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

Here is a link to the weekly water news for 24 - 30 June 2017. 

As a skilled geologist, Elaine would love this post about sinkhole formation. Not too much chance of that happening in Reno (at least not like in Florida) but it will be warm (close to 100 F or 38 C). Watch those fireworks! 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 3 July 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

If the challenges of building over permafrost and peat are properly addressed, then it is possible to build a road to Churchill in northern Manitoba

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-build-road-engineer-1.4174034

New movie “Remarkable Creatures” will tell story of young girls fossil hunting in 1800s in Lyme Regis

• http://start.att.net/news/read/category/entertainment/article/variety-fossil_hunters_drama_remarkable_creatures_movie_in-rpenskemc

Computer modeling & replica of Oroville Dam & Spillway may help identify most effective repairs

• http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/26/the-associated-press-engineers-use-replica-to-pinpoint-california-dam-repairs.html

Still heralding a call to respond to global warming hype

• https://www.nature.com/news/three-years-to-safeguard-our-climate-1.22201

The “Dueling Dinosaurs” are currently locked up in a secret storage room

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/public-ever-see-dueling-dinosaurs-180963676/

Climate models may not fully consider water loss in plants

• http://www.nature.com/news/overlooked-water-loss-in-plants-could-throw-off-climate-models-1.22206

Pulses of sound from air guns used in offshore oil exploration can kill zooplankton

• http://www.nature.com/news/air-guns-used-in-offshore-oil-exploration-can-kill-tiny-marine-life-1.22167
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170623100422.htm

40 years ago, the giant oil field in Prudhoe Bay was almost not discovered

• http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/533798430/alaskas-40-years-of-oil-riches-almost-never-was

Only humans think land is “permanent” but it metamorphoses through sink holes, erosion, liquefaction, subsidence, dissolution…

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/myriad-ways-land-can-disappear-beneath-your-feet-180963868/

In New York City, scientists will pay $1,000 to study your rat infestation

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/city-rats-study-new-york_us_594b85dae4b01cdedf007952

In British Columbia, this population of wolves lives a life tied to the ocean

• https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/animals/these-wondrous-sea-wolves-swim-miles-and-live-watery-wilds/

Oviraptorosaurs incubated their eggs with body heat in range of 35 to 40 degrees Celcius

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170628131828.htm

Predicting the weather is difficult (and often wrong), but forecasting volcanic eruption is even harder

• http://www.popsci.com/forecast-volcanic-eruption

“Bulges” may be useful in predicting volcanic eruptions

• https://phys.org/news/2017-06-bulges-volcanoes-eruptions.html

“Trollpikken” has been deliberately vandalized in Norway

• http://www.iflscience.com/environment/norways-beloved-troll-dick-rock-has-been-chopped-off-by-vandals/

Perspective: Fracking cannot be made safe – the risks can be reduced

• https://phys.org/news/2017-06-opinion-nonsense-fracking-safe-guidelines.html

Khumbu Glacier on the slopes of Mount Everest is drilled

• http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-40430540

Small swarm of earthquakes hit the Truckee, California, area

• http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/06/27/sierra-earthquakes/
• http://www.modbee.com/news/article158410534.html

Planetary Geology: the magnetosphere of Uranus – very different from Earth

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/uranus-magnetic-field-opens-and-closes-every-day-180963830/

Fishing fleets waste 10 percent of annual catch – roughly 10 million tons

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/global-fishing-fleet-wastes-ten-percent-its-catch-180963865/

Up to 69 percent of orca pregnancies in Southern Ocean fail due to toxins and dietary deficiencies

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-thirds-southern-resident-orca-pregnancies-fail-180963884/

Exploring solar science – Solar Eclipse, Space Weather, Plasma Physics

• https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/solarscience/index.jsp

Human activity has altered stream flow locally and statewide in Kansas

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/human-activity-alters-streamflow-throughout-kansas
• SIR 2017-5046: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20175046

Previously unrecognized mass extinction 2 to 3 myo killed off marine megafauna

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/mass-extinction-marine-megafauna-pliocene-04988.html

Geomedia: Collaboration between art and geology shifts perspective on earth materials

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geomedia-mixed-media-geo-art-collaboration-shifts-perspectives-earth-materials

Distant earthquakes can trigger submarine landslides at great distance and over time

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Distant_earthquakes_can_cause_underwater_landslides_999.html

Collapse of European ice sheet caused severe flooding, dramatic sea-level rise, & diversion of mega-rivers

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Collapse_of_the_European_ice_sheet_caused_chaos_999.html

Dust storms provide micro-biome for bacteria that can be transported great distances

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170627105407.htm

Educating the decorative stone industry about rocks

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-kitchen-counter-geology-bringing-rock-identification-new-audience

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 3 July 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford  

The Plague is still with us…it is endemic in the US…and new cases confirmed in New Mexico

• http://www.businessinsider.com/plague-new-mexico-black-death-fleas-rodents-2017-6
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plague-infects-three-people-new-mexico-180963861/
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/oral-plague-vaccine-helps-reduce-outbreaks-prairie-dog-colonies

“Space hippies” are putting massive numbers of small satellites into orbit: “big brother will be watching”

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-29/the-tiny-satellites-ushering-in-the-new-space-revolution

Industrial farming disrupts natural burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170629142946.htm

In an earlier time, make-up contained mercury or thallium acetate

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-horrifying-pre-fda-cosmetics-180963775/

While the US determines where to put nuclear waste, global nuclear power plant construction continues

• http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Nuclear-construction-reaches-25-year-high-2806171.html
• WNP Report: http://www.world-nuclear.org/getmedia/b392d1cd-f7d2-4d54-9355-9a65f71a3419/world-nuclear-performance-report-2017.pdf.aspx
• Yucca Mountain: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/339837-house-panel-votes-to-advance-yucca-mountain-nuclear-waste-project

Studies show yoga, tai chi, and meditation are good for the body – lower & reverse stress effects

• http://www.care2.com/greenliving/this-popular-practice-actually-alters-your-dna-to-make-you-less-stressed.html

Smartphones reduce mental concentration and cognitive capacity – even when turned off

• http://www.menshealth.co.uk/healthy/your-phone-is-a-brain-drain-even-when-its-off

WOTUS (2015 Clean Water Rule) may be withdrawn and that would be a good thing

• http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-clean-water-rule-act-20170627-story.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-regulation-idUSKBN19I2L0

Manganese concentrations in drinking water & health impacts need attention

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/ksu-fof062717.php

California to list glyphosate (Roundup®) as cancer causing chemical in California – Monsanto opposed

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-glyphosate-california-idUSKBN19H2K1

Images of 43 existing and proposed UNESCO World Heritage sites

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/united-states/us-unesco-world-heritage-photos/

Concerns regarding growing threat of urban waste dumps in developing countries

• http://www.nature.com/news/air-guns-used-in-offshore-oil-exploration-can-kill-tiny-marine-life-1.22167
• Ethiopia: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1052367.shtml
• Asia: http://www.eco-business.com/opinion/waste-management-in-asia-1-goal-5-cities-5-lessons/
• India: http://egov.eletsonline.com/2017/06/india-waging-a-war-against-waste/
• UAE: http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/time-for-reflection-what-are-we-doing-about-food-waste-1.2046861
• Bangladesh: http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/environment/what-happens-our-e-waste-1424035

HR 1238 intended to protect national food supply & agriculture sector from agro-terrorism

• https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/22973-president-will-consider-bill-protect-nations-food-supply-agriculture-sector-agroterrorism/

Bats, monkey & rats most likely to carry viruses that can become zoonotic and infect humans

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4629724/The-animals-likely-harbor-risky-viruses.html

Epidemiologic & other analysis of HPAI & LPAI in KY, TN, AL & GA

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/1a4d2d6
• Report: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/downloads/epi-ai.pdf

US population is increasing in age and diversity (video)

• http://start.att.net/player/article/newsy_now-the_us_population_is_increasing_in_age_and_diversi-newsy

Conservation efforts to save “ugly” animals need good marketing efforts

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-ugly-animals-lost-cause-180963807/

Undocumented & illegal migrants create burdens for Canada

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-canada-refugees-idUSKBN19H10T

Nigerians angered that there has been no cleanup of oil spill in Ogoniland despite promises

• http://guardian.ng/news/anger-in-ogoni-over-oil-spill-clean-up-delay/
• Probe: http://allafrica.com/stories/201706070044.html
• Report: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/232138-special-report-disappointment-anger-in-ogoniland-over-nigerian-govts-delay-to-clean-up-oil-spills.html
• History of spills: https://www.naij.com/1107470-oil-spillage-nigeria-history.html

NMFS and US F&W finding of no extinction of endangered or threatened native species gives nod to giant tunnel diversion system for water in California – questions remain

• http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-Big-Tunnels-Win-Early-Approval-Questions-Remain-430977903.html

Massive cyber-attack disruptive to governments and businesses across the world

• http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/the_associated_press-hackers_strike_across_europe_sparking_widespread_d-ap

Difficult to determine amount of Deepwater Horizon oil that microbes have degraded

• http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/26/much-of-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-has-disappeared-because-of-bacteria.html

USGS collaborates with FEMA to estimate national earthquake losses at $6.1B annually

• http://csengineermag.com/usgs-collaborates-with-fema-on-national-earthquake-loss-estimate/

Cartoon characters, like Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger, are fueling childhood obesity crisis

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/food-giants-resist-calls-to-eliminate-cartoon-characters-from-junkfood-packaging-20170626-gwyi62.html

Cancers responsible for more years of life lost than any other health condition in Australia

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/health/the-big-five-cancer-killers-australias-greatest-health-burden-revealed-in-australian-institute-of-health-and-welfare-report-20170613-gwq8ew.html

Turtles exposed to human & agricultural waste are carrying superbugs across the Great Barrier Reef

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/health/drugresistant-superbugs-hitch-a-ride-on-great-barrier-reef-turtles-20170612-gwph6k.html

In California, they are stealing beehives

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/27/534128664/beekeepers-feel-the-sting-of-california-s-giant-beehive-heist

US Supreme Court on ruling on zone restrictions supports state & local governments & environmental groups

• http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/534177388/environmentalists-rejoice-court-says-land-regulations-don-t-go-too-far

Bifenthrin, a common insecticide, is harming aquatic life in streams & wetlands

• http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2017/06/28/Common-insecticide-is-harming-animal-life-in-wetlands-and-waterways/8891498664623/
• https://phys.org/news/2017-06-common-insecticide-poisoning-rivers-wetlands.html

Perspective in China: Learning lessons after a disaster regarding prevention and response

• http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2017-06/28/content_29912063.htm

Ants invaded many areas across the globe, thanks to humans – consequences are dramatic

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-humans-helped-ants-invade-world-180963825/

Would you want to live in this Dutch Windwheel? It is not aesthetically pleasing

http://inhabitat.com/amazing-dutch-windwheel-is-a-green-energy-generator-you-can-live-in/

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 3 July 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Beaches, bays, geologic formations – explore coastal Taiwan

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/taiwan-northern-coast-magic-180963368/

More global warming hype & concerns related to shore barriers in NYC

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-20/nyc-planners-with-sandy- nightmares-say-barrier-may-come-too-late

New island surfaces, dubbed “Shelly Island” in Outer Banks of North Carolina

• http://start.att.net/news/read/article/newser-beach_lovers_in_nc_get_a_summer_surprise- rnewsersyn

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-new-island-outer-banks-just-time- summer-180963859/

Current bleaching event has apparently ended, but reefs are still at risk

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worst-coral-bleaching-event-record-may-be- over-180963835/

Research to raise baby sea urchins for the Japanese sushi market

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/raising-baby-sea-urchins-for-export/3194625/

Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance holds meeting on proposed development

• http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20170628/saugatuck-dunes-coastal-alliance-hosts- meeting-about-padnos-development

Coastal Louisiana sinking about 1/3 inch per year – levees prevent sedimentation, canals cut through marshes allow salt water to kill grasses, land subsidence continues, storm erosion

• https://www.livescience.com/59606-coastal-louisiana-is-sinking-faster.html

Perspective: Offshore oil prompts fears of threat to booming coastal economies

• http://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/offshore-oil-poses-threat-to-booming- coastal-economies/article_0b7287da-5b77-11e7-8f6e-4fb08cd701b1.html

Timber harvest complete, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust opens Sewall Woods Preserve trails

• http://coastaljournal.com/2017/06/28/sewall-woods-preserves-trails-now-open-public/

Coastal Commission nearing settlement with Cemex to end sand mining impacts on Monterey Bay

• http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/updated-coastal-commission- poised-to-settle-with-cemex/article_375ae9de-5ac1-11e7-b797-d7150372c010.html

Inspected electric boat provides opportunity to tour Coastal Maine Botanical Garden

• http://www.coastaljournal.com/2017/06/26/salt-water-treasures-boat-coastal-maine- botanical-garden/

4 properties that include forest, wetland & coastal wildlife habitat being added to Musquash Estuary reserve in New Brunswick, Canada

• http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/four-properties-added-to-unique-estuary-nature-reserve-in-n-b- 1.3481752

Cute, but rare & endangered hazel dormice discovered living on the Exe Estuary in Devon, England as new plans are proposed for protection of wildlife

• http://www.devonlive.com/rare-hazel-dormice-discovered-living-on-the-exe-estuary/story- 30416642-detail/story.html

• http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/revised-plans-drawn-up-to-protect-exe-estuary- wildlife-1-5082056

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