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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Edenville Dam collapse in Michigan
M6.5M Monte Cristo Range EQ near Tonopah, Nevada - local damage – road closure - aftershocks – video
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/m65-monte-cristo-range-earthquake
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00725272/executive
- https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/road-closed-in-nevada-after-sustaining-earthquake-damage/7CGPsEMF
- https://watchers.news/2020/05/15/nevada-earthquake-may-15-2020/
- https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/250-aftershocks-follow-friday-earthquake-near-tonopah-2029556/
Perspective: The real climate science deniers
Revisiting the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens & 40 years of change
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/revisiting-the-1980-eruption-of-mount-st-helens/
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-choice/202005/mount-st-helens-40-years-later
- https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-17/mount-st-helens-40th-eruption
- Photos: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/photos-show-mount-st-helens-historic-eruption-cars-sunk-in-volcanic-ash-people-wearing-masks/ar-BB14frmu
- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/ecologist-has-been-studying-mount-st-helens-it-erupted-40-years-ago
1906 EQ was act of God – 1906 EQ disaster was act of man including dynamite to “stop the fire”
Unstable slope above leading edge of retreating Barry Glacier could cause catastrophic tsunami in Harriman Fjord
- https://www.foxnews.com/science/alaska-landslide-could-cause-enormous-tsunami-scientists-warn
- Open letter: http://dggs.alaska.gov/hazards/download/Barry_Arm_Landslide_Working_Group_2020_05_14.pdf
Chromium speciation in marine carbonates & implications for paleo-redox conditions
- https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/scp-csi051520.php
- Link to pdf paper: https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwaa090/5834567
Radiocarbon dating for paleo-tsunami deposits in Pangani – same age as other Indian Ocean locales
Multibeam bathymetric & seismic reflection data suggest new plate boundary in northern Indian Ocean – India-Australia-Capricorn plate
- https://eos.org/articles/a-plate-boundary-emerges-between-india-and-australia
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL087362
Improved understanding of flow-driven sediment transport in eolian & fluvial environments
- https://eos.org/editors-vox/from-blowing-wind-to-running-water-unifying-sediment-transport
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019RG000679
New conceptual framework for convection in the tropics
Toward a better global understanding of the water cycle – given extent of human disturbance
Satellite data over 16-year interval suggest 14 mm change in sea levels related to ice-mass change
- https://eos.org/articles/shrinking-ice-sheets-lifted-global-sea-level-14-millimeters
- Paper: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/29/science.aaz5845
Sea spray is loaded with micro-plastics
- https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/sea-spray-full-microplastics-study-finds.html
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0232746
4.9M mine quake in northern Sweden near Kiruna due to activity in largest iron ore mine
- https://www.thelocal.se/20200518/record-earthquake-hits-mine-in-northern-sweden-kiruna
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70009ja2/executive
Billion-year-old rifting events set stage for Laurentian Great Lakes
Using “halos” of mineralized groundwater to find ore deposits
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-groundwater-reveals-reserves-valuable-minerals.html
- Case Study: https://warmelpdstageodocspub.blob.core.windows.net/mriwa-reports/c2832360-2887-4a73-800d-ca04e4a1761d.pdf
Separating industrial noise of natural seismic signals
Titanichthys– Devonian giant placoderm (armored fish) was suspension feeder
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/titanichthys-suspension-feeder-08447.html
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200272
Elaphrosaurine– Cretaceous theropod dinosaur fossil vertebra found in Australia
First footprints on Mars could belong to geologist & NASA austronaut Jessica Watkins
Geologic samples need to be archived and shared
Geology offers deep-time perspective on climate
Scientists attempt to mimic conditions on Hadean Earth
- https://massivesci.com/articles/hydrothermal-vent-reactor-geology-mars-europa/
- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7640&fbclid=IwAR0okIa68vx7-LVvF-DGKduqzSAeOYfGsQ_gibTa7aQoE4MlQ8pbWLu2NRg
Digging up remains of 33-feet long mega-raptor in Argentina (video)
Four new species of deep-sea scale worms
- https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=300599&org=GEO&from=news
- Paper: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48532/
Glacial erosion may make peaks pointier and taller by allowing crust to float higher on mantle
Eastern Highlands of Victoria, Australia, steadily growing at rate of 76 m per million years
Submarine archeology in the North & Baltic Seas – endangered cultural heritage
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-endangered-cultural-heritage-seafloor-underwater.html
- Paper: https://www.leopoldina.org/uploads/tx_leopublication/2019_Diskussionspapier_Spuren_unter_Wasser_EN.pdf
Beginner’s interactive guide to oceanography – tectonics, ice ages, circulation, history…
SE flank of Mount Etna sliding at rate of several centimeters per year – slow gravitational collapse
- https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/europes-most-active-volcano-sliding-sea-157251
- Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/eaat9700
Explanation for those fuzzy green “glacier mice” were found atop Hrutarjokull Glacier & Root Glacier
- https://www.grunge.com/211915/the-bizarre-truth-of-fuzzy-green-glacier-mice/
- https://www.nepr.net/post/herd-fuzzy-green-glacier-mice-baffles-scientists#stream/0
Underwater “benthic tornado” crosses the sea floor
- https://www.cnet.com/news/see-a-wild-underwater-benthic-tornado-whirl-across-the-sea-floor/
- Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_llygMaW6B4
Update on expedition to the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) – polymetallic nodules on abyssal plain
Gairloch “quake” reports likely due to quarry blast
Paper: Continuous monitoring of suspended sediment concentrations in channels/rivers
Long-term monitoring of groundwater in McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica – changes noted
Legacy of deep-sea mining – long-lasting impacts on benthic life
https://eos.org/articles/the-long-lasting-legacy-of-deep-sea-mining
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Edenville & Sanford dams fail in Michigan - thousands ordered to evacuate – license was revoked
- Video: https://apnews.com/872186b0b79e45bd303a2113ad88e85c
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/feds-revoked-failed-edenville-dams-license-in-2018-over-inability-to-handle-big-floods/ar-BB14mcgv
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/michigan-governor-orders-thousands-to-evacuate-after-2-dams-failed-saying-one-city-could-be-under-9-feet-of-water/ar-BB14lYro
California running out of “cheap water” – overdraft, stream depletion & imports will no longer work to meet ever increasing demand
- https://phys.org/news/2020-05-sustain-californians.html
- Paper: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EE.1943-7870.0001715
BLM says will take 2 decades & $1B+ over first six years to slash wild horse populations to “sustainable levels” to protect US rangeland – mass roundup & warehousing – need humane program
- Report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P8oCB7HaHo1AvUSYmy7LulNhyQXL_B83/view
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/agency-cites-staggering-cost-reining-051614807.html
- https://americanwildhorsecampaign.org/media/new-blm-report-outlines-destruction-wild-horses-and-burros
- https://returntofreedom.org/congress-demanded-a-coherent-wild-horse-management-plan-blm-hasnt-produced-one/
- https://wildhorseeducation.org/2018/04/27/blm-report-to-congress/
- https://wildhorseeducation.org/2020/05/12/blm-report-is-out-national-embarrassment/
- https://blog.humanesociety.org/2020/05/blm-report-to-congress-on-wild-horses-and-burros-falls-short-on-fertility-control.html
1906 EQ was act of God – 1906 EQ disaster was act of man including dynamite to “stop the fire”
Property rights are crucial to protecting the environment – to protect against tragedy of the commons
Hippos in Colombia – imported from Africa by drug cartel in 1980s – reproducing in large numbers – dung contaminates rivers – anoxia & algae blooms
Perspective: The real climate science deniers
US Air Force reports no damage at Nellis training complex or Tonopah Test Range from 6.5M Monte Cristo Range earthquake
New report on Managed Aquifer Recharge
- https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/2187304/new-usace-report-managed-aquifer-recharge-mar-and-the-us-army-corps-of-engineer/#.Xr7pKG3AoG4.twitter
- Download Report link: https://www.iwrlibrary.us/#/document/16a468f6-1f43-46a4-b546-141594d30cde
Solar & wind energy projects need to pay fair share – rent on US federal land
Significant drug bust in Myanmar included crystal meth, weapons & ammunition & barrels of chemicals
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-drugs-exclusive/exclusive-huge-fentanyl-haul-seized-in-asias-biggest-ever-drugs-bust-idUSKBN22U0Q8
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/asia/myanmar-drug-bust-intl-hnk/index.html
“Matewan Massacre” occurred a century ago – battle for workers rights in Appalachian coal fields
Mexico reverses position on renewable energy – justification for new rules – extra-legal powers to FEC
- https://apnews.com/d8f63e221feebe96039dc0a39a010e8d
- 2018: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/2018/04/12/mexico-reform-and-renewables-2/#gref
- Jan 2020: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanielparishflannery/2020/01/23/political-risk-analysis-whats-ahead-for-mexicos-renewable-energy-industry/#431e2901194f
Cattle Fever ticks spreading in south Texas
Horses not only know their humans but can identify their photos
- https://www.treehugger.com/animals/horses-can-identify-and-remember-their-humans.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62940-w#Sec9
Best to keep your pet cat indoors – healthier cat & much less predation of wildlife
Potential for West Seattle Bridge to collapse – would lead to demolition
Record rainfall (3.11 inches) prompts reversal of Chicago River to ease flooding
- https://news.wttw.com/2020/05/18/record-rainfall-prompts-reversal-chicago-river-lake-ease-flooding
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/weather/ct-rescue-flooding-chicago-rain-power-out-20200518-zr7xvccykfdotkhqk7ghaizz7q-story.html
The importance of parks recognized by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 19thcentury
Crisis communications plan is essential to planning
Linking human and animal health – “using humans as sentinels of animal diseases”
Micro-plastics now found in terrestrial & aquatic birds of prey in Florida
New gates on Glenmore Dam provide increased level of protection against flooding on Elbow River – effectively double reservoir capacity
Harris County, Texas, restrict flood bond money – need to meet floodplain development standards
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/Harris-County-to-cities-Update-building-15280528.php
- https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2020/01/21/357965/new-houston-area-rules-to-prevent-flooding-are-obsolete-on-arrival-some-experts-say/
Botswana is investigating mysterious deaths of a dozen elephants in Okavango Delta
Virtual vacations for couch potatoes: Buckingham Palace, Louvre, Yellowstone, Japan, Machu Pichu…
Pomacea maculate- Invasive Apple Snail threatening Texas aquatic vegetation & carries rat lungworm parasite harmful to humans
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/invasive-snail-is-threatening-texas-aquatic-vegetation-and-can-carry-a-parasite-harmful-to-humans/ar-BB14nxha
- https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/05/19/texans-encouraged-to-report-sightings-of-giant-apple-snails/
US birth rate declines to lowest level in more than three decades
Pacific fisher declared endangered in the southern Sierra Nevada – denied protection in CA & OR – threatened by habitat loss & rat poison used at illegal marijuana farms
Two Bengal tigers seized in Mexico
Estimated cost of $770M to construct a four-mile elevated monorail between South Beach & Miami – called a SMART plan
$262M project to handle up to 70M gallons of polluted stormwater that flows into Duwamish River
Woody plant encroachment into grasslands across the globe
- https://asunow.asu.edu/20200515-vegetation-shifts-can-outweigh-climate-change-desert-rangelands
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65094-x
Radioactive & chemical contamination in Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer in Idaho facility has remained constant or decreased – nearly all 180 wells are not below drinking water standards
Theory on why dogs spin in a circle before they squat to poop – align with magnetic field
CRS Report: Central Valley Project in Sacramento & San Joaquin River Valleys in California
1.2-mile section of Keystone XL pipeline finished at Montana border crossing
Repairing aging dams will cost estimated $20B for non-federal dams
Rare white grizzly bear in Canadian Rockies
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-white-grizzly-bear-sighted-101521781.html
- https://www.thecragandcanyon.ca/news/local-news/rare-white-grizzly-bear-sighting-in-banff-national-park
Perspective: green electricity delusions
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics)
Preparedness for next pandemic will be impacted as collective memory fades
Even if business surged there were still significant extra costs
What shut-down policy has cost California
Surge in illegal killings of birds of prey in Britain – shot & illegal traps
Perspective: collateral damage of the lock-down
Impending “tsunami” of mental illness due to lock-down
Poor general health & co-morbidities put portions of population at greater risk
Shut-down and other policy failures – “total lockdown – not the virus – is generating catastrophic harm”
Lock-down easing and stupid humans returning to old ways – too close to bison in Yellowstone
“Independent Inquiry” into WHO global response
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/china/wha-pandemic-inquiry-resolution-vote-intl/index.html
- https://theconversation.com/the-world-health-organization-must-answer-these-hard-questions-in-its-coronavirus-inquiry-138959
Pandemic of conspiracy theories & mis-information
Impacts of hand sanitizer on your health & hand sanitizer can explode in a hot car
- https://www.eatthis.com/hand-sanitizer-side-effects/
- https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/05/dont-leave-hand-sanitizer-in-your-car-on-a-hot-day-firefighters-warn.html
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
High tides & storm surges have threatened roads, homes & beaches along coastal Victoria (video)
“Severe drought” impacting coastal Alabama – wildfire & water restrictions
Demarcation of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) among nations
• https://www.ekathimerini.com/252716/gallery/ekathimerini/comment/demarcating-maritimezones
Legislation to kill coastal parish lawsuits against O&G companies advances to Louisiana Senate
City of Toronto continues to “floodproof”
The first lighthouse in North Carolina was established at Cape Fear on 23 Dec 1794
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/05/history-rediscovered-ncs-first-lighthouse/
Coastal impacts of Tropical Cyclone Amphan in India
Changes in the morphology of Rogue River estuary
Concerns that estuary at Ravenglass is becoming dumping ground for broken boats
Warning of “environmental disaster” if sediment continues to fill estuary at Mount Martha
• http://www.mpnews.com.au/2020/05/18/blame-game-continues-as-estuary-fills/
Opportunity for public input on new plan for Saltwater Creek and Lagoon Estuary in Australia
“Friends of the Everglades” comments on toxic algae, local estuaries and other issues
Hoping legal challenges will protect water and wildlife in the San Joaquin Delta
Sewage-contaminated water from Tijuana River forces closure of Silver Strand
Targeting solid-waste leachate landfill discharge into Lake Superior
Traditional fishery launces petition against further restrictions on Severn Estuary
• https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18455168.traditional-fishery-launches-petitionrestrictions/
Health of Chesapeake Bay declines as runoff increases pollutants and impacts salinity balance
•https://www.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/chesapeake_bay_water_quality_declines_by_four_percent
• Report: https://www.chesapeakebay.net/documents/bay-barometer-18-19_final.pdf
Perspective: Killer whale recovery begins with salmon habitat & humans
Urging Congress to reject proposal that would impact Lake Okeechobee & the Everglades
First local regulation to protect critically endangered Chinese sturgeon – takes effect 6 June 2020
• https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1188425.shtml
Property owners challenge environmental permit authorizing construction of bridge to Down East Island
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/05/property-owners-score-win-in-bridge-dispute/
Endangered birds regain wetland in Fujian Province in eastern China
• http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/16/c_139061249.htm
Views of San Francisco Bay from ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission
• https://earthsky.org/todays-image/esa-satellite-image-san-francisco-bay
800-pound leatherback turtle nests on beach near Indialantifc Boardwalk in Florida
Californians battling over construction of seawalls
• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-20/california-seawall-bill
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