Fossil Detectives Close the Case on Prehistoric Spider

Fossil Detectives Close the Case on Prehistoric Spider

Fossil Detectives Close the Case on Prehistoric Spider
Footprints by Nadia Drake, Wired News, March 27, 2014.
http://www.wired.com/2014/03/prehistoric-spider-footprints/

The papers mentioned in this article are:

Alf, R. A., 1968, A spider trackway from the Coconino
Formation, Seligman, Arizona. Bulletin of the Southern
California Academy of Sciences. vol. 67. pp. 125-128.

Sadler, C. J., 1993, Arthropod Trace Fossils from the
Permian De Chelly Sandstone, Northeastern Arizona.
Journal of Paleontology. vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 240-249.

Yours,

Paul H.

New "Chicken From Hell" Dinosaur Discovered

New "Chicken From Hell" Dinosaur Discovered

Weird 'chicken from hell' dinosaur lived alongside T. rex
by Will Dunham, Reuters, March 19, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-science-dinosaur-idUSBREA2I24W20140319

New "Chicken From Hell" Dinosaur Discovered. The
66-million-year-old feathered dino resembled a giant,
demonic bird. by Christine Dell'Amore, National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140319-dinosaurs-feathers-animals-science-new-species/

Lamanna, M. C., H.-D. Sues, E. R. Schachner, and T. R.
Lyson, 2014, A New Large-Bodied Oviraptorosaurian
Theropod Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of
Western North America. PLoS ONE 9(3): e92022.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092022
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092022

Yours,

Paul H.

Ancient Lake Deposits on Mars (Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month)

Ancient Lake Deposits on Mars (Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month)

Ancient Lake Deposits on Mars by Tim Goudge, Department
of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month. April 1, 2014
http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/ancient-lake-deposits-on-mars/
http://planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/

Yours,

Paul H.

Amount of Water on Moon Possibly Overestimate

Amount of Water on Moon Possibly Overestimate

Misleading mineral may have resulted in overestimate
of water in moon, Science Daily, April 1, 2014
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401131137.htm

Misleading mineral may have resulted in overestimate
of water in moon by Kim DeRose, UCLA Newsroom,
University of California, Los Angeles, California.
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/misleading-mineral-may-have-caused-271755.aspx

The paper is:
Boyce, J.W., S. M. Tomlinson, F. M. McCubbin, J. P.
Greenwood, and A. H. Treiman, 2014, The Lunar
Apatite Paradox. Science, 2014; DOI: 10.1126/science.1250398
Science Express, Published Online March 20 2014
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/03/19/science.1250398

Yours,

Paul H.

Methane-Producing Microbes Caused 'The Great Dying'

Methane-Producing Microbes Caused 'The Great Dying'

Ancient whodunit may be solved: The microbes
did it! (Methane-producing microbes may be
responsible for the largest mass extinction in
Earth’s history.) MIT News, April 1, 2014
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/ancient-whodunit-may-be-solved-microbes-did-it

Archaeageddon: how gas-belching microbes could
have caused mass extinction by Chelsea Wald,
Nature News, http://www.nature.com/news/archaeageddon-how-gas-belching-microbes-could-have-caused-mass-extinction-1.14958

Methane-Producing Microbes Caused 'The Great
Dying' by Christopher Joyce, Morning Edition,
NPR, April 1, 2014. http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297623130/methane-producing-microbes-caused-the-great-dying

The paper is:
Rothman, D. H., G. P. Fournier, K. L. French, E. J.
Alm, E. A. Boyle, C. Cao, and R. E. Summons, 2014,
Methanogenic burst in the end-Permian carbon cycle.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Early Edition, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1318106111
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/26/1318106111

Freely available online through the PNAS open
access option.http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/26/1318106111.full.pdf+html

On a unrelated note:
Scratch That: One Cat's Struggle With Internet Stardom
by Renita Jablonski, , Morning Edition, NPR, April 1, 2014
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/01/297147317/scratch-that-one-cats-struggle-with-internet-stardom

Yours,

Paul H.

Comet Close Call:Boon for Science, But Worry for Craft Orbiting Mars

Comet Close Call:Boon for Science, But Worry  for Craft Orbiting Mars

Comet close call: boon for science, but worry
for craft orbiting Mars,

 by Pete Spotts,
Christian Science Monitor, March 28, 2014
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0328/Comet-close-call-boon-for-science-but-worry-for-craft-orbiting-Mars-video

Mars-Bound Comet: Photos of Comet C/2013 A1
Siding Spring (Gallery)

 Space.com, March 27, 2014‎
http://www.space.com/25257-mars-comet-siding-spring-photos-c2013-a1.html

Yours,

Paul H.

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2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

Santa Cruz, California Fossil Site Reveals New Whale Species

Santa Cruz, California Fossil Site Reveals New Whale Species

Secret Santa Cruz fossil site reveals new whale species
by David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 2014
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Secret-Santa-Cruz-fossil-site-reveals-new-whale-5352262.php

Balaenoptera bertae: New Fossil Whale Species
Discovered. (Robert Boessenecker, a PhD student with
the University of Otago, has discovered an extinct
pecies of whale that lived during Pliocene, 3.35 –
2.5 million years ago. Sci-News.com, Feb. 7, 2014
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-balaenoptera-bertae-new-fossil-whale-species-01750.html

Strange marine mammals of ancient North Pacific
revealed, University of Otago, February 6, 2014
http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago064816.html

An earlier article is:

Fossil hunters in Santa Cruz make whale of a find
by David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 8, 2013
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Fossil-hunters-in-Santa-Cruz-make-whale-of-a-find-4797539.php

The paper is:

Boessenecker, R. W., 2013, A new marine vertebrate
assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima
Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds
and Cetaceans. Geodiversitas. vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 815–940.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/g2013n4a5

Yours,

Paul H.

Earth Hammered by Prehistoric Double Space Impact

Earth Hammered by Prehistoric Double Space Impact

Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact
By Paul Rincon, BBC News, March 18, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26172181

What's worse than one asteroid hitting Earth?
Scientists identify double impact crater by James
Vincent, The Independent, March18, 2104
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/whats-worse-than-one-asteroid-hitting--earth-scientists-identify-double-impact-crater-9201785.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Evidence for Gravity waves Detected

Evidence for Gravity waves Detected

Big Bang breakthrough announced; gravity waves detected
by Elizabeth Landau, CNN, March 17, 2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/17/tech/innovation/big-bang-gravitational-waves/

Space Ripples Seen as Big Bang’s Smoking Gun
by Dennis Overbye, New York Times, March 17, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/space/detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html

Cosmic Bulletins: Two Major Discoveries Rock Science
by Michael D. Lemonick, Time Magazine, March 17, 2104
http://time.com/24894/gravity-waves-expanding-universe/

Yours,

Paul H.

CNN News---Could meteor have hit Flight 370

CNN News---Could meteor have hit Flight 370

In "Re: [meteorite-list] CNN News---Could meteor
have hit Flight 370" at
https://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg116905.html
Michael Farmer wrote,

> On Mar 12, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Don wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/03/12/ac-dnt-brown-missing-plane-conspiracy-theories.cnn.html

and

>They are grasping for straws now.

Unfortunately, it is the typical mindless and cliche
speculation, often later followed by min-black holes
and superquarks, that gets thrown out when either a
plane or ship mysteriously disappears and there is a
lack of any hard data on which to construct a rational
hypothesis. It is not that CNN is "grasping for straws"
to explain this utterly heartbreaking disappearance.
Instead CNN is grasping for anything to print in the
absence of anything new and significant to report in
order to keep their audience entertained.

Bolides are being used to explained numerous
reports of loud noises and reports of aircraft crashes
that people are trying to link to the disappearance
of Flight MH370.

Go see " Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost" at
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost-249.html#post8382222

In it, SLFplatine wrote

>Quote (Brika):
>>Not to forget Malaysian police reporting hearwitness
>>accounts of a loud bang near coast off Kota Bharu.
>
>And along with the oil rig workers eyewitness (600
>kilomètre distant we should add here) -a meteorite
>would produce the same hear/eye witness accounts.

The most interesting and professional discussion of
this unfolding tragedy, which I have found, is "Malaysian
Airlines MH370 contact lost" at
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost.html

Alaos, there is:

DigitalGlobe launches crowdsource search for missing
Malaysian plane by Kristen Leigh Painter, The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_25315311/digitalglobe-launches-crowdsource-search-missing-malaysian-plane

Crowdsourcing volunteers comb satellite photos for
Malaysia Airlines jet by M. Martinez and J. Newsome, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/11/us/malaysia-airlines-plane-crowdsourcing-search/

Missing Airplane: Malaysia Air Flight370
http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014

Yours,

Paul H.

Take a Breath and Thank a Sponge

Take a Breath and Thank a Sponge

Take a Breath and Thank a Sponge by Carl Zimmer,
New York Times, March 13, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/science/take-a-breath-and-thank-a-sponge.html?_r=1

First animals oxygenated Earth's oceans, study
suggests. ScienceDaily, March 9, 2014
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140309150540.htm

The paper is:

Lenton, T. M., R. A. Boyle, S. W. Poulton, G. A. Shields-Zhou,
and N. J. Butterfield, 2014, Co-evolution of eukaryotes and
ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era. Nature Geoscience.
(advance online publication)
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2108.html

A related article is:

Theory on origin of animals challenged: Some animals
need extremely little oxygen, ScienceDaily, February 17, 2014
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140217161110.htm

The paper is:

Mills, D. B., L. M. Ward, C.A. Jones, B. Sweeten, M. Forth,
A. H. Treusch and D. E. Canfield. The oxygen requirements
of the earliest animals. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences. Early Edition, February 17, 2014
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/02/13/1400547111.abstract

Paul H.

You Can Help Map the Moon by Counting Craters

You Can Help Map the Moon by Counting Craters

CU-Boulder-led study on lunar crater counting
shows crowdsourcing effective, accurate tool.
Be Boulder, university of Boulder, Colorado.
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2014/03/13/cu-boulder-led-study-lunar-crater-counting-shows-crowdsourcing-effective

Counting Craters: YOU Can Help Map the Moon
by Nicole Gugliucci, Discovery.com News,
http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/counting-craters-you-can-help-map-the-moon-140314.htm

CosmoQuest’s “MoonMappers” Shows Everyday
People Can Map the Moon, Cosmoquest X Blog,
http://cosmoquest.org/x/press-releases/press-release-cosmoquests-moonmappers-shows-everyday-people-can-map-the-moon/

Robbins, S. J., M. R. Kirchoff, C. R. Chapman,
C. I. Fassett, R. R. Herrick, K. Singer, M.
Zanetti, C. Lehan, D. Huang, P. L. Gay, 2014,
The variability of crater identification among
expert and community crater analysts. Icarus
Available online 4 March 2014
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103514001080

Yours,

Paul H.

Strangest Magma on Earth: Carbonatites of Ol Doinyo

Strangest Magma on Earth: Carbonatites of Ol Doinyo

Strangest Magma on Earth: Carbonatites of Ol Doinyo
Lengai by Erik Klemetti, Eruptions Bog, Wired News,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/03/strangest-magma-earth-carbonatites-oldoinyo-lengai/

Yours,

Paul H.

Many Martian Meteorites May Originate From Single Giant Crater

Many Martian Meteorites May Originate From Single Giant Crater

Study pinpoints source of Mars meteorites
by Irene Klotz, Reuters, March 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-space-mars-meteorites-idUSBREA252ES20140306

Mars Meteorites May Originate From Single Giant
Crater by Carl Engelking Discover Magazine,
March 7, 2014
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/03/07/mars-meteorites-originate-from-single-giant-crater/

Meteorites on Earth May Be From Ancient Crater
on Mars, Study Says, National Geographic.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/14/140306-mars-meteorite-crater-space/

Werner, S. C., A. Ody, and F. Poulet, 2014, The
Source Crater of Martian Shergottite Meteorites
Published Online March 6 2014 Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.1247282
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/03/05/science.1247282

Yours,

Paul H.

Geologists Glimpse a Heaven Below (Underground in New York

Geologists Glimpse a Heaven Below (Underground in New York

Geologists glimpse a heaven below by Sam Roberts
The New York Times, February 18, 2014
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/geologists-glimpse-a-heaven-below-484776

Yours,

Paul H.

Trilobites in The New York Times

Trilobites in The New York Times

When Trilobites Ruled the World, March 3, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/science/when-trilobites-ruled-the-world.html?action=click&contentCollection=Science®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article

This article contains numerous line drawings by Sam Gon
and a fun video of Nigel Hughes performing the song;
"Lament for the Passing of the Trilobites."

Yours,

Paul H.

30,000 Year-old Giant Virus Reported From Siberian Permafrost

30,000 Year-old Giant Virus Reported From Siberian Permafrost

Out of Siberian Ice, a Virus Revived, Time Magazine, March 3, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/science/out-of-siberian-ice-a-virus-revived.html?rref=science&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Science&pgtype=article

30,000-year-old giant virus 'comes back to life' by Rebecca Morelle,
BBC News, March 4, 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26387276

30,000 year-old giant virus found in Siberia, Science Daily
March 4, 2014, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140304071433.htm

Legendre, M., J. Bartoli, L. Shmakova, S. Jeudy, K. Labadie,
A. Adrait, M. Lescot,O. Poirot, L. Bertaux, C. Bruley, Y.
Couté, E. Rivkina, C. Abergel, and J.-M. Claverie, 2014,
Thirty-thousand-year-old distant relative of giant icosahedral
DNA viruses with a pandoravirus morphology. Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences. published ahead of print
March 4, 2014, http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/02/26/1320670111

Yours,

Paul H.

Bibliography Of Paleontology Of Southwest United States Oil Shale And Tar Sands Regions

Bibliography Of Paleontology Of Southwest United States Oil Shale And Tar Sands Regions

Murphey, PC, and D. Daitch, 2008, Paleontological Overview of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Areas in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Utah State Office, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Salt Lake City, Utah. PDF file at-

https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:paleontologicalo18murp/Paleontological_overview_of_oil_shale_and_tar_sands_areas_in_Colorado_Utah_and_Wyoming 

Also at

Https://Archive.Org/details/paleontologicalo18murp 

and

Http://Www.Ipd.Anl.Gov/anlpubs/2009/02/63538 . pdf 

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Geology of the National Capital (Washington DC) Region: Field Trip Guidebook

Geology of the National Capital (Washington DC) Region: Field Trip Guidebook

Burton, W., and S. Southworth, 2004, Geology of the National Capital Region:.. field trip Guidebook Circular no 1264, United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 298 PP 

PDF file at-

Http://Pubs.Usgs .Gov/circ/2004/1264/report.Pdf 

and -

Http://Pubs.Er.Usgs.Gov/publication/cir1264 

This publication Includes Discussions and Guidebooks about topics Such as the the Stratigraphy and Fossils of the Chesapeake Bay Region and the Paleozoic of the Central Appalachian Basin Region and the Geologic Evolution of . northern Virginia.

Yours, Paul H.

Martian Micro-Tunnels And Carbon Spherules Revive Debate Over Martian Life

Martian Micro-Tunnels And Carbon Spherules Revive Debate Over Martian Life

Tiny Blobs and Tunnels in Meteorite Revive Debate
Over Life on Mars By Alan Boyle, NBC News, Feb. 2014,
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/tiny-blobs-tunnels-meteorite-revive-debate-over-life-mars-n38431

Meteorite May Harbor Evidence of Mars Life.
by Mike White, Space.com, February 25, 2014
http://www.space.com/24816-mars-life-meteorite-debate.html

The paper is:
White L. M., E. K. Gibson, K. L. Thomas-Keprta S. J.
Clemett and D, S. McKay, 2014, Putative Indigenous
Carbon-Bearing Alteration Features in Martian Meteorite
Yamato 000593. Astrobiology. vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 170-181.

abstract: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2011.0733
PDF file: http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/ast.2011.0733

Yours,
Paul H.