New topographical maps for New Mexico and Idaho quadrangles
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3787#.UuAXkhAo5lY
Gravity and aeromagnetic maps of Arizona now in online document repository
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2014/01/arizona-gravity-and-aeromag-maps-posted.html
Great Lakes finally beginning to freeze over again….has been a few decades since it happened
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/great-lakes-have-most-ice-in-decades-thanks-to-bitter-winter-b99191344z1-241903831.html
NASA to launch 5 missions in 2014 to monitor oceanic and atmospheric conditions
http://ens-newswire.com/2014/01/23/nasa-to-launch-five-earth-science-missions-to-space-in-2014/
Studying dead plants may help with understanding some EQ characteristics
http://www.livescience.com/42827-fault-biomarkers-reveal-earthquake-secrets.html
New study says New Madrid fault zone is still active and could potentially produce major EQs
http://www.livescience.com/42802-new-madrid-earthquakes-aftershocks-risk.html
Related: http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2014/01/midwestern-fault-zones-are-still-alive
EPA issued its final rule on December 30, 2013 that ASTM 1527-13 is AAI compliant for Phase I
http://www.astm.org/Standards/E1527.htm
EPA re-proposes new standards for controlling power plant emissions of greenhouse gases
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=58c08b8b-eed9-4f17-a263-2648c521bb79
Oceanography: Atlantic currents may be slowing down
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Slowing_of_Atlantic_currents_could_bring_changes_in_Europes_climate_999.html
Planetary geology: the sun will last a lot longer than predicted by previous models
http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2014/01/earth-wont-die-soon-thought
Company in Texas has monopoly on low-level nuclear waste
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/business/energy-environment/texas-company-alone-in-us-cashes-in-on-nuclear-waste.html
Review of new book on the most seductive metal: gold
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/01/gold-the-worlds-most-useless-metal
Previous models likely not correct…Galapagos mantle plume location delineated
http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Source_of_Galapagos_eruptions_is_not_where_models_place_it.asp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvl-4IWjHXo#t=18
Basin sediments may significantly amplify seismic shaking in next big EQ to hit Vancouver BC
http://www.livescience.com/42705-vancouver-earthquake-damage-model.html
Glaciers may have persisted in Scotland up until about 400 years ago
http://www.livescience.com/42765-scotland-had-glacier-400-years-ago.html
Proper planning could protect whales & other sea life from rigors of oil & gas seismic exploration
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/01/140121-protecting-whales-seismic-energy-surveys-study/
Overview of impacts of the 2013 Colorado Front Range flash flooding
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/when-water-gravity-and-geology-collide-firsthand-observations-impacts-2013-colorado-floods
Geotech impacts report: http://www.geerassociation.org/GEER_Post%20EQ%20Reports/Manitou_Springs_2013/GEER_Report_Manitou_Springs_Aug_9_2013.pdf
Drilling project in China Sea to help understand complex geological tectonic conditions
http://www.nature.com/news/sea-drilling-project-launches-1.14562
Diamonds also come in blue!!
http://news.yahoo.com/quot-exceptional-quot-29-6-carat-blue-diamond-121236387.html
A call for deep sea reserves and restoration of damage done by commercial ventures
http://www.nature.com/news/ecology-protect-the-deep-sea-1.14547
With the oceans acidifying, unusual coral is thriving in acidic waters
http://www.livescience.com/42814-coral-reefs-thrives-acidic-waters.html
Tungara frog mating call has unintended consequence…it call frog-eating bats
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/01/24/froggy-went-a-courtin--and-got-eaten.html
Yellowstone bison will not be “remotely vaccinated” using biobullets
http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/yellowstones-bison-wont-be-shot-vaccine-biobullets.html
Efforts to control invasive Lion fish in Caribbean may be leading to success in restoring native fish
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/War_on_lionfish_shows_first_promise_of_success_999.html
A new inter-disciplinary approach to studying the organism that causes malaria
http://www.technology.org/2014/01/24/modernizing-malaria-research-new-interdisciplinary-approach/
Is “teff” the new super grain?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/jan/23/get-taste-for-teff-ethiopia-superfood
Tracing the Y chromosome…putting Adam into his rightful historical place
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140122134148.htm
The importance of venom in evolution of scorpions and other species
http://www.livescience.com/42829-how-the-scorpion-got-its-venom.html
After recent catastrophic accidents, NTSB making recommendations for safer transport of crude oil
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/business/us-and-canada-urge-new-safety-rules-for-crude-oil-rail-shipments.html
Violence against environmental activists occurs around the globe
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-environmentalists-keep-getting-killed-around-world-180949446/#
Cancer has been sexually transmitted in canines for at least 11,000 years
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-sexually-transmitted-cancer-hounds-canines-for-11000-years-20140123,0,3327765.story#axzz2rL72FtWA
FDA to review safety of impurity in caramel coloring chemical found in soft drinks & other foods
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-fda-chemical-soft-drinks-20140123,0,7647002.story#axzz2rL72FtWA
The real price of the seafood we eat….the cost in terms of other species
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/01/fishing-gear-is-killing-thousands-of-dolphins-and-whales-every-year
Perspective Part 2: energy descent scenarios
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-01-24/crash-on-demand-energy-descent-scenarios
Plant-killing fungi may help protect biodiversity in the rain forest
http://www.nature.com/news/plant-killers-protect-rainforest-diversity-1.14572
Understanding how typhoid fever survives by evading human immune system
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Typhoid_Fever_A_race_against_time_999.html
Video: How “Germs” colonize & control human body
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/22/microbes-human-body-video_n_4536675.html
Constructed wetlands are valuable in fight to save endangered species
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140121092911.htm
Newly mutated virus leaped from plants to cause honey bee colony collapses
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-virus-bee-colony-collapse-20140120,0,3775756.story#axzz2rAFmq5lN
Encyclical on the ecology of man being written at the Vatican
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Pope-drafting-encyclical-on-man-and-environment-5171997.php
Better understanding of relationships between temperature & evapotranspiration
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/El_Nino_s_impact_on_continental_evaporation
Despite long-term benefits of protecting species under ESA, Yellowstone grizzlies may lose status
http://www.nature.com/news/yellowstone-grizzlies-face-losing-protected-status-1.14561
Flexibility is needed for water resource management….not IWRM as a one size fits all mandate
http://www.awra.org/meetings/Summer2011PP/
Case Studies: http://www.awra.org/committees/AWRA-Case-Studies-IWRM.pdf
Paper: http://aquadoc.typepad.com/files/iwrm_paper.pdf
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