The Geology Flannelcast

This week the boys talk about a meteorite that is older than our solar system, a new official elevation of Mt. Everest, and an announcement about aliens.

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10 awesome science discoveries you may have missed in 2020
Mount Everest Has Officially Grown Taller in 2020
Former Israeli space security chief says extraterrestrials exist, and Trump knows about it

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In this installment of the Geology Flannelcast, the guys talk about the discovery of a new mineral in a volcanic setting, erosion and uplift in the Alps, and how the early continents formed.

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Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses
Video of Arecibo collapsing
The Swiss Alps continue to rise: Evidence from cosmic rays show lift outpaces erosion
Continents prone to destruction in their infancy, study finds
Scientists Discover Exotic New Mineral Forged in The Furnace of a Russian Volcano
Men called 'Karens of the hiking world' after removing Utah monolith to protect the land
Hawaii’s Fresh Water Leaks to the Ocean Through Underground Rivers

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In this installment of the Geology Flannelcast, the boys talk about some current events in the geology world. They cover a mysterious monolith found in the Utah desert, what life may have been like for the last dinosaurs, a new way to make synthetic diamonds, and a new Precambrian death assemblage discovered in Greenland. Additionally, the Flannelcasters unveil a new show segment called Jesse Trends. Chris mentions some Thanksgiving themed topics trending on Google and Jesse has to describe how the topics are linked to geology.

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A Weird Monolith Is Found in the Utah Desert
Aussie scientists have found a new way to make diamonds – and it could have broader implications
Ediacaran Doushantuo-type biota discovered in Laurentia

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In this episode of the Flannelcast, the guys answer your listener questions. They cover topics like Mary Anning, mysterious seismic pulses, what killed the dinosaurs, and water trapped in minerals.

In this episode of the Geology Flannelcast, the boys talk about early Hominid tools in the geologic record, how 2020 is the most active hurricane season on record, and some cooking tips in National Parks.

In this installment of the Geology Flannelcast, the boys talk about how drones are being used to collect samples from active volcanoes, a high-resolution reconstruction of a dinosaur brain, and asteroids that are very similar to the make up of the moon.

In this episode of the Geology Flannelcast, the boys talk about the father of modern geology - James Hutton. Hutton was one of the OG geologists back in the late 18th century and developed the concept of uniformitarianism. Also, the guys talk about some stories in the news like low background steel, a asteroid that ended up being an old rock booster, and NASA making an announcement about water on the moon.

In this week's episode, the Flannelcasters talk about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission landing on an asteroid, imaging the Resurrection Plate under North America, and some new evidence suggesting that volcanic activity caused the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction Event.

In this episode, the Flannelcasters talk about the formation of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California and the Alps in Europe.

This week, the Flannelcasters talk about victims of Mt. Vesuvius, more habitable planets than the Earth, and how wildfires contaminate groundwater.