Let me explain: the lateness of this post is not Elaine's fault. She sent it to me on 26 November, Black Friday, but I don't recall receiving it. Probably accidentally deleted it. So here it is, over a week late.
We'll have a new one tomorrow.
Enjoy!
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 26 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Abundance of artificial satellites & space junk leading the world toward Kessler Syndrome
Miami temporarily paused construction of ‘deepest’ underground parking garage
Shallow (9.5 miles) M4.0 earthquake in New Madrid Seismic Zone
Strong winds stir up volcanic ash from 1912 eruption of Novarupta volcano in Katmai National Park
Dendrochronology dates tsunami caused by 1700 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake
- https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/tree-rings-old-growth-douglas-firs-oregon-coast-show-evidence-1700-tsunami
- Paper: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/1971/2021/
Niagara Escarpment is discontinuous ‘ledge’ that extends from Wisconsin to New York
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/swiss-cheese-caves-stalwart-plants-114444243.html
- Background: https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/wisconsin-geology/major-landscape-features/niagara-escarpment/
New lawsuit claims nearby construction caused collapse of failing Champlain Towers in Florida
Berthasaura leopoldinae – New species of dinosaur found in Brazil was toothless & walked on two legs
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/berthasaura-leopoldinae-10285.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01312-4
One of the largest O&G lease sales in American history on the heels of COP26
Slide show of images of the partial lunar eclipse – Beaver Moon Eclipse
- https://www.space.com/beaver-moon-lunar-eclipse-photos-november-2021
- https://earthsky.org/todays-image/lunar-eclipse-photos-nov-18-19-2021/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uMSAWogjo
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/partial-lunar-eclipse-nasa_n_61970feae4b0ae9a429e6cba
Tree throw during wind events plays important role in movement of sediment & erosion on hillslopes
Visualizing the relative depth of lakes, oceans, drill holes
4-legged Cretaceous fossil dubbed Tetrapodophis amplectus ("four-footed serpent") was not a snake
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/new-study-debunks-controversial-2015-fossil-find-its-not-a-four-limbed-snake-after-all/
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2021.1983044
Flooding from “atmospheric river” in Washington State – extent imaged by Copernicus Sentinel-2
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Washington_state_flooding_999.html
- https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149100/severe-flooding-in-the-pacific-northwest
- https://phys.org/news/2021-11-atmospheric-river-drenched-british-columbia.html
Mineralized fossil remains of oldest sponges in the world date to 530 myo now studied in detail
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_oldest_mineralized_sponges_in_the_world_found_in_Ciudad_Real_999.html
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/revisiting-the-phosphorite-deposit-of-fontanarejo-central-spain-new-window-into-the-early-cambrian-evolution-of-sponges-and-the-microbial-origin-of-phosphorites/603ECE27723573A4C538580FFFCFEB0A
Germinating pine cone encased in Baltic Amber
Groundwater in Central Valley of California will not recover from droughts & over-pumping
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211118203426.htm
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR030352
Stalagmites recorded penultimate climate change at end of Ice Age around 133,000 years ago
- https://phys.org/news/2021-11-stalagmites-key-witnesses-monsoon.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00851-9
New data-model suggests decade-long shift in Antarctic ice sheet following last Ice Age
- https://phys.org/news/2021-11-antarctic-ice-sheet-destabilized-decade.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27053-6
Satellite data suggests rapid land subsidence in Cartegena, Columbia – rates up to half inch per year
- https://phys.org/news/2021-11-satellite-subsidence-cartagena.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-98428-4
PG&E Humbold Nuclear Power Plant reactor site deemed fully cleaned up by NRC – spent fuel & other radioactive waste remain
Update: Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma Island
- https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/la-palma/news/147922/La-Palma-volcano-eruption-update-new-lava-surge-at-the-vent-observed.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/massive-platform-volcanic-rock-emerges-202948277.html
Update: Fagradalsfjall volcano
Update: Kalauea volcano
29 October 2021 Kameng River rock & ice avalanche in India
Ellen Sewall Osgood – friend of Henry David Thoreau & 19th century amateur geologist in New England
Bood Review: “The Rio Chama – River Guide to the Geology & Landscapes"
Geology of Conodoguinet Creek Watershed – “Connie”
Explosive and non-explosive volcanic history near Balanced Rock in southern Idaho
Mining of tar sands in Alberta, Canada, is causing destruction and polluting the environment
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 26 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
You are what you eat & drink – soda may be destroying your liver - NAFLD
Technological hazard: Facebook aka Metaverse “is bad at all the things it needs to” not fail
Starting hype & generating hysteria on space-borne bacterial invasion – humans are contaminating space
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-warn-of-bacterial-alien-invasion-caused-by-space-missions/ar-AAQOWHK
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biab115/6413826
Second case of monkey pox this year confirmed involving person who had traveled to US from Nigeria
Re-evaluating toxic chemicals – PFOA & PFOS more toxic & PFOA likely carcinogenic
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/two-forever-chemicals-more-toxic-than-previously-thought-epa-drafts/ar-AAQMHN7
- EPA Analyses: https://sab.epa.gov/ords/sab/f?p=100:18:16490947993:::RP,18:P18_ID:2601
British Columbia declares state of emergency due to intense rains and heavy flooding
COP26 was yet another essentially meaningless exercise – produced lots of CO2 and spent lots of $$ - no agreed definition or measure of ‘net zero’ – policy totally segregated from science
372MW Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia
Technological hazard: testimony on ransomware
Book Review: “Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management”
UNEA to hold new talks beginning in February on plastic pollution – may generate new global treaty
4 groundwater plans in Central Valley fail to meet California standards to protect water quality, sustain water wells & stop further land subsidence
Drinking water wells in South Carolina contaminated by PFAS forever chemicals from industrial plant sludge spread on fields for years to fertilize crops
Efforts renewed to once again redefine WOTUS – “two-track approach that first restores pre-Obama water regulations and then later put forward a new definition”
Flooding & deaths in hospital in Mexico caused by runoff, collapse of drainage system, overflow of wastewater canal & flawed design of tunnel project, and increase in water levels of dams
Cultivating these personality traits could help you live longer
- https://time.com/6114950/personality-traits-longevity/
- Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3259156/
Fauci denies culpability in funding cruel animal research in Tunisia – NIAID lists as funded research
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fauci-overwhelmed-by-calls-after-journal-published-mistake-over-beagle-experiments/ar-AAQUDcF
- NIAID funded research: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/niaid-research-tunisia
- https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/answering-questions-about-beaglegate/
Vials found in lab facility in Philadelphia labeled “smallpox vaccine” DID NOT contain smallpox
- https://news.yahoo.com/vials-labeled-small-pox-found-in-lab-near-philadelphia-003127682.html
- https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/582304-cdc-no-trace-of-virus-causing-smallpox-found-in-lab-vials-despite-labels
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-reveals-what-was-found-in-those-newly-discovered-smallpox-vials/ar-AAQUCS0
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) not only damages liver function but also makes people more willing to take risks
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/canada/widely-used-pain-killer-linked-to-risk-taking-they-just-don-t-feel-as-scared/ar-AAQTVz4
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/15/7/725/5897711
US District Court judge rules against effort to remand lawsuit back to Michigan State Court that sought to pause pipeline operations
Recognizing links between human & animal health – One Health approach
Alligator Juniper trees poached from El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico
Contaminated drinking water contributes to mental illness
Restoring grassland habitat in Kootenay National Park in Canada
- https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/11/restoring-grassland-habitat-kootenay-national-park
- Kootenay: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay/nature/conservation/prairie-grassland
“Picturing the Invisible” – new photographic exhibition of communities living with radiation & trauma 10 years after the Japanese earthquake, tsunami & nuclear fallout
History of Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado
Another recall for certain onions due to Salmonella outbreak across 38 States
Illinois will spend up to $694M to subsidize nuclear power over next 5 years
Warning: using marijuana during pregnancy increases risk of development & behavior problems in children
What happened to the “lost” colonists of Roanoke?
US EPA released final draft of first National Recycling Strategy – did they get it right or wrong? – less than 25% of waste gets recycled in the US each year
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-epa-gets-recycling-all-wrong/ar-AAQUQkc
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/11/15/epa-national-recycling-strategy-plastics/
- https://www.epa.gov/recyclingstrategy/draft-national-recycling-strategy-and-executive-summary
- NRS: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-11/final-national-recycling-strategy.pdf
“Greenwashing” is detrimental – how to spot it (slide show) – carbon offset is a form of greenwashing that contributes to the problem
Obesity causes negative health effects costing $147B per year – most obese state in the US is Mississippi
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-is-the-most-obese-state-in-america/ss-AAQWDeu
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/deadly-diseases-linked-to-fast-food/ss-AAQXTBA
States with fewest power outages in the last year: WV, VA, TN & NV – States with the most: TX, LA & CA
Media hype tries to instill fear & paranoia – develop your emotional intelligence to get things done
Independent retailers drive against rabid consumerism on Black Friday
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/
So many were wrong about ivermectin – it does help patients fight off the virus
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/everyone-was-wrong-about-ivermectin/ar-AAQRURP
- Blog: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-than-you-wanted
New experimental antiviral drug is big business - $5.19B Paxlovid purchase by US government – not yet approved for emergency use by FDA
Why has Africa not experienced a catastrophic scenario from the virus? – less than 6% vaccinated
FDA requested court grant 55-years to review FOIA to release data on Pfizer vaccine – in contrast, FDA took only 10 weeks to review data before approving the vaccine
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 26 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
1,000+ manatee deaths reported for this year in Florida – record number
US EPA overturned approval of massive Yazoo Pumps flood-control project in south Mississippi Delta
Delivery & deposition of sediment along coastlines is essential for coastal resiliency
Estuaries & river deltas in the Pacific Northwest
Hypoxic zone and Karenia mikimotoi algae may have caused deaths of lobsters in traps
• https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/11/09/hypoxia-cape-cod-bay-algae-bloom-kareniamikimotoi
Land trusts are conserving coastal features of Maine
• https://downeast.com/sponsored-content/maine-land-trusts-conserving-coastal-features/
Slow progress on buffer zones designed to restrict coastal development in England
• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-buffer-zones-restrict-coastal.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569121004336?via%3Dihub
Small estuaries may have large economic impact
• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/estuaries-though-small-have-huge-economic-impact-report/
• Economic value of estuaries: https://estuaries.org/economics/
• 2021 Report: https://estuaries.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Report.pdf
North Carolines approves updated Coastal Habitat Plan
District Court of Appeal overturns California Coastal Commission approval of Rancho Los Robles development
Book Review: “Finest Kind: A Celebration of a Florida Fishing Village”
• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/mullet-fishermen-a-journey-from-carteret-county-to-florida/
California coastal models to assess flooding & flood potential need to include comprehensive dynamic data
• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-coastal-solutions.html
American ship operators file formal complaint against foreign vessel working on new offshore wind development project in Virginia – violation of federal Jones Act & US labor and environmental regs
Virtual reality design for floating offshore wind vision in Scotland
• https://renews.biz/73764/ocean-winds-aker-unveil-floating-offshore-vr-vision/
Contrary to campaign promises & prior suspension of offshore leasing order, Biden administration
auctioned off 308 O&G leases totaling 1.7M acres in Gulf of Mexico resulting in $190M in revenue – largest single sale since 2014 – mockery of “climate rhetoric”
Norwegian government-funded study predicts world largest offshore wind project under construction & located in the North Sea will be “unprofitable”
Mixed results from O&G drilling offshore Suriname
Experts discuss preventing another oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
• Link to download Proceedings: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/26347/offshore-situation-roomenhancing-resilience-to-offshore-oil-disasters-in
Peel Ports signed international sediment management pledge to more effectively manage disposal of sediments as part of necessary dredging of ports & harbours
• https://www.offshore-energy.biz/peel-ports-signs-new-sediment-management-pledge/
Feral hogs destroying salt marshes in SE US including Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26504-4
Florida considers supplemental feedings to help save manatees in Indian River Lagoon
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/lettuce-cabbage-manatees-feds-fwc-230901844.html
Thousands of clams are surfacing at Pismo State Beach at low tide – too small to legally harvest
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-pismo-clams-surfacing-slo-180000321.html
"It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract." - Astronaut Alan Shepard
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