Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 16 January 2017

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1) Geosciences Bulletin Board – 16 January 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Geomedia: the musical sounds of the sea created by wave and tidal organs

• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-music-sounds-sea

A collateral benefit of the earthquake in New Zealand: Quake Tourism (images & video)

• http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/88261073/earthquakealtered-landscape-an-attraction-for-kaikoura-visitors

Views of the snow-covered Rocky Mountains from space

• http://www.livescience.com/57495-rocky-mountains-from-space-astronaut-photo.html

Imaging the “Pineapple Express” responsible for intense precipitation events in Western US

• http://www.livescience.com/57487-atmospheric-river-pineapple-express-animation.html

Such hubris – to think that humans could eliminate the likelihood of the next glacial cycle

• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/will-we-eliminate-earths-ice-age-cycle

Cambrian hyoliths, Incertae sedis, finally have the proper twig in the tree of life as distant cousins of the brachiopods

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tiny-cone-shaped-creature-gets-twig-tree-life-180961783/
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/12/509344502/the-curious-case-of-the-hyolith-an-ancient-ice-cream-cone-thats-found-a-home

New model of magma behavior may aid in exploration for copper

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_magma_modeling_aids_search_for_copper_999.html

India was not totally isolated as it drifted northward prior to collision with Eurasian Tectonic Plate

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/India_was_by_no_means_as_isolated_as_we_thought_999.html

In Memoriam: Geophysicist David Strangway (1934-2016)

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/geophysicist-david-strangway-saw-no-boundaries-to-scientific-inquiry/article33593079/

Photo essay of massive mudflows causing major disruption on Volcan in Argentina

• http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2017/01/12/volcan-1/

80,000 year record in ice cores now bound for new home at University of Alberta

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rescued-ice-cores-bound-for-new-home-at-university-of-alberta/article33624774/

Glaciers on Mount Kenya continue to recede

• http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/The-vanishing--glaciers-of--Mount-Kenya--/434746-3516298-12ef2p/index.html

Human groundwater withdrawal impacts climate

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Anthropogenic_groundwater_extraction_impacts_climate_999.html
• Paper: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0209.1

Visiting Mauna Loa – largest volcano in the world

• http://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/nature-travel/visiting-mauna-loa-worlds-largest-volcano

Testing whether cloud seeding can increase snowfall

• https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190748&org=GEO&from=news

Photo-essay on daredevil tourists visiting active volcano in Hawaii

• http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/daredevil-tourists-risk-lives-closer-9609495

What makes the silicate mineral erionite carcinogenic?

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/fj-wme011317.php

Recommended readings to help understand the Anthropocene

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/your-guide-all-things-anthropocene-180960599/

Tonga Trench highly active subduction zone with EQs triggered by pressure release of fluids from minerals at depth – in 1960s data lead to speculative theory of plate tectonics

• http://phys.org/news/2017-01-pacific-plate-depth.html

Mythical ruby seadragon is finally seen in Recherche Archipelago of Australia (video)

• http://www.treehugger.com/animals/mythical-ruby-seadragon-seen-wild-first-time.html

Carbon has a non-uniform and complex distribution in the mantle

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/cifs-dmc011317.php

Chicxulub meteor may have indirectly impacted the dinosaurs by triggering cold climatic conditions

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/pifc-htd011317.php

USGS to partner in monitoring volcanic eruptions in Indonesia through the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/revolutionizing-volcano-monitoring-indonesia

Killer whales are one of three known species to go through menopause, reduces reproductive conflict

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112130137.htm

Photo essay on the Friday fold in the Smaull Graywacke at Saligo Bay, Islay

• http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2017/01/13/friday-fold-smaull-graywacke-saligo-bay-islay/

History of eruptions has changed Bogoslof Island in Alaska

• http://www.ktva.com/volcanic-eruptions-changing-face-alaska-island-635/
• http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bogoslof-island-alaska-eruptions-photographs/
• AVO images: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/image_search_results.php?volcano=ak29&year%5B%5D=&type=&caption=&lastname=&firstname=&recent=&limit=50

Six new models for recovery of O&G from the North Sea

• http://www.technology.org/2017/01/13/six-new-models-oil-recovery/

These marine animals have their own invisibility cloak

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/oceans-animals-invisible-physics/
  
  

Environmental Sciences Bulletin Board – 16 January 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford  

EPA claims law prohibits pay damages caused mine spill into Animas River in Colorado triggered by EPA-led contractor – claims sovereign immunity

• http://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/four-corners/2017/01/13/epa-says-wont-pay-mine-spill-claims/96553892/
• EPA After-Action Review: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-01/documents/gkm-after-action-review-implementation-report.pdf

In newly discovered species of katydids in northern Borneo, each sex has a dramatic color – males are green, females are red and pink

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/katydids-insects-new-species-borneo/

US BLM proposes O&G drilling leases near Zion National Park

• http://www.sltrib.com/news/4816545-155/blm-proposes-oil-drilling-leases-near-zion

US Marine veterans may be able to receive part of $2B in government disability benefits for exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-agrees-pay-billions-marines-affected-toxic-water-083923975--politics.html

What you buy has definite impact on survival of other species

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170104103604.htm
• Paper: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-016-0023

Fish frozen in “wall of water” in Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota will become food for bald eagles

• http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/bizarre-wall-frozen-fish-makes-easy-meals-bald-eagles/

Substantial imbalances in international negotiations on conservation & sustainable use of marine biodiversity

• http://www.technology.org/2017/01/13/ensuring-equity-conservation-sustainable-use-ocean-biodiversity/

Nearly 70,000 birds have been slaughtered, most by shooting & trapping, since 2009 at 3 airports in NYC

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/miracle-hudson-legacy-70-000-slain-birds-122453379.html

Lessons to be learned from flawed response to disasters in Haiti

• http://www.pri.org/stories/2017-01-12/here-are-real-lessons-flawed-responses-haitis-disasters
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/haiti-earthquake-anniversary_us_5875108de4b02b5f858b3f9c

Noise pollution from fracking may be harmful to human health

• http://www.technology.org/2017/01/13/noise-pollution-fracking-may-harm-human-health/

Skeletons of Ice Age mammals help reveal what happens when distinct species go extinct

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112131054.htm

US F&W decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park being reconsidered

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/decision-grizzlies-delayed-100-killed-over-2-years-181655396.html

Storms bring some relief to the drought in California, but the animals in Oregon zoo are loving it (video)

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/12/509474666/snowpocalypse2017-inundates-west-coast-clobbering-towns-but-easing-drought

Crater Lake National Park closed due to heavy snow and risk of avalanches

• http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/01/11/crater-lake-national-park-closed-due-avalanche-heavy-snowfall/96435202/

Recommended readings to help understand the Anthropocene

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/your-guide-all-things-anthropocene-180960599/

USDA releases report on life cycle greenhouse gas balance of ethanol

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/17fecf6
• Report: https://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/mitigation_technologies/USDAEthanolReport_20170107.pdf

Researchers have genetically modified mosquito to be resistant to Dengue

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141146.htm

NAS releases new report recommending updating Obama “social cost of carbon” metric – how can there be a cost of a naturally cycling compound necessary for photosynthesis?

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/12/scientists-have-a-new-way-to-calculate-what-global-warming-costs-trumps-team-isnt-going-to-like-it/?ref=yfp&utm_term=.14b68a2bb93e
• Download link: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24651/valuing-climate-damages-updating-estimation-of-the-social-cost-of

Greenpeace intercepts the Amazon Warrior, largest seismic exploration ship in the world

• http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1701/S00068/greenpeace-intercepts-worlds-biggest-seismic-oil-ship.htm

Biological warfare among viruses to gain control over a cell

• http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/biological-warfare-virus-style/

Adaptive management approach to soil conservation may lead to improved water quality

• https://phys.org/news/2017-01-soil-essential-quality.html

Obama energy secretary announces new “scientific integrity” policy to protect those supporting his concept of man-made global warming

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/11/on-the-eve-of-trump-obamas-energy-dept-leaves-behind-a-new-scientific-integrity-policy/?utm_term=.23972b855250
• Policy: https://energy.gov/downloads/department-energy-scientific-integrity-policy

New database being created to catalog flatulence of all species

• http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/does-it-fart-theres-now-a-database-and-a-hashtag-for-that/

Determining whether bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is linked to or causes breast cancer in humans

• http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-we-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-whether-a/article_2b91709b-973b-51ed-a23c-4e064043103f.html

Photographing Yellowstone National Park in the winter

• http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/on-location/travel/photographing-yellowstone-winter/

First global map of alien bird species

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141150.htm
• Paper: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2000942&type=printable

Analyzing the biggest threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia: overpopulation, deforestation, hydropower, and traditional medicines

• https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/new-study-analyzes-biggest-threats-to-southeast-asian-biodiversity/
• Paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1624/epdf

Wildfires in western North Carolina in 2016 created severe particulate air pollution

• http://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2017/01/13/nc-fires-brought-severe-pollution/

Legislation being considered in Wyoming would prevent utilities from using alternative energy sources

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12012017/wyoming-coal-wind-energy-solar-energy-climate-change-denial

Climate change may pose risk to growing rice, one of the major food crops of the world

• http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/future-rice-yield-losses-due-to-climate-change-could-be-extreme/

Stalagmites suggest Amazonia remained forested during last Ice Age

• https://phys.org/news/2017-01-stalagmites-corridor-amazonia-forests-ice.html

Changing urban population densities have major implications for building energy use & sustainability 

• https://phys.org/news/2017-01-urban-population-density-impact-future.html

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 16 January 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Corps eases living shoreline permit process

·      http://www.coastalreview.org/2017/01/corps-eases-living-shoreline-permit-process/

Media advisory: mapping beach changes caused by recent storms

·      https://www.usgs.gov/news/media-advisory-mapping-beach-changes-caused-recent-storms

Study: not knowledge, not political party, but perceived threat of climate disasters convinces coastal officials to act

·      http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2017/01/10/study-not-knowledge-not-political-party-perceived-threat-climate-disasters-convinces-coastal-officials-act/#sthash.EYffej35.dpbs

 Coastal Commission and State Parks debate future of oceano dunes - California

·      http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article126299959.html

 Draft coastal management laws described as Draconian and unfair – New South Wales

·      https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/2016/12/draft-coastal-management-laws-described-draconian/

Feds plan to protect ghost ships

·      https://courthousenews.com/sanctuaries-would-protect-ghost-ships/

 Plans to protect Mundesley from coastal erosion could cost £1.5m – North Norfolk, England

 http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/environment/plans_to_protect_mundesley_from_coastal_erosion_could_cost_1_5m_1_4839241 

Petition calls for more limits on trawling – North Carolina

·      http://www.coastalreview.org/2017/01/petition-calls-limits-trawling/

 Two days at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

·      http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/13/two-days-at-the-weeks-bay-national-estuarine-research-reserve/

Westchester bracing for impact of Indian Point closing

·      http://westfaironline.com/84857/westchester-bracing-for-impact-as-indian-point-plans-2021-closing-date/

Washington Supreme Court orders environmental review for coastal oil terminals

·      http://www.opb.org/news/article/washington-supreme-court-orders-environmental-review-for-coastal-oil-terminals/ 

San Mateo County releases stormwater management plan

·      http://www.hmbreview.com/news/san-mateo-county-releases-stormwater-management-plan/article_0d5534ac-d923-11e6-a844-93ebe6336521.html

City could sell portion of Kahaluu Regional Park to highest bidder

·      http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/34242732/city-could-sell-portion-of-kahaluu-regional-park-to-highest-bidder

Students help 100 baby sea turtles reach the sea at Subic - Philippines

·      http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/861918/students-help-100-baby-sea-turtles-reach-the-sea-at-subic

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