Lots of rain in the SFO - Sacramento - Northern California area. It's those pesky atmospheric rivers! Good for the drought, but bad from flooding and debris/mud flows.
Consider this graphic and text that David Blodgett re-Tweeted from the National Weather Service in Sacramento:
Over the course of just 24 hrs, Sac Exec Ap received 81.9% of the total precip from the entire 2020 - 2021 water year! Here is a look at some comparisons. Rain is still falling, so stay tuned for updates on the storm total precip amounts from this #AtmosphericRivers #CAwx #CArain
The 2020-2021 water year runs form 1 October 2020 through 30 September 2021,.
From NWS Sacramento:
Enjoy!
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The articles displayed herein are selected by Dr. Elaine J. Hanford. I do not necessarily agree with the viewpoints expressed and the article descriptions that precede each link.
Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Forensic geology – the case of the misplaced well
Geology of the Kenai in Alaska
5 geological features in Alberta, Canada – hoodoos, rocks and dinosaurs
Bighorn Basin in Wyoming
Late Cretaceous true polar wander (TPW) oscillation – a planetary reorientation
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-earth-side-million-years.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23803-8
Oceanic fronts & eddies in Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension Region impact atmospheric circulation & storm tracks
Gulf Stream & Kuroshio Currents are synchronized on decadal time scale
California allows use of unlined waste disposal pits that introduce 16+ billion barrels of O&G wastewater to groundwater in San Joaquin Valley – salts, carcinogens & other toxins
Bomb cyclone off the west coast of Canada & the Pacific NW will bring much-needed precipitation
UBC EERF will demonstrate shake table on International ShakeOut Day
Severe storm in Queensland, Australia, produced record-breaking hail stone 6.3 inches wide
Mount Aso eruption in SW Japan – Japanese did not panic “there wasn’t even any lava”
- https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/10/fcaf30350266-urgent-mt-aso-in-southwest-japan-erupts-alert-level-raised.html
- https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20211020-volcano-japan-mount-aso-japanese-residents
Microbial communities living in waters of deep uncontaminated peridotite aquifers
Reading a 700-year dendrochronology of flooding in Bangladesh along the Brahmaputra River
- https://eos.org/science-updates/tree-rings-reveal-a-700-year-record-of-flooding-in-bangladesh
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19795-6
Abandoned hard-rock mines are source of metals & other contaminants that pollute streams in Colorado
Visualizing the strength of gold mining in Canada
Visualizing the global supply chain for silver
Variation in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) influences winter weather in the US
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-ocean-currents-extreme-winter-weather.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00290-9
High-resolution models predict behavior of Nor’easters – cool-season storm tides
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-effects-climate-noreasters.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020EF001940
Cretapsara athanata - First fully preserved Cretaceous crab discovered in amber
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-dinosaur-era-crab-fully-amber.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abj5689
Natural gas deposit in South Africa contains unusually high amounts of helium
Floods & landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
Length of time for climate to “recover” following Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211019123548.htm
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abh4224
Mapping 3,000 years of the auroras using 12th century literature & space-age data
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211014142010.htm
- Paper: https://www.swsc-journal.org/articles/swsc/full_html/2021/01/swsc210022/swsc210022.html
99.9% of climate studies agree humans are causing climate change – NOTE: 99.9% of published studies which reflect bias in publishing as did the 97% consensus of 2013
Missouri DNR releases “MGS Hub” site for ArcGIS data
- https://www.koamnewsnow.com/new-missouri-site-provides-interactive-geological-information/
- https://dnr.mo.gov/communications/news/missouri-department-natural-resources-releases-mgs-hub-site-one-stop-shop-arcgis-data
- HUB: https://hub.arcgis.com/pages/5b674b187fc74f9aa54c88e5964df835
- https://gis-modnr.opendata.arcgis.com/pages/dnr-missouri-geological-survey
Phosphorites offer insight into ancient ecosystems in Namibia
Kerala landslide was reactivation of 2020 event
2022 Nevada Geology calendar
Oldest rubies linked to early life on Earth
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211021084608.htm
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169136821004431?via%3Dihub
Exploration activities at Iska Iska Caldera Complex silver-tin polymetallic project in Southern Bolivia
The Nutty Putty Cave near Salt Lake City, Utah
“Rainbow Island” is like Disneyland for geologists
Nesting ground with 100+ eggs is evidence Mussaurus patagonicus lived in herds 193 myo
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/193-million-old-nesting-ground-105100105.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-99176-1
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Electronic waste in 2021 will outweigh the Great Wall of China – contains 1,000+ toxic substances
24 of 80 hippos sterilized so far in Colombia – imported by drug lord & had huge environmental impact
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/pablo-escobar-colombia-sterilises-drug-064141799.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320720309812
Hoping for glimpse of zebras running wild in the Maryland suburbs
Finally, a big city in California will impose mandatory water reductions
“20-acre prescribed burn” in California gets out of control – burned more than 150 acres & not contained & prompts evacuations
- https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/10/16/cal-fire-wildland-fire-prescribed-burn-santa-cruz-county-watsonville/
- https://abc7news.com/cal-fire-estrada-santa-cruz-county-watsonville/11133253/
Lausanne, Switzerland, discovered much of soil is polluted with highly toxic dioxin compounds from old incinerator
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-lausanne-tackles-toxic-soil-discovery.html
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/high-levels-of-dioxin-found-in-lausanne-soils/47019036
Cases of coccidioidomycosis “Valley Fever” on the rise – seasonality – multifactorial – improved surveillance & diagnostic methods
Now illegal to sell or propagate Japanese barberry in Pennsylvania – was a popular landscape shrub
Link between epilepsy and serious health problems during childbirth
Tallest mountain of garbage in India is 18 stories high despite many waste pickers scavenging
Indonesian coal-fired power plant belches noxious fumes into the air
Reverse discrimination leads to firing of highly trained volunteers & guides at Art Institute of Chicago
Gators are thriving in Louisiana – black market eliminated – controlled hunting
More Heavy Canadian Crude to be shipped by rail – expect further increase in number of bitumen trains
USEPA actions to increase reporting & limit pollution from PFAS forever chemicals
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/epa-pushes-tougher-regulations-for-toxic-forever-chemicals-including-in-food-cookware-and-carpets-01634564506
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/epa-launches-coordinated-effort-to-handle-long-lived-industrial-chemicals/
Urban wastes used as fertilizers contain higher amounts of PFAS chemicals than livestock manure
Supply chain fiasco not a new problem but developed over a number of years
$4.5B “blue hydrogen” complex planned for southeast Louisiana in Ascension Parish – hurricane country
Koalas getting new vaccine against chlamydia – STD that is ravaging the species by infertility
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-koalas-vaccinated-against-sexually-151900211.html
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-critical-vaccine-koalas.html
The role of “junk DNA” in evolution
Electric vehicles do pollute – battery packs posed to be one of biggest new sources of pollution
Factory farming and emergence of diseases
Bahsahwahbee – Sacred Water Valley – could become the next national monument
A reminder to insurers of geologic & seismic risks
Global environmental impacts of growing demand for food in China
- https://phys.org/news/2021-10-exploring-global-environmental-impacts-china.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00784-6
Global warming alarmists disappointed that expansion of solar & wind energy is too slow to be a solution
US population continues to move westward – but what about water from the Great Lakes?
Nevada DEP asking for public comment on proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine
New USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) efforts to reduce salmonella illness linked to poultry
California finally declares drought emergency throughout the entire state – monitoring agricultural water use with satellites
- https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/newsom-order-puts-los-angeles-011251336.html
- https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1037371060/satellites-reveal-the-secrets-of-water-guzzling-farms-in-california
Transplantation of kidney from genetically-altered pig to brain-dead human – is that a good thing? As Malcolm said: just because they could but did they ask whether they should?
Twin Metals copper mining project in Minnesota wilderness will undergo environmental review
Colorado River humpback chub removed status lowered from ‘endangered’ to ‘threatened’ in midst of drought & “unprecedented water shortage on the river”
If you build it, will Austinites ride it?
Slide show: Worst flood in history
Benton Harbor, Michigan, declares emergency because of high lead levels in tap water
FEMA National Flood Insurance rates rising (as they should) to better reflect flood risk
Fossil fuels are not a thing of the past – largest producers will continue use and will double production of fossil fuels in 2030
- https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047531537/fossil-fuel-paris-global-warming-climate-un
- Key report findings: https://productiongap.org/
- Report: https://productiongap.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PGR2021_web_rev.pdf
Surviving an earthquake on the periphery of Mexico City – one of the most disaster-prone urban areas
Visualizing the extent of human impact on the surface of the Earth as population approaches 8 billion
Cement (concrete) is the 3rd largest source of emitted CO2
“Listen to the Landscape” – Audio postcards
New concept: wind turbine wall can be scaled from 8x25 feet to generate local power
Poaching has led to “rapid evolution” of tuskless African elephants – survival of the fittest
After 17 months work is set to begin on stabilizing Sanford Dam that failed in Michigan in May 2020
Estimated cost of $750M to raise 155-miles of some roads in Florida Keys to reduce flooding
California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods – Governor wants 3,200 feet buffer of schools, hommes & hospitals
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/california-plan-ban-community-oil-041158663.html
- https://apnews.com/article/climate-business-environment-and-nature-california-environment-bb336e5c302811249b97c17431b325f4
PFAS forever chemicals contaminating soil, lakes, fish, and drinking water wells in Wisconsin – in some locales rates of thyroid disease & testicular cancer in young men are “off the charts”
International human rights panel to hear Navajo petition on US violation of tribal rights in clearing way for uranium mining in western New Mexico – a legacy of death, disease & environmental contamination including largest (94M gallons) radioactive spill in US history
Negotiations complicated by US refusal to accept responsibility for leaking dome of radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands – 3.1M cubic feet of radioactive waste is legacy of Cold War weapons testing
Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics) & CDC tracker
- https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
- https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/
- interactive map s: https://geodacenter.github.io/covid/map.html
- CDC Weekly Tracker: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/
Evidence mounts in support of lab leak origin of viral outbreak
Call for antibody testing to assess individual & population immunity – want recovery accepted as evidence of immunity
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-s-time-to-check-antibodies-and-take-the-guesswork-out-of-this-pandemic/ar-AAPDr6D
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/some-workers-want-covid-19-recovery-accepted-as-evidence-of-immunity/ar-AAPHpmd
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Release of wastewater from Fukushima cannot be delayed
• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/japan-pm-says-fukushima-wastewater-125248800.html
FBI joins other state & federal agencies investigating offshore oil spill impacting Huntington Beach
• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-fbi-orange-county-oil.html
Oysters are good for the environment and are nutritious
• https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/coastal/news/2021/10/18/health-benefits-of-oysters
Extinct Steller’s Sea Cows helped shaped kelp forests across the North Pacific
• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13370
Remnants of sophisticated fishing industry among K'ómoks People in Canada
• https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211013-an-underwater-mystery-on-canadas-coast
Good news stories that reflect decreased impacts on coastal and marine environment
• https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-case-for-ocean-optimism
FEMA asking for public input on reforming the National Flood Insurance Program
• https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joel-scata/fema-moves-reform-flood-insurance-program
US DOE announces $10.8M to study impacts of offshore wind farms on East Coast fisheries
Cedar Island Marsh project intended to improve barrier-island & marsh resilience to protect Virginia coastline & expanding wildlife habitat
• https://csengineermag.com/cedar-island-marsh-project-aims-to-help-protect-virginiaseastern-shore/
Port of Los Angeles to operate 24/7 but will that alleviate supply chain crisis?
• https://www.transportdive.com/news/biden-24-7-supply-chain-Los-Angeles-portsbarriers/608383/
Wave-damping by marsh grass may protect shorelines
• https://news.mit.edu/2021/how-marsh-grass-protects-shorelines-1018
• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.721904/full
Floodgates in Venice, Italy, only work well when weather forecasts are accurate
• https://eos.org/articles/for-venices-floodgates-to-work-better-forecasts-are-needed
• Paper: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/2679/2021/
National Seashores to visit this winter
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/10/half-dozen-national-seashores-visit-winter
3 new buoys will collect data for coastline erosion study along South Australia
"Wealth is like seawater; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame." - Arthur Schopenhauer (and power, too!)
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