Geosciences Bulletin Board – Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford - 21 April 2014
Just for fun: A Walter Mitty look at geologic environments in Iceland
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/around-the-world-in-80-films-the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/around-the-world-in-80-films-the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty
Live feed from NASA of ship Okeanos Explorer of the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico (video)
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/04/14/video-live-feed-of-rovers-exploring-the-ocean-floor/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/04/14/video-live-feed-of-rovers-exploring-the-ocean-floor/
Another analysis of global temperatures (Part III)….what exactly do the data show?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-hot-facts-global-warming-150900216.html
Part I: http://oilandgas-investments.com/2014/top-stories/global-cooling-the-real-inconvenient-truth-part-1/
Part II: http://oilandgas-investments.com/2014/latest-reports/whats-the-bright-spot-for-investors-in-global-cooling-part-ii/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/not-hot-facts-global-warming-150900216.html
Part I: http://oilandgas-investments.com/2014/top-stories/global-cooling-the-real-inconvenient-truth-part-1/
Part II: http://oilandgas-investments.com/2014/latest-reports/whats-the-bright-spot-for-investors-in-global-cooling-part-ii/
Texas Water Report…..just don’t believe all the numbers they give without clarification
http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/water/
http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/water/
Landslide in Jackson, Wyoming, is starting to slip a little faster…enforcing evacuation order
http://news.yahoo.com/looming-creeping-landslide-splits-home-wyoming-061643978.html
http://news.yahoo.com/looming-creeping-landslide-splits-home-wyoming-061643978.html
Taking a different tack to predict El Niño
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/scientists-look-wider-and-deeper-predict-next-el-nino
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/scientists-look-wider-and-deeper-predict-next-el-nino
California adopting first ever standard in the nation for Hexavalent Chromium in drinking water
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-water-chromium-20140416,0,7901085.story#axzz2zGV9pTsG
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-water-chromium-20140416,0,7901085.story#axzz2zGV9pTsG
Predicting sea level rise in Miami, Florida, over the coming decades
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=130896
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=130896
Character of the bedrock is important when it comes to vegetation
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=130991
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=130991
Is “Sponge-Bob” one of the 4 newly discovered carnivorous sponges in the Pacific Ocean? (video)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/science/spongebob-the-carnivore.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/science/spongebob-the-carnivore.html
Owens Valley, California, lost most of its water to DWP….now they are fight proposed solar project
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-owens-solar-20140416,0,1493394.story#axzz2zGV9pTsG
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-owens-solar-20140416,0,1493394.story#axzz2zGV9pTsG
7.2 M EQ rocks Mexico City, sending panicked people into the streets
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/earthquake-shakes-mexican-capital
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/earthquake-shakes-mexican-capital
Parts of the Andes are much older than 10 million years….perhaps as much as 36 M
http://www.livescience.com/44945-mountainous-fib-andes-lie-about-their-age.html
http://www.livescience.com/44945-mountainous-fib-andes-lie-about-their-age.html
108th Anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/108th-Anniversary-of-1906-San-Francisco-Earthquake-255768111.html
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/108th-Anniversary-of-1906-San-Francisco-Earthquake-255768111.html
China acknowledges that almost 20% of arable soil is polluted from farming & mining practices
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/18/china-says-massive-area-soil-polluted/
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/18/china-says-massive-area-soil-polluted/
Biologists create “Snows of the Nile” about African glaciers (link to film trailer)..ChangeE happens
http://grist.org/people/these-biologists-created-a-gorgeous-film-about-african-glaciers/
http://grist.org/people/these-biologists-created-a-gorgeous-film-about-african-glaciers/
Portland, OR, flushing ~40M gallons from a reservoir (again) because someone urinated in it….
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/portland-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-drinking-water-after-young-man-urinates-in-reservoiragain-140418?news=852946
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/portland-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-drinking-water-after-young-man-urinates-in-reservoiragain-140418?news=852946
3 million year old landscape still exists beneath the ice sheet in Greenland
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/18/frozen-time-three-million-year-old-landscape-still-exists-beneath-greenland-ice-sheet/
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/18/frozen-time-three-million-year-old-landscape-still-exists-beneath-greenland-ice-sheet/
New “water world” theory on origins of life on Earth is outlined
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415195712.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415195712.htm
Earthquakes in England? Two in two days shaking the Midlands up a bit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/10774635/Second-earthquake-strikes-Rutland.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/10774635/Second-earthquake-strikes-Rutland.html
California snowpack below average for the year, melting very quickly…drought continues
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2014/04/18/california-snowpack-melts-with-breathtaking-speed/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2014/04/18/california-snowpack-melts-with-breathtaking-speed/
Avalanche in Khumbu Ice Fall causes deadliest disaster on the Mount Everest (video)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/nepal-everest-avalanche/
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/nepal-everest-avalanche/
Overcoming challenges of deep sea mining for rare earth metals ….for cell phones & computers
http://gizmodo.com/deepsea-minerals-are-coming-soon-to-a-cell-phone-near-y-1564653281
http://gizmodo.com/deepsea-minerals-are-coming-soon-to-a-cell-phone-near-y-1564653281
Perspective: “More irksome than a CA earthquake” … missing the old San Francisco
http://harpers.org/blog/2014/04/more-irksome-than-a-california-quake/
http://harpers.org/blog/2014/04/more-irksome-than-a-california-quake/
Deploying the Bluefin-21 to map the ocean floor in the Indian Ocean (video)
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0415/Malaysia-Airlines-Flight-MH370-Robot-sub-back-at-work-after-false-start-video
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0415/Malaysia-Airlines-Flight-MH370-Robot-sub-back-at-work-after-false-start-video
How much has sea level changed in 5.3 M years? Here’s the record for one sea cliff
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/deep-sea-temperature-record-grawk/
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/deep-sea-temperature-record-grawk/
4,000 evacuated as volcano in Peru erupts
http://www.canada.com/news/Peru+orders+4000+evacuated+Ubinas+volcano+spews+clouds+miles+high/9749169/story.html
http://www.canada.com/news/Peru+orders+4000+evacuated+Ubinas+volcano+spews+clouds+miles+high/9749169/story.html
Significant baseline levels of arsenic in soils of Ohio due to natural processes
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/95587/Significant_baseline_levels_of_arsenic_found_in_soil_throughout_Ohio_are_due_to_natural_processes.html
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/95587/Significant_baseline_levels_of_arsenic_found_in_soil_throughout_Ohio_are_due_to_natural_processes.html
Efforts to harness and extract energy from the power of the ocean are intensifying
http://www.nature.com/news/power-from-the-oceans-blue-energy-1.15045?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140417
http://www.nature.com/news/power-from-the-oceans-blue-energy-1.15045?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140417
Panel levels criticisms at the latest IPCC Report
http://www.nature.com/news/ipcc-report-under-fire-1.15054?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140417
http://www.nature.com/news/ipcc-report-under-fire-1.15054?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140417
T Rex on loan to the Smithsonian….and new facts we didn’t know about T Rex
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-things-we-dont-know-about-tyrannosaurus-rex-180951072/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/five-things-we-dont-know-about-tyrannosaurus-rex-180951072/
500 M year old fossil embryos are a previously unknown species
http://news.yahoo.com/500-million-old-embryos-fossilized-rare-223744252.html
http://news.yahoo.com/500-million-old-embryos-fossilized-rare-223744252.html
Views of the Grand Canyon from Space
http://news.yahoo.com/geologic-wonder-see-grand-canyon-space-133455636.html
http://news.yahoo.com/geologic-wonder-see-grand-canyon-space-133455636.html
Portable seismographs being used to monitor flurry of EQs in central Idaho
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Scientists-puzzled-by-flurry-of-quakes-in-central-Idaho-255390941.html
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Scientists-puzzled-by-flurry-of-quakes-in-central-Idaho-255390941.html
Why are there more earthquakes in south-central Kansas?
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/16/4964462/task-force-meeting-on-kansas-earthquakes.html
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/16/4964462/task-force-meeting-on-kansas-earthquakes.html
Oklahoma was shakiest state in the last month….more EQs than CA….multiple theories on why
http://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-had-nearly-150-earthquakes-one-month-180629436--abc-news-topstories.html
http://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-had-nearly-150-earthquakes-one-month-180629436--abc-news-topstories.html
Current estimated cost is $43.4 M for Corps of Engineers to rebuild & protect Fagler Co, FL beach
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2014/apr/15/army-corps-beach-erosion-fix-flagler-would-cost-43/
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2014/apr/15/army-corps-beach-erosion-fix-flagler-would-cost-43/
Update on landslide near Oso, Washington
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/17/mudslide-washington-oso-dead/7813343/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/17/mudslide-washington-oso-dead/7813343/
Bill Nye admits underestimating the impacts of the debate on evolution
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/04/16/0416-Bill-Nye-says-he-underestimated-debates-impact.html
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/04/16/0416-Bill-Nye-says-he-underestimated-debates-impact.html
Enviro-Sciences Awareness Bulletin Board – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford - 21 April 2014
Earth Day – 22 April 2014
New MRSA superbug emerges in Brazil…a CA-MRSA that caused blood infection in patient
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417085552.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417085552.htm
Environmental stressors from Trail of Tears to Civil War are reflected in Cherokee skeletal growth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416112954.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416112954.htm
Perspective: On suing the US Army Corps of Engineers for damages due to 2011 floods
Update on collateral impact of Ebola outbreak….”bush meat” market closes
http://news.yahoo.com/west-africas-ebola-outbreak-prompts-changes-coast-cuisine-092552654.html
http://news.yahoo.com/west-africas-ebola-outbreak-prompts-changes-coast-cuisine-092552654.html
Collateral effects of OTC ibuprofen
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/21/research-shows-link-between-nsaid-use-and-gut-disease.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/21/research-shows-link-between-nsaid-use-and-gut-disease.html
Pooled biological monitoring to get better understanding of chemical impacts on populations
http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v24/n3/full/jes201376a.html?WT.ec_id=JES-201405
http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v24/n3/full/jes201376a.html?WT.ec_id=JES-201405
Comparing exposure factor standards from various countries with EPA approach
http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v24/n3/full/jes201317a.html?WT.ec_id=JES-201405
http://www.nature.com/jes/journal/v24/n3/full/jes201317a.html?WT.ec_id=JES-201405
Texas Water Report…..just don’t believe all the numbers they give without clarification (see Related)
http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/water/
Related: http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2014/04/texas-water-report-going-deeper-for-the-solution.html
http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/water/
Related: http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2014/04/texas-water-report-going-deeper-for-the-solution.html
Perspective: Invasive species pose threats….When will we learn not to meddle with Nature?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10770348/Invasive-foreign-species-pose-a-threat-to-the-global-ecosystem.-So-when-will-we-learn-not-to-meddle-with-nature.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10770348/Invasive-foreign-species-pose-a-threat-to-the-global-ecosystem.-So-when-will-we-learn-not-to-meddle-with-nature.html
Occupational exposures as a hairdresser lead to health problems
http://sciencenordic.com/hairdressers-troubled-respiratory-problems
http://sciencenordic.com/hairdressers-troubled-respiratory-problems
New refrigerant chemical may be “cool” but also carries toxic risks
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/17/refreshingly-cool-potentially-toxic/
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/17/refreshingly-cool-potentially-toxic/
4.6 million children attend schools within 1 mile of hazardous chemical facilities
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/46-million-american-children-go-to-a-school-within-a-mile-of-a-facility-with-hazardous-chemicals-140418?news=852950
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/46-million-american-children-go-to-a-school-within-a-mile-of-a-facility-with-hazardous-chemicals-140418?news=852950
New chip simultaneously detects multiple water-borne pathogens
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/04/Chip-Detects-Multiple-Waterborne-Pathogens.html
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/04/Chip-Detects-Multiple-Waterborne-Pathogens.html
Japan will re-design its whaling program to make it “more scientific” in response to UN Court ruling
http://news.yahoo.com/japan-continue-scientific-whaling-pacific-reports-054921014.html
http://news.yahoo.com/japan-continue-scientific-whaling-pacific-reports-054921014.html
2 doses of chloroquine a day may overcome the malaria parasitic resistance
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416171951.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416171951.htm
A “Typhoid Mary” with measles
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fully-vaccinated-woman-contracted-and-then-spread-measles-180951114/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fully-vaccinated-woman-contracted-and-then-spread-measles-180951114/
Severe droughts may cause effects that cascade through the environment for centuries
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417090832.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417090832.htm
Proportion of “shade-grown coffee” has decreased by around 20 percent of world supply in 2 decades
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416125428.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416125428.htm
Individual variations in immune response may account for various long term Lyme disease symptoms
Advisories for eating fish during pregnancy do not take into consideration all the POP chemicals
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417141948.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417141948.htm
Until fairly recently, wild animal bred with their domesticated counterparts…provided good gene flow
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417090826.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417090826.htm
New method for identifying endangered species
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417141913.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417141913.htm
EQ Insurance can help you “bounce back” after an earthquake
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/earthquake-610249-insurance-california.html
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/earthquake-610249-insurance-california.html
Changes in wild fire activity over 28 years in Western US in line with long-term, global fire patterns
Http://phys.org/news/2014-04-bigger-wildfires-western.html
Http://phys.org/news/2014-04-bigger-wildfires-western.html
Public outcry led to the downfall of BPA in plastics….but how and what will replace it?
http://www.nature.com/news/toxicology-the-plastics-puzzle-1.15038?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140417
http://www.nature.com/news/toxicology-the-plastics-puzzle-1.15038?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140417
Significantly increased demand significantly increased number sea cucumbers harvested in Florida
http://news.yahoo.com/booming-demand-pushes-florida-limit-sea-cucumber-harvest-205125924.html
http://news.yahoo.com/booming-demand-pushes-florida-limit-sea-cucumber-harvest-205125924.html
Book Review: “Mississippi River – A Century of Unnatural Disaster Tragedies”
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2014/04/my-ten-cents-review-mississippi-river-tragedies.html
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2014/04/my-ten-cents-review-mississippi-river-tragedies.html
Trying to reclaim the power of penicillin to fight MRSA
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414154454.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414154454.htm
Impact of US Border restrictive structures: worse for wildlife than humans?
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/us-security-barriers-on-border-with-mexico-may-disrupt-pumas-more-than-humans-140415?news=852920
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/us-security-barriers-on-border-with-mexico-may-disrupt-pumas-more-than-humans-140415?news=852920
Facilities that burn biomass may pollute much more than coal burning power plants
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/epa-loopholes-allow-biomass-facilities-to-create-more-toxic-pollution-than-coal-140414?news=852912
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/epa-loopholes-allow-biomass-facilities-to-create-more-toxic-pollution-than-coal-140414?news=852912
Update: Conflict between the US BLM and Ranchers
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0415/Nevada-rancher-vs.-federal-agents-a-very-old-conflict-suddenly-made-new
Related: http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/bureau-of-land-management-gives-in-to-armed-protestors-supporting-rancher-who-stopped-paying-fees-to-graze-cattle-on-federal-land-140415?news=852924
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0415/Nevada-rancher-vs.-federal-agents-a-very-old-conflict-suddenly-made-new
Related: http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/bureau-of-land-management-gives-in-to-armed-protestors-supporting-rancher-who-stopped-paying-fees-to-graze-cattle-on-federal-land-140415?news=852924
What to do with too many jellyfish? Turn them into paper towels and diapers
http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/when-life-gives-you-invasive-jellyfish-turn-them-into-paper-towels-and-diapers.html
http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/when-life-gives-you-invasive-jellyfish-turn-them-into-paper-towels-and-diapers.html
The most polluted river in the world?? The Citarum River near Jakarta, Indonesia
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10761077/Citarum-the-most-polluted-river-in-the-world.html
Related Pics & Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601944/Indonesian-river-clogged-toxic-chemicals-dumped-textile-factories.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10761077/Citarum-the-most-polluted-river-in-the-world.html
Related Pics & Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601944/Indonesian-river-clogged-toxic-chemicals-dumped-textile-factories.html
100 most unique and endangered bird species in the world (video)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10760192/Worlds-100-most-unique-and-endangered-birds-revealed.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/10760192/Worlds-100-most-unique-and-endangered-birds-revealed.html
CRS Report: Drought in the US
2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf may still be impacting human health
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/04/13/illnesses-surface-after-oil-spill.html
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/04/13/illnesses-surface-after-oil-spill.html
Fertilizer certification program may help reduce algae blooms in Lake Erie and other lakes
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/04/14/bill-calls-for-fertilizer-certification.html
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/04/14/bill-calls-for-fertilizer-certification.html
Experiments show too much selenium is bad for reproduction….results may apply to humans
http://sciencenordic.com/too-much-selenium-bad-reproduction
http://sciencenordic.com/too-much-selenium-bad-reproduction
Smoking “pot” may change your brain….possible problems later in life?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415181156.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415181156.htm
SSRI drugs prescribed for depression now linked with autism & developmental delays in sons
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415153735.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415153735.htm
Documenting the slow disappearance of the Rio Grande
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2014/04/13/documenting-disappearing-rio-grande/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2014/04/13/documenting-disappearing-rio-grande/
There are differences between the “Ozone Holes” over the Arctic & the Antarctic…
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/15/arctic-ozone-hole-quite/
http://www.technology.org/2014/04/15/arctic-ozone-hole-quite/
A plan to end the feral cat problem…there are an estimate 50 million of them in the US
http://news.yahoo.com/fur-flies-us-gets-grips-feral-cats-061414088.html
http://news.yahoo.com/fur-flies-us-gets-grips-feral-cats-061414088.html
“Coffee cup” shelters for disaster relief (video)
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/coffee-cups-inspire-breakthrough-emergency-shelters-141449586.html?vp=1
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/coffee-cups-inspire-breakthrough-emergency-shelters-141449586.html?vp=1
Research on Mount Everest leads to better understanding of Type II diabetes
http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/hsn/clues-to-type-2-diabetes-discovered-on-mount-everest
http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/hsn/clues-to-type-2-diabetes-discovered-on-mount-everest
Invasive Lion fish in the Caribbean are adapting to culling methods…opt for extermination?
http://news.yahoo.com/conservationists-murdering-invasive-fish-save-caribbean-might-backfiring-101200357.html
http://news.yahoo.com/conservationists-murdering-invasive-fish-save-caribbean-might-backfiring-101200357.html
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