Geology

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Tiny Life Benefits the Whole World

April 19, 2018

Some very small organisms can produce global effects, such as the tiny crustaceans that stir the oceans every night. What would the oceans be like without life? If minerals, gases and nutrients had to mix by diffusion, the process would be very slow. Wind and currents could help somewhat. Now, Houghton et al., publishing in […]

Fossils

Do These Fossils Show Evolution?

April 17, 2018

Before taking an evolutionist's word for it that a fossil organism evolved, we should look at the evidence.

Dating Methods

How Long Does Geology Take?

April 13, 2018

Geological change can occur quickly, if conditions are right, affecting life and civilization.

Geology

Climate Science Has Huge Error Bars

March 29, 2018

If one of your major model inputs is off by up to 50%, what does that do to the precision of your predictions about degrees of temperature change a century from now?

Darwin and Evolution

Darwinism as an All-Purpose Story Plot

March 23, 2018

Observations are just props. The play is, “The Evolution of Whatever” or “How Whatever Evolved.” Now playing in science media near you. As a play, Darwinism has two subplots: natural selection and sexual selection. With a little creative screenwriting, any observation in nature can be fit into either or both subplots, provided the perhapsimaybecouldness index […]

Fossils

More Fossil Forests Found in Antarctica

March 22, 2018

The extent of fossil forests buried in the coldest continent on earth continues to grow and astound explorers.

Solar System

Ceres Is Young

March 16, 2018

Dawn Mission scientists were surprised to see this asteroid (dwarf planet Ceres) with a water cycle and evidence of rapid geological changes.

Solar System

Latest Moon Theory Needs an Invisible Goddess to Work

March 10, 2018

Now they say that the impactor didn't only spin off a cloud that formed the moon; it made a donut cooked up by a goddess.

Geology

Geology: A Science Where Theories Undergo Subduction

March 8, 2018

In plate tectonics, continental plates get subducted and melt under pressure. That’s like what happens to geological theories. Read enough geology papers, and you will find old theories constantly being replaced. Classic examples include plate tectonics becoming the new normal after Wegener’s theory had been viciously attacked, and megaflood theory for the Channeled Scablands becoming […]

Physics

Earth Magnetic Field Still Decaying

March 7, 2018

Old-earth belief tries to paper over a disturbing fact with speculative models, but 160 years of measurements show the strength of our planet's magnetic field is dropping fast.

Fossils