Interesting subjects that do not have a Wikipedia article. And might never be found on Wikipedia. People, places and things. Over time it's possible entries here might appear on Wikipedia. If you come across this most rare event, please let me know.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Sycamore Spring Reservoir AZ update
It was an entry on this dam and reservoir that I started this blog with.
Now there is video! From Tammy Rascon
https://goo.gl/maps/1JdZewejV8sseZsB6
And some old photos!
https://tucson.com/mt-lemmon-prison-camp/image_b036515e-602a-11e7-babf-1f0248c3a150.html
https://tucson.com/mt-lemmon-prison-camp/image_28b85ef8-5782-11e7-bc29-97369bcb78c9.html
Monday, February 22, 2021
The Grindelwald Fluctuation
Four hundred years ago, England experienced some of its worst weather ever. In the depths of the Little Ice Age (1300-1800), huge volcanic eruptions in the Americas pushed dust and gases high into the atmosphere, blocking out the sun. The related cooling phase is known as the "Grindelwald Fluctuation' (1560-1630).
https://phys.org/news/2021-02-newly-chronicle-extreme-weather-events.html
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Boreal winter
Still not found on Wikipedia
(it means winter in the Northern Hemisphere
Austral winter is found, but it's incorrect
Austral winter is winter in the Southern Hemisphere
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Octohat OCTOHAT Octo hat
It seems to be a British term, based on 8 cornered hats worn at graduation for Doctorate students
But I can find no source for this
Definitely not found on Wikipedia
Saturday, October 3, 2020
GISS changes the "data" once again
A quick comparing of the 2015 version vs the 2020 version of GISS "data"
Since they regularly change the "data" I call it "data" rather than data
5 years from now it will be yet again different
source--> https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/maps/
You will not find this on Wikipedia
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
The controversy over Louis Agassiz’s 1837 ice age theory is found!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Agassiz#Ice_age
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Agassiz
But what does not appear on the Agassiz page, on Wikipedia, or Britannica, is that he stole it from Karl Shimper
This knowledge does appear, in a brief way, in the Karl Schimper article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Schimper
This remarkable paper published 50 years after gives a wonderful account of the whole sordid matter.
https://archive.org/details/jstor-25101263/page/n1/mode/2up
Just beautiful writing in that old text, thanks to archive.org for saving it from obscurity
It's mentioned in