Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 29 October 2018

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 29 October 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Sediment core reveals clues to how Chicxulub crater formed – acoustic fluidization of fractured rock

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-crater-dinosaurs-reveals-broken-liquid.html

Exploring the pillow lavas from 2015 super-deep submarine volcanic eruption

• https://www.livescience.com/63904-deepest-undersea-volcano.html

40 volcanoes are erupting right now – but that is not strange just the dynamics of the Earth

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2018/10/24/there-are-40-volcanoes-erupting-on-earth-right-now-heres-why-thats-not-strange/#73873e426836

In depth investigation of glaciers on Svalbard archipelago north of Norway

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uoe-igi102418.php

Photo-essay – active volcanic landscape of Whakaari - east coast of North Island of New Zealand

• https://www.ignant.com/2018/10/24/chiara-zonca-photographs-new-zealands-other-wordly-landscapes/

Salt solution structure supports one hypothesis on formation of minerals

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-salt-solution-hypothesis-minerals.html

Study suggests that strong Indian monsoons help steer Atlantic hurricanes

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-strong-indian-monsoons-atlantic-hurricanes.html
• https://sciencetrends.com/variations-in-earths-orbital-precession-drove-monsoonal-variability-in-the-bengal-fan-over-the-last-200000-years/

Dendrochronology samples suggest tropics are widening and tropical cyclones are slowly migrating poleward over the past century

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-tree-evidence-poleward-migration-tropical.html

Swarm of EQs off Vancouver Island not likely a precursor to a larger event

• https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article220470910.html

Book Review:  “The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition, and the Postglacial World” - Legends may be more fact than fiction

• https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/10/23/ancient-stories-more-fact-than-fiction/#.W9CyzntKiM8

People need to think like geologists!

• https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/23/18015908/marcia-bjornerud-timefulness-geology-climate-change-environment

Massive sinkhole led to discover of underground cave complex in China – Hon Kong-Haiting Hall

• https://www.businessinsider.com/massive-sinkhole-china-discovery-underground-cave-complex-2018-10?r=UK&IR=T

Time-lapse footage of glacier flowing at rate of about 275 meters per year

• https://laughingsquid.com/glacier-timelapse/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghC-Ut0fW4o&feature=youtu.be

Faults delineated near Mount Hood in Oregon – described as capable of generating M7.2 crustal EQ

• https://www.pdx.edu/news/faults-discovered-mt-hood-pose-danger-serious-earthquake-portland-state-researcher-says

Hurricane Walaka washed away 11-acre East Island in French Frigate Shoals

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-east-island-lost-to-hurricane-walaka-french-frigate-shoals-climate-change_us_5bcf2a8ee4b055bc9484e803

Plastic pollution increased a hundredfold in South Atlantic over three decades

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/plastic-pollution-south-atlantic_us_5bc788f4e4b0b7cd198dbbbc

The significance of finding zircons in the Galapagos Islands

• https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/ancient-gemstone-found-galapagos-baffling-scientists.html

NOAA to use new FV3 dynamic core for global weather model

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/noaa-is-about-to-make-some-big-changes-to-its-global-weather-model/

USGS working to restore approximately 14% of stream gauges

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-working-restore-streamgages

New computational model to interpret Ice Age climatic conditions

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181024163611.htm

Location of M8.2 Tehuantepec EQ was not anticipated – on landward side of major subduction zone

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181025103348.htm

Incursion of fluid seeping from deep subduction and seismicity on Cascadia subduction zone

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-scientists-uncover-relationship-tremors-cascadia.html

Exploring the volcanic pipe of Cocopaxi

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/ecuadorian-volcano-plays-its-pipe 

New analysis of Chinese loess may result in rethinking Milankovitch model – monsoon strength & global ice volumes

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/monsoon-strength-affects-global-ice-volumes-not-vice-versa

Down to Earth with volcanologist Thorvaldur Thordarson

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-volcanologist-thorvaldur-thordarson

Measuring long-term climate change in North America – centuries, millennia & longer timescales

• https://sciencetrends.com/measuring-long-term-climate-change-in-north-america-during-the-common-era/ 

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 29 October 2018 –compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

People need to think like geologists to understand time, the world and how Nature works! 

• https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/23/18015908/marcia-bjornerud-timefulness-geology-climate-change-environment

Updating the 2013 National Road Map for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/216b258
• 2018 Road Map: https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/OPMP/IPM%20Road%20Map%20FINAL.pdf

US Army Corps of Engineers has suspended water crossing permits for Mountain Valley pipeline

• https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/1778348-more-mountain-valley-gas-line-permits-suspended

Ground breaking for $150M wastewater recycling plant in East Valley Water District in California

• https://www.highlandnews.net/news/evwd-breaks-ground-on-sterling-natural-resource-center/article_a21edf5c-d647-11e8-8660-0718a5c4901b.html

 

St Louis MSD will bore seven tunnels to improve sewer system & reduce overflows – cost $4.7B

• https://fox2now.com/2018/10/22/msd-in-the-midst-of-4-7-billion-tunnel-project-to-alleviate-city-sewer-system/

Following wildfire season in California the rainy season brings risk of flooding & debris flows

• https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/California-Faces-Extra-Risk-of-Flooding-after-Series-of-Massive-Wildfires-Officials-Warn.html

New handbook to guide planning & implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA)

• https://reliefweb.int/report/world/ecosystem-based-adaptation-handbook-eba-mountain-dryland-and-coastal-ecosystems
• Handbook: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/17460IIED.pdf

                                   

Possible explanation for higher levels of mercury in western Arctic marine animals – oceanic conversion to methylmercury that accumulates upward through the food chain

• https://www.livescience.com/63881-arctic-mercury-mystery.html

Monitoring air quality on the Big Island in Hawaii during eruption of Kilauea

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-air-quality-hawaii-big-island.html

Copernicus Sentinel-5P monitors air pollutants across the globe on a daily basis – reveals sources and distribution of significant pollutants

• https://phys.org/news/2018-10-copernicus-sentinel-5p-reveals-atmospheric-nasties.html

Occurrence of Caribbean EQs may have increased slightly in frequency – bot no indication of increase in global seismic activity – a consequence of media coverage

• https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/despite-frequency-of-earthquakes-no-indication-of-increase-globally-odpem_147752?profile=1373

In Austin, Texas, a boil-water mandate and request for reduction in consumption as they wait for rain

• https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659992157/austin-boil-water-mandate-could-last-less-than-a-week-as-city-faces-possible-sho

Up to 9 different types of micro-plastics are found in human excrement in 8 countries – health concerns

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/22/659568662/microplastics-are-turning-up-everywhere-even-in-human-excrement

During pregnancy there is no safe level of exposure to organophosphate pesticides - terratogenic

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/organophosphate-ban-pesticides_us_5bcfd6bbe4b0a8f17ef1d420
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/24/entire-pesticide-class-should-be-banned-for-effect-on-childrens-health

Banned pesticide Dieldrin is persistent in the environment & remains toxic & bioaccumulates

• https://www.ehn.org/dieldrin-lingers-and-harms-brains-2613317049.html

Humans are “drowning” in the trash they produce

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/plastic-trash-pollution-landfill_us_5b9fcc13e4b013b0977d47ce
• https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1MZ0P6

50 years after being hunted to extinction, zebras have been returned to Southern Highlands of Tanzania

• https://www.treehugger.com/conservation/watch-zebras-released-tanzanian-highlands-after-50-year-absence-video.html

Low levels of neonicotinoid pesticides may be killing wild bumblebees in Massachusetts

• https://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/10/bee_crisis_is_nothing_to_snick.html
• https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/10/not_the_bees.html
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0200041&utm_source=Cision

Official claims disputed by monitoring data – phosphorus pollution in Lake Okeechobee

• https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/health/2018/10/25/dep-pollution-levels-lake-o-decreasing-actual-data-contradicts-claim/1495922002/

$4.6B mixed-use development planned for former coal plant site on Lake Ontario in Canada – no mention of residual environmental contamination or impacts from history of military, utility & industrial pollution

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-24/former-coal-plant-to-become-4-6-billion-oasis-on-lake-ontario
• https://www.thestar.com/business/real_estate/2018/03/21/lakeview-lands-sold-to-developers-for-275m.html
• Brownfield site: https://www7.mississauga.ca/Departments/Marketing/Websites/inspiration-lakeview/www2/downloads/Phase1ReportDRAFT101124.pdf

US EPA still approving toxic PFAS chemicals – contamination widespread & health impacts

• https://theintercept.com/2018/10/25/epa-pfoa-pfas-pfos-chemicals/

Pilgrim’s Pride & Tyson identified as major discharges of nitrogen & phosphorus to waters of East Texas

https://www.texasobserver.org/in-east-texas-chicken-plants-are-polluting-rivers-and-lakes-with-oxygen-sucking-contaminants/ 

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 29 October 2018 –compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Movie review: “Rodents of Unusual Size” – coping with invasive nutria in Louisiana

• https://lagniappemobile.com/louisiana-copes-with-coastal-invaders-nutria/

US EPA proposing to scale back scope & cost of cleanup of Portland Harbor superfund site

• https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-10-23/epa-proposesscaling-back-cleanup-of-portland-harbor

LNG export terminal in Louisiana received FERC approval for construction following final EIR

• https://www.reuters.com/article/venture-global-calcasieu-pass-lng-export/update-1-ventureglobals-calcasieu-lng-export-plant-passes-environment-test-idUSL2N1X20J5

NOAA outlines “necessary actions” for coastal zone management in Virgin Islands

• https://stjohnsource.com/2018/10/07/noaa-outlines-necessary-actions-for-coastal-zonemanagement/

$1.2M for stormwater management to improve water quality in three bays on Cape Cod

• https://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2018/10/24/242957-12-Million-Investment Stormwater-Management-Improve-Water-Quality-Three

Plan to combat flooding & reduce erosion along Ipswich River bank in Massachusetts

• https://ipswich.wickedlocal.com/news/20181021/ipswich-erosion-flood-control-plans-explained

Perspective: Offshore wind energy development must be compatible with fisheries

• https://www.nationalfisherman.com/viewpoints/national-international/one-decision-forfisheries-viability/

400 project proposals delayed pending completion of Maharashtra coastal zone management plans- activists say sensitive areas like mangroves not fully considered

• https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/ministry-clears-coastal-zone-plans-forcity/articleshow/66253422.cms

• https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/activists-to-go-ngt-way-to-put-mumbai-smangroves-on-the-map/story-AnQol2B0AjgBMBWRqMU2OK.html

Plaquemines Parish once again considering withdrawal from lawsuits against O&G Companies for damages related to land loss

• https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/courts/article_7cb36b9a-cc04-11e8-8a1cf7389372ccda.html

Perspective: Vote “yes” on Alaska Ballot Measure 1 to protect salmon

• https://www.newsminer.com/opinion/community_perspectives/we-must-protect-salmonhabitat-vote-yes-on/article_3639b8f8-d4d4-11e8-9f28-b322f95b549c.html

Study concludes California Coastal Act raises property values by 18 to 25%

• https://www.edhat.com/news/ucsb-researcher-finds-california-coastal-act-raises-propertyvalues

Notice of violation for installing hot tub, fish pond & stone fire pit follows cliff collapse at Laie Point

• https://www.civilbeat.org/2018/10/denby-fawcett-what-caused-this-north-shore-cliff-tocollapse/

Coastal storms may include Nor’easters as early as October in New England – history can repeat

• https://weather.com/news/news/2018-10-23-noreaster-coastal-storm-october-not-too-early

Should efforts be made to protect & restore coastline – or protect residents? Coastlines are not permanent

• https://www.wafb.com/2018/10/22/coastal-protection-restoration-authority-touts-importanceprotecting-coastline/

Perspective: Florida is no longer paradise – blue waters & beaches in environmental crisis

• https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/2018/10/19/editorial-floridas-environment-historiccrossroads/1672483002/

“Before” and “After” images of coastal areas impacted by Hurricane Michael

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/and-after-coastal-change-caused-hurricane-michael

Journeys across the Hong Kong-Macau-mainland mega sea bridge

• https://www.sinodaily.com/reports/First_journeys_on_Hong_Kong-Macaumainland_mega_bridge_999.html

BOEM issued conditional permit for production wells on artificial island in Beaufort Sea north of Alaska

• https://www.apnews.com/73e0b2c8f8854c5482f34af9f889b3dc

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