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Geosciences Bulletin Board – 28 December 2015. Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.
Winter storm “Goliath” is worthy of its name… tornadoes, floods, blizzard conditions
- http://www.weather.com/news/weather/news/winter-storm-goliath-state-by-state-impacts
- Photo gallery: http://kutv.com/news/nation-world/photo-gallery-winter-storm-dec-26-27-2015
- http://www.wunderground.com/news/tornadoes-flooding-impacts-winter-storm-goliath
- http://www.weather.com/forecast/national/news/winter-storm-goliath-forecast-snow-blizzard
- http://www.weather.com/news/weather/news/tornadoes-flooding-impacts-winter-storm-goliath
California Court finds engineers liable to the contractors for breach of professional duty and/or negligent misrepresentation
Small pre-Christmas swarm of EQs just south of Reno…felt the M4.4 at our house…no big deal
Reclassifying rainbows into 12 types according: whether or not certain color bands were visible in the primary bow, prevalence of Alexander band, and how visible supernumerary bands are
The Midcontinent Rift formed in three stages
The Meadow Bank scarp runs nearly perfectly parallel to a fault zone, but was not of seismic origin…it was formed by glacial meltwaters
Sediment from Orange County dredging will go to restore the beach and marshes
Catastrophic landslide in City of Shenzhen, China…warnings ignored, damage & deaths result
- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/world/asia/china-landslide-shenzhen.html
- Video: http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/dec/21/landslide-shenzhen-china-mobile-phone-camera-video
- http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015-12-21/91-missing-from-landslide-that-buries-buildings-in-china
Images capture to forces of nature in 2015
Identifying the largest landslide in the North America since 1980
What did we learn about the Yellowstone super volcano in 2015?
- http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/yellowstone-supervolcano-facts-we-learned-about-active-volcano-2015-1534566
If you saw the pictures and aerial imagery, then recognizing that the Oso Landslide was not unique is obvious
Planetary geology: New type of volcanic rock discovered on the Moon by Yutu rover
- http://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-rover-just-discovered-a-new-type-of-moon-rock
- http://www.sci-news.com/space/chinese-rover-yutu-new-type-lunar-basalt-03532.html
NOAA teams up with cargo vessels to enhance Tsunami Warning System
Salty sea spray impacts cloud formation and duration
Tornado in Sydney, Australia, turned shards of glass into flying missiles
Monterey Bay Aquarium gets early Christmas present….wild otter enters tidal pool and gives birth
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wild-otter-gives-birth-outside-aquarium_567946fde4b06fa6887e8f42
Waves from moderate storms, rather than violent events such as hurricanes, inflict the most loss on coastal wetlands
Rare video of male sea horse giving birth
Burgess Shale fossil provides early evidence of brood care
Discovery of new hydrothermal vent system may help explain difference between theoretical rate of crustal cooling at seafloor spreading ridge flanks and actual observations
Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board -28 December 2015. Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.
How much energy do all those Christmas lights in the US use? More than some countries use in an entire year!
- http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/12/22/460699220/what-burns-more-kilowatt-hours-americas-xmas-lights-or-tanzania
- Chart: http://www.cgdev.org/blog/us-holiday-lights-use-more-electricity-el-salvador-does-year
These 10 maps reflect issues in 2015…from social concerns to refugees
Satellite images and aerial views from NASA Earth Observatory reflect how the Earth changed in 2015
25 million year evolutionary battle between bats and Ebola
Outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil and health care emergency in Rio de Janeiro months before the 2016 Olympics
- http://news.yahoo.com/rio-janeiro-declares-health-system-emergency-olympics-loom-081413436--spt.html
PFCs are not being actively produced, but still contaminate our drinking water
- http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/are-there-firefighting-foam-chemicals-your-drinking-water.html
- Intercept Report: https://theintercept.com/2015/12/16/toxic-firefighting-foam-has-contaminated-u-s-drinking-water-with-pfcs/
Arctic reindeer are contaminated by PBDE chemicals
Endocrine disrupting chemicals have resulted in “intersex” male bass in wildlife refuges
GAO ruled EPA’s social media campaign to promote “Waters of the United States” rule violated the law…deemed a propaganda or lobbying effort
Seeking improved agricultural methods to reduce run-off and soil erosion
Based on some limited parameters, how “green” is your state?
The hazards and perspectives on solar farms… perceptions matter
Coywolves are common and well adapted and are continuing to expand their range
US F&W takes steps to protect two breeds of African lions
- http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/21/460590681/us-takes-steps-to-protect-two-breeds-of-african-lion
- Lions by the numbers: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lions-endangered-threatened_56788630e4b0b958f657b4b1
First-ever national map of wild bee abundance across the US reveals counties at risk
Paleo diet is good for you on the inside….shunning soap is good for you on the outside
Promises that proposed mitigation and the additional measures recommended in the final EIS will offset environmental impacts of Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline in SW Georgia
- http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/southwest-georgia-pipeline-advances/npnMj/
Some words of warning to the European Union to not ignore setting fishing limits
US FDA wants stricter regulations and manufacturers & tanning facilities to accept culpability on tanning beds to reduce significant risk of the adverse health consequences
California goes from struggling with how to cope with drought to how to cope with lots of water
The consequences of affluenza are alive and well in our society
Creating a safer environment for urban agriculture
EPA announces funding for Arizona ($25M) & Nevada ($19M) infrastructure to improve local drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and reduce water pollution
“If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest income. California was milking interest and capital in about equal proportion. The plains states, however, were devouring capital as a gang of spendthrift heirs might squander a great capitalist's fortune.” – Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert, p. 457
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