Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Enviro-Sciences Awareness - 28 April 2014

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Geosciences Bulletin Board – Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford - 28 April 2014

 

Which of the 3 Little Piggies houses would survive a volcano?  Is this a trick question??
http://news.discovery.com/earth/which-3-little-pigs-house-would-survive-a-volcano-140323.htm

 

Giant whiligig being used in attempt to predict what will happen when magnetic field reverses
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-will-happen-when-earths-magnetic-field-begins-reverse-180951166/

 

Animated video does good job of explaining tsunamis
http://sploid.gizmodo.com/smart-animation-explains-how-tsunamis-form-and-why-they-1567393145/+caseychan

 

What to do with all that gas from fracking the Marcellus shale?? Of course, build pipelines!
http://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/weekly/

 

Accuracy was the key directive in re-creating and then destroying Pompeii (movie trailer video)
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/26/pompeii-back-to-life-film-paul-ws-anderson

 

Why are there holes in the sand at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore?  A geologic puzzle!!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-mt-baldy-holes-met-0426-20140426,0,6591386.story

 

Did volcanoes bring Earth out of the Ice age 600 M years ago?
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-volcanoes-friendly.html

 

New homes built on landfill in Mesquite, NV (NE of Las Vegas) are now settling and cracking
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25325282/mesquite-neighbors-say-homes-built-on-landfill-are-sinking

 

Organic-rich peat soils in San Joaquin Delta area of CA could put water supply at risk after EQ
http://www.trust.org/item/20140425234602-towwk/

 

State of ND finds another dump of radioactive waste from oil drilling
http://news.yahoo.com/north-dakota-finds-more-radioactive-oil-waste-200152855--finance.html

 

Jury in Texas finds for plaintiff awarding family $2.95M for health damages in suit against fracking
http://news.yahoo.com/fracking-apparent-first-family-gets-courtroom-victory-health-011344981.html

 

Deadly avalanche puts emphasis on how dangerous work is for Sherpas
http://www.voanews.com/content/after-deadly-everest-avalanche-new-focus-on-risks/1901021.html

 

Major “X” class solar flare causes some temporary communication system outages on Earth
http://news.yahoo.com/sun-unleashes-major-solar-flare-video-114126958.html

 

Filling in a large sinkhole in Florida in “sinkhole alley”  (video)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0421/Florida-sinkhole-Massive-hole-between-two-homes-is-plugged-video

 

65,000 tons of Nazi chemical weapons were dumped into the Baltic Sea…ticking time bomb?
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/65000-tonnes-nazi-chemical-weapons-were-dumped-baltic-sea-70-years-ago.html

 

New study gives improved view of “Black Smokers”  on the ocean floor
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Study-Sheds-New-Light-on-Black-Smokers-at-the-Bottom-of-the-Ocean-439294.shtml

 

Manhattan sea wall not as effective as 120 years ago at withstanding storm surges
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423132612.htm

 

Using Krypton gas to date ancient ice cores by new method called “Atom Trap Trace Analysis”
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-krypton-dating-ancient-ice-core-20140421,0,995414.story

 

NRC orders immediate seismic risk mitigation measures at two nuclear power plants in eastern US
http://ens-newswire.com/2014/04/18/quake-risk-exceeds-licensed-limits-at-u-s-nuclear-plants/

 

The recent big EQ in Chile was a bit surprising…filled in a “seismic gap” but not the “Big One”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chiles-recent-earthquake-defied-expectations/

 

Conflicts over water resolved with the signing of Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement
http://ens-newswire.com/2014/04/18/klamath-river-basin-pact-ends-decades-of-water-wars/

 

This full-scale “shake table” is enormous….but effective at simulating EQ shaking on buildings
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/faking-quakes-full-scale-giant-shake-tables-simulate-earthquakes-make-buildings-safer

 

Is the risk of asteroid impact on Earth being under-appreciated?  (video)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27039285
Related:  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earth-actually-getting-pummeled-asteroids-all-time-theyre-not-causing-damage-lucky-180951218/

 

Team to study the landslide near Oso, WA …. GEER report to follow on this disaster
http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/Article.aspx?id=23622330614#.U1gLcCLn-M8

 

After deadly avalanche, Sherpas vote to shut down 2014 climbing season on Mount Everest
http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/04/mount-everests-sherpas-shut-down-this-years-climbing-season-for-good/361025/

 

A century of EQ epicenters & rupture zones mapped around the world by the USGS (graphics)
http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/04/mapping-more-than-a-century-of-major-earthquakes-around-the-world/360996/

 

 

Enviro-Sciences Awareness Bulletin Board – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford - 28 April 2014

 

In lab tests, Triclosan (used as an antimicrobial in soap, toothpaste…) spurred growth of cancer cells
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423102756.htm

 

In honor of National Scoop the Poop Week ….facts & fiction about pet poop
https://shine.yahoo.com/pets/fact-fiction-dog-poop-135800586.html

 

First case of MERS virus reported in Egypt
http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-reports-first-case-mers-virus-141626854.html
Related:  http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-says-mers-virus-cases-top-300-223451493.html
Related:  http://gma.yahoo.com/sars-mers-virus-spreads-countries-210033320--abc-news-health.html

 

Where, oh where, did all those Atari “E.T.” game cartridges go???   Into a landfill in New Mexico!
http://news.yahoo.com/diggers-ataris-e-t-games-landfill-193256509.html

 

No more guest lodges inside Ngorongoro Conservation Area 
https://wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/no-more-lodges-inside-the-ngorongoro-protected-area-says-president-kikwete/

 

Surviving Ebola becomes a social stigma
http://news.yahoo.com/survivors-ebola-face-second-disease-stigma-110405080.html

 

Perspective:  You are what you eat….”safe” food additive may not be safe!
http://news.yahoo.com/food-additives-generally-recognized-safe-could-anything-op-200118801.html

 

In drought-stricken California, the “water cops” are there to educate the public on wise water use
http://news.yahoo.com/few-california-cities-start-water-waste-patrols-141645456.html

 

Inside Idaho’s irrational war on wolves
http://news.yahoo.com/inside-idahos-irrational-war-wolves-141650967.html

 

Despite reports to the contrary, EPA continues to support use of ethanol as good for environment
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304512504579491750362682742

 

State of Vermont to require that GM foods be clearly labeled as such in grocery stores
http://news.yahoo.com/vermont-ups-ante-genetically-modified-foods-211759490.html

 

Many factors influence the rate of change in biodiversity around the world
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2014/0422/New-study-challenges-old-thinking-about-extinctions-worldwide

 

Water in CA: “lack of transparency provides a breeding ground for unchecked spending, corruption, and fiscal mismanagement”
http://news.yahoo.com/california-drought-big-money-many-actors-little-oversight-110415148--finance.html

 

What is the best way to recycle?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/recycling-you-may-be-doing-it-wrong-180951192/?no-ist

 

Using BIO-methods to create new building materials
http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id59967/--biomaterials-growing-on-construction

 

Cow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistant microbes
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140422084928.htm

 

Massive flood on Mississippi River posed as cause of decline of Native culture
http://news.yahoo.com/missing-mississippi-floods-great-city-disappears-130216093.html

 

Criticism leveled at stockpiling $B of Tamiflu and Relenza which have questionable effectiveness 
http://www.nature.com/news/tamiflu-report-comes-under-fire-1.15091?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140424

 

Cities & groups taking sides in dispute on enforcing environmental laws for Chesapeake Bay
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bal-bmg-baltimore-other-big-us-cities-back-epa-in-bay-cleanup-case-20140422,0,1477923.story

 

Toxic legacy of illegally dumped asbestos, dioxin, & other chemicals at 32+ sites near Naples, Italy
http://www.nature.com/news/a-toxic-legacy-1.15087?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20140424

 

Good nutrition … not pharmaceutical drugs with limited effectiveness… was key to getting well
http://news.yahoo.com/doctors-irrelevant-094500069--politics.html

 

New “e-reefs” tool will be used to assess conditions in the Great Barrier Reef
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/ereefs-tool-to-assess-health-of-the-great-barrier-reef-20140423-373u3.html

 

As Bark Beetles kill forest in the Western States, stream flow increases & water quality decreases
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140421164355.htm

 

The benefits after 44 years of “Earth Day”….a much cleaner US in some places
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/forty-four-years-of-earth-day.html

 

Understanding complex interactions that affect riparian vegetation in Yellowstone National Park
http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131114

 

Virtual Earth….Madingley Model of how life on Earth plays out…estimates off by order of magnitude
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25450-virtual-earth-plays-out-fate-of-life-on-the-planet.html#.U1gzOiLn-M8

 

Follow the Money!!  -  Book Review:  “Windfall:  The Booming Business of Global Warming”
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/04/who-has-made-peace-with-climate-change-the-people-making-fortunes-from-it

 

Earth Day inspired actions around the Globe….but will they be sustained?
http://ens-newswire.com/2014/04/22/earth-day-inspires-environmental-actions-around-the-world/

 

Want to save money….and reduce demand for some resources?  Change your font
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/04/ink-plastic-font-savings

 

65,000 tons of Nazi chemical weapons were dumped into the Baltic Sea…ticking time bomb?
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/65000-tonnes-nazi-chemical-weapons-were-dumped-baltic-sea-70-years-ago.html

 

EPA reduces mandated bio-fuels in US fuel supply
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biofuels-mandate-is-cut-drastically/
Related:  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/20/corn-biofuels-gasoline-global-warming

 

Some female spiders eat potential mates rather than mating with them
http://www.livescience.com/45066-virgin-female-spiders-eat-males.html

 

And what do male Black Widow spider prefer?   Well-fed virgins!!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423132647.htm

 

Construction of dams and reservoirs alters the global pattern of risk of malaria 
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/mapping-how-malaria-risk-changes-new-dams-go

 

More than 2 decades after the barrier was removed, deer still avoid the barrier border zone
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27129727

 

China, already worried about soil pollution, now says almost 60% of groundwater is polluted
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/23/china-half-groundwater-polluted

 

Vibrio, salmonella & E. coli infection numbers from food for 2013...some significant changes
http://news.yahoo.com/illness-linked-eating-oysters-rise-215039397.html

 

Team to study the landslide near Oso, WA …. GEER report to follow on this disaster
http://www.asce.org/CEMagazine/Article.aspx?id=23622330614#.U1gLcCLn-M8

 

Cities support Congressional ban on use of antibiotics in livestock for non-therapeutic use
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/business/cities-urging-congress-ban-antibiotics-livestock

 

Final Environmental Report issued on new high-speed rail in California…public meetings in early May
http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/04/18/3884498/rail-agency-issues-final-environmental.html

 

Disaster experts urge local officials to educate the public on coastal hurricane preparedness & risks
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2014/04/21/326812.htm

 

Bio-fuel from harvested corn plants is WORSE for the environment than gasoline in the short term 
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIOFUELS_GLOBAL_WARMING

 

The new Western Range War….states move to take over public lands
http://news.yahoo.com/nevada-range-war-western-states-move-over-federal-210800118.html

 

Who contributes to increasing Bt resistance in pests?  Pesticide manufacturers, farmers, or others?
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/04/18/is-monsanto-company-wrong-about-pest-resistance.aspx

 

Are “free samples” of pharmaceutical drugs really free?   Of course not!!!
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-free-drug-samples-generics-dermatology-20140416,0,1035454.story

 

"There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.” - Marie Curie (thanks to Faruck Morcos)