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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 April 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

New maps show seismic hazard zones in counties in California

• https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/New-Quake-Map-Shows--508291041.html
• https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-New-USGS-Quake-Map-Hazard-Zones-California-508316891.html
• Map Portal: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/informationwarehouse/regulatorymaps/

Understanding how pyroclastic flows move over cushion of air that reduces friction

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deadly-volcanic-flows-glide-on-their-own-cushion-of-air/
• https://www.newsweek.com/pyroclastic-flow-volcanic-eruptions-surf-air-1388699
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2198735-hot-rubble-from-volcanoes-races-over-land-on-a-carpet-of-air-bubbles/

Geology professor receives top UW System teaching award – (my undergrad alma mater)

• https://www.gazettextra.com/news/education/uw-whitewater-geology-professor-wins-top-uw-system-award/article_b76fb280-37f0-5281-a5f8-2b6fde46b269.html

Aurania announces Kirus high-grade copper & silver is double in size

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/auranias-kirus-copper-silver-target-doubles-in-size/

This geologist works as a consultant in the wine industry

• http://www.vinography.com/archives/2019/04/ill_drink_to_that_geologist_br.html

Dakota County, Minnesota, verifying well locations for geologic atlas

• https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_thisweek/community/apple_valley/dakota-county-verifying-well-locations-for-geologic-atlas/article_1ee4f02c-5671-11e9-9f85-870b8367a7d3.html

Landslide alert issued with weather watches for flooding in Oregon

• https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2019/04/09/oregon-landslide-alert-issued-alongside-weather-watches/3409237002/

Geology class note dropped into Lake Perry in Kansas 26 years ago – found but not in Gulf of Mexico

• https://www.kmov.com/news/years-later-illinois-family-finds-kansas-class-project-along-riverfront/article_ff937ca0-5a3c-11e9-94d2-1bf341d5bc32.html

High-resolution airborne lidar data helps reveal history of New Madrid Seismic Zone

• https://eos.org/articles/secrets-from-the-new-madrid-seismic-zones-quaking-past

Large-scale glaciation during Neoproterozoic Era may have led to the Great Unconformity

• https://eos.org/articles/did-global-glaciation-cause-the-great-unconformity

Precariously balanced rock formation in Israel constrain magnitude of historical EQs

• https://eos.org/articles/precariously-balanced-rocks-reveal-earthquake-history-in-israel

Knowledge gap of full glacial-interglacial cycle was target of Cycles of the Sea-Ice Dynamics in the Earth system (C-SIDE) workshop

• https://eos.org/meeting-reports/understanding-past-changes-in-southern-ocean-sea-ice

Toward a better understanding of the Beaufort Gyre

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/in-a-spin-new-insights-into-the-beaufort-gyre

Sollasina cthulhuhad 45 tentacles and crept along the ocean floor some 430 myo

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cthulhu-sea-fossil_n_5cad7dfee4b0e833aa330e5e

Tracking the biosignature of the oldest life forms on Earth

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Tracking_records_of_the_oldest_life_forms_on_Earth_999.html

Ice melt from ice sheets & glaciers has caused sea levels to rise – estimated 27 mm over 5.5 decades

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190408114013.htm

“Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice” project to drill 1.5 myo ice core in Antarctica

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190409100032.htm

Simulation of tsunami from December 2018 collapse of Anak Krakatau – potential for mega-quakes

• https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47875777
• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-armaggedon-earth-looming-tsunamis-mega-quakes.html

Humans remain fascinated with the Chicxulub meteor impact and the demise of the dinosaurs

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01096-8

Crater lake on Mt Ruapehu is heating up and seismic activity is increasing

• https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/scientists-monitoring-mt-ruapehu-as-crater-lake-heats-up/

GEER report on the Palu landslides triggered by the September 2018 Mw7.5 EQ in Indonesia

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2019/04/10/palu-donggala-landslides-1/
• GEER report: http://www.geerassociation.org/component/geer_reports/?view=geerreports&id=88&layout=build
• Report: http://www.geerassociation.org/administrator/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/GEER_Palu_Version_1.pdf

GEER report on the December 2018 M4.4 Tennessee EQ

• http://www.geerassociation.org/component/geer_reports/?view=geerreports&id=89&layout=build
• Report: http://www.geerassociation.org/administrator/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/GEER%20report_M4_4%20Decatur%20TN%20EQ.pdf

If a tsunami hits the coast of Washington – RUN, don’t walk

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6903611/Washington-state-created-walk-time-maps-showing-long-flee-tsunami.html

New model predicts where flooded fields best replenish groundwater in California

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/ssoe-wwf041019.php

Preliminary results of NASA Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission

• https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-omg-mission-raises-plenty-of-new-questions/

“Fast negative breakdown” documents new phenomena triggering lightning in clouds

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-unusual-phenomenon-clouds-triggers-lightning.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09621-z

More informative approach to naming plutonic rocks

• Paper: https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/science/G384A/article.htm

History of JOIDES and the benefits & potential of scientific ocean drilling

• Paper: https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/science/G380A/article.htm

Formation of copper ores may be dependent on microbial metabolism for mineral production

• https://eos.org/articles/for-some-copper-deposits-microbes-make-minable-minerals

Testing an old hypothesis on the formation of carbonate muds

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/old-idea-spurs-new-research-into-origins-of-carbonate-mudstones

Earliest life may have originated in ponds rather than the ocean

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-earliest-life-arisen-ponds-oceans.html

“Warm spot” is increasing in size in remote section of Yellowstone

• https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/mysterious-growing-hot-spot-in-yellowstone-is-killing-trees-and-vegetation/
• https://www.iflscience.com/environment/entirely-new-thermal-areas-discovered-in-yellowstone/

Movie review:  “The Quake” – yet another earthquake disaster movie

• https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2019/04/movie-review-the-quake-2019/

Kiruna-type giant apatite-iron oxide ores may be of magmatic origin

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190412085223.htm

Ice Ages could occur when tropical volcanic arc islands and continents collide

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190411115221.htm

New outcrops are geologically important

• https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2019/03/31/hawaii-news/volcano-update/new-outcrops-make-good-geology/

During solar storms regional geology is important

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/03/solar-storms-worse-damage-if-you-live-near-certain-rocks-geology/

Geological impact of the Middle Ordovician Decorah crater

• https://www.lutherchips.com/7035/features/the-geological-impact-of-the-decorah-crater/

Environmental Evaluation Service in Chile gives approval for Los Andes Copper project at Vizcachitas

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/los-andes-coppers-vizcachitas-project-receives-milestone-chilean-environmental-approval/

Ancient “Texas Serengeti” had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators, antelope, camels, horse

• https://news.utexas.edu/2019/04/11/ancient-texas-serengeti-had-elephant-like-animals-rhinos-alligators-and-more/
• Paper: https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2445-lapara-creek

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 April 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

1. E. coli outbreak in five states – source not yet identified

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/10/e-coli-outbreak-sickens-96-people-across-five-states-11-hospitalized/3421039002/colioutbreak in five states – source not yet identified

Book Review:  “Falter” – how human extinction could play out

• https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bill-mckibben-falter-climate-change-817310/

Rapid urbanization increases pressure on rural water supplies across the world

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-rapid-urbanization-pressure-rural-globally.html

Animals mete out justice against poacher in Kruger National Park

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/suspected-rhino-poacher-killed-by-elephant-then-eaten-by-lions-in-south-africa-authorities-say/ar-BBVGBcT

14 places around the world that are being ruined by tourism & tourists – (slide show)

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/14-places-around-the-world-that-are-being-ruined-by-tourism/ss-BBVy6P8

USDA condemns Washington Post for “solar eclipse reporting” on modernizing meat inspections

• https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/news-releases-statements-transcripts/news-release-archives-by-year/archive/2019/nr-040819-01

17-foot long invasive Burmese python captured in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida – carrying 73 developing eggs – sentinel male tracked with transmitted

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47851248

Sustainable urban development is a myth but are floating cities fantasy or the future?

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47827136

The world now has more grandparents than grandchildren – not necessarily a “bad” thing

• http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190405-why-the-world-now-has-more-grandparents-than-grandchildren

Tunnel-based hydropower project in Australia linking two reservoirs to cost estimated $3.6B

• https://www.enr.com/articles/46644-european-controlled-teams-land-two-big-australian-tunnel-projects

Judge changes 2017 decision – now allows work to resume on Fargo-Moorhead flood control project

• https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/04/08/judge-oks-some-work-on-fargo-flood-control-project

Do humans really need “artificial intelligence” to warn of impending natural disasters?

• https://www.fastcompany.com/90328015/this-tech-tells-cities-when-floods-are-coming-and-what-they-will-destroy

Improved models may improve predictions of volcanic hazards

• https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/04/09/Scientists-discover-causes-of-deadliest-volcanic-hazards/9121554818614/

Alaskan bill signed into law - $150.3M for earthquake recovery & wildfire fighting

• https://www.adn.com/politics/2019/04/08/dunleavy-signs-first-bill-sending-millions-to-alaska-earthquake-reconstruction-effort/

14.2 tons of pangolin scales & 400 pounds elephant tusk ivory seized in Singapore

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dollar387-million-worth-of-pangolin-scales-seized-in-singapore/ar-BBVKZ1R

Big cities & bright lights disorient birds & cause up to 1B deaths from building collisions each year in US

• https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710847132/big-cities-bright-lights-and-up-to-1-billion-bird-collisions

First-ever quantification of global damage caused by plastic pollution put at $2.5T per year

• https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/ocean-plastic-pollution-costs-planet-25-trillion-year.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X19302061

Perspective:  The potential of ocean protection & conservation

• https://www.ehn.org/peter-dykstra-victories-for-the-ages-2633789644.html

Toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie

• https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298181&org=GEO&from=news

New species of extinct pig-footed bandicoot discovered in Australia

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/chaeropus-yirratji-bandicoot-07073.html

Woolly mammoths and Neanderthals co-existed & both adapted to cold environments

• http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/neanderthals-woolly-mammoths-cold-adaptation-genes-07078.html

Microbes tracked into buildings can help break down harmful chemicals in household dust

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190410112738.htm

Widely-used E319 food additive impairs immune response to the flu & reduces effectiveness of flu vaccine

• http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/e319-immune-responses-influenza-infection-07071.html
• Background: https://www.bestfoodfacts.org/tbhq-what-is-it-and-is-it-dangerous/

At least 53 invasive species identified in the Galapagos Islands – 10X previous estimates

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Galapagos_home_to_53_invasive_species_10_times_previous_estimates_999.html

Recovery from current mass extinction of species on Earth could take millions of years

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Earths_recovery_from_mass_extinction_could_take_millions_of_years_999.html

Traces of neonicotinoid pesticides impair ability of insects to spot predators & avoid collisions

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190410090336.htm

Lead concentrations in topsoil significantly increase probability that 5-year old males will exhibit cognitive impairment – but not females

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190410112741.htm

Flooding on Missouri Rivers may finally help lawmakers decide to stop subsidizing floodplain projects

• https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/as-missouri-s-rivers-rise-lawmakers-may-stop-subsidizing-risky/article_f1ac5c6f-a908-5d69-9d50-5ee6c05cbbd5.html
• Missouri Senate Bill # 108: https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/perf/SB108.pdf

Lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey for Houston-Galveston area flood resiliency plans

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190410095942.htm

Massive solar storm could have severe impact on modern technology-based society

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190311152744.htm

One Belt, One Road (OBOR) program in China

• https://www.eurasiareview.com/10042019-china-mobilizing-vast-resources-from-public-budgets-and-private-enterprises-for-one-belt-one-road-program-analysis/

Radioactive fallout from nuclear testing & Chernobyl may be released as glaciers melt

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-siren-nuclear-fallout-embedded-glaciers.html

Estimate of damages from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-particulate-air-pollution.html
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/04/02/1816102116

Falling levels of air pollution result in decline of heavy wintertime tule fog in California Central Valley

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/uoc--flo040919.php

The drugs you use impact your health – prolonged use of cannabis has been found to alter activation levels and patterns in brain functioning activation

• https://sciencetrends.com/meta-analysis-of-functionality-in-current-and-abstinent-cannabis-users/

Intense exploitation of land for settlement, agriculture & forestry results in loss of nature & species richness

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/hcfe-hmn041019.php

Toward a better understanding of phosphorus and the phosphorus cycle

• https://sciencetrends.com/natural-nanoparticles-fedex-for-phosphorus-transport/

Past disturbances of biomes provide palaeoecological data on forest continuity, species diversity, and human impacts

• https://sciencetrends.com/forest-hotspots-of-high-conservation-interest-using-the-past-as-a-guide-for-management/

Colorado wants to increase water storage capacity – new reservoirs & dams planned for Front Range

• https://www.enr.com/articles/46660-new-reservoirs-dams-planned-for-colorado-front-range

Still promoting the myth of “sustainability” – promoting value of “green buildings”

• http://concreteproducts.com/news/11622-research-probes-public-attitudes-to-green-building-value-proposition.html#.XK9fUHdFyUk

2017 Census of Agriculture data now available

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/23da384

Canus rufus(Red wolves) are a unique highly imperiled species – Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) are a unique subspecies of Grey wolves

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/mexican-gray-wolf-and-red-wolves-are-unique/

Giant purple squirrels?  Yes, native to India

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/indian-giant-squirrels-colors-camouflage/

Hunters sentenced for illegally killing bear in Colorado – only took head & hide – lied & left meat to rot

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/father-and-son-pay-steep-price-for-illegal-bear-kill/ar-BBVQyLS

Maine PUC gives approval for 145-mile transmission line – environmental concerns remain

• https://www.apnews.com/f306bab9616647c0aad97237516ff6ca

What do California towns do after wildfires?  Rebuild, of course, with fire resistance (not fire-proof) in mind

• https://www.enr.com/articles/46681-california-towns-rebuild-after-wildfires-with-resilience-in-mind

Largest bat house colony in the world is in Gainesville, Florida

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/what-its-like-to-visit-the-largest-bat-house-colony-in-the-world/ar-BBVP7Vf

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 15 April 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Climate change? – but this is how barrier islands have always evolved

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/vcu-sgn040919.php

Evacuation from 2020 Tokyo Olympic sailing venue would be difficult in event of tsunami

• http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190408/p2a/00m/0na/014000c

Many coastal homes are unprotected from hurricanes & homeowners do not intend to retrofit

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-coastal-homes-unprotected-hurricanes-homeowners.html

Industrialization, rapid urbanization & changing sea level endanger Gulf of Thailand

• https://www.france24.com/en/20190408-against-tide-thai-floating-temple-defies-coastalerosion

Mangroves & seagrasses provide the greatest coastal habitat value as nurseries

• https://wydaily.com/local-news/2019/04/07/study-confirms-and-ranks-nursery-value-ofcoastal-habitats/

Sharks prevent recovery of floating body in Hawaiian waters

• https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/shark-prevents-recovery-of-body-from-coastal-hawaiiwaters/article_fcaa3a40-be3d-5139-83f0-dedd09de1909.html

Confirming cause of 2.4M earthquake off the Donegal coast

• https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/what-caused-earthquake-in-donegal-14267376

Coastal Commission to hear rehabilitation plan for Venice Pier

• https://www.smdp.com/coastal-commission-to-hear-venice-pier-rehabilitation-thisweek/174145

California Senate Bill 576 “Climate Change Impact Plan” regarding coastal climate adaptation, infrastructure & readiness

• https://patch.com/california/orange-county/umberg-s-climate-plan-passes-committee-naturalresources

Fiber rolls are not aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but help retard dune erosion

• https://www.npr.org/2019/04/09/711097302/as-dunes-disappear-fiber-rolls-protect-cape-codhomes-from-coastal-erosion

Increased penalties for endangered species protection & now incentives for protection zones

• https://www.marconews.com/story/news/2019/04/09/marco-council-look-into-programincentivizing-starter-burrows-owls/3398289002/

Salt water encroachment on coastal Senegal is causing flooding & killing crops

• https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/04/climate-change-rising-sea-levels-west-africacoastal-cities/586651/

Land subsidence (due to geologic & human activity) causing coastal issues on Chesapeake Bay

•https://www.bayjournal.com/article/new_data_from_vims_finds_sea_level_rise_is_accelerating_in_bay

• Sea-level report card: https://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/bay_slrc/index.php

Rhode Island to help fund 4 offshore wind projects

• https://www.offshorewind.biz/2019/04/09/rhode-island-bankrolls-ready-4-offshore-wind/

Invasive reed Phragmites australis may actually be beneficial to coastal marshes

• https://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/column-faced-with-eroding-coastline-invasive-plantcould-be-an/article_68e61671-69e5-5f5d-88d6-0f5d151503c6.html

The high seas have significant impact on coast waters & vulnerable coastal communities

• https://reliefweb.int/report/world/out-sight-out-mind-why-high-seas-matter-vulnerable-coastalcommunities

• Ocean ecological connectivity video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5goMDRxKq4

• Fisheries on the high seas video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhcrETMv8u0

Increasing concern & attention on coastal erosion at Queen Elizabeth Park in Wellington, New Zealand

• http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1904/S00262/greater-wellington-acts-on-coastalerosion.htm

Lakeshore flood advisory was issued for Lake Michigan as 8 – 11 ft waves rolled in

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/epic-waves-hammer-chicago-lakefront-thelake-is-really-dangerous/ar-BBVQv4K

Miami-Dade commission gives approval for construction of new cruise ship terminal at Port Miami

• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article228991794.html

“Green concrete” is being used to protect coastlines in Ireland

• https://sociable.co/science/green-concrete-ecological-engineering-helping-protect-coastlines/

$14B upgrades to levees has not stopped deltaic subsidence – New Orleans at risk

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/after-a-14-billion-upgrade-new-orleans-levees-aresinking/

"It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome, but if that is all we ever were, we would, millennia ago, have disappeared from the face of the Earth." - John Steinbeck (quoted in @theipaper via @TheWeek)

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