moderator describing himself as “Skeptical Raptor.” Watching the Raptor do his wiki-work has taught the Tusk that cynicism has few bounds — and the truth has few friends (that stay up that late at night). The Raptor constantly cleanses the public’s Wiki of any…

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August 9, 2013

Beautiful Blog: Naturalis Historia unpacks the science behind the YDB hypothesis

The YDB Event: The Most Recent Global Catastrophe in Human History? MAY 24, 2013 BY NATURAL HISTORIAN The Chelyabinsk meteor explosion as recorded by a dash-cam of a truck.. Remember the meteor that exploded over Russia earlier this year? A 50 foot diameter object exploded 14 miles above the surface of the earth and created a shock wave that injured 1500 people and damaged more than…

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August 8, 2013

SOS: Dutchmen Desperately Seeking Paleo-Plant Wiz

Tusk buddy and YDB team co-author, Johan “Han” Kloostermann, sent me a note sometime ago that I failed to post. Han is the resident expert on the “Usselo Horizon,” a Dutch analog to the Younger Dryas Black Mat and associated YDB layer found throughout North America. I hope Han will elaborate further in the comments section, but it appears he simply needs an open-minded…

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August 6, 2013

Zolfagharifard and The Mail: A comet DID wipe out first North American prehistoric humans: Ice core data suggests a cosmic impact killed off Clovis people

Tusk Crush? A comet DID wipe out first North American prehistoric humans: Ice core data suggests a cosmic impact killed off Clovis people Evidence found in an ice core has been dated back to the ‘Big Freeze’ The freeze is linked to the demise of the North American Clovis people The evidence suggests that a cosmic impact caused planet’s colder phase By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD Link…

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August 2, 2013

The Beeb's Simon Redfern picks up Harvard evidence for Younger Dryas Boundary Event

BBC link SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT 1 August 2013 Last updated at 14:52 ET Ice core data supports ancient space impact idea By Simon Redfern BBC News New data from Greenland ice cores suggest North America may have suffered a large cosmic impact about 12,900 years ago. A layer of platinum is seen in ice of the same age as a known abrupt climate transition, US scientists report. The…

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RIP: YDB team member Paul DeCarli

The Eyes Have It: Clovis peckers record YDB event in America's oldest petroglyphs?

Mahaney....Again!: New Evidence from a Black Mat Site in the Northern Andes Supporting a Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago

Baillie Years and the Black Death

WikiLies: Skeptical Raptor squelches science

Beautiful Blog: Naturalis Historia unpacks the science behind the YDB hypothesis

SOS: Dutchmen Desperately Seeking Paleo-Plant Wiz

Zolfagharifard and The Mail: A comet DID wipe out first North American prehistoric humans: Ice core data suggests a cosmic impact killed off Clovis people

The Beeb's Simon Redfern picks up Harvard evidence for Younger Dryas Boundary Event

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