The River Swale Near Keld, Yorkshire Dales, England By Bob Radlinski

The Cats of Morroco 💙

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A Highland Coo and her calf wandering down an empty road, Argyll and the Isles, Scotland. Credit: Andy Maclachlan.

A Stark Forest Of Standing Stones

The Pinnacles, a stark forest of standing stones on a plain of bright yellow sand.

Thousands of limestone pillars stand in groups in the silence of Western Australia’s south-west ‘Painted Desert’, part of the Nambung National Park. Nothing but the sighing and moaning of the wind breaks the eerie silence of the Pinnacles Desert. Any science fiction writer seeking a setting of a spinechiller need look no further than this alien spot, perhaps the inspiration of the blockbuster movie ‘Pitch Black’?

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This is the first fungus known to host complex algae inside its cells

In the lab, an alga and a fungus teamed up to exchange food, similar to lichens. But instead of staying outside, the alga moved into the fungal cells.

In a first, scientists have discovered that the marine algal species Nannochloropsis oceanica can live inside the fungus Mortierella elongata. The species formed a mutually beneficial relationship in a lab dish.    

One of my students left her salt water out over the 4 day weekend and these beautiful crystals formed.

Glendonite star fossil

This fossil is not of an animal, but a mineral. When sea water temperature at the seafloor drops below ~4°C/39°F a carbonate mineral called ikaite will start to precipitate and grow forming bizarre shapes. Even though the original mineral will dissolve once it is buried, other diagenetic minerals will replace its form, making a glendonite.

Gledonite/Ikaite and its specific forming conditions allow geologist to approximate climatic conditions for the time period captured by the rocks in which this mineral is found.

Thanks to the flat exposure on the rock platform, we can appreciate this nature’s creativity.

Example from the south coast NSW, Australia.