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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 12 August 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Look inside the human-controlled marketing of diamonds – not the rarest gemstone

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/elite-club-that-rules-the-diamond-world-is-starting-to-crack/ar-AAF0mVs

Huge sauropod leg bone found in France

• https://www.techtimes.com/articles/244776/20190727/massive-bone-of-jurassic-dinosaur-in-france-belongs-to-40-ton-sauropod.htm

Close encounter with blunt-nosed six-gill shark - Hexanchus griseuslineage traces back 180 my

• https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/newsweek-monster_shark_bigger_than_a_submarine_filmed_by_sc-rnewsweek

Mantle plume for Yellowstone super-eruptions not controlled by plate tectonics – extends to northern California

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-mantle-yellowstone-supereruptions-northern-california.html

Pond water discovered inside summit crater of Kilauea volcano

• https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/scientists-make-unprecedented-find-in-hawaiis-most-active-volcano/70008999

How to forecast eruption of volcanoes that remain “on the cusp” – persistently restless volcanoes

• https://carnegiescience.edu/news/how-do-you-forecast-eruptions-volcanoes-sit-cusp-decades

Planetary geology:  Tracing volcanic tides on Io

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-io-volcanic-tides.html

Geoengineering versus a volcano – an idea that should be forgotten

• https://carnegiescience.edu/news/geoengineering-versus-volcano
• https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/08/using-volcanoes-to-understand-geoengineering-might-not-really-work/

Pacific Ocean influences long-term drought in the Southwestern US

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190806142329.htm

La Brea Tar Pits help explain why we have coyotes instead of saber-toothed cats

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190805111913.htm

Calcium levels declining in freshwater lakes in Europe & North America

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-calcium-freshwater-lakes-declining-europe.html

Study suggests recent global sea level acceleration started in the 1960s – consequence of changes in Southern Hemispheric westerly winds

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-global-sea-1960s.html

CalCOFI finds waters of California Current are clear and very blue – 70-year time series

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/research-cruise-off-california-finds-life-lacking-in-parts-of-the-ocean/ar-AAFtvkI

Molten hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide (FeO₂Hx) may account for ultra-low velocity zones at core-mantle boundary

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/the-lower-mantle-may-have-a-wet-bottom

Precambrian cells extraordinarily preserved with RRE phosphates monazite & zenotime

• https://eos.org/articles/paleontologists-peer-inside-billion-year-old-cells

Monitoring permafrost thaw by measuring seismic waves

• https://eos.org/scientific-disciplines/hydrology-cryosphere-and-earth-surface

Cloud Appreciation Society wants you to look at the clouds in the sky

• https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/take-time-to-look-clouds.html

Dinosaur feathers evolved for sexual display & mating

• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/dinosaur-feathers-sexual-display-07458.html
• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/evo.13795

Ngwevu intloko – newly-identified sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/ngwevu-intloko-07463.html

Volcanoes have much longer history & greater impact on climate than humans

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Volcanoes_shaped_the_climate_before_humankind_999.html

New timeline for plate tectonics evolution over last 2.5 billion years

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190807131926.htm

How long was the duration of the last magnetic polarity reversal?

• https://www.courthousenews.com/earths-last-magnetic-field-reversal-took-far-longer-than-thought/
• Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaaw4621

Analysis of wildfire smoke could help test & calibrate climate models

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-analysis-wildfire-calibrate-climate.html

Examination of inclusions of magma in crystals challenges understanding of structure of oceanic volcanoes

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-scientists-uncover-deep-rooted-plumbing-beneath.html

El Niño decays faster than La Niña as result of asymmetrical zonal wind anomalies

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-el-nio-faster-la-nia.html

Volcanic ash layers provide method for synchronizing ice cores

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-synchronization-ice-cores-volcanic-ash.html
• Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaaw4621

REEs are pervasive in high tech manufacturing – use as pollution tracer in China

• https://sciencetrends.com/rare-earths-as-a-pollution-tracer-in-china/

Subseafloor microbial activity plays key role in biogeochemical cycle

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11450-z

Jurassic Ark – the crinoid

• https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/jurassic-ark/

Glacial outburst on Mount Rainier – road & trail closed

• https://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/article233688317.html

Exploration geologist & pilot killed in plane crash near Mayo, Yukon

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/deaths-in-yukon-plane-crash-great-loss-1.5241101

Slickenlines indicative of future earthquakes

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-hint-future-quakes.html

Reconstruction of more than a century of Arctic sea ice volume

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190808133524.htm
• Paper: https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0008.1

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 12 August 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Smokey Bear turns 75 – mascot of US Forest Service since 1944 – prowling and a growling

• https://www.ktvn.com/story/40893537/smokey-bear-turns-75-original-message-still-relevant-today
• https://www.npr.org/2019/08/09/748836909/careful-with-those-birthday-candles-smokey-beloved-bear-turns-75
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myz93sXW66Y
• https://smokeybear.com/en/smokeys-history/story-of-smokey

Perspective:  Consuming the Anthropocene

• https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-08-06/consuming-the-anthropocene/
• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02381-2

More than 900,000 gallons of brine & oil leaking in California – local reactions

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/californias-biggest-oil-spill-in-decades-brings-more-defiance-than-anger-from-locals/ar-AAFmFoE

Beginning to acknowledge the global impacts of agriculture – shame it is for the wrong reason but then the report is by the IPCC

• https://www.ipcc.ch/2019/08/02/ipcc-opens-meeting-to-consider-special-report-on-climate-change-and-land/
• https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2019/08/SRCCL-leaflet.pdf
• https://www.iflscience.com/environment/humans-must-urgently-change-food-production-and-land-use-to-avoid-climate-disaster-says-un-draft-report/
• https://thinkprogress.org/climate-ipcc-usda-agriculture-emissions-science-relocation-fallout-trump-845a61311bd3/

$150M to double capacity & improve wastewater treatment in Fargo, North Dakota – to replace chlorine disinfection with ultraviolet

• https://www.prairiebusinessmagazine.com/business/4644134-new-technology-doubling-capacity-and-improving-treatment-fargos-wastewater

Perspective:  Incorporating green infrastructure into our Cities – need a definition of “green”

• https://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/articles/incorporating-green-infrastructure-into-our-cities/

Permeable “swiss cheese” concrete may help reduce urban heat island effect

• https://www.futurity.org/urban-heat-island-effect-concrete-2121542/

$1B upgrade to I-15 in Las Vegas nearly complete – Project Neon – will it really reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality?

• https://www.ttnews.com/articles/las-vegas-1-billion-project-neon-ready-spotlight

MERIT Hydro map based on computer algorithms may help predict future flood events

• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/computer-algorithms-prevent-future-floods/

Effort to revamp national nuclear power industry – Versatile Test Reactor

• https://apnews.com/64194c2125ad4dc6add67d412e9024c5

Update:  collapse of Whaley Bridge dam spillway reflects lack of proper maintenance

• https://theconversation.com/whaley-bridge-dam-collapse-is-a-wake-up-call-concrete-infrastructure-will-not-last-forever-without-care-121423

Perspective:  the problem with levees

• https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-problem-with-levees/

Report presents 5-year data set on antimicrobial us in US poultry industry – use has decreased

• https://www.feedstuffs.com/news/poultry-industry-report-details-antimicrobial-use
• Report: http://www.uspoultry.org/poultry-antimicrobial-use-report/docs/USPOULTRY_Antimicrobial-Report.pdf

BONCAT amino-acid tags, highlights & categorizes active soil microbes – teeming with microbes

• https://eos.org/articles/new-tool-reveals-that-soils-are-teeming-with-active-microbes
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11472-7

Groundwater in NW India contaminated with naturally occurring contaminants & man-made pollution

• https://eos.org/articles/widespread-contamination-found-in-northwest-indias-groundwater

Popular pesticide thiamethoxam incorporated into honeydew that then kills other insects

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/06/747646197/new-evidence-shows-popular-pesticides-could-cause-unintended-harm-to-insects
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/30/1904298116
• Related Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220029

Eco-Fascism still exists – El Paso terrorism suspect alleged manifesto “An inconvenient truth”

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/el-paso-shooting-manifesto_n_5d470564e4b0aca3411f60e6

EHN.org launces new map & “Smart Search” to access environmental reporting archive

• https://www.ehn.org/new-way-to-find-relevant-news-on-our-environment-and-health-2639660022.html

Need to consider significance of plastic pollution in fresh water resources

• https://www.ehn.org/freshwater-is-getting-neglected-when-it-comes-to-plastic-pollution-research-2639610931.html

Infectious cancer has lots of mutations but little evolution over last 4,000 years

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/infectious-cancer-hasnt-done-much-over-the-last-4000-years/

Imagine that: dung from dairy cows makes good fertilizer in Kenya

• http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Like_a_miracle_Poo_powering_Kenyas_modern_farmers_999.html

Southeastern Anatolia Project dam is closed & waters rising – controversial impacts

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Turkey_begins_to_fill_controversial_dam_say_activists_999.html

Natural disasters are not worse than they used to be – damage is just much more expensive

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Natural_disasters_cause_greater_havoc_in_2019_Munich_Re_999.html

Deforestation is surging – increased 278% over last year in Brazilian Amazon

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Brazilian_Amazon_deforestation_surges_embattled_institute_says_999.html

Charcoal produced by wildfires may “trap” carbon for centuries to millennia

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190805134012.htm

Federal protection allowing Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain to recover from overfishing & trawling

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190807142243.htm

Using Earth Observation (EO) techniques to monitor dams by satellite – pilot project in Peru

• https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/dam-safety-to-be-monitored-by-space-based-system

Rainfall frequency curves need to be updated for rainfall & flooding

• https://www.enr.com/articles/47301-univ-of-wis-study-calls-for-updating-rainfall-frequency-curves

Nearing the end? The 20 year $550M Brays Bayou Flood Damage Reduction Project in Houston, Texas

• https://www.enr.com/articles/47287-a-20-year-odyssey-to-widen-brays-bayou

Dangerous dams in Kentucky – locals not prepared for potential disaster

• https://www.wkyufm.org/post/dangerous-kentucky-dams-locals-aren-t-prepared-disaster

TVA completes upgrades at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant – plans to shut Paradise Fossil Plant

• https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2019/aug/05/tva-boosts-browns-ferry-cuts-emissions/500524/

Hearing for public comment on plan to divert water from Lake Michigan

• Water diversion project: http://water.ohiodnr.gov/waukesha
• https://www.ehn.org/a-crack-in-the-great-lakes-compact-approved-water-diversion-prompts-pushback-2639138969.html
• https://www.wdio.com/news/wis-dnr-sets-hearing-on-lake-michigan-diversion-infrastructure/5449426/?cat=12319

Texas finally initiating a “big picture” plan for future floods

• https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/State-begins-flood-mitigation-planning-14285550.php

Perspective:  Resilience and the Age of Collapse

• https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-08-07/the-age-of-collapse/

Perspective; How ignorant we are of indigenous wisdom

• https://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/090819/mystic-mantra-how-ignorant-we-are-of-indigenous-wisdom.html

Integrated watershed management at Ayubia National Park in Pakistan

• https://dailytimes.com.pk/445774/wonders-of-integrated-watershed-management-at-ayubia-national-park/

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (1970-2019) – disaster spokesman in Indonesia

• https://www.economist.com/obituary/2019/08/10/obituary-sutopo-purwo-nugroho-died-on-july-7th
• https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/07/07/sutopo-purwo-nugroho-face-indonesia-disaster-relief-efforts-dies/SY308kPV3wbzTfA8WbVLqO/story.html

Adoption of no-till practices is good alternative to burning rice straw in northern India

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-alternatives-indian-farmers-profits-pollution.html

Ban on personal vaccine exemptions significantly cut rate of unvaccinated children in California by 50%

• https://sciencetrends.com/study-finds-californias-ban-on-personal-vaccine-exemptions-cut-rate-of-unvaccinated-children-by-half/

Hepatitis A outbreak affecting many across the country – there is a vaccine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/hidden-epidemic-puts-restaurant-goers-at-risk-how-to-protect-yourself/ar-AAFxphj

Newly identified mimic beetles may already be a threatened species

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/jewel-weevils-philippines-beetles-discovery/

Bottlenose dolphin adopts whale calf that learned to mimic dolphin behavior

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/bottlenose-dolphins-adoption-oceans-calves/

Aboriginal people of Australia seeking to protect sacred site by banning tourists

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ban-tourists-to-protect-sacred-sites-say-australias-indigenous-people/ar-AAFzfpY

US EPA reauthorized use of M-44s or “cyanide bombs” to kill certain predators – collateral kills

• https://www.newsweek.com/epa-reauthorizes-controversial-cyanide-bombs-killing-wild-animals-complete-disaster-1453464

USDA APHIS will continue field evaluation of oral rabies vaccine bait ONRAB in 5 states

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/news/sa_by_date/sa-2019/oral-rabies-vaccination

USDA APHIS deregulating soybean variety genetically engineered for increased potential yield & resistance to herbicide glufosinate

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/2019/sa-08/ge-soybean

Green turtles more likely to eat plastic that resembles sea grass

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190809085731.htm

Population of Spotted Owl declined sharply despite protection of habitat over past two decades

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190808091359.htm

Population of freshwater megafauna declined 88% between 1970 and 2012 – particularly large fish species

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190808115117.htm

Electric scooters are worse for the environment than modes of transport that they are replacing

• https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/8/8/20759062/electric-scooter-environment-climate-change-bird-lime

Environmental activist murders double in 15 years – 1,558 across the country from 2002 to 217

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/05/environmental-activist-murders-double

New process to completely degrade common flame retardant (TBBPA) in the environment

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190808115102.htm

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 12 August 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Houston, Texas, to put more than $94M into two post-Hurricane Harvey projects to mitigate flooding

• https://mailchi.mp/houstontx/houston-gets-first-fema-flood-mitigation-grants-since-harvey

New athletic pavilion on Kauai made of plastic marine debris & household waste

• https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/08/01/hawaii-news/building-for-thefuture/TGI=a7d6561623f4f31ca61b291cf6c53e718abb1831

Sandscaping in Britain in attempt to protect 400 homes from storm surges

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-floods-seascaping/sandscaping-first-for-uk-in-bidto-save-coastal-homes-idUSKCN1UW27B

“Coastline at Risk” analysis estimates total insured value of properties along US Gulf & East Coast

• https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/08/06/534404.htm

• CaR: https://www.air-worldwide.com/Models/Tropical-Cyclone/The-Coastline-at-Risk/

Analysis by Climate Central & Zillow® pairs housing data with risk of sea level rise

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-coastal-communities-built-nearly-172000509.html

Clemson University Coastal Research & Education Center aims to improve sustainability & profit

• https://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemsons-coastal-rec-research-aims-tobolster-bottom-line-for-s-c-farmers/

Cost is important factor when considering coastal protection plans

• https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/competing-coastal-protection-plans-come-with-vastlydifferent-pricetags/

Seagrass beds vital to health of coastal waters

• https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2019/08/05/why-seagrass-beds-vital-coastalwaterways-chesapeake-bay/1855667001/

• https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2019/03/13/virginia-shore-native-returns-headuva-coastal-research-center/3103725002/

Free trade zone in Shanghai is expanded & upgraded

• https://www.shine.cn/biz/economy/1908069705/

NPDES permit up for renewal for small power plant in Southport to discharge pollutants to canal that releases effluent off coast of Caswell Beach

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/08/coastal-power-plant-up-for-permit-renewal/

Cyclists can travel picturesque coastal route from Gloucester to Maine

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2019/07/31/cycle-picturesque-coastal-routefrom-gloucester-maine/KesRtbNHvXxhLylIr75ulK/story.html

NASA using FLIMR to observe coastal waters to improve resource management, economic activity & protect ecosystem sustainability

• https://www.geek.com/news/heres-how-nasa-is-taking-a-closer-look-at-coastal-waterecosystems-1798543/

Restoring rocky intertidal seaweed to boost coastal biodiversity

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-scientists-rocky-intertidal-seaweed-boost.html

Tracking inland movement of marshland by analyzing microfossils in sediment may yield insights into vulnerable coastal ecosystems

• https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/will-marshland-keep-up-with-rising-seas-yale-studylooks-at-sediment/

Dire predictions for sea level rise along California coast

• https://phys.org/news/2019-08-california-coast-sea-choices-grim.html

Memorial Bridge spanning Piscataqua outfitted with tidal turbine & 40+ sensors

• https://eos.org/articles/this-bridge-monitors-the-environment-and-harnesses-tidal-energy

3-D mapping of complex intertidal zones in Australia

• https://eos.org/articles/australias-complex-intertidal-zones-mapped-in-3-d

Sargassum becoming more common on beaches from Mexico to Florida – linked to deforestation in Brazil

•http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Beaches_choked_with_stinky_seaweed_could_be_the_new_normal_999.html

Coral that spawn more than once a year is improving resilience of Great Barrier Reef

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190806101528.htm

Overview of Oyster Lake project – coastal dune lake between storm water & Gulf of Mexico

•http://propexglobal.com/Portals/0/Product%20PDFs/Erosion%20Control/Project%20Spotlights%20(AKA%20Case%20Studies)/Oyster%20Lake%20case%20study.pdf

Coastal communities have strong effect on local ocean acidification

• https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/cities-acidify-the-water-next-door

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