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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 – 15 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Deepest detected earthquake at 467 miles within subduction zone beneath the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc – possible high-pressure mineral phase transition
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/deepest-earthquake-ever-detected-should-have-been-impossible/ar-AAQsJhW
- https://brobible.com/culture/article/world-deepest-earthquake-impossible/
Tuvalu atoll is doing what atolls do – it is sinking & being eroded by storm surges
Multiple volcanic explosions preceded last super-eruption of Yellowstone
Newly revised “Geologic Map of the State of Hawaii” – SIM 3143
- https://www.usgs.gov/center-news/newly-revised-geologic-map-state-hawaii-publication-available?qt-news_science_products=3#qt-news_science_products
- Pamphlet: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3143/sim3143_pamphlet.pdf
- 5 Map sheets: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sim3143
Singhbhum Craton yields evidence that continents emerged from the ocean 3B+ years ago
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10181167/Geology-Earths-continents-emerged-ocean-3-BILLION-years-ago-study-claims.html
- https://theconversation.com/land-ahoy-study-shows-the-first-continents-bobbed-to-the-surface-more-than-3-billion-years-ago-171391
- https://www.livescience.com/earth-first-continents-cratons-study
2018 eruption of Kilauea changing volcanic eruption preparedness
Animated video of Interstate 5 Bridge collapse in event of a major earthquake
Huge boulders and tiny dragons at Thunder Rocks in Allegany State Park in New York
The Mid-Pleistocene Transition and intensification of glacial cycles about 1 myo
Nigeria encouraged to deepen exploration & policies to harness mineral resources
Rock record may reveal driving forces for variable speed of seismic waves through subduction zones
- https://eos.org/research-spotlights/unearthing-the-cause-of-slow-seismic-waves-in-subduction-zones
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL093831
Cosmic gravitational waves offer key to evolution of the Universe
Another lava flow reaches the ocean on the island of La Palma
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/rock-rises-sea-second-la-134933479.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/drone-footage-shows-lava-stream-102103168.html
Wisconsin is the “Badger State” because of lead miners who dug dens or caves
Using environmental DNA to track species migrations from the twilight zone
Rubber bales washing up along Gulf Coast likely from WWII shipwrecks carried by currents
Copper-zinc oxide catalyst may facilitate commercial conversion of methane to methanol
USGS EDMAP Program call for proposals focusing on geologic mapping
USGS seeks public comment on Draft List of 50 minerals deemed critical to National Security & Economy
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-seeks-public-comment-draft-list-50-minerals-deemed-critical-us-national-security-and
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/09/2021-24488/2021-draft-list-of-critical-minerals
Fast-evolving Lepidosauria species more likely to become extinct
- http://www.sci-news.com/biology/fast-evolution-10254.html
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12579
Issi saaneq – New genus & species of Late Triassic plateosaurid identified in eastern Greenland
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/issi-saaneq-10251.html
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/11/561/htm
Pterosaurs evolved muscular wing-body junction to reduce drag & improve flight performance
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211108114814.htm
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/44/e2107631118
Confirmation that cross-polar jet in upper atmosphere sometimes stops or is deflected or reversed above Alaska
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211110131642.htm
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JA028916
First-ever database on temporal changes in channel migration in largest river deltas
Copernicus Sentinel-5P Satellite detection of large methane emissions from landfills in Madrid, Spain
Shifting & lengthening El Niño causing changes in precipitation in California during wet season
The fate of sinking tectonic plates – dynamic slab segmentation due to brittle-ductile damage
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of Chinese Dynasties over past 2,000 years
- https://phys.org/news/2021-11-volcanic-eruptions-contributed-collapse-china.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00284-7
Tectonic influence on richness of Cenozoic mammals across the Southwest
- https://phys.org/news/2021-11-tectonic-cenozoic-mammal-richness.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abh4470
Muography may revolutionize the study of volcanoes
Prospect of mining for critical minerals in Colorado raises critical questions – Earth MRI
• https://www.popsci.com/science/earth-mri-mining-west/
La Vieja earthquakes & volcanic impacts on La Palma – updates & images
• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/la-palma.html
Why are pearls incredibly symmetrical?
• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pearl-symmetry-round-formation-oysters-nacre-math
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/42/e2107477118
Where do Martian meteorites come from?
• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/martian-meteorites-on-earth-origins-discovered
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26648-3
Canadian Rockies provide wonderland of glacial lakes & scenic drives – this article does not exaggerate
• https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/canadian-rockies-places-to-visit-best-views
Learning lessons from bunds in Waituna Creek catchment in Southland, New Zealand – sediment & contaminant transport
Kamo’oalewa – a quasi-moon that orbits around Earth in a corkscrew-like trajectory
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/earth-second-moon-another-300-174152674.html
Davemaonite was predicted and has now been found in diamond from the Lower Mantle
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
“Water is Life” Virtual Conference – 18-20 November 2021 – free
- https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/virtual-conference
- Agenda: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6014527b90b10920133c710b/t/6183086adeebc1791041518f/1635977323157/Water+is+Life+Nov+18-20+2021+Agenda+%281%29.pdf
How much water will it take to keep Lake Mead above 1,020 feet?
Opossums are omnivorous ‘sanitation workers’ in nature
One explanation of the US Power Grid
New smog rules approved for refineries & other factories in Southern California
Gunnison Tunnel – first major water diversion system in the US opened 1909
China & India & 20 other nations call for removal of mitigation of emissions section from COP26 ‘agreement’ – COP26 will fall short of “goal” to avert catastrophic climate change – “lip service”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cop26-china-and-india-among-22-nations-calling-for-key-emissions-section-to-be-ditched-from-agreement/ar-AAQzWUP
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/world/china-us-climate-cop26-joint-agreement-intl/index.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/glasgow-conference-set-to-fall-short-of-goal-averting-catastrophic-climate-change-report-finds-210040961.html
- Projections: https://climateactiontracker.org/global/temperatures/
- Report: https://climateactiontracker.org/documents/997/CAT_2021-11-09_Briefing_Global-Update_Glasgow2030CredibilityGap.pdf
- https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053875461/glasgow-climate-pledges-are-lip-service-without-far-more-aggressive-plans
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_emissions_pledges_barely_affect_global_heating_UN_999.html
39 tons of unworn clothing dumped in Atacama Desert in Chile
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/chiles-desert-dumping-ground-fast-023315135.html
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/mountain-unsold-clothing-fast-fashion-073822054.html
Michigan pipeline may be ordered to be shut down as winter looms – “divorced from reality”
6 ways to reduce (or prevent) your body intake of micro-plastics
Illegal trafficking in plastic wastes
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-trafficking-plastic-waste-rise-131822636.html
- Report link: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-trade-plastic-waste/
- Report: https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GITOC-Plastic-for-Profit.pdf
Millions of mushrooms being destroyed in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania - video
Pelicans migrating through Israel are hungry
A 13,000-acre solar farm planned for northwestern Indiana
Threatened status proposed for alligator snapping turtles
“Direct air capture” facilities to remove CO2 from atmosphere are woefully inadequate
Bathing in toxic foam in Yamuna River in Delhi, India – city with most polluted air & dangerously unhealthy waterway
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/toxic-foam-floats-indias-sacred-124013623.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/fear-hindus-bathe-frothy-polluted-141242862.html
Farming in concert with Nature – replenishes soil & sequesters carbon (video)
“Nature” series celebrates 40 years this season
Perspective: Fauci must be held accountable for cruelty & unnecessary drug toxicity tests on animals & cost taxpayers $1.68M
Invasive Joro spiders (Trichonephila clavata) are “not so bad” – not aggressive & eat mosquitoes
Perspective: Is nuclear waste more dangerous than climate change? France to build nuclear reactors
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-waste-more-dangerous-climate-190000063.html
- https://apnews.com/article/climate-business-europe-emmanuel-macron-environment-and-nature-541530ed81a84ef90860c9970f0a5517
Cleaning up tons of garbage and trash in Lake Tahoe
Investigating inadequate onsite wastewater disposal (sewage) systems in Alabama
EVs may not be all that environmentally friendly – “pollute more than gasoline models” - carbon impact of electrification varies dramatically
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/electric-car-eco-friendly-thought-061539459.html
- https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/six-major-carmakers-agree-phase-out-fossil-fuel-vehicles-by-2040-uk-says-2021-11-10/
“Dismissive public-health experts, conspiracy theories, class-action lawsuit & lack of consumer demand” drove LYMErix vaccine from the market following FDA approval
300 bodies of water added to updated “impaired waters” list in Minnesota due to PFAS contamination
Extensive PFAS polluted groundwater is remnant of industry in Henderson, Ohio
MWD of Southern California declares drought emergency & calls for immediate cut to water use in South
Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina fined for discharges of toxic cyanide & cadmium near town of Kershaw
Technological hazard: real-world harm of social media dismissed in name of profits & growth
Technological hazard: Media creation of ‘climate crisis’ is negatively impacting mental health – first patient in the world diagnosed as suffering from “climate change” but not the result of diabetes, heart failure, dehydration & smoke inhalation
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Expert_warns_on_the_perils_of_climate_anxiety_999.html
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/It_kills_me_inside_Activists_sound_alarm_on_climate_anxiety_999.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/canadian-woman-clinically-diagnosed-as-suffering-from-climate-change-a-first-in-medical-history/ar-AAQAszP
Re-establishing the black-footed ferret is keeping species from extinction
Gila National Forest temporarily closed during round-up of unauthorized livestock
US F&WS to abandon efforts to reduce habitat & territory of rare red wolves in North Carolina
Possible uses to re-purpose EV batteries
Cape Town, South Africa, once again approaching “Day Zero” without water – cutting down trees
“Third party” restrictions have limited rooftop solar in Wisconsin (and elsewhere)
Pogrom to lethally remove bison in Grand Canyon National Park killed 4 animals & raises concerns
Irony at COP26 – just outside the walls of the climate summit trash piled up while they preached the need to curb GHG emissions and mass consumption
Parsing words to avoid responsibility for funding cruel animal research
WHO warns of higher risk of outbreak of measles
ChemFab to pay $34M to compensate Bennington, Vermont, residents for PFOA chemical contamination of groundwater and soil
A return to public safety & combatting crime prompt BLM to threaten “riots…fire & bloodshed” in the streets of New York City
“Operation Kuluna” - Elephant DNA used to make $3.5M international ivory trafficking bust
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/us/elephant-dna-ivory-arrests-scn-trnd/index.html
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-foreign-nationals-arrested-trafficking-ivory-and-rhinoceros-horn
Kerry statement that US would likely phase out coal power with 9 years is contradicted by independent report on coal power emitters
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-kerry-predicts-us-wont-have-coal-by-2030-but-new-report-raises-doubts-220014758.html
- https://ember-climate.org/commentary/2021/11/11/per-capita-coal-power-emissions-show-australia-and-south-korea-far-beyond-india-and-china/
- Global Electricity Review: https://ember-climate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Global-Electricity-Review-2021.pdf
Independent product testing finds levels of heavy metals in 15 types of dried herbs & spices
Lawsuits filed against Union Pacific RR & City of Houston for contamination by toxic chemicals from nearby SP Englewood Railyard & former creosote treatment plant in Greater Fifth Ward
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/enough-enough-thousands-sue-city-133400546.html
- Englewood rail yard: http://txrrhistory.com/towers/068/068.htm
- Creosote plant: https://www.texasobserver.org/a-lifetime-of-damage-on-a-creosote-plume-in-houstons-fifth-ward/
Crop waste fires fuel dangerous levels of air pollution in India
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/india-struggles-put-crop-waste-115001329.html
- https://news.trust.org/item/20211111113318-0f739
- https://www.reuters.com/world/india/why-air-quality-has-deteriorated-sharply-indias-capital-2021-11-08/
How to distinguish an alligator from a crocodile – the both live together in southern Florida
Fossil fuels – like “green” energy sources - are subsidized by governments
Marmots in Olympic National Park
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Whooping cranes making their way to the Texas coast
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/whooping-cranes-slowly-making-way-130023431.html
Deadliest storm in Great Lakes history – “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/november-7-1913-great-lakes-110000067.html
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/november-10-1975-wreck-edmund-105000378.html
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DUFPNILvM
Finland & Washington State plan to establish small port in Tacoma, Washington
• https://www.geekwire.com/2021/washington-state-finland-sign-mou-establish-smart-porttacoma/
Autonomous ‘snake robot’ intended to conduct underwater inspections of offshore energy facilities
New infrastructure bill allots $17B for ports through US Army COE with 68% for new construction that can take 10-15 years – will it solve the supply chain crisis? – US Army COE has $109B backlog
Caribbean beach communities aim to reduce tsunami risk through preparedness
• https://www.undrr.org/news/caribbean-beach-communities-strive-shut-out-tsunami-risk
Practical guide for using dredged sediment for estuarine & coastal habitat restoration
• https://www.offshore-energy.biz/restoring-estuarine-and-coastal-habitats-with-dredgedmaterial/
• Handbook: https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/learn/restoring-estuarine-and-coastalhabitats-with-dredged-sediment/
• Guide: https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Restoring-Coastal-Habitats_V8.pdf
16 RESTORE Act projects to help Mississippi Coast following 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
West River flooding impacted Edgewood Park
•https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/park_flooding_mystery_/
Villagers in Fairbourne, Wales, resist abandoning village to the sea
• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/frustration-defiance-village-abandoned-sea-082043738.html
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill settlement funds to restore oyster reefs in Texas Gulf
Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would encompass 7,000 square miles offshore of San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara Counties in California
• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/proposed-national-marine-sanctuary-off-californiaadvances/
Protecting & restoring Tangier on Chesapeake Bay would cost $250M to $350M - but relocating 436 inhabitants would cost between $100M to $200M – no brainer but guess which option policymakers will most likely choose
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933719
• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2021.779774/full
Increasingly large offshore wind turbines may exceed lateral loading & overturning moments leading to toppling & failure – massive upscaling of offshore deployments critical to achieving “goals”
• Paper: https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(21)00430-X
To study impact of Hurricane Ida on groundwater quality & storm surge spread of chemicals & microbes to groundwater and wells in SE Louisiana
Almost 4,000 people on Ghana coast displaced by tidal surge – blamed on “climate change”
• https://www.modernghana.com/news/1117661/tidal-wave-governments-lackadaisicalposture.html
Recovery of the Thames Estuary & River – future impact of Thames Tideway Tunnel
• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054645619/state-of-the-river-thames-report-london
• Report: https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/ZSL_TheStateoftheThamesReport_Nov2021.pdf
Deteriorating Red Sea oil tanker “The Safer” could harm ecosystem & pollute waters – stranded since 2015 off the coast of Yemen – contains 1.1M barrels of oil
• https://www.treehugger.com/red-sea-oil-tanker-dangers-clean-water-ecosystem-5208578
Worldwide mapping analysis captures impact of human sewage on coastal ecosystems
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211110145428.htm
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258898
• Interactive map: http://www.globalwastewatermodel.com/webmap.html
Better policies can enable coastal adaptation
• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-coastal-threats-tackled-focus.html
Opposition growing to seismic surveys for O&G along Wild Coast in Eastern Cape
A sea defence scheme for erosion hotspot at Hemsby in the UK
Overtourism (i.e., tourists having sex on the sand dunes) is damaging the coastal environment
• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/tourists-having-sex-dunes-ruining-091942554.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479721019939
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