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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 29 July 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Dendrochronology has many applications to dating sites and events
Alexander R. “Mac” McBirney (1924-2019) – igneous petrologist & volcanologist
New computational method for modeling large accumulations of subsurface salt with seismic imaging
Solving the history and formation of Barringer Crater (i.e., Meteorite Crater) in Arizona
Tunguska Events do not happen all that often
Local factors may play role in rate of melting of Ross Ice Shelf
- https://phys.org/news/2019-07-robots-roaming-antarctic-reveal-ross.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JC014683
Destructive free radicals in the marine environment may play beneficial role for these diatoms
- https://phys.org/news/2019-07-toxic-chemical-marine-ecosystems-beneficial.html
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00360/full
Geological maps made the moon landings worthwhile
Book Review: “Geology of the Blue Mountains – A Tourist’s Guide, A Geological Guide to Echo Point, Three Sisters Walk and Giant Stairway”
Makrana marble used for Taj Mahal is now “Global Heritage Stone Resource”
Presidential wannabe is geologist who laid off by oil industry in the 1980s – turned to brewing beer
Magma identified beneath “extinct” (i.e., dormant) Ciomadul volcano in Romania
ArcCrust model of geometry & thermal state of oceanic crust of High Arctic & Circum-Arctic Domain
Ocean eddies spin round & round in less than circular shape
- https://eos.org/articles/whats-the-true-shape-of-an-ocean-eddy
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425719301543
Jets leave contrails across the sky – ships create ship tracks with exhaust plumes
Microdocodon gracilis– Mesozoic docodont had hyoid bones similar to modern mammals
Fossil benthic foraminifera in southwestern Florida contain 2 to 3 myo micro-tektites
Planetary geology: solar wind & meteoroids erode frost in lunar polar craters
Ridgecrest Earthquake – ground displacement – fiber optic network – aftershocks shifting toward Garlock fault filling the seismic gap between Garlock & 1872 Owens Valley rupture
- https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-california-earthquake-moved-the-ground-this-much/#ftag=CAD590a51e
- https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/new-california-quakes-stir-fears-of-the-big-one-which-is-decades-overdue/70008909
- https://phys.org/news/2019-07-seismologists-ridgecrest-aftershocks-fiber-optic.html
- https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/aftershocks-around-ridgecrest-appear-to-be-headed-for-garlock-fault-could-cause-magnitude-8-quake
NOAA Ocean Podcast (transcript) – Meteotsunamis: State of the Science
They decided Mount Lassen had lapsed into peaceful old mountain state – then it erupted in 1914
- https://www.redbluffdailynews.com/2019/07/25/100-years-ago-mount-lassen-shows-no-more-signs-of-life/
22 kg of lunar rocks changed understanding of how the Moon formed
“Terminator events” identified as tsunamis of activity on the Sun – abrupt end of a solar cycle
- https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/25/solar-cycles-plasma-waves/
- “Solar tsunami” paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37939-z
Sir Anthony Laughton FRS awarded Honorary Doctorate of Science – pioneer of marine geology & oceanography – pioneered sonar based observations of ocean floor
Interpreting only the last 2,000 years of climatic history of Earth
Chrysomallon squamiferum– scaly-foot snail first to be officially endangered by seafloor mining
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 29 July 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Call for new approach to understand environmental risk due to humans as dominant force of change
Plans to enlarge the canal system between the Caspian & Azov Seas
In retrospect – two years after the London Bridge terrorist attack
Improved perspective on wolverines – amazing animals – had the amazing opportunity to see one in the wild (my backyard actually) when I lived in New Hampshire!
Response to over-tourism in Venice, Italy – law changed – fine & expulsion
3D printed houses – 12 hours to build 500-square-foot house – ARCS
Are “smart cities” really better?
Overhaul of Grand Coulee Dam hydroelectric units as part of BPA hydropower network
New Hampshire Supreme Court upholds rejection of Northern Pass hydropower transmission line
Google will purchase all power output from $246M wind farm being build in Cherokee County, Iowa
Resolving the question of why the thriving civilization in Malta collapsed 4,000 years ago
Tracking smoke from wildfires may help improve air quality forecasts & impact on weather
With greater demand for fresh water, Americans are drilling deeper than ever – not sustainable as groundwater is depleted
Investigating micro-plastics in drinking water – standardized testing methods & thresholds have yet to be identified
Investigating relationship between manganese & lead content in drinking water
Paraguay still considering building canal similar to the Panama Canal – will be expensive & challenging
US Army COE closing Bonnet Carré spillway
US EPA water infrastructure loan program gets requests exceeding available $6B
Las Vegas looking for solutions to ease traffic congestion
Hoping unique levee in San Francisco Bay area will provide flood protection, wastewater treatment & wetlands restoration
Trying to re-design cities to combat urban heat island impacts
Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii
“The Lion King” was inspired by Hell’s Gate National Park in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya
Death rate increasing for adults aged 25-44 – uptick in suicides, homicides & drug overdoses
Fantasy goal: feeding 10 billion people on Earth without destroying the planet
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/how-to-feed-the-world-without-destroying-the-planet/
- World Resources Report: https://wrr-food.wri.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/WRR_Food_Full_Report_0.pdf
- FAO Report: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/hlpe/hlpe_documents/HLPE_Briefs-Flyers/HLPE_Report_14-Executive-Summary-A5_WebRes_DEF.pdf
Risks associated with drinking water from plastic bottles left in extreme het
Once almost extinct, California Condor population reaches 1,000 chicks
Spate of recent refinery explosions raise warning about hydrogen fluoride
Zany acorn woodpeckers
PFAS chemical move more freely from mother to fetus if mother has gestational diabetes
Impacts of mice & their eradication seen with satellite imagery
Can people be prevented from abandoning exotic pets that threaten biodiversity as invasive species?
Youtube videos hijack scientific terms to gain “credibility” & influence viewers
- https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/f-tgo072219.php
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00036/full
California governor pledges $1B over next decade for reliable access to drinking water – water systems contaminated by agricultural runoff – pesticides & fertilizer & dairy waste & arsenic
FEMA official endorses new disaster mitigation program - BRIC
Environmentalists want presidential candidates to focus on clean water – will they listen?
Game Wardens struggle to enforce regulations on antler hunting during shed season
Lion population less than half what it was 25 years ago – historic range also greatly reduced
US Army COE plans structural controls (dams & flood wall) to reduce flood threat in Omaha, Nebraska
- https://www.apnews.com/c9f2d62380aa4630b9523246155f8aeb
- https://www.omaha.com/news/plus/first-look-at-omaha-flood-study-two-dams-flood-wall/article_7c04e942-0d97-5f42-8f53-4a891b711f10.html
US National Park system estimates $12B infrastructure deferred maintenance backlog
$150M 3RPORT tunnel to reduce amount of raw sewage flowing into rivers in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Desalination plants in southern California – expensive but not solving the problem
- https://grist.org/article/are-desalination-plants-the-solution-to-water-scarcity-not-yet-experts-say/
- https://www.wired.com/story/desalination-is-booming-as-cities-run-out-of-water/
Hordes of grasshoppers have descended upon Las Vegas
Supreme Court allows Pentagon funds to be used to construct Border Wall - will improve National Security
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 29 July 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Mansions in coastal protection zone in Connecticut may be eligible for disaster aid
More than 2,200 acres added to Buckridge Reserve in North Carolina – home to rare, threatened and endangered species
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/07/state-adds-2224-acres-to-buckridge-reserve/
This computer model may be better at predicting coastal flooding & managed retreat & resettlement
• https://www.wired.com/story/epic-floods-and-the-fate-of-coastal-cities/?verso=true
• NOAA Report: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/Techrpt_090_2018_State_of_US_HighTideFlooding_with_a_2019_Outlook_Final.pdf
Brief history of the coastal town of Blaine, Washington
• https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2019/07/22/blaine-a-short-history-of-a-coastal-town/
Sonar data used to image shipwreck of WWII freighter
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/07/sonar-data-used-to-image-shipwreck/
• Okeanos Explorer mission: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/developmentpartnerships/ex1904/welcome.html
Orange County Superior Court Judge orders removal of long-disputed seawall at Laguna Beach home
Despite beaches being closed by toxic algae bloom – Mississippi still encouraging tourists
• https://www.wlbt.com/2019/07/20/coastal-mississippi-open-business-despite-algae-bloomconcerns/
Re-testing shows fecal bacteria below “alert levels” along coast of Alabama
Wisconsin Sea Grant hires coastal engineering outreach specialist to address erosion & flooding issues
• https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-new-coastal-engineer/
Pawleys Island Town Council to re-evaluate beach re-nourishment project without US Army COE
• https://coastalobserver.com/council-starts-considering-beach-work-without-corps/
Delaware draft regulations called too restrictive – or is it too lax to protect coastal environment?
• https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/dnrec-s-coastal-zone-regulations-appear-please-no-one
Coastal lawsuit strategy in Plaquemines Parish called “ill-advised”
Coastal cities being called upon by financial credit rating institutions to produce climate plans
US Army presented 53 recommendations to local governments asking for cut back on dense development & human activity that is encroaching on MOTSU military operations along Cape Fear Estuary
30 of the dirtiest beaches in the US
Hong Kong wants more space – plans to create new island “Lantau Tomorrow”
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pressed-for-space-hong-kong-will-create-newland/ar-AAENlgS
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