>> Recent scientific studies suggest that the speed of light appears to have
>> been falling for a considerable period. The implications for scientific
>> knowledge as it is presently held are severe.

> Re: reference(s) please.......

Here is a good collection of papers on the subject.

        http://www.ldolphin.org/constc.shtml

Note that the site compiler and some, but not very probably not all, of the
papers' authors have strong Christian beliefs and may well be considered to
have vested interests in the results. However, beware letting other strong
"religious dogmas" get in the way of an objective investigation of this
interesting subject.

Here's a site that argues against the variation of nature's constants. As it
is a 1998 page they don't deal with the latest quantised intergalactic light
arguments.

        http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lindsay/creation/constant_evidence.html


Googling on [decreasing "speed of light"] gives 9600+ hits.

Happy reading - if you have the time :-)
(I don't alas).

      Russell McMahon

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From the 1st site:

Summary: Is the velocity of light a fixed constant of nature, invariant over
time? This page presents the available measurements of c and several
statistical studies which suggest that c has decreased in the past 300
years. What other "constants" of physics might prove to be non-fixed? How
would a non-constant c affect physical laws? Possible consequences for
cosmology and the age of the universe. Responses and comments are solicited.

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