Episode #031: Microspherules from 18 sites - Fingerprints of Catastrophe

Summary

This episode explores the analysis of microspherules found across four continents, which provide evidence for catastrophic events during the Younger Dryas impact period. Host Randall Carlson discusses ancient models of temporal change and the geological implications of water movement and cratering related to these findings. The podcast emphasizes the intersection of historic evidence and modern scientific analysis in understanding our planet's past.

Key takeaways

• 1Microspherules recovered from 18 sites across four continents.
• 2Evidence suggests these microspherules were shaped at over 3000 degrees.
• 3The findings align with the Younger Dryas Boundary (YDB) hypothesis.
• 4The recurrence of the Phi ratio in measurements of distance and time is discussed.
• 5The quantifying of planetary-scale movement of water and cratering effects on YDB depositions.

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Transcript excerpt

That's ancientnutrition.com, code protein. This is Cosmographia, the Randall Carlson Podcast. And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to the Cosmographia Podcast with Randall Carlson. Looking forward to what Randall has planned for us this week. But first, let's introduce everybody as usual. Brad, how are you doing, sir? Hey, good evening. Really good. Really good. How about you guys? Doing good. Yeah, we're doing good. Doing good. We may have a storm coming up on us here, but I think we're going to be safe in the cube. Mike? Sir? Good evening. Good evening, everybody. Good evening. What's going on with you? Oh, just a quiet week here. Trying to avoid the Rona. Flagged. That's right. Randall, sir. Sir. Yes, sir. Have we seen that background before that you're showing us there? I don't know. This is Cade's Cove. Okay. Which has an interesting story behind it, but we're not going to get into that story tonight. All right. You didn't see it, but he didn't tell us where it was. Yeah. Beautiful mowing job, though. I can see the mowing. Yeah. Cade's Cove is in North Cove. It's actually in the Smoky Mountains National Park. And it was once a thriving community of settlers that created a really interesting community here that was basically forced out of here by the federal government, I guess, in the 1930s or 20s when they decided to make it a park. So all the people that had settled this land were forced off and had to leave. And it was quite an injustice for some of the people involved who were basically required to give up everything and just pull up and leave. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. There's a much more detailed story that I used to know better years and years ago. ...

Excerpt from Kosmographia, May 19, 2020. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.