Thought I would post this. I'm uncertain how funny it will be, nor am I sure where I got it. I wonder how fast this guy can walk.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 4 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
On the importance of groundwater
- https://eos.org/articles/groundwater-is-the-hidden-connection-between-land-and-sea
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15064-8
In Arizona, Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan curtails river water use, but could lead to further depleting groundwater resulting in more earth fissures and declining land levels
Supercell thunderstorm necessitated new category to describe hail – gargantuan
Recognizing the natural variations in the ozone “hole” in the Arctic
Planetary lightning on Earth & other planets
Perfect storm for lightning on Earth
“Coup de foudre” - bolt of lightning
Impacts of volcanic eruptions on the landscape – on the 40th anniversary of Mount St Helens
Lava & Lightning – how volcanoes produce lightning during eruptions
Sea level rose about 12 meters following recession of Continental Glacial Ice Sheets
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/a-puzzling-past-sea-level-rise-might-have-its-missing-piece/
Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae - New species of moray eel
Large numbers of predatory Cretaceous dinosaurs lived in what is now the Sahara
NASA monitoring sea level across the globe
Pioneering technique to detect plastics pollution floating on the sea surface
Highest ever level of micro-plastics found on seafloor
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-highest-microplastics-seafloor.html
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-sediment-samples-bay-biscay-microplastics.html
Connection between fault roughness and earthquake magnitude in subduction megathrust faulting
Understanding what drives large-scale glacier detachments
New approach to managing risk of EQs triggered by hydraulic fracking
“Great Unconformity” – a case or cases of geological amnesia
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-case-geologic-amnesia.html
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/great-unconformity-geology-mystery
Using device to simulate borehole ballooning to ensure safer drilling of deep-water oil & gas
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-simulating-borehole-ballooning-safe-drilling.html
- Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5139950
Paper: Emergence of Miocene reefs in South China Sea & adaptability under varying conditions
Hydrothermal chimneys on the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest along Endeavour Segment
Review of progress in geology in Uzbekistan
Why stalagmites are red and what can be inferred about climate
Forces that produce ice shoves
Crystals & geodes as art
Soot that followed the Chicxulub Meteor Impact played significant role in extinction
High-resolution imagery of the Tendepo landslide
Book Review: Geology of the Pacific Northwest – good introductory book for kids
Scope of geology reveals potential of geology as a career choice
Geology of York County, Pennsylvania – almost a part of Morocco
Unama’ki the great white shark is leaving US coastal waters & heading further into open ocean
Spinosaurus was likely a swimmer propelled by his tail
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/spinosaurus-dinosaur-fossil-tail-aquatic-swimmer
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/29/world/spinosaurus-swimmer-discovery-scn/index.html
19 virtual field trips including the Grand Canyon, Dresser Formation, Upheaval Dome, Shark Bay
Nearly complete skeleton of extinct Cretaceous Gondwanatherians found in Madagascar
Fate & distribution of radioactive elements in the ocean
ICESat-2 mapped 16 years of melting ice sheets – meting at the margins as would be expected
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-results-icesat-mission-years-ice.html
- Paper: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/29/science.aaz5845
Catastrophic outburst floods carved “Grand Canyon” in Greenland
Simulations suggest outer core may be less dense than liquid iron
Land masses in Japan “wobbled” in months prior to M9 EQ in 2011
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-great-earthquakes.html
- https://www.dw.com/en/tectonic-plates-reverse-their-movement-before-major-earthquakes/a-53280137
Evidence of how platinum metals form under 60 myo volcano in Scotland
New estimate of rate of meteorite bombardment
Makeover of the Don River in Canada
Multiple seismic, glacial, landslide and flood hazards in Mathu, Dri & Talo watersheds in Dibang Valley
History of the Tomanowos meteorite
- https://theconversation.com/tomanowos-the-meteorite-that-survived-mega-floods-and-human-folly-134213
M6.6 earthquake causes mini-tsunami on Crete
Changes occurring in the modern North Atlantic surface ocean circulation
- https://www.sciencealert.com/fossils-reveal-our-ocean-is-changing-in-a-ways-it-hasn-t-for-10-000-years
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/plankton-havent-been-same-industrial-revolution-180972266/
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 4 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Attempting to silence film “Planet of the Humans” critical of the “green movement”
- Full documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-experts-call-dangerous-michael-125419397.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/22/planet-of-the-humans-review-environment-michael-moore-jeff-gibbs
Perspective: The ghosts of Earth Day – past, present & future – environmental politics
Big surprise! Some of latest climate models provide unrealistically high projections of future warming
Construction industry is 4 times more polluting than air travel – demand on raw materials & emissions
Eight cougars in Yellowstone NP have tested positive for exposure to endemic plague (Yersinia pestis)
Mama leopard teaches cubs how to safely cross the road (video)
Developing $1.5M plan for managing storm water and flooding at DFW Airport
US Army COE gives go-ahead to improving levees on Arkansas River near Tulsa
Recognizing the natural variations in the ozone “hole” in the Arctic
Multi-billion-dollar reservoir & pipeline project would pull 16B gal/year from South Platte River (Note: Article says '16M gallons per year - off by 1000; number of pools is correct, however. Olympic pool holds about 2 AF - 660,000 gallons)
Fire in the ecosystem
Sunlight plays important role in altering petroleum floating on the sea surface
Isoxaflutole – pesticide approved for use on up to 90M acres of GMO soybeans across the Midwest
New algorithm helps identify land cover using satellite data
Call for renewed debate on plant breeding technologies – conventional vs. genetic modification
How bird brains evolved – from T rex to modern crows
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200423130506.htm
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(20)30430-9.pdf
Even a regional India-Pakistan nuclear war would result in global famine
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200316152211.htm
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/13/7071
Majority of the 7+ billion human population cannot rely on “local food”
Dirty carbon might be used to make variety of “useful” products
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-coal-reveals-sophisticated-side-dirty.html
- Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/17/eaaz5231
Human disruption of global nutrient cycles resulted in 3-fold increase in lake burial of organic carbon
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-lakes-triple-amount-carbon-response.html
- Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/16/eaaw2145
Plastic pollution is reaching sub-Antarctic islands in greater amounts
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-plastic-pollution-antarctica.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019337444?via%3Dihub
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019336293?via%3Dihub
Comprehensive global database for water-use efficiency – the Water Cycle
New model for recycling of urban freshwater to meet demands
Not enough water – but researchers suggest irrigation expansion could feed 800M more people
- https://phys.org/news/2020-04-irrigation-expansion-million-people.html
- Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/18/eaaz6031
Mineralogy/chemistry of parent material is disrupted & reshaped in soil by human activity
Environmental icons – past & present
How herbicide regulations have impacted the environment
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/analysis/news/how-have-herbicide-regulations-impacted-the-environment-333827
- Paper: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jeq2.20045
Environmental Justice leaders on what has & what has not changed in West Oakland
In Montana, Environmental Quality Council delays rule on radioactive waste landfill
Many species are “ecosystem engineer” species – woolly mammoth, bison, moose, caribou, beaver….
Anti-poaching rangers remain on duty in South Africa to protect wildlife in Greater Kruger Park (video)
Diabetes has revised classification into five types – distinct microbiomes react differently to medications
Respecting the natural propensity of rivers to flood
Cultivating a new approach to seed health and healthy seed trade
Salt Lake City updating transportation master plan to focus more on pedestrians & bicycles
Asian giant hornets have now invaded the US – kill up to 50 people per year in Japan
- https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/05/02/Invasive-Asian-giant-hornet-discovered-in-Washington-state/7661588207690/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/murder-hornets-in-the-us-the-rush-to-stop-the-asian-giant-hornet/ar-BB13va3Q?ocid=spartandhp
- https://agr.wa.gov/departments/insects-pests-and-weeds/insects/hornets
Some wildlife not coping well with lack of humans as source/supplier of food or uncontrolled poaching
Seagulls in Rome, Italy, are once again behaving like predators – killing rats & pigeons
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics)
New antibody test is approved for use – 99.8% specificity rating with 100% sensitivity
Consequences of the economic pandemic shut-down
Perspective: What was the lockdown about?
Perspective: Will antibody tests really change everything?
Book Review: Life, Death & Other Inconvenient Truths – Realist’s View of the Human Condition
Reflecting on modern times and Hobbes explanation for the state of nature
Perspective: Most tragic case of governmental, medical & media malpractice in history
Significant number of methanol alcohol poisonings in Iran – deaths and blindness
Consequences of human degradation of the environment
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/halt-destruction-of-nature-or-suffer-even-worse-pandemics-say-worlds-top-scientists/ar-BB13iV40
- Perspective: https://ipbes.net/covid19stimulus
Animals of many species enjoying open spaces (video)
Sweden has taken reasonable steps to protect those at higher risks and still achieve herd immunity without devastating their economy – some disagree
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52395866
- https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/494113-sweden-could-reach-herd-immunity-in-weeks-top
- https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-sweden-defends-plan-not-to-lock-down-immunity-2020-4
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sweden-says-its-coronavirus-approach-has-worked-the-numbers-show-a-different-story/ar-BB13ieZO
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01098-x
Graphical guide to making a vaccine
Understanding herd immunity
Perspective: Pretense of knowledge has cost America dearly – abrogation of person & economic liberty – models “grossly inaccurate” & promoted with false certitude
Pandemic of corruption & crackdown on freedom of the press
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-pandemic-of-corruption-dollar40-masks-questionable-contracts-rice-stealing-bureaucrats-mar-coronavirus-response/ar-BB13dWG0
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/authoritarian-governments-crack-down-on-press-freedoms-amid-covid-19-pandemic-report/ar-BB13jqdc
Protests against the lockdown are occurring across the county - California
2M chickens to be “depopulated” i.e., killed, due to lack of workers at plants in Delaware
You are what you eat – obesity & diabetes in COVID-19 victims and deaths
Shut-down has changed our diets – is it for the better?
Illegal drug trade stymied by lockdowns, travel bans – drug cartels hurting financially
Perspective: On how humans react to “end of times”
COVID-19 is zoonotic – origins and transmission to humans still undetermined
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-lab-conducted-extensive-research-on-deadly-bat-viruses-but-there-is-no-evidence-of-accidental-release/ar-BB13rxpf
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/intelligence-officials-disease-experts-shooting-113510259.html
Huntington Beach to seek injunction against new order to close Orange County beaches
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 4 May 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Construction to begin on immersed 18 km road & rail tunnel to connect Denmark & Germany
Estimated $367M in improvements for Port of Los Angeles
• https://www.ocregister.com/2020/04/24/port-of-los-angeles-investing-367-million-inimprovements/
Education to prevent & reduce pollution to Maryland waterways & Chesapeake Bay
Perspective: Time to replace West Seattle Bridge with an immersed tube tunnel
Connecticut Port Authority authorized contract for $157M oversight of redevelopment of State Pier
• https://www.theday.com/article/20200427/NWS01/200429520
National Hurricane Center will publish maps of potential Atlantic Hurricane storm surge flooding
Federal funds to support resiliency project in six southern Maine towns tourism industry
Border Patrol strengthening San Diego coastline sector patrols as human & drug smuggling increase during pandemic
Effects of wind storm on coastal towns of Lake Erie (video)
• https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/04/26/lake-erie-winds-provide-some-drama-coastaltowns/
Making a choice: extended beaches vs. coral reefs in Sri Lanka
• http://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/extended-beaches-at-the-cost-of-coral-reefs/131-187341
Spain seizes 4 tonnes of cocaine and breaks up international drug-smuggling ring
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/police-seize-cocaine-haul-off-spain-coast-arrest-28/ar-BB13kuF6
Planned 1,200 MW offshore windfarm south of Martha’s Vineyard will run cables to transmit power
• https://www.mvtimes.com/2020/04/28/mayflower-wind-airs-offshore-plans/
Chesapeake Bay Foundation filed legal challenge to definition of wetlands & streams under WOTUS
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/04/groups-challenge-clean-water-act-revision/
Very few oil tankers now in the Gulf of Mexico – California coastal waters are crowded
• https://www.al.com/news/2020/04/gulf-coast-mostly-clear-as-oil-tankers-crowd-californiawaters.html
New Hampshire Seacoast Science Center enhances learning & inspires conservation
• https://www.nhmagazine.com/explore-new-hampshires-coastal-wonders/
• https://www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/explore-and-learn/your-learning-connection/
Video – surfers & dolphins ride glowing bioluminescent waves off California coast
• https://abc7news.com/bioluminescent-waves-glowing-waters-san-clemente/6138731/
Plans to build two nuclear reactors on low-lying coast of England cause concerns
• https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/71539
SCOTUS ruling on impacting navigable waters in case in Hawaii – NPDES permits required under CWA
Results of three years monitoring gray whales off Oregon coast
• Paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3094
Dugongs emerge in shallow coastal waters of Thailand
Poor policy on coastal hypoxia & acidification leaves marine fisheries at risk
• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/aaft-pch042020.php
• https://indyeastend.com/news-opinion/fisheries-at-risk/
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200302153608.htm
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720308445?via%3Dihub
18-meter tidal turbine installed in waters off east coast of China – 500 KW potential
Boaters urged to lookout for sea turtles & manatees along coast of Georgia
• https://coastalcourier.com/sports/boaters-be-lookout-sea-turtles-manatees-along-georgiacoast/
Primer on early-stage offshore wind development
• https://nawindpower.com/a-primer-on-early-stage-offshore-wind-development
Long-term consequences of coastal development rival oil spill impacts on coral reefs
• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-long-term-consequences-coastal-bad-oil.html
Outer harbor in St Joseph on Lake Michigan will be dredged by US Army COE
• https://www.wsjm.com/2020/04/28/outer-harbor-to-be-dredged-this-spring-in-st-joseph/
Jellyfish bloom along 70-km coastline near Paiton power plant in East Java
Surveys initiated for second windfarm on Outer Continental Shelf lease offshore of New Jersey
• https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/second-offshore-wind-farm-starts-surveys/
Researching methods to make coral more effective in preserving coastlines & waterfront properties
• https://news.miami.edu/stories/2020/05/researchers-groom-corals-to-combat-coastalerosion.html
Cedar Point adopts rewrite of flood damage prevention ordinance for residential structures
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/05/cedar-point-toughens-flood-ordinance
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