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Geosciences Bulletin Board – 29 December 2014. Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.
2014 was year of recognizing new dinosaurs!
TED talks….content can be valuable for geoscientists!
Archived aerial photographs of Antarctica being released from archives…reveal changes
Dendrochronology reveals climatic record of droughts in California
Fuego volcano is erupting in Guatemala … ash warning issued
Popocatépetl (El Popo) volcano, southeast of Mexico City, emits 3.5 km high plume of gas, ash and steam
New legal venue legacy of nuclear testing
Glaciers are very dynamic…flowing, ablating, calving, surface melting, accumulation…
Boom should mean not just more taxes, but also increased demand for geotechnical services
Thawing submarine permafrost is an ongoing process….methane being released
New short-necked Triassic marine reptile discovered in China: Eohupehsuchus brevicollis
Studying tooth enamel may tell us more about fossil animals
This fossil fish has preserved retinas (rods and cones) which show animals had color vision 300 million years ago
Perspective: Fracking is a “red herring” with economic & environmental consequences
Will ionic liquids lead to improved methods for extraction of rare earth elements from ores?
How to teach volcanology if you don’t have a volcano near your campus (video)
Winter Solstice is not the coldest day of the year
Photos of ancient stromatolites at Lake Helen in Banff National Park, Canada
Rock slide and protalus rampart (?) on the trail to Helen Lake, Banff National Park, Canada
Major EQ and landslides may have caused disappearance of Sanxingdui culture in China
Five prehistoric monsters you might not want to meet in a dark alley! (video)
Earth Observation satellite images the week for 2014
Mapping the salinity of the ocean (video)
Super Typhoon Haiyan waves washed storm-driven giant boulders onto beaches
Mineral of the month: Strontium
Subsidence of about 3 inches per year of Jakarta, Indonesia, due to groundwater withdrawal
Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board – 29 December 2014. Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.
Ebola
- Christmas parties banned: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-sierra-leone-christmas-parties-ebola.html
- 2014 review: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/year-review-science-faces-ebola-epidemic
- Lab exposure: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-reports-potential-ebola-exposure-in-atlanta-lab/
- clinical trial: http://www.sciencecodex.com/scientists_report_on_trial_of_earlygeneration_ebola_marburg_vaccine_candidates-148043
- New cases: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/29/liberia-ebola_n_6390234.html
Whooping cough (pertussis) is rapidly evolving….danger of vaccines becoming less effective
TCE and other toxic chemicals…a Superfund site…the vagaries of developers…buyer beware
Listeria outbreak - CDC Updates Listeriosis Outbreak Linked to Caramel Apples
E. coli from livestock feed-lots can contaminate neighboring produce fields
A question of ethics: lab scientists create precursors to human egg and sperm
Deforestation of tropical rain forests has significant impacts on the global climate
This Laysan albatross named “Wisdom” is still breeding at an estimated age of 63
As wolf population rebounds across Europe, conflict grows, livestock grazers try to protect flocks
Pilot project reduced phosphorus levels in stream waters by changing ag management practices
Meteorologists in Norway try to produce 4-day forecasts for air pollution
Federal budget cuts of EPA are not consistent with American voters support for stronger enforcement of water and air quality standards
EPA ruling on coal ash is disappointment for environmental groups
EPA pilot program will focus on 20 communities and their water supplies
These floating outhouses on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia are designed to clean themselves
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve now expanded
- http://cavingnews.com/20141223-oregon-caves-national-monument-expands
- Website: http://www.nps.gov/orca/index.htm
Australia in another hot cycle…affects animals, plants and cricket players
People versus sharks….debate in Western Australia
White paper: Urban Resilience & Infrastructure
- http://cenews.com/post/6725/new-whitepaper-available-on-urban-resilience-infrastructure
- Report download: http://media.mhfi.com/documents/MHFIGI-Building-Resilience.pdf
White Paper: Potable water reuse is most affordable option for “more water”
- http://cenews.com/post/6727/whitepaper-potable-reuse-most-affordable-source-of-new-water
- Report download: https://www.watereuse.org/product/14-08-1
Desert soils can host complex microbial communities
Humans are still evolving….our bones are becoming weaker
Judicial ruling puts Gray wolves of the Great Lakes back on the endangered species list
This rare northern cardinal exhibits split-sex “gynandromorphs”
Images from the ship’s artist on the Beagle put online and reveal Darwin’s voyage
- http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/dec/24/charles-darwin-beagle-artist-conrad-martens-cambridge-university
- Sketchbook images: http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-07984/1
- Darwin’s manuscripts: http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/darwin_mss
Earth Observation satellite images the week for 2014
Perspective: John Muir’s Last Stand…on the 100th anniversary of his death on 24 Dec
Perspective: The true cost of food
- http://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-12-19/the-true-cost-of-food
- Report: http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/entry/urgent-recall
- http://b.3cdn.net/nefoundation/1bfd1f66401d3b5f4b_fsm6vjoti.pdf
If we are to improve conditions in the world, then we must all become indigenous
Should we have said an environmental “bah, humbug” to Christmas lights?
- http://mashable.com/2014/12/24/christmas-lights-bad-for-environment/
- Related: http://www.livescience.com/49258-what-holiday-lights-look-like-to-nasa.html
Will the Los Angeles River ever be without concrete again?
Noise pollution from traffic causes significant number of deaths each year in EU countries
- http://ens-newswire.com/2014/12/19/eu-traffic-noise-causes-10000-premature-deaths-a-year/
- Link to report: http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/noise-in-europe-2014
New trade center for endangered big cats is identified on Myanmar border with China
New tick-borne virus called “Bourbon virus” identified in Kansas after causing one death due to multiple organ failure (video)
$1 Billion office & residential redevelopment in Pittsburg, PA, described as “sustainable”
“Green River” immortalized by CCR, designated by CF&GC as a “Wild Trout Water” (video)
“Grand Canal” across Nicaragua: economic success or environmental disaster?
Grizzly bears suffer collateral impacts of mountain pine beetle infestations
Ban on fracking in New York State is not about climate change…it’s about public health
- http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/23/3-reasons-why-new-yorks-fracking-ban-changes-every.aspx
- Report: https://www.health.ny.gov/press/reports/docs/high_volume_hydraulic_fracturing.pdf
Water diversion tunnels to protect Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will now be gravity fed
New $1.6M grant to US-UK researchers to study infectious agricultural diseases (bovine TB & Johne’s disease) that affect animal and human health as well as wildlife
$718M for 18-mile levee proposed to help protect against hurricanes….but will it work?
“Clean India” campaign tries to reverse collateral impacts of social caste system
Update: unlicensed doctor arrested for infecting many in Cambodian village with HIV
Subsidence of Jakarta, Indonesia, due to groundwater withdrawal…sewage flows through canals & watershed is impacted
Diversity is important in predicting human responses to chemical exposures by lab mouse testing
”It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.” - Peter Ustinov (thanks to Faruck Morcos)
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