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Arctic mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia
2020
Abstract From the northern part of Chukotka Region (Russian Far East) and Nether-Polar Urals, one of the oldest and one of the most northerly occurrences of mosasaur remains in the world are recorded. The appearance of mosasaurs at high latitudes could be explained by the expansion of their habitat and an unusual balance of insolation. Polar day conditions could have been useful for marine predators such as mosasaurs because they could have hunted for prey at any time. During the Cretaceous, almost two months of complete darkness can be reconstructed for the territory of present-day Chukotka, and more than one month of twilight. It is highly unlikely that these large-sized animals with a hi…
"The wrathful sunset glared...": The Krakatoa Sunsets in Victorian Science and Art
2020
The eruption of Krakatoa on August 27, 1883 was an event both tragic and spectacular. Thousands of lives were lost; sea waves and atmospheric disturbances were detected around the globe. Billions of tons of volcanic ash were thrown into the atmosphere producing multi-coloured sunsets caused by the scattering of light by aerosol particles. The paper discusses the ways in which these so-called Krakatoa sunsets, which were experienced by most of the world, were reflected in Victorian scientific and artistic discourse. The accounts included in the section “Descriptions of the Unusual Twilight Glows in Various Parts of the World, in 1883–84” of the Royal Society report The Eruption of Krakatoa a…
Twilight of the elites: America after meritocracy
2013
Twilight of the elites: America after meritocracy, by Christopher Hayes, New York, Crown/Random House, 2012, 292 pp., Kindle Edition $12.99, eISBN 978-0-307-72047-4 A good (counter)-metaphor for th...