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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2h

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
theconversation.com/a-us-startup...

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

www.earth.com/news/coral-f...

Coral fossils reveal 600,000 years of hidden climate records

A breakthrough in nuclear imaging is unlocking coral fossils to reveal 600,000 years of reef and climate evolution.

www.earth.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

Don't forget, it's less than 24 hours away!

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 1d

www.reuters.com/science/whir...

www.reuters.com

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2d

The physics of bowling a strike. Turns out that what happens with four pins controls all ten, it seems.
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

The perfect strike in tenpin bowling

How hitting just 4 pins can result in knocking down all 10, over and over.

pubs.aip.org

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2d

The Moai Statues on Easter Island Were Really “Walked” to Their Platforms , says study described on @zmescience www.zmescience.com/science/arch...

The Moai Statues Were Really "Walked" to Their Platforms

This ancient puzzle solved not with brute force, but with clever physics.

www.zmescience.com

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 2d

bioengineer.org/april-2025-c...

April 2025 China Wind-Dust Disaster: Causes, Impact

In April 2025, China experienced an unprecedented environmental catastrophe marked by an extreme wind-dust compound disaster, a complex convergence of severe meteorological and atmospheric phenomena.

bioengineer.org

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

Space weather- a primer from the chemists.
cen.acs.org/physical-che...

What causes space weather and how does it affect Earth?

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly impacts

cen.acs.org

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere

Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought.

www.livescience.com

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water
theconversation.com/flood-prone-...

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

None of the three main options could handle another Hurricane Harvey, but they would give varying benefits based on different sizes, costs and timelines.

theconversation.com

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

Those "fantistical" imaginings of an ancient
"mushroom planet" may be less fantastic than you think
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

The billion-year reign of fungi that predated plants and made Earth livable

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

Not just the Mediterranean? Saudi researchers suggest the Red Sea went completely dry before being flooded by the Indian Ocean about 6.2 million years ago
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

The Red Sea went completely dry before being flooded by the Indian Ocean

Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have provided conclusive evidence that the Red Sea completely dried out about 6.2 million years ago, before being suddenly refi...

www.eurekalert.org

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

Update to Shackleton's story, based on a recent article in the Polar Record
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Shackleton Knew ‘Endurance’ Was Flawed, a New Study Suggests

Researchers believe Shackleton knew of his ship’s weaknesses in ice. Should that change our understanding of the classic tale of survival?

www.outsideonline.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

With the rising price of gold, a resurgence of panning and mining in California's Mother Lode country www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

California sees return of ‘gold fever’ amid record-high gold prices

Gold prices doubled in the last two years and are now at record highs. And prospectors are once again rushing to California’s waterways to see what they yield.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 3d

California's Teakettle Experimental Forest, with ~500 year old Jeffrey pine and sugar pine trees, effectively was completely wiped out by the Garnet Fire.
www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

‘All the trees are dead’: An ancient California forest has been wiped out

Old growth forests across the West are at risk of disappearing within 50 years. The Teakettle Experimental Forest is a tragic example in California.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 4d

The next DUST ALLIANCE webinar will be this Friday, Oct. 10, at 1pm ET, with Dr. Amato Evan of UCSD presenting "Dry Lakes, Drought, and Dust Storms: Air Quality and Environmental Change in Southeastern California." Go to dustalliance dot org or click on the QR code in the image below to sign up!

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 5d

Super cool this is!
eos.org/articles/new...

New USGS Map Offers an Interactive Look at the Rocks Beneath Our Feet - Eos

The Cooperative National Geologic Map is an interactive tool that builds on both cutting-edge technology and decades of mapping by geoscientists.

eos.org

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 5d

National Academies final report now available: Off-Lake Sources of Airborne Dust in Owens Valley, California
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2795...