Hard to believe that Mount St. Helens erupted forty years ago today - 18 May 1980. I was living in Reno at the time. Missed a lot of smoke and ash - the winds were favorable.
From Elaine - here is the USGS on the eruption and how it changed the future of volcanology.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 18 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Online Workshop 19 May 2020 – Seasonal heat storage with geothermal battery concept
May & June Virtual Field Trips of underwater marine parks – from Florida to California & beyond
National Park Service Geoscientist-in-the-Parks (GIP) program applications due 15 June 2020
6.5M EQ 56 k west of Tonopah, Nevada – Walker Lane strike-slip event
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00725272/executive
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nevada-earthquake-magnitude-64-temblor-—-and-several-large-aftershocks-—-have-struck-near-tonopah/ar-BB14816F
Tectonic setting of Puerto Rico means earthquakes are inevitable on complex fault systems
150 myo volcano discovered on seafloor off the coast of The Netherlands – named “Mulciber”
300 myo Warboys volcano in the Cambridgeshire, England
How to become a fossil
Emergence of earthworms in Central Lombok is sign of the weather – not an imminent earthquake
Complex tectonic activity of the Afar region is uncertain – possible transition from rift to ridge?
Evidence for 4.55 byo sodium-rich alkaline fluids in Tagish Lake meteorite
“Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau” is a myth – product of overly simplistic modelling
Using SAR radar technique to monitor methane release from Arctic lakes
Two styles of volcanism in the Mediterranean – Santorini vs Aegina, Methana & Poros lava domes
Seismic data suggests inner core of Earth is rotating
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200512134530.htm
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mountains-shifting-ground-earth-core.html
Proliferation of Edmontosaurus duck-billed dinosaur in the Arctic – “caribou of the Cretaceous”
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200506162212.htm
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232410
Oxygen-rich core samples of shungite challenge long-standing models of oxygenation of Earth
Paleogene palynological records help unravel shift to monsoon climate in southern China
Pūhāhonu – “turtle surfacing for air” is broad shield volcano exposed as small islands
- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/world-s-biggest-volcano-barely-visible
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-reveal-largest-hottest-shield-volcano.html
How Pangaea broke apart
Understanding floods
Tolbachik volcano erupted tiny diamonds
Photo-essay: Waterford, New York landslide
Mineralogical & geochemical characteristics of hydrocarbon-bleached rocks in mud volcanoes
How conglomerates form
Dr. Patrick Abbot creates video on Mission Trails Regional Park “Rise & Fall of the Mountains”
- https://missiontimescourier.com/mission-trails-geology-video-debuts-online/
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G86d0SuZ0uA
Oldest known tsunami victims in East Africa
Volcanoes of the Cascades (57-minute video)
Debunking one myth associated with The Great Unconformity
Virtual gem Gallery Tour: 423-carat “Logan Sapphire”
- https://thejewelerblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/423-carat-logan-sapphire-is-the-next-stop-in-our-series-of-smithsonian-virtual-tours/
- Virtual Tour: https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-119.html
Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey to be flown west of Cheyenne, Wyoming
New model may more accurately predict dates of historic earthquakes
Newly recognized mechanism for very rapid formation of atmospheric particles
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-rapid-mechanism-atmospheric-particle-formation.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2270-4
Why the North Magnetic Pole might be accelerating toward Russia – flux lobe elongation
Even small atmospheric disturbances may trigger hurricane formation
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-small-disturbances-trigger-catastrophic-storms.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019MS002020
ICESat-2 measures sea ice thickness & snow cover on the Arctic Ocean
“Dormant” Mauna Kea volcano has exhibited tiny earthquakes for decades
Planetary Geology: What Mars might be made of & how did it form?
- https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00109.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15755-2
Glaciers that yield meltwater to the North Water Polynya are retreating
Icebergs – vitamins of the sea
Necessity for archiving geological samples
Impacts of giant meteorites melted and formed parts of the crust of the Moon
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-evidence-giant-meteorite-impacts-moon.html
- https://www.sciencealert.com/the-formation-of-ancient-moon-rocks-is-linked-to-giant-meteorite-smashes
In Memoriam: Dennis Lee Garnett (1948-2020) – mining geologist and seasonal guide
Rock chip samples from Mount Isa Project show 6.7 grams gold per 1,000 kg and 28.2% copper
The Great Masters likely prepared their ultramarine pigment from lapis lazuli
1980 eruption of Mount St Helens changed the future of volcanology
Electric charge released by Cold War atomic testing radiation increased rainfall on Shetland
Brief guide to Grad School Admissions in the Geosciences
Environmental Bulletin Board – 18 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Critically endangered red wolf pups born in North Carolina
Syndrome-based intervention combined with Antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) intervention seem to be effective
Enjoying solitude whether in the wilderness or in quarantine
Minnesota Board of Animal Health has jurisdiction over mass slaughter of healthy animals
Air pollution spikes 10-fold above average are tied to soccer fans barbecuing in Santiago, Chile
Book Review: “The Human Planet” – where is Nature?
“Murder Hornets” is 99% media hype
Why geckos can zip along vertical walls and run across water
“The Story of Plastic” – a global catastrophe
- https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/story-plastic-moving-film-reveals-where-plastic-comes-and-where-it-goes.html
- https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/plastics-industry-booming-right-now.html
Farmers in New Zealand offended by new climate change curriculum
Macrobrachium rosenbergii – gender-bending species of giant river prawns – Enzootic breeding technique
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05/can-gender-bending-israeli-super-prawns-help-feed-the-world/
Evidence vital to understanding human migration during the Last Glacial Maximum
Another “destructive” new dam planned for the Mekong River
Can humans make peace with sloth bears in India? Already extinct in Bangladesh and perhaps Bhutan
Britain considering invoking citizens army to stop invasive species
Building safer tailings dams? Learning from past failures
Serious consequences of illegal action – entered Yellowstone National Park & fell into hot spring
Argentine black and white tegus are invasive species in Florida & now gaining foothold in Georgia
Work of Florence Nightingale in military hospital in Turkey lead to International Classification of Diseases
True value of Nature should be included in all development and economic growth – value not equal to price
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01390-w
- Dasgupta report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882222/The_Economics_of_Biodiversity_The_Dasgupta_Review_Interim_Report.pdf
Creating GMO pigs to try to stop replication of African Swine Fever virus
Alternatives (scPFCAs) to ozone-depleting chemicals (CFCs) are getting into our food and water supplies
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-ozone-depleting-chemical-alternatives-food.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL087535
To construct an integrated model of human impacts on mega-river systems of Asia
Understanding how a septic tank works can help minimize problems with the system
24 species that became endangered over the past decade
Quest of Walter Raleigh for El Dorado – story of insatiable greed
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics)
Small-time drug dealers adjusting strategies
Tenderloin District sues San Francisco since sidewalks are “unsanitary, unsafe, & often impassable”
What happens to all the waste PPE? – single-use everything mostly made of plastic
Sioux Nation refuses order to take down “illegal” checkpoints – Sioux Nation is sovereign nation – Governor recognizes Sioux sovereignty by offering “compromise”
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-south-dakota-sioux-refuse-094607130.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/south-dakota-checkpoint-standoff-governor-offers-possible-compromise/ar-BB142jC3
58 straight days in New York City with no pedestrian deaths
Perspective: Legal immunity for COVID-19 issues is a terrible idea
Expending energy & money to test for virus in raw sewage in Colorado – fecal surveillance
FDA suspends Seattle Coronavirus Network project founded by Bill Gates – cannot protect software from viruses but promises to protect personal health information – is this “big brother” in action?
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Seattle-Coronavirus-Assessment-Network
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 18 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
May & June Virtual Field Trips of underwater marine parks – from Florida to California & beyond
• https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/live/watch.html
Indian mooring buoys network in Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal in need of maintenance
634M people living on coastal plains and deltas – at risk if sea level were to significantly rise
• https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/prehistoric-alert-for-future-sea-level/
People and their trash inundating Brevard County, Florida, beaches – 13,000 pounds of trash
Millions of endangered baby Olive Ridley turtles cross the Rushikulya Beach to the sea (video)
New $922+M lock under construction at the Soo Locks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/05/new-922m-lock-under-construction-at-the-soo.html
American Shad restoration efforts continue along the East Coast
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/05/american-shad-restoration-efforts-continue/
Oregon invites nominations of rocky coastal areas for protection
Wilmington, NC, will be reimbursed $3.6M+ for Hurricane Florence repairs to flood control systems
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/05/wilmington-gets-3-6m-for-drainage-repairs/
San Diego not required to obtain coastal development permit for transitional housing project
• https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/no-coastal-development-permit-required-83877/
£22m Fairhaven to Church Scar Coastal Protection Scheme completed
• https://www.dredgingtoday.com/2020/05/11/church-scar-coastal-protection-schemecompleted/
Lagoon Hull proposed as flood defense project for Humber estuary in Hull, England
• https://www.theengineer.co.uk/lagoon-hull-flood-defence-humber/
Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern finds PFAS in sediments & water samples – limit eating fish
• https://www.wqpmag.com/pfas/milwaukee-estuary-area-concern-sees-pfas-surface-water
Dover, Portsmouth & Rochester filed comments against EOA Great Bay Total Nitrogen GeneralPermit
Georgia DNR completed first phase of large oyster bed restoration
The River and the Real World – Hudson River is tidal stream
• https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2020/05/12/the-river-and-the-real-world/
Battle continues over limits on water extraction from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
• https://scvnews.com/judge-throws-water-on-california-bid-to-slow-delta-pumping/
Dry season has potential to harm key plant species in Caloosahatchee River and estuary
Caught on video – Dublin litter louts dump waste into Broadmeadow Estuary where swans nest
• https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/litter-video-dublin-breakingnews-illegal-18221134
6,000 years of climate history from what was huge lake in Lower Murray River in Murray Darling Basin
• https://phys.org/news/2020-05-years-climate-history-ancient-lake.html
Kaituna River re-diversion project is successful in returning “freshwater lifeforce” to estuary
• https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plentytimes/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=12331356
Small remnant of prehistoric river channel preserves ancient tidal channel Ballona Wetlands
• https://patch.com/california/marinadelrey/ballona-lagoon-ballona-wetlands-ancient-tidalchannel
San Diego will receive $300M to address Tijuana sewage seepage pollution
Glaucus atlanticus “Blue Dragon sea slug” washes ashore on Padre Island National Seashore
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/enchanting-dangerous-blue-dragon-washes-215700921.html
$5.8M phase of project attempting to stabilize coastal bluffs at Del Mar, California
Port Everglades $1.6B expansion & infrastructure projects proceeding
Thick layer of sea foam hampered rescue of 5 surfers
• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/xandr/five-surfers-die-netherlands-huge-113644481.html
New York MTA beginning hurricane preparedness by testing tunnel flood gates
Probing impacts of technological infrastructure on the ocean floor on society
• https://phys.org/news/2020-05-probes-repercussions-seafloor-society.html
Novel solutions proposed for reducing coastal wave energy in North Bay Village, Florida
• https://news.miami.edu/stories/2020/05/teams-tackle-sustainability-for-north-bay-village.html
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