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From MDPI: Water - Most Notable Articles (September–November 2021)

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Hydrology Adapting Water Management to Climate Change in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia Ian P. Prosser et al.		Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture Horticultural Performance of Greenhouse Cherry Tomatoes Irrigated Automatically Based on Soil Moisture Sensor Readings Henrique Fonseca E. de Oliveira et al.
Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Anthropogenic Activities and the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance in Latin America: A Water Issue Delfina C. Domínguez et al.		Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture Identification of Groundwater Potential Recharge Zones in Flinders Ranges, South Australia Using Remote Sensing, GIS, and MIF Techniques Alaa Ahmed et al.
New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Flood Hazard Mapping of Rivers in Snow- and Glacier-Fed Basins of Different Hydrological Regimes Using a Hydrodynamic Model under RCP Scenarios Huma Hayat et al.		Advances in Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Transboundary Aquifers between Baja California, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, and California, Arizona and New Mexico, United States: Identification and Categorization Rosario Sanchez et al.
Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Genetic Signature of a Past Anthropogenic Transportation of a Far-Eastern Endemic Cladoceran (Crustacea: Daphniidae) to the Volga Basin Dmitry P. Karabanov et al.		Water Quality and Contamination Detection and Identification of Organic Pollutants in Drinking Water from Fluorescence Spectra Based on Deep Learning Using Convolutional Autoencoder Jie Yu et al.
Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Development and Evaluation of a Chinook Salmon Smolt Swimming Behavior Model Edward S. Gross et al.		Water Quality and Contamination Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality in the Jucar River Basin (Spain) Gabriel Gómez-Martínez et al.

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	Advances in Ecohydrology for Water Resources Optimization in Arid and Semi-arid Areas edited by Mirko Castellini, Simone Di Prima, Ryan Stewart, Marcella Biddoccu, Mehdi Rahmati and Vincenzo Alagna submission deadline 15 January 2022		Sediment Transport in Coastal Waters 2.0 edited by Sylvain Ouillon, Xavier Bertin and Romaric Verney submission deadline 31 December 2021

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Josh's Water Jobs and More! 7 December 2021

If you missed last week’s PhD scholarship/assistantship list, you can find it here. Highlighted

1) Water and Climate Change Policy Advisor: African Union Commission – Global Water Partnership - Southern Africa (GWP-SA)(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): 10 December   2) Junior Water and Sanitation Researcher (Bilingual French – English): Temporary Consultant Position – Aguaconsult (Home-based): 20 December   3) French speakers: Consultant: West Africa CSOs’ Mapping – WaterAid (Dakar, Senegal): 10 December

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0-2 years (See all)

4) Associate Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Vienna, Austria): 12 January 2022   5) Spanish speakers: Operation Analyst for Water and Sanitation Division to Support the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean (FECASALC) – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (Washington, D.C., USA): 10 December   6) Associate Programme Management Officer (For Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments) – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (Kobe, Hyogo, Japan): 13 December   7) Junior Water Resources Modeler – Deltares (Delft, Netherlands): 17 December   8) Associate Consultant, Environmental Impact Accounting – South Pole (London, UK): Until filled   9) Research Scientist 2/Watershed Modeler – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Minnesota, USA): 15 December   10) Public Works Program Specialist II – County of Santa Barbara(Santa Barbara, CA, USA): 21 December   11) Watershed Implementation Lead (Environmental Specialist 4) – Washington Department of Ecology (Spokane, WA, USA): Until filled   12) Environmental Specialist II – North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)         (Raleigh, NC, USA): 13 December   13) Environmental Specialist – Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Polk County, IA, USA): 14 December   14) Local recruitment: Security and Resilience Policy Analyst – Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) (Washington, D.C., USA/Home-based): 7 January 2022   15) Reynolds Creek Collaborative Science and Outreach Coordinator – Idaho State University (Boise, ID, USA): 21 December   16) Local recruitment: Senior Research Assistant, Watershed Quality – Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) (Spring, TX, USA): Until filled   17) Entry Level Water Resources Engineer – AECOM (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled   - Local recruitment: Project Associate – Washington Water Trust(Ellensburg, WA, USA): Until filled (late addition)

3-4 years (See all)

18) Community Based Conservation Leader – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Valdivia, Chile): 14 December   19) Environmental Sustainability Coordinator (Systems and Operations) – Concern Worldwide (Dublin, Ireland): 15 December   20) Spanish speakers: Consultant (M/F/D) for the Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (Latin America) – GFA Consulting Group (Hamburg, Germany): 19 December   21) Junior Technical Expert – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 17 December   22) Senior Project Coordinator – Centre for Social Research (CSR)(New Delhi, Delhi, India): 19 December   23) Local recruitment: National Freshwater Connectivity Advocate – Canadian Wildlife Federation (Canada/Home-based): 21 December   24) Local recruitment: Project Manager (NGO), Water Program – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)(Manitoba, Canada): 15 December   25) Local recruitment: Policy Analyst, Resilience – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Winnipeg, MB, Canada): Until filled   26) Local recruitment: Future Earth Network Coordinator (USA) – Future Earth (United States/Home-based): 15 December   27) Ecological Restoration Grants Manager – Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (Westfield, MA, USA): Until filled   28) Ecological Restoration Specialist – Ecohydrology – Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled   29) Assistant Hydrogeologist – Water Replenishment District (WRD)(Lakewood, CA, USA): 21 January 2022   30) Local recruitment: Water Resources Engineer or Sr. Engineer – Denver Water (Denver, CO, USA): 26 December   31) Environmental Program Consultant – North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) (Raleigh, NC, USA): 13 December   32) Local recruitment: Public Relations Specialist – Waterkeeper Alliance (New York, NY, USA): Until filled   33) Socio Economic Environmental Outreach Coordinator (Project/Temporary) – University of Washington (Washington, USA): Until filled   34) Research Scholar and Project Manager, Climate and Geopolitics Project – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, D.C., USA): 13 December

5-9 years (See all)

35) Manager (Food & Freshwater Advocacy) – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled   - International Specialist: Environmental Quality and Ecosystems Specialist – International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM) (Hanoi, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Viet Nam/Home-based): 31 December (late addition)   36) Spanish speakers: Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Asunción, Paraguay): 16 December   37) French or Spanish speakers/ Local recruitment: Policy Advisor (Measuring Progress on Adaptation to Climate Change) – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Various): 15 December   38) Project Finance Advisor – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Port Sudan, Sudan): 11 December   39) Project Engineer / Coordinator Multi-Disciplinary Flood Management Projects / Climate Change (5 Years+) – CDR International (Amersfoort, Netherlands): Until filled   40) Design Engineer (Hydraulic Modelling) – Ramboll (Gurgaon, Haryana, India): Until filled   41) Senior Modeller (W&WWT) – Ramboll (Gurgaon, Haryana, India): Until filled   42) Engineer (Water) – Ramboll (Gurgaon, Haryana, India): Until filled   43) Hindi speakers: Ground Water Specialist – Self Development Institute (Haryana, India): 16 December   44) Technical Expert – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 20 December   45) Programme Coordinator (Climate Change and DRR) – Aga Khan Agency For Habitat India (Porbandar, Gujarat, India): 17 December   46) Kenya nationals: Program Officer – Natural Resources Management (Rangelands and Livelihoods) – Food for the Hungry(Marsabit, Kenya): 17 December   47) Local recruitment: Water Stewardship Advisor – Government of the Northwest Territories (Yellowknife, NT, Canada): 13 December   48) Spanish speakers: Water Resilience Planning Consultant – Arcadis (Various, FL, USA/Puerto Rico): Until filled   49) Water Engineering Planning and Research Manager – City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA, USA): 10 December   50) 22-23 Senior Water Resources Engineer (Project Manager III-V/Engineer IV-VI) – Texas Water Development Board (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled   51) Spanish speakers: Chispa Nevada Organizing Director – League of Conservation Voters (Las Vegas, NV, USA): 2 January 2022   52) Local recruitment: Executive Director – Morro Bay National Estuary Program (Morro Bay, CA, USA): Until filled   53) Illinois River Project Manager – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(Lewistown, IL, USA): 21 December   54) Colorado residents: Water Resources Specialist – Colorado Department of Natural Resources (Denver, CO, USA): 17 December   55) Local recruitment: Environmental Sustainability Manager – United Airlines (Various, USA): Until filled   56) Water Resources Professional III (GWQB Produced Water Project Manager) – New Mexico Department of Environment (Santa Fe, NM, USA): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

57) Associate Director (Water Stewardship) – Anthesis (Home-based): Until filled   58) French speakers: Senior Project Manager – DHI (Nantes, France): 15 December   59) Project Manager Multi-Disciplinary Flood Management Projects / Climate Change (10 Years+) – CDR International (Amersfoort, Netherlands): Until filled   60) Director, Agriculture, Resilience & Water – Winrock International(USA/Home-based): Until filled   61) Senior Manager (Natural Resources Management) – Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India): 18 December

Not specified (See all)

62) Tools & Methods Manager in Water Cycle team - H/F – Danone(Évian-les-Bains, France): Until filled   63) Country Manager – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) (Phnom Penh, Cambodia): 9 December   64) German speakers: Leiter*in des Projekts "Verbesserung der Umweltbedingungen in Mittelstädten der ASEAN-Region" in Indonesien – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Jakarta, Indonesia): 19 December   65) German and Spanish speakers: Entwicklungshelfer*in als Berater*in für nachhaltiges integriertes Management von Meeres- & Küsten-Ökosystemen – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Pisco, Peru): 20 December   66) French and Dutch speakers: Consultant - Environmental Impact Accounting – South Pole (Brussels, Belgium): Until filled   67) Unit Leader Environmental Stewardship (m/f/d) – C&A(Düsseldorf, Germany): Until filled   68) Local recruitment: Scientist / Senior Scientist (Hydrology) – Otago Regional Council (Dunedin, New Zealand): 8 December   69) Australia nationals: Water Quality Assessment Officer – Australia Department of Agriculture Water and Environment (Darwin NT, Australia): Until filled   70) Australia nationals: Water Infrastructure Program Officers – National Water Grid Authority (NWGA) (Canberra ACT, Australia): 15 December   71) Integrated Water Management Systems Advisor – Mott MacDonald (Various, UK): Until filled   72) Local recruitment: Water Resources Scientist – Dŵr Cymru(Cardiff, Wales, UK/Home-based): 12 December   73) Environmental Assessments Project Manager (Water and Ecology) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (Various, UK): Until filled   74) Local recruitment: Communications Manager (Healthy Watersheds Initiative) – Real Estate Foundation of BC (REFBC)(Vancouver, BC, Canada): 10 December   75) Local recruitment: Editor – Water Canada (Toronto, ON, Canada/Home-based): Until filled   76) Local recruitment: Watershed Educator – Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA) (Arlington, MA, USA): Until filled   77) Project Manager | Traceability and Counter-IUU Fishing – FishWise (Santa Cruz, CA, USA/Home-based): Until filled   78) Region Sustainability Leader – PepsiCo (Bakersfield, CA, USA): Until filled   79) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Las Cruces, NM, USA): 13 December   80) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician #2 – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Las Cruces, NM, USA): 13 December   81) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Fort Worth, TX, USA): 10 December   82) Natural Resource Specialist 2 (Instream Flow Project Lead) – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (Salem, OR, USA): 14 December   83) Local recruitment: Neuse Riverkeeper – Sound Rivers (Various, NC, USA): Until filled   84) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Forest Service (USFS)(Springville, CA, USA): 9 December   85) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Helena, MT, USA): 16 December   86) Local recruitment: Executive Director – Assateague Coastal Trust(Berlin, MD, USA): Until filled   87) Communications Coordinator – University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA): Until filled   88) Executive Director – Kinnickinnic River Land Trust (River Falls, WI, USA): Untl filled

Academic

Professors/Lecturers

89) Full Professor of Environmental Engineering and State Director of EPSCoR – University of Vermont (Burlington, VT, USA): 15 December   90) Assistant or Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering – University of Vermont (Burlington, VT, USA): 15 December   91) Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in High-Latitude Hydrology/Biogeochemistry (0,8 - 1FTE) – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands): 15 December   92) Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management – ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India): 15 December   93) Professor (Associate to full) (Environmental Science (Global Environmental Health)) – Baylor University (Waco, TX, USA): 15 December   94) Assistant Professor in Sustainability/Environmental Studies (Tenure Track) – University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO, USA): 15 December   95) Associate professor / assistant professor within water infrastructure engineering – Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) (As, Norway): 15 December   96) Professor in the field of drinking water production and wastewater treatment/Professeure ou professeur dans le domaine de la production d’eau potable et du traitement des eaux usées – Laval University (Québec, Canada): 17 December   97) Junior Assistant Professor Environmental Sciences (0.8 - 1.0 FTE) – Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands): 20 December   98) Assistant Professor in Urban Water – Aalborg University (Aalborg, Denmark): 20 December   99) Assistant Professor in the group of research and teaching staff at the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations – Lodz University of Technology (Łódź, Poland): 21 December   100) Four Global Professors of Environmental Science – University of Arizona (Yangling, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China): Until filled   101) Director - School of Environment & Natural Resources – The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, USA): Until filled

Postdocs (See all)

102) Postdoctoral Researcher – New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) (Las Cruces, NM, USA): 12 December   103) Postdoctoral Researcher #2 – New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) (Las Cruces, NM, USA): 12 December   104) Postdoctoral Scholar - Watershed Simulations for Climate Resilience – University of California-Davis (Davis, CA, USA): 15 January 2022   105) Post-doc Landscape impact of new coastal defense systems: Living Dikes (1.0 FTE) – University of Groningen (RUG) (Groningen, Netherlands): 17 December   106) Postdoctoral Research Associate – The City University of New York (New York, NY, USA): 18 December   107) Post-doctoral Research Associate – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI, USA): 16 December   108) Postdoctoral Research Associate – Arkansas State University-Jonesboro (Jonesboro, AR, USA): 14 December   109) Postdoc position in earth system modelling (0.8 - 1.0 FTE) – Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands): 18 December   110) SCWRS Postdoctoral Fellow – Science Museum of Minnesota(Marine on Saint Croix, MN, USA): Until filled   111) Post Doctoral Research Associate – University of Wyoming(Laramie, WY, USA/Home-based): Until filled   112) Postdoctoral Researcher – McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada): 11 December

Researchers/Other

113) Research Associate / PhD Student in Groundwater Modeling (m/f/x) – Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden, Germany): 16 December   114) Researcher in Remote Sensing of Surface Water Quality – Lund University (Lund, Sweden): 16 December   115) German speakers: Researcher (M/F/D) / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (M/W/D) – Hamburg University of Technology (Hamburg, Germany): 14 December   116) Research Officer in Coastal Modelling – Bangor University(Bangor, UK): 17 December   117) Project Manager – The University of Sheffield (Hull, UK): 12 December   118) Aquatic Scientist/Projects Manager (O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West) – University of Montana (Missoula, Montana, USA): 15 December   119) Research Associate (Ecological Modelling) – University of Tasmania (Hobart TAS, Australia): 20 December   120) Environmental Justice Clinical Fellow (Stanford Law School) – Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA): Until filled   121) U.S. nationals: Postgraduate Research in Underground Water Protection – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (San Francisco, CA, USA): 16 December   122) U.S. nationals: Postgraduate Research in Watershed Protection and Restoration – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (San Francisco, CA, USA): 16 December   123) U.S. nationals: Postgraduate Research in Aquatic Habitat and Resources – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (San Francisco, CA, USA): 16 December   124) Post Masters Research Associate (Waterpower Science Systems Engineering) -Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA, USA): 14 December   125) R&D Associate Staff Member in Water-Energy Nexus Analysis – Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN, USA): Until filled

WASH (SEE ALL)

0-2 years (See all)

126) French speakers: Circular Sanitation Manager – Toilet Board Coalition (Home-based): Until filled   127) Capacity Building Senior Officer – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Peshawar, Pakistan): 19 December   128) Program manager "water maintenance service program" – Inter Aide (Makeni, Sierra Leone): 20 December   129) Arabic speakers: Water Sanitation and Hygiene Technician – Save the Children (Zahlé, Lebanon): 11 December   130) Arabic speakers: Water Sanitation and Hygiene Officer – Save the Children (Zahlé, Lebanon): 11 December   131) Water and Sanitation Specialist (Managed By Athens) – Médecins Sans Frontières: Until filled   132) Programme Officer (DRR and Recovery) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (New York, NY, USA): 12 December   133) Spanish speakers: Asistente Promotor de Higiene – Save the Children (Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia): 8 December   134) Colombia nationals: Oficial de WASH -  Danish Refugee Council(Tibú, North Santander, Colombia): 19 December   135) Dari/Pashto speakers: WASH Technical Assistant (Hygiene Promoter) – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Jalalabad, Afghanistan): 12 December   136) Ethiopia nationals: Hygiene Promotion Assistant – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Oromia, Ethiopia): Untli filled   137) Ethiopia nationals: Environmental Health Assistant – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Adama, Ethiopia): Until filled   138) Local recruitment: Corporate Engagement Coordinator – WaterAid (New York, NY or Washington, D.C., USA): 17 December

3-4 years (See all)

139) WASH Programme Development Manager – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Juba, South Sudan): 13 December   140) WASH Program Officer – Adeso (Garowe, Somalia): 14 December   141) French speakers: Un /une Chef de projet WASH – Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion) (Faya-Largeau, Chad): 12 December   142) Spanish speakers: Oficial WASH – Save the Children (Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia): 8 December   143) Chief Driller and Trainer – Samaritan's Purse (South Sudan): Until filled   144) WASH & School Health & Nutrition Technical Coordinator – Save the Children (Lilongwe, Malawi): 15 December   145) WASH Project Manager (H/F) – Solidarités International (Raqqa, Syria): Until filled 146) Environmental Engineer (UNMISS) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Bor, South Sudan): 11 December   147) Communications Manager – Toilet Board Coalition (Home-based): Until filled   148) Community Development Facilitator – Living Water International(Various, India): 16 December   149) Civil Engineer Consultant – Child In Need Institute (CINI)(Kolkata, West Bengal, India): 20 December   150) Local recruitment: Bilingual Program Coordinator – WaterAid(Toronto, ON, Canada/Home-based): 15 December   151) Venezuela nationals: UNV WASH Associate (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela): 13 December   152) Rwanda nationals: WASH Project Facilitator – World Vision (WV)(Nyungwe, Rwanda): 12 December   153) Iraq nationals: WASH Project Coordinator – World Vision (WV)(Kirkuk, Iraq): 8 December

5-9 years (See all)

154) WASH Consortia Coordinator (H/F) – Solidarités International(Erbil, Iraq): Until filled   155) French speakers: AQA Project Manager (H/F) – Solidarités International (Paris, France): Untili filled   156) WASH Specialist (UNDP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV)(Dili, Timor-Leste): 13 December   157) Senior Water Engineer (Water Supply Asset management) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Port Sudan, Sudan): 18 December   158) WASH and Shelter Technical Coordinator – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Kampala, Uganda): 16 December   159) Internal and External Vacancy Announcement: WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): 9 December   160) WASH Officer – Living Water International (Hyderabad, Telangana, India): 16 December   161) Community Development Coordinator – Living Water International (Andhra Pradesh, India): 16 December   162) Program Manager – water.org (Various, India): 15 December   163) Mozambique nationals: Assessor de Água, Saneamento e Higiene – SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Nampula, Mozambique): Until filled   164) Lebanon nationals: UNICEF Project Coordinator – Bekaa – World Vision (WV) (Mount Lebanon, Lebanon): 15 December   165) Amharic speakers: WASH Coordinator – Plan International(Gambella, Ethiopia): Until filled   166) Local recruitment: Business Development Manager – WaterAid(Toronto, ON, Canada/Home-based): 15 December

10+ years (See all)

167) Hindi speakers: Senior Programme Manager for Urban Water - Sanitation Programme – India Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (Delhi, India): 17 December   168) Hindi speakers: Chief Project Leader – Jal Bhagirathi Foundation(Jaipur, Rajasthan, India): 15 December   169) Manager (Programs) – Living Water International (Hyderabad, Telangana, India): 16 December

Not specified (See all)

170) French speakers: WASH Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Gao, Mali): 16 December   171) Arabic speakers: WASH Team Leader – Acción Contra El Hambre(Hassaké, Syria): Until filled   172) Local recruitment (Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and United Kingdom): Leadership and Learning Project Manager – WaterAid (See above): 15 December   173) Local recruitment: Senior Advocacy Adviser – WaterAid (Berlin, Germany): 19 December   174) Local recruitment: Programme Manager, Integrated WASH – WaterAid (Monrovia, Liberia): Until filleed   175) Project Coordinator (Safe Water) – Bala Vikasa (Various, Karnataka, India): 15 December

Consultancies (SEE ALL)

176) French speakers: Consultant - Advocacy Toolkit Water Security & Climate Change – WaterAid (Dakar, Senegal): 10 December   177) Combination of English, French or Arabic speakers: Sanitation and Water for All Regional Coordinator (Global Water Partnership Africa Coordination) – Global Water Partnership (GWP) Southern African and Africa Coordination Unit (Pretoria, South Africa): 15 December   178) Preparation of e-learning materials for an environmental flows e-learning training module on the Nile Basin Initiative’s eLearning Management System – Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) (Home-based): 9 December   179) Consultant: Media Relations and Content Developer – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) (Home-based): 13 December   180) GIZ Project Evaluation Consultancy – Oxfam (Juba, South Sudan): 10 December   181) French speakers: Un (e) Consultant (e) individuel (le) pour développer des stratégie et approche nationales de promotion de l'hygiène pour Madagascar – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Antananarivo, Madagascar): 16 December   182) Consulting services to conduct WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Social and Behavioural Research and develop complementary WASH Social and Behavioural Change campaign/interventions – The World Bank (Eswatini): 17 December   183) French speakers: International Consultant : Support to WASH Programme_ focus on Emergency coordination and climate change – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Antananarivo, Madagascar): 16 December   184) Consultancy: Governance and Finance Adviser – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) (Home-based): 16 December   185) Consultancy for Hydraulic Modelling in Kakuma, Turkana County, Kenya – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Kakuma, Kenya): 14 December   186) Arabic speakers: WASH Impact Assessment Consultancy – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Palestine): 14 December   187) Spanish speakers: Servicios Profesionales de Consultoría – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Guatemala): 12 December   188) French speakers: AMI - Service de consultance pour l'appui opérationnel au déploiement du programme de travail de l'Initiative pour l’Alimentation en Eau et l’Assainissement en Milieu Rural (IAEAR) – Consultant Francophone – AHWS – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire): 17 December   189) EOI - Operational support to roll out the work program of the Rural Water Supply Service Initiative (RWSSI) - Anglophone Consultant – AHWS – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire): 17 December   190) Consultant: Programmer/Modeler for the OECS Green-Blue Growth Index – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Home-based): 8 December   191) Climate Researcher Consultant – Green Climate Fund (GCF)(Home-based): 15 December   192) Environmental Planning and Management – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Home-based): 21 December   193) Mali nationals / Regional recruitment: Chef d’Équipe Adjoint/Hydraulicien – Niras (Sikasso, Mali): 20 December   194) Thailand nationals: Consultant for providing technical support on capacity need assessment and barrier analysis to implementation of national adaptation plan – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Thailand/Home-based): 16 December   195) Thailand nationals: Consultant to support and develop an inclusive gender-responsive stakeholder engagement plan for NAP in marine and coastal areas project (Gender Expert) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Thailand/Home-based): 10 December   196) Lebanon nationals: Provision of services of an Environmental Journalist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Lebanon): 15 December   197) Tajikistan nationals: Emergency WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Tajikistan): 12 December

Internships (SEE ALL)

198) Intern (UNECE Water Convention) – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (Geneva, Switzerland/Home-based): 10 December   199) Intern (Environment Affairs) – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (Geneva, Switzerland/Home-based): 12 December   200) Intern (Environment Affairs) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Geneva, Switzerland/Home-based): 21 December   201) Internship Learning & Development – World Waternet(Amsterdam, Netherlands/Home-based): 15 December   202) Watershed Development Internship – Integrated River Basin Management Society (IRBMS) (Kolkata, West Bengal, India): 13 December   203) Intern (Nature-based Solutions, Circular Development Team) – ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (Bonn, Germany): 17 December   204) German speakers: Praktikant*in im Globalvorhaben Klimawandel und Migration – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bonn, Germany): 14 December   205) German speakers: Praktikant*in im Globalvorhaben „Strategische Umweltdialoge“ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Berlin, Germany): 16 December   206) National Science Foundation Research Traineeship – Washington State University (Pullman, WA, USA): 15 December   207) Local recruitment: Communications Intern – NEIWPCC (Lowell, MA, USA): 9 January 2022   208) U.S. nationals: Underground Sources of Drinking Water Internship – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Dallas, TX, USA): 21 December

Scholarships/Assistantships (SEE ALL)

209) Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship: Food web impacts of alewife reintroduction – University of Maine (Orono, ME, USA): 31 December   210) PhD position Marine/Aquatic Biogeochemistry or Biology – Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (Geesthacht, Germany): 12 December   211) PhD: Enhanced adsorption-biodegradation processes for the removal of pesticides in drinking water in Brazil – University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK): 21 December

Other

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220) Position: @TxWRI (College Station, TX) - Program Specialist II. https://tinyurl.com/6mtkevmh #JobWaWi

 

221) Positions (many): @forestservice (Idaho: Boise, McCall, Jerome, Idaho Falls) - Civil Engineer. Closes: 31 January 2022. https://tinyurl.com/ymj93scz

 

222) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland, OR) - Lead Accountant (Accountant 4). Closes: 26 December. https://bit.ly/3r2bw26 #JobWaWi

 

223) Position: @USGS (OR and/or MN) - USGS Mendenhall Research Fellowship. RO 20-38; assessing underground thermal energy storage focusing on aquifer & reservoir thermal energy storage. Closes: 6 January 2022. https://bit.ly/3cKCfHU #JobWaWi

 

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225) Positions (2): @AZWRRC (Tucson, AZ) - Two Post-doctoral Research Associates: 1) Water RAPIDS (Research and Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems; 2) Diversifying Voices in Water Resources (DViWR). https://conta.cc/3I5leXl 

 

226) @WaterWired Position: @OSUCEOAS

(Corvallis, OR) - T-T Assistant Professor, Geography and Geospatial Science program. Full consideration: 10 Jan 2022; Closes: 1 Feb 2022. https://bit.ly/3FVV2wG #JobWaWi

 

227) Position: @OregonDEQ (Eugene) - Drinking Water Protection Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 3). Closes: 2 January 2022. https://tinyurl.com/2p78n5pm #JobWaWi

 

228) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Remedial Action Project Manager – Hydrogeologist (Natural Resource Specialist 4). Closes: 21 December. https://tinyurl.com/2p99ba9h #JobWaWi

 

229) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Product Stewardship Specialist (Program Analyst 3). Closes: 12 December. https://bit.ly/31fYIuE #JobWaWi

 

230) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Climate Policy Analyst (Natural Resource Specialist 4). Closes: January 2022. https://bit.ly/3ofg1EK #JobWaWi #water4climate

 

231) Position: Oregon Department of Forestry (Salem) - Natural Resource Specialist 4 - Riparian and Aquatic Specialist. Closes: 20 December. https://tinyurl.com/yzdyt7cm #JobWaWi

 

232) Position: @USACEHQ (Concord, MA) - Civil Engineer. Closes: 17 December. https://bit.ly/3Ih5XD4 #JobWaWi

 

233) Position: EcologyWA (Union Gap, WA) - Environmental Engineer (Environmental Engineer 3). Closes: 5 January 2022. https://bit.ly/302P5id #JobWaWi

 

234) Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey, WA) - Lower Columbia Basin Engineer (Environmental Engineer 2) (In Training). Closes: 27 December https://bit.ly/301ConI #JobWaWi

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 6 December 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Methane gas explosion in Listvyazhnaya coal mine in Siberia kills 52+

• https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/coal-mine-fire-russias-siberia-kills-dozens-trapped-81390571
• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059263530/death-and-destruction-follow-a-siberian-coal-mine-fire

New Mexico pulls back on plans to seed clouds during historic drought

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/despite-drought-new-mexico-project-to-seed-clouds-scrapped/ar-AARbjPN

Parrosaurus missouriensis – duck-billed dinosaur discovered in Missouri

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/27/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-missouri/8753765002/

Manus tracks at Coffee Hollow A-Male in the Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation in Texas suggest Sauropods sometimes ‘walked’ on their front feet only while swimming

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/weird-tracks-in-texas-indicate-giant-sauropods-walking-on-their-front-feet-only/ar-AARbukp

Most wells & springs sampled in Northern Arizona meet federal drinking water standard despite history of uranium mining – some have up to 10X higher concentrations of uranium

• https://www.abqjournal.com/2449175/study-uranium-not-high-in-water-samples-around-grand-canyon.html
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/uranium-grand-canyon-region-groundwater-mostly-complies-federal-health-standards
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01621-8
• Interactive map: https://webapps.usgs.gov/uraniummap/

Collapse of ancient Liangzhu culture caused by intense monsoon rains about 4,300 years ago followed by extended period of aridity

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/935814
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi9275

Stricter rules on oil field wastewater injection wells in New Mexico to prevent small earthquakes

• https://www.abqjournal.com/2449793/nm-targets-wastewater-wells-to-prevent-quakes.html

Artificial intelligence & greenfield geoscience expertise to assess Wawa Gold Project

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/red-pine-announces-engagement-goldspot-113000515.html

Fragile geologic features (balanced schist rocks) used to set formal design earthquake motions for Clyde Dam in New Zealand

• https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/features/featurea-world-first-for-clyde-dam-9278378/

M7.5 Earthquake in northern Peru at depth of 81 miles

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/7-5-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-124501051.html
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000fxq2/executive

Anorthosite exposed in Mistastin Lake Impact Crater in Labrador makes it perfect place for lunar astronauts to train

• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/snapping-science-male-pregnant-seahorse-placentas-astronauts-in-labrador-and-more-1.6263003/why-an-ancient-crater-in-labrador-is-the-perfect-place-for-astronauts-to-train-for-a-moon-mission-1.6263005

Construction of new USGS facilities in Flagstaff, Arizona, after costs soar by $10M+

• https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2021-11-28/flagstaff-delays-construction-of-usgs-facilities-over-costs

Uttarakhand Village sliding down hill due to road construction & weakening of landslide debris

• https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/houses-in-uttarakhand-village-sliding-backwards-risk-for-human-habitation-experts-2627098

Two-kilometer-deep research borings will be drilled into Kraflia Mama Testbed in Iceland

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-iceland-journey-centre-earth.html

Radar remote sensing to reveal magnitude & pattern of large-scale permafrost ground deformation

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-radar-remote-reveals-magnitudes-patterns.html

Second leg of MOVE 2 survey of mobility of sediment waves & sand banks in Irish Sea using multi-beam echo sounders & sub-bottom profilers

• https://afloat.ie/resources/news-update/item/52767-sediment-waves-survey-in-irish-sea-resumes-with-second-leg-next-weekend

Atmospheric river continues to flow toward Seattle which has set new precipitation record – 18.91 inches for September through November

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/seattle-area-breaks-rainfall-record-ahead-of-another-atmospheric-river/ar-AARgGXS

Microbial consumption of methoxyl groups may be first stage in formation of coal deposits

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211111154229.htm

Near-Earth Object (NEO) - 330-m long asteroid 4660 Nereus will cross Earth orbit on 11 December 2021 3.9m km from the planet

• https://www.cityam.com/nasa-warns-asteroid-bigger-than-eiffel-tower-will-break-into-earths-orbit/

Kyhytysuka sachicarum – toothed Cretaceous ichthyosaur found in Columbia correctly identified

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/kyhytysuka-sachicarum-10319.html
• Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2021.1989507

Duration of co-seismic phase of earthquakes can help improve models & magnitude estimates

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/improving-coseismic-slip-measurements

Monitoring, studying & sharing information on Colombian volcanology following 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz

• https://eos.org/articles/how-the-armero-tragedy-changed-volcanology-in-colombia

Visualizing the location of Rare Earth Elements in the World

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/rare-earth-elements-where-in-the-world-are-they/

The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/30/1060158141/2021-atlantic-hurricane-season-ends-third-most-active-year-ever
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBU_tHa2k38

Great Barrier Reef spawning event

• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/24/1058790263/australias-barrier-reef-erupts-in-color-as-corals-spawn

Tarchia tumanovae – new Upper Cretaceous species of armored dinosaur

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/tarchia-tumanovae-10315.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02273-4

Volcanic fertilization changed ocean chemistry causing severe mass extinction 450 myo

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-volcanic-fertilization-oceans-drove-severe.html

Tracking plume of contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear accident

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-tracking-contaminated-fukushima-nuclear-accident.html

Variations in orbit of the Earth drove biological evolution of coccolithophores

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-variations-earth-orbit-biological-evolution.html

Unique seismological signature of electron spin-pairing crossover in ferro-periclase in the Mantle

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-theorized-electron-spin-pairing-crossover-deep.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26115-z

Mount Semeru volcanic eruption on island of Java in Indonesia triggered by erosion of lava dome

• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxxVc2u7Mf0
• https://www.9news.com.au/world/indonesia-volcano-semeru-spews-ash-cloud/a2bf16cd-2e4b-4c41-85d5-56cc14619679

Tectonic wake of a migrating restraining bend creates Mount Denali as highest peak in North America

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-tectonic-migrating-restraining-mount-denalithe.html

The unexpected eruption of Cumbre Vieja on La Palma – timing, explosive power & effusiveness

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-environmental-scientist-lessons-unexpected-eruption.html
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm9423

Blizzard in Hawaii – up to 12+ inches of snow expected & wind gusts of 100+ mph

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hawaii-under-blizzard-warning-as-12-inchesof-snow-and-winds-up-to-100-mph-expected/ar-AARqW4c

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hawaii-blizzard-warning-leavesmeteorologists-dumbfounded-wow/ar-AARqSX3

Artificial intelligence may improve tsunami predictions

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-artificial-intelligence-accurately-tsunamis.html

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02483-

3D fault models improve accuracy of earthquake warning systems

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-3d-fault-accuracy-earthquake-early.html

Listening to the release of air bubbles trapped in glacial ice

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-air-climate-impact-glaciers.html

Improved forecasting model for weather-induced tsunami events on the Greak Lakes

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-great-lakes-meteotsunamis.html
• Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-021-05007-x

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 6 December 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

DEP suspends key permit for $1B Central Maine Power transmission project – all construction must stop

• https://bangordailynews.com/2021/11/23/news/maine-department-of-environmental-protection-suspends-cmp-corridor-permit/
• https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2021-11-23/the-license-for-central-maine-powers-transmission-project-has-been-suspended

Remedial work to strengthen ice wall intended to stop flow of groundwater at Fukushima nuclear plant

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-wall-japans-fukushima-nuclear-054830219.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/disaster-fukushima-water-release-idTRNIKBN2HQ0FT
• Ice wall: https://www.tepco.co.jp/en/decommision/planaction/landwardwall/index-e.html

What happens after the coal power plant is shut down?

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/happens-america-coal-plants-die-130028456.html

Oil blasting from wellhead in Nigeria

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/oil-gushing-nigerian-wellhead-blasts-145223739.html

Babies were born with severe birth defects because of “harmless” thalidomide – Category “X” drug

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/thalidomide-babies-birth-defects-caused-by-a-harmless-pill-60-years-ago/ar-AARbPy4

Complex issues related to Oil & Gas – impacts on the economy of “energy transition”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-the-energy-transition-will-be-so-complicated/ar-AARcmgK

Perspective:  Inflation is not an act of God – it’s a result of government policy

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/tucker-carlson-how-can-america-survive-three-more-years-of-joe-biden/ar-AARbC7t

Slideshow – 20 animals that have mastered camouflage

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/20-animals-that-have-mastered-camouflage/ss-AAR9o48

Perspective:  Why so many zoonotic diseases originate in Asia & Africa

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/why-so-many-epidemics-originate-in-asia-and-africa-and-why-we-can-expect-more/ar-BB10Jzgg

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome:  potentially dangerous gastrointestinal illness among regular users of cannabis or marijuana – no cure except abstaining from cannabis

• https://theberkshireedge.com/cannabinoid-hyperemesis-syndrome-when-cannabis-causes-the-pain/
• https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/11/24194810/can-genetic-tests-help-diagnose-cannabinoid-hyperemesis-syndrome

Norilsk is one of the most polluted places on Earth

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28112021/norilsk-nickel-russia-pollution/

Perspective:  Why the US has not stopped syphilis from killing babies

• https://undark.org/2021/11/23/why-the-us-hasnt-stopped-syphilis-from-killing-babies/

Book Review:  “Getting Under Our Skin” – The Cultural & Social History of Vermin”

• https://undark.org/2021/11/19/book-review-getting-under-our-skin/

Perspective:  Time to stop demonizing invasive species – “conservation always entails value judgments”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/it-s-time-to-stop-demonizing-invasive-species/ar-AARdOPi

Pahrump, Nevada, is fighting to keep solar company from destroying their environment

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/clean-green-nevada-town-fights-123801246.html

CRS Report:  US Forest Ownership & Management

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46976

Texas Border Wall to ensure national sovereignty and security to begin construction in Starr County

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/greg-abbott-gets-texas-border-wall-deal-amid-warning-of-approaching-migrant-caravans/ar-AARgMft

Raccoon in Lexington County, South Carolina, tests positive for rabies – 2 dogs under quarantine

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/rabid-raccoon-found-midlands-county-195947777.html

Calls to halt “regulatory roadblocks” that would kill infrastructure projects by eliminating good regulatory reforms to NEPA & adding barriers

• https://transportationtodaynews.com/news/24696-republican-members-of-ti-committee-call-for-halt-to-regulatory-roadblocks/

Decommissioned wind turbine blades usually end up in landfills

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/11/30/fact-check-recycling-can-keep-wind-turbine-blades-out-landfills/8647981002/

Excess fertilizer from the Midwest washes down the Mississippi River Basin to poison the Gulf of Mexico

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/excess-fertilizer-washed-midwestern-fields-033943834.html

Legal maneuvering by Michigan in continued attempt to shut down Line 5 oil pipeline

• https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-canada-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-cef2844b632a9f06656600f635b1c914

Opal Creek Recreation Area “devastated” by wildfire now flourishing without humans

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/cameras-show-wildlife-flourishing-2020-140032846.html

Environmental groups and developers reach agreement on 19,300 homes on 6,700 acres on southern flanks of Tehachapi Mountains in California – GHG emissions & wildfire risks

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/environmental-group-tejon-ranch-agree-204627462.html

New agreement on Colorado River water use in Nevada, Arizona & California - Tier 1 water shortage - primary mechanism would be mustering funds to pay water users to reduce usage

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arizona-california-nevada-agree-to-new-colorado-river-agreement-to-conserve-more-water/ar-AARlugE

WWII bomb blew up on a railway construction site in Munich, Germany, 3 injured

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ww2-bomb-blows-up-in-munich-wounding-three/ar-AARlerC

Wind, solar & other “renewables” to show record growth over next 5 years – is this a good thing?

• https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/01/1040850/renewables-are-set-to-soar/
• IEA Report: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/5ae32253-7409-4f9a-a91d-1493ffb9777a/Renewables2021-Analysisandforecastto2026.pdf

California DWR issues 0% water allocation for 2022 – mandatory cutbacks may be implemented

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/california-water-districts-0-requested-215236743.html

CRS Report R45998:  Contaminants of Emerging Concern Under the Clean Water Act

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45998

Visualizing the accumulate human-made mass on Earth – exceeds the weight of all living biomass

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-accumulation-of-human-made-mass-on-earth/

Higher numbers of Monarchs in annual migration – rebounding from record low numbers

• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/26/1059263867/the-butterflies-are-back-annual-migration-of-monarchs-shows-highest-numbers-in-y

Global climate & health impacts of plastics supply chain have grown rapidly over past 20 years

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-carbon-footprint-plastics.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00807-2

Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics) & CDC tracker

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
• https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/
• interactive map s: https://geodacenter.github.io/covid/map.html
• CDC Weekly Tracker: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/

Cases surging in the five States with the highest vaccination rates – might this have anything to do with “breakthrough” cases and the virus evolving around the limited immunity from the vaccines?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-cases-are-surging-in-the-five-most-vaccinated-states/ar-AAR7UpZ
• https://www.yahoo.com/gma/why-coronavirus-cases-hospitalizations-rise-110323207.html

New Merck pill under review by FDA may pose risks of birth defects & toxicity to fetuses

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-merck-covid-pill-effective-141320601.html

Thapsigargin (TG) derived from poisonous plants appears effective in the lab against all variants

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/molecule-derived-from-poisonous-plant-blocks-all-sars-cov-2-variants-in-cell-cultures/ar-AARbAIg
• Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21505594.2021.2006960

Case rates and death rates among the unvaccinated started falling in mid-August

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-state-of-breakthrough-cases-in-the-us-and-the-role-of-waning-immunity/ar-AARaTRy

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 6 December 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Effort to make Chesapeake Bay a National Recreation Area

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26112021/maryland-virginia-chesapeake-bay-nationalrecreation-area/

Planned seismic O&G exploration of Wild Coast region off South Africa may pose danger to marine life

• https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/183611/Shell-seismic-blastingexploration-of-S.African-coast-will-kill-wildlife,-destroy-ecosystems

Increasing concern for micro-plastic pollution in Virgina coastal system

• https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2021/11/microplastic-pollution-in-virginia-coastalsystem-becomes-increasing-concern-for-local-researchers

Sea lion found in Lincoln City is escorted back to Oregon coastal waters

• https://kcby.com/news/local/sea-lion-found-in-lincoln-city-escorted-back-to-coastal-waters

North Carolina budget to include funding for statewide Flood Resiliency Blueprint & waterfront stabilization and coastal planning

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/years-of-flood-disasters-drove-ncs-new-resiliency-funding/

Paper: Assessing population exposure to coastal flooding

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27260-1

Vehicle access at Oceano Dues remains controversial as CCC votes to phase out OHV access

• https://www.kcbx.org/environment-and-energy/2021-11-24/vehicular-access-at-oceanodunes-remains-controversial-despite-california-coastal-commission-vote-to-phase-out-ohvaccess

Opposition continues against the relocation of Futenma Marine Base from city of Ginowan to less crowded Henoko Bay coastal area on Okinawa

• https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/our-land-our-life-okinawans-hold-out-against-new-u-sbase-in-coastal-zone/

Ranking the worst offenders creating coastal debris pollution

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/coastal-pollution-the-worst-offenders/ar-AARg7B9

• Statistics: https://www.statista.com/topics/5401/global-plastic-waste/

Turtle meat can be lethal due to chelonitoxism – 7 died in Pemba, Zanzibar Islands – others hospitalized for treatment

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/tanzania-seven-die-zanzibar-eating-141736661.html

Approval given for South Fork Wind farm off coasts of Rhode Island & New York – potential 30 GW

• https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-united-states-environmentrhode-island-dd60451fec572ee1eef62c4f622731e9

New Gateway commuter-rail tunnel beneath Hudson River given final federal construction permit

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/nyc-s-gateway-tunnel-gets-final-federal-construction-permit-1.1689537

Testing new “nearshore nourishment” method at Maroochydore Beach in Australia

• https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2021/12/01/sunshine-coast-council-trials-new-sandnourishment-method/

The most dangerous beaches in America – Venice Beach CA & Daytona Beach FL – factors in crime, air pollution, water pollution, surf zone fatalities, lightning strikes, shark attacks & temperatures

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/this-is-america-s-most-dangerous-beach/ar-AARozwT

• List: https://outforia.com/dangerous-coasts/

Changing weather patterns influence size and duration of annual Chesapeake Bay hypoxic zone

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-weather-patterns-size-duration-annual.html

$300M proposed Plains pipeline to replaced one shut down in 2015 following worst California coastal spill in 25 years

• https://apnews.com/article/climate-business-environment-and-nature-california-houston-1e7aa14b429941d585e796dc37d2cbe7

US Navy find drinking water well near Pearl Harbor contaminated with petroleum – families getting sick

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-finds-drinking-water-well-near-pearl-harborcontaminated-with-petroleum/ar-AARqZUg

Decision made to dump radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay beginning in 2022 – opposition mounting

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/keating-holtec-decided-dump-radioactive-014138372.html

• https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/concerns-grow-over-plans-to-dischargeradioactive-water-into-bay/article_ab8ae2ec-b887-5ba3-9403-02c51bfcb5fb.html

Formosa Plastics Group factory spews millions of plastic pellets into Matagorda Bay on Texas Coast

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-bears-brunt-us-plastic-013905314.html

Mystery oil slick along Brazilian coastline in 2019-2020 caused by Greek-flagged oil tanker Bouboulina

• https://phys.org/news/2021-12-greek-flagged-ship-brazil-mystery-oil.html

 

"But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid." - Jeff Goodell

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards - Special (Delayed) Black Friday Edition!

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 26 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Abundance of artificial satellites & space junk leading the world toward Kessler Syndrome

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-to-know-about-kessler-syndrome-the-ultimate-space-disaster/ar-AAQPftt

Miami temporarily paused construction of ‘deepest’ underground parking garage

• https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/11/17/city-plans-to-temporarily-pause-construction-of-miamis-deepest-underground-parking-garage/

Shallow (9.5 miles) M4.0 earthquake in New Madrid Seismic Zone

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/earthquake-wednesday-evening-in-southeast-missouri/ar-AAQPZk8

Strong winds stir up volcanic ash from 1912 eruption of Novarupta volcano in Katmai National Park

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ash-cloud-from-109-year-old-volcanic-eruption-on-its-way-toward-alaskan-island/ar-AAQPQG5

Dendrochronology dates tsunami caused by 1700 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake

• https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/tree-rings-old-growth-douglas-firs-oregon-coast-show-evidence-1700-tsunami
• Paper: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/1971/2021/

Niagara Escarpment is discontinuous ‘ledge’ that extends from Wisconsin to New York

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/swiss-cheese-caves-stalwart-plants-114444243.html
• Background: https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/wisconsin-geology/major-landscape-features/niagara-escarpment/

New lawsuit claims nearby construction caused collapse of failing Champlain Towers in Florida

• https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-florida-surfside-building-collapse-2d589b9d3c6dcb168ba5063eb2ebddf1

Berthasaura leopoldinae – New species of dinosaur found in Brazil was toothless & walked on two legs

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/berthasaura-leopoldinae-10285.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01312-4

One of the largest O&G lease sales in American history on the heels of COP26

• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1056713397/the-biden-administration-sold-oil-and-gas-leases-days-after-the-climate-summit

Slide show of images of the partial lunar eclipse – Beaver Moon Eclipse

• https://www.space.com/beaver-moon-lunar-eclipse-photos-november-2021
• https://earthsky.org/todays-image/lunar-eclipse-photos-nov-18-19-2021/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uMSAWogjo
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/partial-lunar-eclipse-nasa_n_61970feae4b0ae9a429e6cba

Tree throw during wind events plays important role in movement of sediment & erosion on hillslopes

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/new-theory-connects-tree-uprooting-and-sediment-movement

Visualizing the relative depth of lakes, oceans, drill holes

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/dive-oceans-lakes-drill-holes/

4-legged Cretaceous fossil dubbed Tetrapodophis amplectus ("four-footed serpent") was not a snake

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/new-study-debunks-controversial-2015-fossil-find-its-not-a-four-limbed-snake-after-all/
• Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2021.1983044

Flooding from “atmospheric river” in Washington State – extent imaged by Copernicus Sentinel-2

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Washington_state_flooding_999.html
• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149100/severe-flooding-in-the-pacific-northwest
• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-atmospheric-river-drenched-british-columbia.html

Mineralized fossil remains of oldest sponges in the world date to 530 myo now studied in detail

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_oldest_mineralized_sponges_in_the_world_found_in_Ciudad_Real_999.html
• Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/revisiting-the-phosphorite-deposit-of-fontanarejo-central-spain-new-window-into-the-early-cambrian-evolution-of-sponges-and-the-microbial-origin-of-phosphorites/603ECE27723573A4C538580FFFCFEB0A

Germinating pine cone encased in Baltic Amber

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/amber-pine-cone-10277.html

Groundwater in Central Valley of California will not recover from droughts & over-pumping

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203426.htm
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR030352

Stalagmites recorded penultimate climate change at end of Ice Age around 133,000 years ago

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-stalagmites-key-witnesses-monsoon.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00851-9

New data-model suggests decade-long shift in Antarctic ice sheet following last Ice Age

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-antarctic-ice-sheet-destabilized-decade.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27053-6

Satellite data suggests rapid land subsidence in Cartegena, Columbia – rates up to half inch per year

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-satellite-subsidence-cartagena.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-98428-4

PG&E Humbold Nuclear Power Plant reactor site deemed fully cleaned up by NRC – spent fuel & other radioactive waste remain

• https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2021/11/18/pgande-reactor-officially-decommissioned-nuclear-waste-not

Update:  Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma Island

• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/la-palma/news/147922/La-Palma-volcano-eruption-update-new-lava-surge-at-the-vent-observed.html
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/massive-platform-volcanic-rock-emerges-202948277.html

Update:  Fagradalsfjall volcano

• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fagradalsfjall/news/147925/Fagradalsfjall-volcano-update-eruption-site-is-currently-calm-for-now-slight-inflation-detected.html

Update:  Kalauea volcano

• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kilauea/news/147871/Kilauea-volcano-update-effusive-activity-triggered-small-overflow-of-lava-lake.html

29 October 2021 Kameng River rock & ice avalanche in India

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2021/11/19/the-29-october-2021-kameng-river-rock-and-ice-avalanche-in-india/

Ellen Sewall Osgood – friend of Henry David Thoreau & 19^th century amateur geologist in New England

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-19th-century-new-england-this-amateur-geologist-created-her-own-cabinet-of-curiosities-180979083/

Bood Review:  “The Rio Chama – River Guide to the Geology & Landscapes"

• https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/books/a-new-guide-to-navigating-and-exploring-rio-chama/article_c2f6c006-432b-11ec-b32a-af73be38a9b6.html

Geology of Conodoguinet Creek Watershed – “Connie”

• https://www.shipnc.com/columns/stream_of_consciousness/article_ad11a080-47db-11ec-9b16-2b0aacb42725.html

Explosive and non-explosive volcanic history near Balanced Rock in southern Idaho

• https://kezj.com/geology-professor-visits-and-explains-the-balanced-rock-formation-in-southern-idaho/

Mining of tar sands in Alberta, Canada, is causing destruction and polluting the environment

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112021/tar-sands-canada-oil/

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 26 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

You are what you eat & drink – soda may be destroying your liver - NAFLD

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/this-non-alcoholic-beverage-may-be-destroying-your-liver/ar-AAQOZea

Technological hazard:  Facebook aka Metaverse “is bad at all the things it needs to” not fail

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/no-one-is-talking-about-the-biggest-reason-facebook-s-metaverse-strategy-will-fail/ar-AAQNZJd

Starting hype & generating hysteria on space-borne bacterial invasion – humans are contaminating space

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-warn-of-bacterial-alien-invasion-caused-by-space-missions/ar-AAQOWHK
• Paper: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biab115/6413826

Second case of monkey pox this year confirmed involving person who had traveled to US from Nigeria

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rare-monkeypox-case-found-in-person-who-came-from-nigeria-to-maryland/ar-AAQPiw6

Re-evaluating toxic chemicals – PFOA & PFOS more toxic & PFOA likely carcinogenic

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-forever-chemicals-more-toxic-than-previously-thought-epa-drafts/ar-AAQMHN7
• EPA Analyses: https://sab.epa.gov/ords/sab/f?p=100:18:16490947993:::RP,18:P18_ID:2601

British Columbia declares state of emergency due to intense rains and heavy flooding

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bc-declares-state-of-emergency-death-toll-expected-to-rise/ar-AAQOT1k

COP26 was yet another essentially meaningless exercise – produced lots of CO2 and spent lots of $$ - no agreed definition or measure of ‘net zero’ – policy totally segregated from science

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03433-2

372MW Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia

• https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/features/featurea-challenging-feat-of-engineering-the-ulu-jelai-project-9255185/

Technological hazard:  testimony on ransomware

• https://www.govtech.com/security/federal-cybersecurity-leaders-testify-on-state-of-ransomware

Book Review:  “Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management”

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/managing-wetlands-to-improve-carbon-sequestration

UNEA to hold new talks beginning in February on plastic pollution – may generate new global treaty

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-plastic-piles-up-u-s-joins-effort-to-reach-new-global-treaty/ar-AAQRRiD

4 groundwater plans in Central Valley fail to meet California standards to protect water quality, sustain water wells & stop further land subsidence

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-central-valley-groundwater-plans-201610493.html

Drinking water wells in South Carolina contaminated by PFAS forever chemicals from industrial plant sludge spread on fields for years to fertilize crops

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/industry-waste-used-fertilize-farm-143707871.html

Efforts renewed to once again redefine WOTUS – “two-track approach that first restores pre-Obama water regulations and then later put forward a new definition”

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/582199-biden-administration-takes-step-toward-reversing-trump-water

Flooding & deaths in hospital in Mexico caused by runoff, collapse of drainage system, overflow of wastewater canal & flawed design of tunnel project, and increase in water levels of dams

• https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/study-rains-tula-hidalgo-floods/

Cultivating these personality traits could help you live longer

• https://time.com/6114950/personality-traits-longevity/
• Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259156/

Fauci denies culpability in funding cruel animal research in Tunisia – NIAID lists as funded research

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fauci-overwhelmed-by-calls-after-journal-published-mistake-over-beagle-experiments/ar-AAQUDcF
• NIAID funded research: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/niaid-research-tunisia
• https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/answering-questions-about-beaglegate/

Vials found in lab facility in Philadelphia labeled “smallpox vaccine” DID NOT contain smallpox

• https://news.yahoo.com/vials-labeled-small-pox-found-in-lab-near-philadelphia-003127682.html
• https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/582304-cdc-no-trace-of-virus-causing-smallpox-found-in-lab-vials-despite-labels
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-reveals-what-was-found-in-those-newly-discovered-smallpox-vials/ar-AAQUCS0

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) not only damages liver function but also makes people more willing to take risks

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/canada/widely-used-pain-killer-linked-to-risk-taking-they-just-don-t-feel-as-scared/ar-AAQTVz4
• Paper: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/15/7/725/5897711

US District Court judge rules against effort to remand lawsuit back to Michigan State Court that sought to pause pipeline operations

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/judge-deals-blow-to-michigan-s-effort-to-shut-down-line-5-pipeline/ar-AAQORz9

Recognizing links between human & animal health – One Health approach

• https://theconversation.com/preventing-future-pandemics-starts-with-recognizing-links-between-human-and-animal-health-167617

Alligator Juniper trees poached from El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/11/alligator-juniper-trees-poached-el-malpais-national-monument

Contaminated drinking water contributes to mental illness

• https://www.ehn.org/water-pollution-and-mental-health-2655532533.html

Restoring grassland habitat in Kootenay National Park in Canada

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/11/restoring-grassland-habitat-kootenay-national-park
• Kootenay: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/nature/conservation/prairie-grassland

“Picturing the Invisible” – new photographic exhibition of communities living with radiation & trauma 10 years after the Japanese earthquake, tsunami & nuclear fallout

• https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/photography/2021/11/picturing-the-invisible-ten-years-on-from-the-fukushima-disaster

History of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/inside-the-history-of-colorado-s-mesa-verde-national-park/vi-AAQWnLq

Another recall for certain onions due to Salmonella outbreak across 38 States

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/recall-announced-for-certain-onions-due-to-salmonella-outbreak/ar-AAQWhf4

Illinois will spend up to $694M to subsidize nuclear power over next 5 years

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/illinois-paid-694-million-to-keep-nuclear-plants-open-showing-why-greening-the-grid-is-so-hard/ar-AAQWf01

Warning:  using marijuana during pregnancy increases risk of development & behavior problems in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/study-warns-of-this-new-marijuana-side-effect/ar-AAQWxWl

What happened to the “lost” colonists of Roanoke?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-happened-to-the-vanished-colonists-at-roanoke/ar-AAQWeFa

US EPA released final draft of first National Recycling Strategy – did they get it right or wrong? – less than 25% of waste gets recycled in the US each year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-epa-gets-recycling-all-wrong/ar-AAQUQkc
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/11/15/epa-national-recycling-strategy-plastics/
• https://www.epa.gov/recyclingstrategy/draft-national-recycling-strategy-and-executive-summary
• NRS: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-11/final-national-recycling-strategy.pdf

“Greenwashing” is detrimental – how to spot it (slide show) – carbon offset is a form of greenwashing that contributes to the problem

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/what-is-greenwashing-and-how-can-you-spot-it/ss-AAQTfVU

Obesity causes negative health effects costing $147B per year – most obese state in the US is Mississippi

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-is-the-most-obese-state-in-america/ss-AAQWDeu
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/deadly-diseases-linked-to-fast-food/ss-AAQXTBA

States with fewest power outages in the last year:  WV, VA, TN & NV – States with the most:  TX, LA & CA

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/nevada-is-the-4-state-with-the-least-power-outages-in-the-last-year/ar-AAQWfjg

Media hype tries to instill fear & paranoia – develop your emotional intelligence to get things done

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/emotionally-intelligent-people-refuse-to-panic-here-s-what-they-do-instead/ar-AAQXyK3

Independent retailers drive against rabid consumerism on Black Friday

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/black-friday-largest-boycott-planned-by-independent-retailers/ar-AAQXiIa

Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics) & CDC tracker

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
• https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/
• interactive map s: https://geodacenter.github.io/covid/map.html
• CDC Weekly Tracker: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/

So many were wrong about ivermectin – it does help patients fight off the virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/everyone-was-wrong-about-ivermectin/ar-AAQRURP
• Blog: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-than-you-wanted

New experimental antiviral drug is big business - $5.19B Paxlovid purchase by US government – not yet approved for emergency use by FDA

• https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/1-u-govt-buy-10-115723231.html

Why has Africa not experienced a catastrophic scenario from the virus? – less than 6% vaccinated

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-mystified-wary-as-africa-avoids-covid-disaster/ar-AAQTfRT

FDA requested court grant 55-years to review FOIA to release data on Pfizer vaccine – in contrast, FDA took only 10 weeks to review data before approving the vaccine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/critics-outraged-by-fda-request-to-hide-pfizer-vaccine-data-for-55-years/ar-AAQUufd

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 26 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

1,000+ manatee deaths reported for this year in Florida – record number

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/1-000-manatee-deaths-reported-this-year-in-floridaeclipsing-previous-record/ar-AAQPemz

US EPA overturned approval of massive Yazoo Pumps flood-control project in south Mississippi Delta

• https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-environment-mississippi-usenvironmental-protection-agency-congress-87336b93a109e79fc885b84d8d24db04

Delivery & deposition of sediment along coastlines is essential for coastal resiliency

• https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/role-sediment-coastal-resiliency?qtnews_science_products=1#qt-news_science_products

Estuaries & river deltas in the Pacific Northwest

• https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/estuaries-and-large-river-deltas-pacificnorthwest?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

Hypoxic zone and Karenia mikimotoi algae may have caused deaths of lobsters in traps

• https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/11/09/hypoxia-cape-cod-bay-algae-bloom-kareniamikimotoi

Land trusts are conserving coastal features of Maine

• https://downeast.com/sponsored-content/maine-land-trusts-conserving-coastal-features/

Slow progress on buffer zones designed to restrict coastal development in England

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-buffer-zones-restrict-coastal.html

• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569121004336?via%3Dihub

Small estuaries may have large economic impact

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/estuaries-though-small-have-huge-economic-impact-report/

• Economic value of estuaries: https://estuaries.org/economics/

• 2021 Report: https://estuaries.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Report.pdf

North Carolines approves updated Coastal Habitat Plan

• https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2021/11/19/north-carolinaapproves-updated-coastal-habitat-plan-a-win-for-nature-communities

District Court of Appeal overturns California Coastal Commission approval of Rancho Los Robles development

• https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/state-appeals-court-overturns-thecoastal-commissions-approval-of-rancho-los-robles-development/article_2e4451d6-48a2-11ec-bf8f-ffcef36b89cd.html

Book Review: “Finest Kind: A Celebration of a Florida Fishing Village”

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/mullet-fishermen-a-journey-from-carteret-county-to-florida/

California coastal models to assess flooding & flood potential need to include comprehensive dynamic data

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-coastal-solutions.html

American ship operators file formal complaint against foreign vessel working on new offshore wind development project in Virginia – violation of federal Jones Act & US labor and environmental regs

• https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/11/19/domestic-ship-operators-question-offshorewind-projects-use-of-foreign-ship/

Virtual reality design for floating offshore wind vision in Scotland

• https://renews.biz/73764/ocean-winds-aker-unveil-floating-offshore-vr-vision/

Contrary to campaign promises & prior suspension of offshore leasing order, Biden administration

auctioned off 308 O&G leases totaling 1.7M acres in Gulf of Mexico resulting in $190M in revenue – largest single sale since 2014 – mockery of “climate rhetoric”

• https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/biden-administration-completes-biggest-offshoreoil-auction-since-2014

• https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2021/11/17/bidens-offshore-lease-sale-makes-mockeryof-climate-rhetoric/

Norwegian government-funded study predicts world largest offshore wind project under construction & located in the North Sea will be “unprofitable”

• https://www.upstreamonline.com/exclusive/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-unprofitablefor-equinor-say-government-funded-researchers/2-1-1098012

Mixed results from O&G drilling offshore Suriname

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/apa-reports-mixed-results-drilling-offshoresuriname-2021-11-17/

Experts discuss preventing another oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

• https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/11/preventing-another-oil-spill-disaster-in-thegulf-of-mexico-offshore-situation-room-convenes-experts-to-share-lessons-future-actions

• Link to download Proceedings: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26347/offshore-situation-roomenhancing-resilience-to-offshore-oil-disasters-in

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• https://www.offshore-energy.biz/peel-ports-signs-new-sediment-management-pledge/

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• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/feral-hogs-are-causing-irreversible-harm-tosalt-marshes/ar-AAQUo65

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26504-4

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• https://www.yahoo.com/news/lettuce-cabbage-manatees-feds-fwc-230901844.html

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• https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-pismo-clams-surfacing-slo-180000321.html

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CRS InFocus Report: 'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Supplemental Appropriations'

Nicole T. Carter and Anna E. Normand collaborated on this CRS report (updated 1 December 2021): 'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Supplemental Appropriations'.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a Department of Defense agency with civil works responsibilities, consisting largely of water resource projects to maintain navigable channels, reduce flood and storm damage, and restore aquatic ecosystems. USACE also has a role in responding to natural disasters, especially floods. This In Focus covers the appropriations that Congress has provided USACE that are in addition to annual appropriations―supplemental appropriations. Congress may consider both the amount of USACE supplemental appropriations and how effectively and efficiently the agency uses these funds.

Table 1 summarizes in nominal dollars the most recent supplemental appropriations acts funding USACE. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58) provided $17.1 billion for activities spanning USACE’s navigation, flood, and aquatic ecosystem restoration authorities. (See CRS Insight IN11723, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civil Works: Policy Primer.) While IIJA focused on infrastructure investment, Congress used the other supplemental bills in Table 1 to fund USACE flood response, recovery, and related projects. Figure 1 shows USACE supplemental appropriations since FY1990 adjusted to constant 2020 dollars; the adjusted amounts totaled $2.0 billion, $33 billion, and $31 billion in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, respectively.

Funding Flood Response and Post- Disaster Recovery
Since the 1940s, Congress has authorized USACE to perform emergency flood fighting (e.g., sandbagging, temporary levee construction) and to repair certain nonfederal flood control works damaged by floods. Congress pays for these activities using the agency’s Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) account. Congress pays for post-flood repairs of USACE-operated projects through the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) account. Since the mid-2000s, Congress has regularly provided USACE with supplemental appropriations to study and construct flood control projects as part of post- disaster recovery efforts. After the 2005 hurricane season through FY2009, Congress directed most USACE supplemental appropriations toward repair and construction of projects in Louisiana. For more than a decade, Congress has often directed that most or some of USACE supplemental funds be used to construct new or ongoing USACE flood risk reduction projects in states and territories affected by specified disasters or for flood disasters occurring during a specified period (see examples in Table 1).

Tailored Legislative Direction
Congress generally has tailored the supplemental appropriations acts to reflect specific characteristics of the disaster or the economic, infrastructure, or security concern. In USACE supplemental appropriations acts, unlike in annual appropriations, Congress often does not limit the initiation of new USACE studies and construction projects; Congress also may include exemptions to requirements that typically apply to USACE projects. These exemptions include waiving requirements that limit USACE proceeding with projects that exceed their authorization of appropriations and waiving some required nonfederal cost sharing. In P.L. 117-43, P.L. 116-20, P.L. 115-123, and P.L. 113-2, Congress also allowed for a project to move from a feasibility study to construction with approval of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), rather than requiring project-specific congressional construction authorization, if the construction is funded using supplemental appropriations.

USACE Process After Enactment
After supplemental appropriations bills are enacted, USACE selects the specific projects to receive funding from among the qualifying projects. USACE may not select a project for every eligible flood-affected state or territory. The amount of publicly available information on how USACE implements or plans to use supplemental appropriations varies. For P.L. 116-20 and P.L. 115-123, the Administration published its implementation for selecting projects to be funded and lists of specific studies and projects selected to receive funds. Congress often has required monthly reporting to the appropriations committees on the allocation and obligation of supplemental funds.

Issues for Congress

Oversight and Effect of Supplemental Appropriations
Issues for Congress include oversight of USACE’s short- term and long-term implementation of supplemental appropriations. There may be questions regarding how efficiently the funds are spent on projects and how effective the funds are in accomplishing the purposes set out by Congress. Implementation concerns have arisen with USACE emergency appropriations at times; for example, an August 2021 Senate Appropriations Committee report, S.Rept. 117-36, identified shortcomings in the pace and approach to managing supplemental construction funding and in compliance with required reporting.

An ongoing challenge for USACE is that numerous authorized studies and construction projects remain unfunded. In spring 2021, USACE estimated its construction backlog at $109 billion. To what extent supplemental appropriations have helped address the USACE backlog remains uncertain, and the aggregate effect of supplemental appropriations on accomplishing the agency’s water resource missions nationally remains unknown. An oversight and evaluation challenge for supplemental appropriations can include tracking output measures (such as jobs created, obligations to projects, or contracts completed), as well as assessing economic and environmental impacts of these investments.

Future of USACE Flood Risk Reduction Projects
Supplemental appropriations legislation provided for much of the funding for USACE flood risk reduction projects in the 2010s. Congress provided $19 billion (2020 dollars) in Construction account supplemental funding for flood risk reduction projects in the 2010s; this exceeded the $9 billion (2020 dollars) that Congress provided to USACE in annual appropriations for the construction of flood risk reduction projects during this period. Congress also has used supplemental appropriations legislation to fund the account for the Mississippi River and Tributaries flood risk reduction project to pay for repairs and investments.

The nation’s flood risks appear to be increasing for a variety of reasons, including changing hydrological conditions (e.g., greater runoff due to impervious surfaces, more intense rainfall events), and because more people and assets are located in vulnerable locations. For some coastal areas, relative sea level rise also is increasing risk. Related policy questions include the following: How effective are federal investments through supplemental appropriations in USACE flood risk reduction in reducing near- and long- term flood risks? How equitable and efficient are the planning, funding, and delivery of USACE flood risk reduction projects under supplemental and annual appropriations processes?

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