Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 26 November 2018

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Hard to believe this is the last one for November! Leave it to Elaine to get her BBs out despite the holiday!

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My friend and former UNM colleague Laura Crossey is the Geological Society of America's 2019 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer! What an honor for Laurie! We will get her up here.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 26 November 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Caltrans finally embraces cone penetrometer testing in seismic design of highway bridges – some of us were using it in California for geotechnial investigations back in the 1970s

• https://www.roadsbridges.com/assessing-impact

Expanded polystyrene being used to insulate permafrost beneath Dalton Highway in Alaska

• https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20181116/NEWS/181119933/insulating-foam-paves-the-way-for-ice-road-truckers

“Laser guide stars” created and used to assess magnetic field of Earth

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181114104048.htm

USGS conducting analysis of sediment cores to assess metals within Lake Powell sediments

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/view-sediment-core-collection-lake-powell
• https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900043259/study-will-look-at-mining-pollution-at-lake-powell.html

Airborne magnetic survey augmenting geophysical survey will map geology of SE Missouri, including St Francois Mountains & New Madrid Zone

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/low-flying-airplane-map-geology-southeast-missouri

Site of magnetic reconnection located in magnetotail of Earth

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Satellites_encounter_magnetic_reconnection_in_Earths_magnetotail_999.html

Fuego volcano erupted for 5^thtime in 2018

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Thousands_evacuated_as_Guatemala_volcano_erupts_then_stops_999.html
• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Red_alert_after_Guatemala_volcano_erupts_again_200_flee_999.html

Landscape of Antarctica was shaped by rivers during warmer era prior to the Ice Sheet

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Antarcticas_hidden_landscape_shaped_by_rivers_in_warmer_era_999.html

For the global warming alarmists:  Purpose of study “to examine how warming caused by human activities may have impacted these storms & could affect similar storms in the future”

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Climate_simulations_project_wetter_windier_hurricanes_999.html

Measuring methane emissions from  Sólheimajökull volcanic glacier in Iceland

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Glaciers_and_volcanoes_combine_to_release_large_amounts_of_methane_999.html

Dromaeosauriformipes rarus- 110 myo tiny dinosaur footprints may be new species of raptor or perhaps dinosaur chicks

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Worlds_smallest_dinosaur_tracks_reveal_new_sparrow-sized_raptor_999.html

Geologist follows 315 myo footprints from small primitive reptile into the Grand Canyon

• https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/science-and-technology/unlv-geologist-follows-ancient-footprints-into-grand-canyon-1533245/

Pre-failure analysis of the Gagraskogarfjall landslide in western Iceland

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2018/11/22/fagraskogarfjall-landslide-insar/

Benthic bacteria at depths of 4,000+ meters are absorbing estimated 10% of CO2 annually

• https://www.iflscience.com/environment/something-living-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-is-absorbing-large-amounts-of-the-co2-in-oceans/

Brittle overprinting in the South Mountains metamorphic core complex in Phoenix, Arizona

• https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2018/11/21/brittle-ductile-south-mountains-arizona/

Cobalt deposits in largest cobalt-mining region are 150M years younger than previously thought

• https://phys.org/news/2018-11-earth-cobalt-deposits-previously-believed.html

Catalina Island off the southern California coast is sinking – key to understanding plate tectonics and EQ risk in the region

• https://phys.org/news/2018-11-island-sea-level-earthquakes.html

“True polar wander” may have caused the last ice age

• https://www.astrobio.net/also-in-news/true-polar-wander-may-have-caused-ice-age/
• https://phys.org/news/2018-11-true-polar-ice-age.html

Methane concentrations in gas bubbles in ground and surface waters may distinguish pre-existing levels as baseline for new drilling-related sources in Marcellus Shale

• https://phys.org/news/2018-11-ground-stream-clues-reveal-shale.html

Losowicia bojani– newly discovered species of gigantic dicynodont

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uu-gm112118.php
• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/aaft-etc111918.php

New electro-chemical process for removing toxic mercury from contaminated water

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/cuot-rtm112018.php
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07300-z

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 26 November 2018 –compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Another outbreak of pathogenic E. coliacross the US & Canada from contaminated romaine lettuce from California

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/trash-your-romaine-lettuce-and-dont-eat-any-in-restaurants-says-the-cdc/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/california-may-be-source-latest-romaine-lettuce-e-coli-outbreak-n939026

Animals rescued from Camp Fire in northern California

• https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2018/11/15/its-a-little-miracle-animals-rescued-from-the-flames-of-the-camp-fire/

Rain finally came to California and helped subdue Camp Fire – concerns for mudslides & flooding

• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Rainstorm-helps-douse-Camp-Fire-cleans-air-13414708.php

50 incredible animals from our National Parks

• https://start.att.net/news/read/article/good_housekeeping-50_stunning_animals_from_our_national_parks-rhearst/category/lifestyle

World Toilet Day highlighted sheer size of the human population & lack of sanitation – but even if all had access to a toilet then where does the human waste go when it is flushed?

• https://www.apnews.com/3652dc232c6c4e9f92cc0650e2ff3489
• WaterAid Report: https://www.wateraid.org/au/sites/g/files/jkxoof231/files/2018-11/WTD_Report_2018_A4_28pp_FINAL_FOR_ONLINE.pdf

3D cementitious sandwich panels could have reduced structural loss in California wildfires

• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/16/rsg-3-ds-building-panel-could-help-protect-homes-during-wildfires.html

African swine fever identified in wild boar - US to increase inspections - chicken demand increases

• http://www.macaubusiness.com/new-blow-to-china-as-african-swine-fever-found-in-wild-boar/
• https://whotv.com/2018/11/16/swine-specialists-ask-usda-to-step-up-disease-inspections/
• https://www.middletownpress.com/business/article/China-s-demand-for-chicken-soars-as-sick-pigs-13395213.php

Andrew Wheeler, former acting chief, promoted to permanent US EPA Chief

• https://www.apnews.com/db8f8e9a0c074b42a7c14d42eae6301c

USDA launches new biosecurity campaign to protect health of poultry

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/21bf9e3

Decision of Circuit Court of Appeals should send Grand Canyon Mine lawsuit back to court

• https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/blog/court-reverses-course-canyon-mine-lawsuit

Anti-vaccination stronghold at private school in North Carolina hit with chickenpox outbreak

• https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/19/anti-vaccination-stronghold-hit-with-worst-chickenpox-outbreak-in-decades/

International law enforcement operation identifies hundreds of marine pollution violations

• https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/first-global-multi-agency-operation-highlights-widespread-marine

WHO says lab tests confirm toxic waters in Iraq led to fish die-off in Euphrates River – high levels of bacteria, heavy metals & ammonia

• https://www.660citynews.com/2018/11/20/who-says-iraq-river-pollution-toxic-to-fish/

Norway calling jet fuels produced from biofuels “good” for the climate – new 30% goal

• https://phys.org/news/2018-11-bio-jet-fuels-good-climate.html

Puerto Rico seeking increased federal funding for recovery from Hurricane Maria

• https://www.apnews.com/0efdf6b162b14f13bbc265444da4bfde

Assuming “global warming alarmists” are correct, Dems ask for info on greenhouse gas policies

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417615-house-dems-probe-trumps-climate-rollbacks

New map depicting extent of human-induced environmental degradation across the Earth

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Powerful_new_map_depicts_environmental_degradation_across_Earth_999.html

Unhealthy levels of air pollution from California wildfires “paralyze” San Francisco region

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/California_wildfire_pollution_paralyzes_San_Francisco_region_999.html

US Army works to increase security of the country & citizens along border with Mexico

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/US_Army_unfurls_miles_of_fencing_along_border_with_Mexico_999.html

No surprise – Monsanto begins appealing landmark Roundup weed-killer cancer verdict

• http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Monsanto_appeals_Roundup_cancer_verdict_999.html

New global vegetation database contains more than 1.1M complete lists of plant species sampled across the ecosystem

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Researchers_present_unique_database_on_Earths_vegetation_999.html

Large tracts of Brazilian rainforest at risk of losing legal protection

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Large_areas_of_the_Brazilian_rainforest_at_risk_of_losing_protection_999.html

16 novel giant viruses discovered in Harvard Forest soil ecosystem in Massachusetts

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Giant_viruses_has_been_found_in_a_soil_ecosystem_999.html

Dead sperm whale washed up in Indonesia had 115 cups & 2 flip-flops, 25 plastic bags, 4 plastic bottles, a nylon sack & more than 1,000 other pieces of plastic in its stomach

• https://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/sustainability/dead-whale-had-115-plastic-cups-2-flip-flops-in-its-stomach-20181120-p50h9p.html

Heavy industry left neighborhoods of North Birmingham with toxic residue – Part 2

• https://www.ehn.org/alabama-superfund-bribery-environmental-justice-2620705289.html?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4
• Part 1 - https://www.ehn.org/birmingham-alabama-environmental-justice-2620697262.html

Dow Chemical Company sponsored testing on chlorpyrifos pesticide was biased

• https://www.ehn.org/industry-studies-on-chlorpyrifos-misleading-2619918322.html

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia coping with dust storm & health warnings

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46298309

Earwax plugs in whales record stress hormones that reflect history of modern whaling

• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/astonishing-history-locked-whale-earwax/576349/

Investigating the cause of the Carr Fire & the Camp Fire in northern California

• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/california-wildfires-fire-investigators/576286/

Teaching the dogma of global warming alarmists?

• https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/21/minnesota-science-education-standard-climate-change-human-caused

How to restore the forests of Japan?  Restore wolves & cull deer and wild boar

• https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/restore-wolves-or-slaughter-deer-to-save-japanese-forests/

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 26 November 2018 –compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Fish populations do not hold up to expectations of fishermen on coastal lakes

• https://theworldlink.com/community/reedsport/sports/pete-heley-fisheries-are-hurting-oncoastallakes/article_35ef2771-8839-51d9-8081-33943d799102.html

Is more lighting really appropriate for Coastal Highway in Maryland?

• https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2018/11/15/coastal-highway-lighting-decision-divides-citycouncil/

Woolsey Fire results in suspending film permits in California coastal cities

• https://www.screendaily.com/news/california-coastal-authorities-suspend-film-permits-amidwildfires/5134594.article

Coastal shipping shows signs of economic improvement in Greece

• https://news.gtp.gr/2018/11/19/greece-coastal-shipping-signs-improvement-seen-chief/

“Gulf of America” art exhibit highlights coastal life

• https://www.wlox.com/2018/11/17/page-art-exhibit-gulf-america-highlights-coastal-life/

$55M+ safety improvement or “Bridge2Nowhere” being debated in coastal Alabama

• https://www.al.com/news/beaches/2018/11/safety-need-or-bridge2nowhere-large-crowdspeaks-out-on-coastal-alabama-bridge-project.html

Italian authorities demand seizure of Doctors Without Borders ship for alleged dumping of contaminated and medical waste at port

• https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/669596607/italy-wants-rescue-ship-seized-accuses-doctorswithout-borders-of-illegal-dumpin

State law dictates response to derelict, abandoned & displaced vessels along coastal North

Carolina following Hurricane Florence – Part 2 of series

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/11/state-law-dictates-displaced-boat-response/

• Part 1: https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/11/hundreds-of-derelict-boats-left-storms-wake/

Perspective: Why many coastal states continue to allow building homes in flood zones

• https://www.valuepenguin.com/news/home-construction-high-risk-flood-zones

Sea turtles given “tender love” on the beach in Sansha in coastal China

• http://www.china.org.cn/china/2018-11/20/content_73956767.htm

Demanding suitable measures be undertaken to address Ennore port oil spill

• https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ennore-port-oil-spill-ensure-cleanup-or-face-actioncoast-guard-writes-ship-company-91866

Collins Park in Miami Beach closed due to fecal enterococci bacteria in waters

• https://www.nationofchange.org/2018/11/20/florida-beaches-closed-due-to-fecal-bacteria-inwater/

Coastal erosion at Pantai Puteri beach, Melaka, destroys trees - caused by marine reclamation?

• https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/11/21/coastal-erosion-pantai-puteri-melakadestroys-trees/

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