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These happenings remind me strongly of a gripping novel I once read, making me shiver and think about my own consuming of resources:
The Sands of Sarasvati (Sarasvatin hiekkaa), in German Die Schmelze (The Melting)
by Risto Isomäki, scientific editor, environmental activist and author.

The novel is about scientists discovering huge lakes and rivers underneath and in the #Greenland #icesheet threatening to break loose.
If one wants to get the feeling how global #ClimateCatastrophe is threatening the earthly world as we know it now this is a strongly recommended read.

goodreads.com/book/show/353951

GoodreadsThe Sands of SarasvatiIndian scientists discover a vast stretch of underwater…

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse
The Skeptics Guide #1045 - Jul 19 2025

Quickie with Bob: Weird #Exoplanet; News Items: Voyager #Thrusters Brought Back to #Life, Space #Tourism, Global Temperature and #IceSheet Melting, @Robots Learn Physical Tasks 60 Times Faster, Most Powerful Solar #Storm; Your Questions and E-mails: EV Charging, Off the Hook; #Science or Fiction

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The Skeptics Guide to the Universe | Weekly science podcast produced by the SGU Productions llc. Also provides blogs, forums, videos and resources. · The Skeptics Guide to the Universe

Glacial Landforms And Rock Types [In Puget Sound Area, Washington State, As Seen With LiDAR]
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wa100.dnr.wa.gov/puget-lowland <-- shared technical article
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[my old stomping grounds as an engineering geologist, back when the PSLC first came out with its then ‘as if by magic’ LiDAR products around the Puget Sound…]

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