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November 8, 2014

Library Fire

Update: I have now re-uploaded another half dozen publications to recent posts. Slowly but surely… A disaster befell our favorite blog late this summer and for weeks I have cowered under my digital bed, pained and confused about what is to be done. While still tender, I have summoned the courage to speak of it now, will try to characterize the forward challenge, and perhaps gain some…

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September 12, 2014

University of Chicago: Nanodiamonds prove cosmic impact responsible for ancient climate change

Press Statement Hot thread at WUWT Microscopic Diamonds Suggest Cosmic Impact Responsible for Major Period of Climate Change A new study published in The Journal of Geology provides support for the theory that a cosmic impact event over North America some 13,000 years ago caused a major period of climate change known as the Younger Dryas stadial, or “Big Freeze.” Around 12,800 years ago, a…

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August 31, 2014

Joanne Ballard: Amazing pics from field work in European coversands

UPDATED In response to an inquiry from the Tusk, Joanne Ballard of the University of Tennessee very graciously provided our blog the unpublished photos, field notes and narrative below from her recent trip to Netherlands. She personally inspects and samples the Usselo Boundary, or black mat of Europe. Absolutely…

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August 31, 2014

Those darn nanodiamonds again in a High-Impact journal: More hard evidence and 26 independent researchers confirm cosmic Ice Age catastrophe

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August 31, 2014

Another requiem: Holiday-Meltzer doth protest too much

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August 19, 2014

Shaken not stirred: Zamora proposes ice impacts into fluidized sand surface to explain bays

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August 12, 2014

Just Sayin': Not all bays were lakes

Chris Moore, Andy Ivester and other skeptics of sudden bay formation recently published a beautiful poster detailing their findings and discussing their conclusions. I was impressed and disappointed. Impressed to see thoughtful research into the bay phenomena, disappointed that it ignored our previous published work determining that at least one (and presumably many more) Carolina bays were never…

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August 10, 2014

Found again: Cosmic geochemistry identified at Younger Dryas Boundary by independent international research team

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July 30, 2014

Tusk TV: Younger Dryas Event at 27:00 minutes

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July 15, 2014

India and Japan independently report ~552 AD comet

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Library Fire

University of Chicago: Nanodiamonds prove cosmic impact responsible for ancient climate change

Joanne Ballard: Amazing pics from field work in European coversands

Those darn nanodiamonds again in a High-Impact journal: More hard evidence and 26 independent researchers confirm cosmic Ice Age catastrophe

Another requiem: Holiday-Meltzer doth protest too much

Shaken not stirred: Zamora proposes ice impacts into fluidized sand surface to explain bays

Just Sayin': Not all bays were lakes

Found again: Cosmic geochemistry identified at Younger Dryas Boundary by independent international research team

Tusk TV: Younger Dryas Event at 27:00 minutes

India and Japan independently report ~552 AD comet

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The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: A Guide for the Perplexed: Marc Young provides a six-part counter-gallop

NYT: 6000 word Sunday feature article on the YDI and Comet Research Group