The research home of catastrophism as a scientific framework.
A research body for the dynamics of cyclical geophysical cataclysm: solar-terrestrial coupling, core-mantle dynamics, rotational instability, geomagnetic excursion, and the catastrophic events the mainstream record has been slow to address.
What Is Catastrophism?
Catastrophism holds that Earth history is shaped by sudden geophysical cataclysms alongside gradual change. The Association studies the mechanisms of those cataclysms against the measured record, and one series frames the near term: the strength of Earth's magnetic dipole, reconstructed across eighteen thousand years and measured directly since 1840.
Solar-Terrestrial Coupling
Disconnection events, geomagnetic response to solar activity, and the mechanisms by which space-weather state propagates into Earth-system dynamics.
Core-Mantle Dynamics & Polar Motion
Quantitative time-series analysis of Earth orientation parameters, length-of-day variation, and the geophysical signals of core-mantle coupling state.
Rotational Instability & Core-Mantle Decoupling
Mechanisms of geophysical cataclysm, spanning thermal decoupling at the core-mantle boundary and the rotational instabilities of spinning bodies.
Paleomagnetic & Historical Evidence
Geomagnetic excursion record, paleoclimatic transitions, and the deep-time evidence base for geophysical cataclysm.
Rapid Climate Transitions
Threshold dynamics, regime changes, and the mechanisms behind punctuated rather than purely gradual climate behavior.
Methodological Doctrine
Structured analytic standards adopted by the Association: epistemic labeling, falsification criteria, and the discipline of publishing findings that contradict prior work.
Each line of inquiry is a mechanism question with an observational record behind it, and each is stated so that it can be answered wrongly. Read the methodology.
The data arrives ready to work with.
The Association begins from the measured record. Every package is cleaned mechanically, documented column by column, checksummed, and shipped with the preparation script that reproduces it from its named institutional source.
| Series | Packages | Records | Span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Database | 1 | 380,890 | 1749 to 2026 |
| Earth Orientation | 6 | 69,722 | 1846 to 2026 |
| Geomagnetic Field | 5 | 1,005,966 | 18,000 BP to 2026 |
| Solar and Heliospheric | 1 | 691,659 | 1700 to 2026 |
| Seismic and Volcanic | 2 | 165,277 | 2150 BCE to 2026 |
| Sea Level | 1 | 892,047 | 1807 to 2026 |
| Paleoclimate | 1 | 109,817 | 5.3 million BP to present |
| Angular Momentum | 4 | 72,680 | 1976 to 2025 |
Sources · IERS · USGS · NOAA · NASA · BGS · GFZ · SILSO · PSMSL · Smithsonian · and six more named institutions
The roster that builds the Association.
The Association is built by researchers whose combined work spans the empirical, theoretical, and methodological foundations of the field. The roster below lists confirmed contributors only, and grows as agreements are signed.
Zacharias Lorance
Independent quantitative researcher in polar motion dynamics and core-mantle coupling. Original work in the time-series behavior of Earth orientation parameters as observable indicators of subsurface geodynamic state. Authors the analytic doctrine the Association adopts as its methodological standard: structured epistemic labeling, falsification criteria, and the discipline of publishing findings that contradict prior work.
Polar motion dynamics; core-mantle coupling; time-series analysis of Earth orientation parameters; methodological doctrine.
Ben Davidson
Independent researcher on solar-terrestrial coupling and the mechanisms by which space-weather state propagates into Earth-system dynamics. Author of one of the longest-running public bodies of work on disconnection events, geomagnetic excursions, and the dynamics governing the solar-magnetic-geomagnetic chain. Convenor of one of the largest public communities engaged with catastrophist research in real time.
Solar-terrestrial coupling; disconnection events; geomagnetic state and excursion dynamics.
Access designed for researchers.
Membership is an explicit alternative to the closed-access model of mainstream science and the entertainment model of independent media. Standard membership is $25 per month and opens at public launch. The capped founding tiers open first, in a pre-sale whose date is announced to reservation holders before it is announced publicly.
Founding Members and Charter holders receive locked pricing, acknowledgment in Association papers, and a seat in the founding channel: the private room where the founding researchers and both founders carry the Association's working conversation, open from the day a seat is taken.
- The Founding Channel
A private channel with every founding researcher and both founders, carrying the work as it happens. Founding tiers, from day one
- Research Archive
Publications with the full apparatus: graded claims, source register, model cards, falsification conditions
- Research Letters
The working communication from the founding contributors, to founding members first
- Data Repository
21 prepared packages, 3,388,058 records, each with its preparation script
- The Registers
The Association's own record of what has been claimed, on what evidence, and what remains open
The functions a research body provides that a content collective cannot.
| Function | Description | Commencing |
|---|---|---|
| Open Submissions | Researchers outside the founding group submit work for institutional publication subject to methodological standards. Honoraria or publication-only status. | Year 1 (month 6) |
| Research Grants | Modest research grants ($5K to $25K range), travel support, and honoraria for guest research. A core Association function serving independent researchers. | Year 2 |
| Convenings | Ticketed conferences and workshops bringing the research community together with adjacent fields. | Year 1 to Year 2 |
| Sponsored Research | Companies, family offices, and independent funders commission specific research questions under the Association's analytic standards. | Months 6 to 9 |
Reserve a founding seat.
300 founding seats exist: 100 Founding Charters and 200 Founding Members. Once filled, no additional founding seats will ever be created. Reservations are honored in the order received.
- On joiningFounding standing, immediately
- The first weeksThe research starts arriving
- At public launchThe full Association opens
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