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“Climate McCarthyism” claims the job of respected scientist for questioning the significance of man-made warming
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/06/13/Climate-McCarthyism-claims-yet-another-victim
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/traffic/2014/06/12/bridge-columns-rebound/10379757/
It is not “global warming” but it is geothermal heat energy melting West Antarctic glacier http://www.enn.com/climate/article/47469
Images of slickensides in the Manassas Quarry in Virginia…in situ ones are horizontal http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2014/06/12/slickensides-vulcan-quarry-manassas-virginia/
Is “Quantitative interpretation” really a new approach to understanding reservoirs?
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/print/volume-74/issue-6/geology-geophysics1/quantitative-interpretation-emerges-as-major-geoscience-tool.html
A pictorial history of big “digger” and “borer” machines that go deep underground
http://gizmodo.com/24-tunneling-machines-that-created-a-world-beneath-our-1587172041
Perspective: State of Illinois should be cautious in allowing fracking
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-letter-illinois-should-be-cautious-in-allowing-fracking-20140611,0,920757.story
Radiation leak at WIPP site in NM may be tied to waste containers, some shipped to TX
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NUKE_REPOSITORY_RADIATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-06-11-03-39-45
How was global warming avoided 300 M years ago? Continents collided, mountains formed http://phys.org/news/2014-06-earth-global.html
Shale oil drilling in US has reduced government costs and affected taxes
http://www.snl.com/Interactivex/article.aspx?CdId=A-28315157-12335
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/federal-report-on-gulf-of-mexico-oil-drilling-explosion-warns-of-future-disasters-140609?news=853356
As lakes get smaller, new permafrost is forming in the Arctic
http://www.technology.org/2014/06/11/new-permafrost-forming-around-shrinking-arctic-lakes-will-last/
Planetary geology: Earth should expect more “X” class solar flares in next few weeks
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-two-x-class-solar-flares-20140610-story.html
Related: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140609122025.htm
EQ mitigation in Oregon….where science and policy must interact with benefit for all
http://thebridge.agu.org/2014/06/02/challenges-seismic-mitigation-oregon-science-policy-meet/
Improving air quality in underground mines by reducing particulate matter
http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Aiming_to_improve_the_air_quality_in_underground_mines.asp
If we are talking temperatures, then shouldn’t we be using the world’s best thermometer?
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news70922.html
Did you miss it? World Ocean Day was June 8
http://ens-newswire.com/2014/06/09/world-oceans-day-2014-dawns-on-oceans-in-danger/
Geologists are blowing up piles of rocks to mimic maars eruptions (video)
http://www.livescience.com/46192-homemade-explosions-how-maars-forms.html
Mapping tornado touchdowns by latitude and by longitude…new approach to mapping
http://www.livescience.com/46230-tornado-maps-by-latitude-and-longitude.html
New PR program launched by nuclear power industry & advocates
http://www.livescience.com/46258-nuclear-industry-industry-pr-push.html
Indiscriminate and illegal mining leads to serious environmental problems in India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/puducherry/Illegal-mining-spells-doom-for-Villupuram/articleshow/36340527.cms
New fiction genre: no longer sci-fi….now cli-fi is popular
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/books-changing-literary-climate
Results of study of magma chamber beneath Mt Hood may improve predictions
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/magma-mobilizes-quickly-beneath-mount-hood
After a harsh winter in the Midwest, ice bergs are still floating in Lake Superior http://news.yahoo.com/surprise-icebergs-spotted-lake-superior-140245612.html
Related photos: http://www.livescience.com/46233-photos-summer-icebergs-in-lake-superior.html
Expensive house with view of Lake Whitney, TX….now it is condemned!!! (video)
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Luxury-home-dangles-from-collapsing-cliff-at-Lake-Whitney-262631271.html
More pings in the Indian Ocean….just where is flight MH370
http://www.nature.com/news/sound-clue-in-hunt-for-mh370-1.15390
Lunar rock chemistry supports the “big smash” origin for the moon
http://www.nature.com/news/lunar-rock-chemistry-supports-big-smash-theory-1.15356
Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board – 16 June 2014 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.
Whooping cough has now reached epidemic proportions in California
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-whooping-cough-20140614-story.html
To protect petroglyphs in Renegade Canyon, US Navy needs to count all of them
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-navy-petroglyphs-20140615-story.html
http://news.yahoo.com/poachers-massacre-elephants-congo-park-101751904.html
Zurich Insurance Group calls for increasing flood resilience by holistic approach
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20140612/NEWS06/140619905
US tourists bring home Chikungunya….CDC monitoring cases in a number of states http://news.yahoo.com/more-states-report-cases-mosquito-borne-chikungunya-virus-204725288.html
Poultry industry is reducing levels of antibiotics used to raise chickens in the US http://www.wattpoultryusa-digital.com/201406/Default/11/0#&pageSet=24
New York City testing modular emergency housing units in preparation for disasters
http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/nyc-office-of-emergency-tests-temporary-housing-prototype-for-possible-use-during-natural-disasters-1.8403687
FL-based company bought project…plans to construct 153 turbine wind farm in CO
http://gazette.com/el-paso-county-wind-farm-projects-new-owner-eyes-springs-2015-construction-start/article/1521303
Japanese Ambassador to the UN highlights link between disasters and disabilities
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/06/11/national/u-n-ambassador-highlights-link-disasters-disabilities/#.U5jEQCLn-M8
They say it is SAFE for people....but will “Truvia” become an effective insecticide for fruit flies
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/06/Sweetener-Toxic-Fruit-Flies.html
Wild dogs in Africa adapt use of space to co-exist with other carnivores
http://phys.org/news/2014-06-african-wild-dogs-space-co-exist.html
Following International Court ruling, Japan once again resumes whale hunting
http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/it-was-too-good-last-japan-step-efforts-resume-whale-hunting-antarctica.html
Illinois became the first state in the country to ban “microbeads” in personal care products
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/10/320638770/with-concern-for-environment-illinois-bans-microbeads
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140610122014.htm
Good scientific ethics? publication of two MERS articles using data from same patient
http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2014/06/research-teams-clash-over-too-similar-mers-papers
Chile rejects proposed $8B project to build dams on Patagonian rivers for hydro power http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chile-rejects-huge-hidroaysen-dam-patagonia-24072855
Human creation of airborne flu virus that imitates 1918 strain puts the world at risk
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/11/crazy-dangerous-creation-deadly-airborne-flu-virus
Human attempts to simply copy Nature are not enough
http://www.livescience.com/46257-simply-copying-nature-is-no-way-to-succeed-at-inventing-just-ask-leonardo-da-vinci.html
The value of nature’s defense system: protecting soil, coastlines, air quality…
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/science/earth/putting-a-price-tag-on-natures-defenses.html?ref=earth
New “Pollution Information Transparency Index” released in China
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/finally-a-pollution-index-beijing-can-love/
Salt the roads to melt ice…what happens? Butterflies with bigger eyes & muscles
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25704-butterflies-near-salted-roads-grow-larger-eyes-and-muscles.html
The Mississippi River….humans need to understand and respect it
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/06/should-we-let-the-mighty-mississippi-be-mighty-again
Drones on the lookout for wildlife poachers…they can operate 24/7
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/06/hi-yo-silver-the-drone-ranger
Perspective: Tragedy of the Commons meets Economics (anti-capitalism)
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-06-10/elinor-ostrom-the-commons-and-anti-capitalism
How much water do the world’s largest cities take every day
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-06-10/world-s-large-cities-move-water-equivalent-to-ten-colorado-rivers
Egypt plans to demolish illegal buildings along the Nile to help protect the watershed http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/illegal-buildings-along-world-famous-river-to-be-destroyed-to-help-farmers/
It is FACT not fiction: de-extinction has already been accomplished…but problems exist http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-mammoths-can-be-brought-back-from-extinction/
Ever since the Agricultural Revolution, farming has modified climate & continues to do so
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/copious-fertilizer-down-on-the-farm-means-more-global-warming-pollution-up-in-the-sky/
Abbott seeks alliance to thwart Obama policy on climate change (video)
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-seeks-alliance-to-thwart-president-obama-on-climate-change-policy-20140609-39t93.html
#WhoseSideAreYouOn is newly launched campaign to protect wildlife
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/09/david-beckham-prince-william-wildlife-crime-sport
Oil exploration in Africa’s oldest national park is halted…will help protect mountain gorillas http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27792031
Massive 15-foot alligator in Northern Territory, Australia, consumed a human http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27758594
Fighting malaria by breeding genetically modified mosquitoes to produce male offspring http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27765974
http://gma.yahoo.com/battle-everglades-vets-versus-pythons-091334351--abc-news-topstories.html
Is this a good blueprint for revitalizing our decaying and declining cities in the US? http://www.freep.com/article/20140608/COL06/306070007/Tom-Walsh-innovation-district-Bruce-Katz-Brookings-Institution
Scarlet king snakes in North Carolina still mimic coral snake even though it is no longer there
http://www.nature.com/news/snakes-mimic-extinct-species-to-avoid-predators-1.15397
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