Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–63, the first book in the trilogy, was published in 1988. Events detailed in this volume include the Montgomery bus boycott, the 1961 Freedom Rides, the 1963 Birmingham campaign and Children's Crusade, and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
It shared the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for History with James McPherson's history of the American Civil War, Battle Cry of Freedom.[6] It also won the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction,[7] and was a 1989 finalist for the National Book Award in the Non-Fiction category.[8]
The cover of the book uses a reversed portion of the iconic photograph of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery taken by Look magazine photographer James Karales.
The second volume, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963–65, was published in 1998. It covers such events as the Assassination of President Kennedy, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and King's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The final book in the trilogy, At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965–1968, was published in 2006. Among the subjects it covers are the Selma to Montgomery marches, the 1966 Chicago Open Housing Movement, Dr. King's participation in the Anti-Vietnam War movement, the Watts Riots, and the events leading up to King's assassination.
It was the winner of the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction in 2006.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 17 January 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Wanting to extinguish the “Gates of Hell” in Turkmenistan
The drought in California will not be counter-balanced by the recent winter storms
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/californias-recent-rains-wont-end-170828518.html
- https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-08/charts-show-why-california-recent-rain-wont-end-drought
Collapse of rock face section at Lake Furnas in Brazil causes seiche, fatalities & injuries
- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/five-dead-20-missing-after-rock-face-collapse-brazilian-waterfall-2022-01-08/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/terrifying-video-shows-giant-rock-wall-collapse-on-brazilian-boaters-in-fatal-tragedy/ar-AASzN9H
Aurora borealis lights up the Lapland sky in shades of green
Book Review: Geomythology: How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events – dinosaur bones became griffins, volcanic eruptions were gods fighting
Part I of two-part series on the geology of the Adirondacks
The “Monitor Lineament” in Monroe County, West Virginia
“Insurmountable technical problems” force work halt on QD-2 well in Kurdistan
The tilt of the Earth axis and seasonal climate
The challenges of ocean data uncertainty – quantifying error vs quantifying uncertainty
Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, uniformitarianism, catastrophism & Principles of Geology
- https://evolutionnews.org/2022/01/darwins-john-the-baptist/
- related articles: https://evolutionnews.org/tag/natural-selection-discovery-or-invention-series/
Diurnal oxidation of manganese in the Arctic Ocean
Lessons finally learned from rerouting Alaskan river to mine for gold
Simulations reflect influence of reduced and enhanced wind stress on AMOC
- https://eos.org/research-spotlights/nonlinear-effects-of-wind-on-atlantic-ocean-circulation
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JC017902
Intense day of weather in the US on 15 December 2021 – hyped by NWS as “never-before-seen storm outlook”
Why southern US is prone to tornadic storms in December
Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 will pass within 1,231,184 miles of Earth – it is not Armageddon
Earth observation is big business – revenues to grow to $76.1B by 2030
Research suggests shark attacks are related to lunar phases
- https://www.moondaily.com/reports/Under_a_moon_spell_Shark_attacks_related_to_lunar_phases_999.html
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.745221/full
Arctic coasts are in state of perpetual change
Late Devonian mass extinction occurred in two “pulses”
- https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304196&org=GEO&from=news
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03510-6
Temnodontosaurus trigonodont – huge Jurassic ichthyosaur fossil found in near Rutland in UK
New discoveries of “megaripple” grain composition in windswept sand waves
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220111100019.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26985-3
Compound flooding from hurricanes must be assessed in multiple directions
Potential “twin triggers” of Triassic extinction event
“Curse of Oak Island” is just another ‘reality’ TV show that gets the science wrong
Geology of Fort Rock, Oregon
Cari Corrigan is a geologist who collects meteorites in Antarctica
Coastal erosion and an evolving climate
Update: Perspective on missing geologist – Daniel Robinson
Bunker Hill geophysical survey detects large-scale near-surface anomalies south of existing mine
North Pole solar eclipse excited auroras in both Northern & Southern Hemispheres
- https://phys.org/news/2022-01-north-pole-solar-eclipse-auroras.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL096471
Two workers trapped when Powell trench collapsed – unstable soils
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 17 January 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
US recorded 5 deaths due to rabies in 2021 – 4 due to bats and one to rabid dog
Understanding the impact of the population demographics on the labor force
As public comment closes, proposed geothermal project near Gerlach, Nevada, & the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area is opposed by local residents and Burning Man devotees
Slide show: animals with the longest gestation
Habitat fragmentation may result in inbreeding in mountain lions in Southern California
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/mountain-lion-inbreeding-fuels-extinction-fears-socal-freeways-to-blame/ar-AASzvzj
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0093691X21003861
CRS Report R45793: PFAS & Drinking Water – Selected EPA & Congressional Actions
“Preemption” legislation in Florida prevents residents from opposing proposed solar farms – a question of social & economic justice
Glyphosate can cause cancer but still being liberally used across the world
Game wardens still investigating shooting deaths of endangered whooping cranes in Oklahoma
Komatsu apologizes for poor communication after spilling 400 gallons of oil into Menomonee River
Grizzly Bear hunts with wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park & then takes kill
Asiatic cheetahs on brink of extinction in Iran – 12 individuals remain
New report on declining Colorado River – States exceeding legal allocations
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/colorado-river-report-takes-aim-221931885.html
- Report: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a46b200bff2007bcca6fcf4/t/61b678ae088ad458939d92c4/1639348411964/The+Colorado+River+A+Future+on+Borrowed+Time.pdf
Recycling fraud costs California estimated $200M each year
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/californias-recycling-scandal-isnt-just-181041305.html
- Report: https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/CASH%20FOR%20TRASH%202022.pdf
California governor wants state to pay for health coverage for illegal immigrants
Havasupai Falls will remain closed at least until June
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2022/01/05/havasupai-falls-arizona-closed-covid-june-2022/9108624002/
- https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/arizona/hiking/2022/01/05/havasupai-falls-closed-until-june-2022/9106004002/
During drought in the West, Nebraska announces $500M plan under 1923 compact to divert water from South Platte River in Colorado – Colorado to protect water rights in opposition
- https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-colorado-nebraska-pete-ricketts-lincoln-09a0defa3007dc59be595d073a3b7f0b
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/nebraska-announces-500m-plan-claim-222118196.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-to-aggressively-assert-water-rights-with-nebraska/ar-AASKIzQ
Hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent on bridges & widening freeways in Southern California
- https://www.ocregister.com/2022/01/10/work-on-freeways-oc-streetcar-project-will-take-shape-in-2022/
UK orders developers to bear costs of removing aluminum composite cladding from buildings – consequence of deadly 2017 Grenfell Tower high-rise fire
US EPA begins to take action against coal ash ponds
Lead poisoning remains major threat to endangered California Condors at Big Sur
The Renewable Fuel Standard – competing interests over dubious program
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/explainer-stake-u-biofuel-blending-060701658.html
- US DOE Overview: https://afdc.energy.gov/laws/RFS
- Overview & Issues: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R40155.html
“Renewable” gas is not viable path to cutting pollution from buildings
- https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/renewable-gas-is-not-viable-path-to-cut-pollution-from-buildings
- https://earthjustice.org/features/report-building-decarbonization
- Report: https://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/feature/2020/report-decarb/Report_Building-Decarbonization-2020.pdf
US EPA to undertake accelerated cleanup of 49 Superfund sites – $1B won’t go very far
- https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-01-10/as-epa-plans-2-superfund-cleanups-in-missouri-st-louis-region-grapples-with-long-legacy-of-contamination
- background: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-plans-use-first-1b-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-funds-clear-out
Design flaws caused turbine collapse at New Brunswick wind farm – will replace foundations
Community groups & environmentalists asking New Jersey Governor to stop plan to build $180M gas-fired power plant along Passaic River – Governor complies
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/nj-groups-plead-murphy-stop-090033383.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/citing-environmental-justice-murphy-halts-181909315.html
Illegal pot farms in southern Oregon controlled by crime syndicates from Eastern Europe, China & Mexico – depleting aquifers, stealing farm equipment, threats to environmental health
US Steel Corp. announced new $3B EAF state-of-the-art steel mill near Osceola, Arkansas
- https://www.wtae.com/article/us-steel-to-build-dollar3-billion-mill-in-northeast-arkansas/38740454#
- https://talkbusiness.net/2022/01/u-s-steel-to-locate-3-billion-steel-mill-in-northeast-arkansas/
FEMA announces intent to focus on climate resilience in multi-year strategic plan
- https://www.ttnews.com/articles/fema-outlines-multiyear-plan-guidance
- Plan: https://www.scribd.com/document/552283905/FEMA-2022-2026-Strategic-Plan#from_embed
US Army COE to hold session on impacts of Willamette Valley dam system
More fraud in California – insurance company sold unauthorized health plans & collected $Ms
How to ferret out fraudulent medical trials reported in scientific literature?
Fishers are returning to Olympic National Park
Cultural impacts of the 19th Century sugar plantations in Louisiana
- https://theconversation.com/making-sugar-making-coolies-chinese-laborers-toiled-alongside-black-workers-on-19th-century-louisiana-plantations-173831
- Related articles: https://theconversation.com/us/topics/sugar-2022-114641
You are what you eat: impacts of excess sugar on brain development – on average, Americans consume 8 pounds of candy in a year
- https://theconversation.com/how-does-excess-sugar-affect-the-developing-brain-throughout-childhood-and-adolescence-a-neuroscientist-who-studies-nutrition-explains-173214
- https://theconversation.com/how-much-candy-do-americans-eat-in-a-whole-year-173956
Questions of ethics and surgical technology of xenotransplantation – gene-edited pig heart transplanted into human who stabbed man 7 times and left him paralyzed
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-bennett-pig-heart-transplant_n_61dca634e4b0d637aea5a105
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/pig-heart-transplanted-to-human-for-the-first-time/
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/once-stabbed-man-seven-times-155320516.html
Give Hollywood an “A” for effort – but has produced another awful climate change movie
Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) are unique among scavenging mammals
- http://www.sci-news.com/biology/picky-tasmanian-devils-10453.html
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.8338
2021 “climate disasters” – As Gilbert White said, natural events are acts of God, disasters are acts of man – more humans living & building more expensive structures in disaster-prone areas
- https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/overview
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/10/weather-2021-death-toll/9157670002/
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/weather/2021-us-billion-dollar-disasters-climate-noaa/index.html
- https://www.axios.com/us-billion-dollar-disasters-fourth-warmest-year-506dc2bb-64c8-419c-a5a3-81273eef269b.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/11/us-hit-by-20-separate-billion-dollar-climate-disasters-in-2021-noaa-report-says
- https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/environment/2022/01/10/2021-was-one-of-the-costliest-years-for-extreme-weather-and-climate-disasters
“Wishcycling” is hoping & praying that what is dumped into recycle bin is actually recycled
Gene that makes bacteria resistant to colistin antibiotic found in sewage water in Georgia
Geopolitics of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Europe
Federal government acknowledged shipping 13,625 cubic meters (5+ Olympic-sized swimming pools) of mixed radioactive waste from Idaho National Lab cleanup site to Nevada NSS
Phoenixville PA to build first hydrothermal carbonization plant at wastewater treatment center
- https://whyy.org/articles/phoenixvilles-wastewater-treatment-plant-to-get-a-first-of-its-kind-upgrade/
- Chester County Water Status Report: https://www.chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/65502/2020AnnualWaterStatusReport_Final_12302021
Need to assess how much groundwater exists in rural New Mexico – old data painted over
Director of Washington DFW is accused of poaching big game
Net-zero project in Japan will use more energy than it produces
- https://finance.yahoo.com/m/20946884-e2f4-3a81-83d2-59d55aa51539/japan%E2%80%99s-new-net-zero-project.html
- https://qz.com/2111565/the-problem-with-japans-plan-to-use-ammonia-in-coal-power-plants/?utm_source=YPL
SCOTUS heard arguments on vaccine mandates to determine if lawful – halts mandates for businesses
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/3-key-takeaways-from-the-supreme-court-showdown-over-the-vaccine-or-test-rule-for-businesses/ar-AASxXVS
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/politics/supreme-court-vaccine-mandate-covid-19/index.html
Menstrual cycles at least temporarily altered following vaccinations
CDC will not change definition of “fully vaccinated” – one or two shots depending on vaccine
Anticipating “precipitous decline” in number of ‘cases’ of omicron in the US
Condom manufacturer has poor economic outcome during plandemic – sales dropped over 40%
Government ordering insurance companies to cover OTC at-home tests per person per month – premiums will likely skyrocket
Too many booster shots could suppress immune system
36% of vaxxed say they became infected with breakthrough case(s)
Virus loses 90% of infectiousness within minutes of being airborne
- https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/589262-new-study-says-air-knocks-down-covid-19
- Paper preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.08.22268944v1.full.pdf
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 17 January 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Texas P&W closes section of Aransas Bay to oyster harvesting – low abundance of legal-sized oysters
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-parks-wildlife-department-closing-172332032.html
Indonesia releases 33 Chelonia mydas sea turtles seized from poachers
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesia-releases-33-sea-turtles-171132335.html
Crime prompts San Diego to propose night-time closures at nearly a dozen coastal areas
Lower Neuse River adapted to and recovered from effects of Hurricane Florence
• https://coastalreview.org/2022/01/lower-neuse-river-adapted-recovered-from-florence-study/
• Abstract: https://geography.as.uky.edu/blogs/jdp/florentine-floods-new-normal
• Paper: https://geography.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/Florence.pdf
“jug handle” bridge is practical solution for transportation corridor & access to wildlife refuge on Pea Island
• https://coastalreview.org/2022/01/bridge-will-bypass-pea-island-but-refuge-access-to-remain/
Wildlife photography captures rich biodiversity of coastal wildlife of Mumbai
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mumbai-wildlife
US Navy will drain tanks that leaked at Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility in Pearl Harbor
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/navy-drain-hawaii-tank-system-190028183.html
• https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-honolulu-harbors-us-navya1c4ffa104eddaf8a942ee3793822f9f
Protection of historic wetlands of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary – permanent conservation
• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/north-carolina-coastal-land-trust-153013653.html
Ghost forests may provide refuge for marsh birds as coastal habitat disappears
Invasive species are “hitchhiking” on ships to Antarctica
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/antarctica-invasive-species-hitchhiking-ships-233757233.html
Spain making progress on platforms for largest floating offshore wind farm in the world
• https://www.windsystemsmag.com/news/mammoet-completes-wind-farm-load-out-in-spain/
Corpus Christi awarded $4.75M by Texas Water Development Board to improve stormwater system
• https://www.ccbiznews.com/news/corpus-christi-gets-funding-for-stormwater-systemupgrades
Marine & freshwater quality continues to degrade on Cape Cod
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/things-worse-cape-cod-water-102332941.html
• Report: https://capecodwaters.org/overview/#results
300,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from corroded pipeline near New Orleans
Perspective: Florida must warn the public of sewage-tainted waterfronts
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-must-warn-public-sewage-120219187.html
Report: Harmful Algal Blooms
• https://www.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022WHOI-HarmfulAlgalBlooms-Report.pdf
California budget plans $2.3B for seaport improvements – ostensibly to “improve supply chain resiliency”
• https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/california-plans-to-spend-2-3-billion-on-ports
Suggestions to promote adaptations to build climate resilience for coastal cities – MIT Water Summit
Padre Island National Seashore receives $300,000 for research on endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles
Seagrass wasting disease of intertidal meadows in the Pacific Northwest
• https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304215&org=GEO&from=news
Massive plastic debris problem in Mausund and the Froan Nature Reserve in Trøndelag along Norweigian coast
• https://phys.org/news/2022-01-natural-gem-plastic.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721026188?via%3Dihub
NOAA designates Connecticut estuaries as 30th National Estuarine Research Reserve
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