Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 21 March 2022

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 21 March 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

M7.3 earthquake offshore of prefecture of Fukushima – tsunami alert lifted

• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000h519/executive
• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/6695469/2022-03-16/14h36/magnitude7-Japan.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/16/tsunami-alert-in-japan-as-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-fukushima
• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Four_dead_after_powerful_Japan_quake_rattles_east_coast_999.html
• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Tsunami_alert_lifted_after_powerful_Japan_quake_999.html

Derechos can cause significant damage & blowdowns as they emerge from line of thunderstorms

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/what-is-a-derecho-an-atmospheric-scientist-explains-these-rare-but-dangerous-storm-systems/ar-BB15vco3

ASCE 7 “Site-Specific Ground Motions for Seismic Design of Buildings & Other Structures”

• https://csengineermag.com/new-asce-press-book-aids-stakeholders-in-understanding-seismic-ground-motion/

David Applegate nominated as USGS Director

• https://eos.org/articles/hazards-scientist-david-applegate-nominated-for-usgs-director
• https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/white-house-announces-nominee-lead-us-geological-survey

Geologic history of East Antarctica at the heart of Rodinia and Gondwana

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-antarctica-hidden-geological.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00375-z

Candlelight vigil to honor missing geologist Daniel Robinson

• https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2022/03/13/dozens-gather-vigil-honor-missing-geologist-daniel-robinson/7023340001/

Life at Camp Davis – University of Michigan field station in the Tetons of Wyoming

• https://www.fieldmag.com/articles/university-of-michigan-camp-davis-jackson-hole-wyoming

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) was preceded by small episode of warming & ocean acidification caused by shorter burst of volcanic carbon emissions

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Effects_of_ancient_carbon_releases_suggest_possible_scenarios_for_future_climate_999.html
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg1025

Comprehensive mineralization model for regional fluid flow in Sheba-Fairview complex in Barberton Greenstone Belt

• https://www.miningweekly.com/article/regional-fluid-flow-model-developed-for-a-section-of-the-barberton-greenstone-belt-2022-03-14

Geochemical exploration completed across two priority areas in Liberia

• https://www.miningweekly.com/article/hamak-completes-exploration-work-at-priority-areas-in-liberia-2022-03-14/rep_id:3650

Simulating processes of formation of new subduction zones

• https://www.techexplorist.com/simulating-common-processes-formation-new-subduction-zones/45327/
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00380-2

Field work supports 16 km extension of Red Lake Gold Camp

• https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/14/2402341/0/en/Solstice-Field-Work-Supports-16km-Extension-of-the-Red-Lake-Gold-Camp.html

Fisherman reels in a 12,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth of the coast of Plum Island

• https://www.masslive.com/living/2022/03/new-england-fisherman-catches-12000-year-old-woolly-mammoth-tooth-off-the-coast-of-newburyport-tooth-being-auctioned-to-support-people-in-ukraine.html

Tracking movement of tectonic plates

• https://www.azosensors.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2484

Global ocean biogeochemical observatory will deploy 1,000 floats in Argo Network

• https://eos.org/features/a-global-ocean-biogeochemical-observatory-becomes-a-reality

Biological crusts can protect soils from erosion under drought conditions

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/biological-crusts-affected-by-drought-can-still-stabilize-soils
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JG006652

Seismic network deployed to track slip on Sumatran Fault

• https://eos.org/features/striking-out-into-the-field-to-track-slip-on-the-sumatran-fault

New 3D natural state model of Krafla geothermal system in Iceland

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/innovative-model-elucidates-geothermal-energy-resource
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR031254

Flash Joule heating may provide new method for extracting Rare Earth Elements from coal fly ash

• https://eos.org/articles/extracting-rare-earth-elements-from-waste-with-a-flash-of-heat
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/SCIADV.ABM3132

Duo PM300 - Innovative new air monitor for measuring air pollution

• https://www.ehn.org/air-pollution-science-2656910773/air-pollution-solution

In Haiti, “Raspberry Shakes” provide simple, low-cost seismic monitoring

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/when-a-seismic-network-failed-citizen-science-stepped-in/

69 volcanic eruptions recorded in ice cores were larger than Mount Tambora

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ancient_ice_reveals_scores_of_gigantic_volcanic_eruptions_999.html
• Paper: https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/18/485/2022/

Holocene climate patterns of variation in El Niño reveal limits to future climate projections

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ancient_El_Ninos_reveal_limits_to_future_climate_projections_999.html
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm4313

Hutchemys walkerorum – Late Cretaceous-Paleogene softshell turtle from Hell Creek Formation

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/hutchemys-walkerorum-10616.html

Microbes & minerals may have triggered the Great Oxygenation Event

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Microbes_and_minerals_may_have_set_off_Earths_oxygenation_999.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28996-0

Impacts of thawing of submarine permafrost on the Arctic seafloor

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_of_its_kind_research_reveals_rapid_changes_to_the_Arctic_seafloor_as_submerged_permafrost_thaws_999.html
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2119105119

Meteorites that impacted and added to formation of Earth may have formed in outer solar system

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Meteorites_that_helped_form_Earth_may_have_formed_in_the_outer_solar_system_999.html
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021AV000568

New species of diatoms discovered in waters off Hawaii

• https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304662&org=GEO&from=news
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28065-6.epdf

Yuxisaurus kopchicki – newly identified Early Jurassic species of armored thyreophoran dinosaur

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/yuxisaurus-kopchicki-10628.html
• Paper: https://elifesciences.org/articles/75248

Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae – Eocene bobcat-sized saber-toothed placental carnivore discovered in California

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/diegoaelurus-vanvalkenburghae-10627.html
• Paper: https://peerj.com/articles/13032/

Do sharks sleep?

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220315141748.htm
• Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0259

Large, open-access visual library provides resource to identify fossil leaves

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220315162808.htm
• Paper: https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/72350/

Model for understanding the oxidation state of arc magmas and consequent volcanoes

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-oxidation-volcanoesa-magma-opus.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-00904-7

Innovative approach to measuring optically shallow water depth with satellite data

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-approach-shallow-depth-satellite.html
• Paper: https://spj.sciencemag.org/journals/remotesensing/2022/9831947/

Using animations to help explain complex climatic interactions

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-atmospheric-scientist-complex-climate-animations.html

Drones detect coastal water flows

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-drones-coastal.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05189-9

Listen to the sounds of the ocean

• https://www.wsj.com/story/listen-scientists-are-recording-ocean-sounds-to-spot-new-species-f4c496ea

Update:  cleanup of rockslide debris on US Hwy 50 near Echo Summit – more rocks fall

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/detours-and-delays-on-us-50-as-rocks-cleared-off-hillside/ar-AAVd8B6
• https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article259473254.html

Global Energy Monitor suggests coal mining emits more methane than venting & flaring from O&G wells

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15032022/coal-mining-methane/
• Report: https://globalenergymonitor.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GEM_CCM2022_final.pdf

Mining Law of 1872 allows mining on Federal Land with no royalties

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032022/as-the-us-rushes-after-the-minerals-for-the-energy-transition-a-150-year-old-law-allows-mining-companies-free-reign-on-public-lands/

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 21 March 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Arrest follows fentanyl overdoses of West Point cadets on spring break in Florida

• https://news.yahoo.com/west-point-cadets-involved-mass-000718539.html

Firefighters face risks, including rising rate of suicide

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08032022/suicide-risk-wildland-firefighters-wildfire-climate-change/

Leaders in developing world want out of clean energy transition

• https://insideclimatenews.org/todaysclimate/some-leaders-in-the-developing-world-want-out-of-the-clean-energy-transition/

CRS Legal Sidebar:  SCOTUS revisits scope of WOTUS under the Clean Water Act

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10707

Technological hazard:  75% of Americans never ‘tweet’ – toxic politics

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/silent-majority-people-dont-tweet-022937386.html

Florida fails to pass condo safe measures for aging condo buildings – citing costs

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/surfside-florida-condo-collapse-legislature-rcna19583

Upcoming settlement hearing set for 30 March for Florida condo collapse that killed 98

• https://apnews.com/article/miami-lawsuits-florida-surfside-building-collapse-2487324356a6f749084e8ffdc2f7494b

Plan for Adirondack Rail Trail will be new recreational pathway

• https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Adirondack-Rail-Trail-plan-takes-big-step-16997039.php

“Criminal tourism” wreaking havoc on towns in Northern California

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/criminal-tourism-apparently-plaguing-well-120539510.html
• https://kyma.com/news/2022/03/14/spate-of-burglaries-possibly-linked-to-criminal-tourism/

Radioactive substances occur in geologic settings and in concentration in many human facilities

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/radioactive-material-is-basically-everywhere-and-thats-a-problem/

Ghana Geological Survey Authority warns residents of risk of living around Weija Ridge & Reservoir along the Akuapem Fault Zone

• https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-news-you-live-on-time-bomb-geological-authority-warns-weija-residents.html

New York “Climate Law” redefines “green” – what to do when buildings fail to meet standard?

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-green-building-that-s-flunking-new-york-s-climate-law-1.1737194

High-speed rails really not moving forward at high speed

• https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/high-performance/moving-forward-at-restricted-speed/

Scoring scale tracks harmful effects of salt pollution in freshwater streams & rivers

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scoring-scale-tracks-effects-salt.html

Lower Neponset River named Superfund Site – paves way for cleaning up PCB contamination

• https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/lower-neponset-river-named-superfund-site-clearing-hurdle-for-cleaning/

Chicago-Rockford International Airport plans to destroy Bell Bowl Prairie lands – pave over 5 acres of 18-acre biome of rarest grassland types & endangered species but FAA gave finding of “no significant impact” with just one-day NEPA assessment

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/ancient-prairie-home-to-endangered-bees-and-rare-plants-may-soon-be-razed-by-airport/ar-AAV3cx5

“Post-Earthquake Fire Assessment of Buildings” – ASCE evaluation framework

• https://csengineermag.com/new-asce-publication-outlines-issues-associated-fire-after-an-earthquake/

The global oil crisis of 1973 helped Copenhagen become a city of bicycles

• https://www.fastcompany.com/90730281/how-the-1970s-oil-crisis-helped-copenhagen-become-a-cycling-paradise

Human activity and “management” of waterways contributes to droughts & floods

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/03/12/climate-change-effect-can-worsened-human-development-near-rivers/9452053002/

Arabian oryx became extinct in the wild – re-wilded from animals saved in captivity

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/threatened-species-of-antelope-saved-from-brink-of-extinction-thanks-to-this/ar-AAV8v4T

Russia & Ukraine are key suppliers of metals for “green” technologies

• https://theconversation.com/russia-and-ukraine-are-important-to-the-renewables-transition-heres-what-that-means-for-the-climate-179079

“Total Maximum Daily Load Development & Implementation” MOP 150 – watershed & receiving water quality models associated with CWA

• https://informedinfrastructure.com/71942/new-asce-manual-of-practice-150-provides-guidance-on-total-maximum-daily-loads/

Water welling up in deepest Miami parking garage should be cause for concern

• https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/03/15/brickell-residents-watch-in-fear-as-construction-site-upwelling-continues/

Over past 160 years, US Midwest has lost 57.6 billion metric tons of soil due to agricultural practices – rate is nearly double rate considered “sustainable”

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-midwestern-lost-trillion-metric-tons.html
• https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002396

With ESA protection, bald eagles have recovered from pesticides & hunting, but now face threat of lead poisoning from bullets and lead shot in their prey

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/endangered-species-list-no-longer-100822366.html

Families being evicted without compensation from long-term homes in Yosemite

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/power-shut-off-homes-near-005345023.html

White Mesa uranium mill a mile from Bears Ears National Monument is radioactive waste dump

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/uranium-mill-adjacent-to-bears-ears-has-become-a-radioactive-waste-dump-report/ar-AAV93kS

Inflationary prices of gasoline & diesel fuel prompt theft from gas stations & cars

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thieves-with-trap-door-steal-over-1-000-gallons-of-diesel-fuel-from-family-gas-station/ar-AAV95nI
• https://www.fox29.com/news/gas-thieves-are-on-the-rise-damaging-cars-and-making-trips-to-the-gas-pump-more-painful

M7.4 earthquake in eastern Japan offshore of Fukushima prefecture

• https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/16/asia/japan-earthquake-fukushima-intl/

Debate over “sustainability” of economy by using resources continues and causes catastrophic environmental destruction – policymakers have “pathological obsession with GDP”

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00723-1

WHO Council on Economics of Health Brief No. 3 – Valuing Health for All

• https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/council-on-the-economics-of-health-for-all/who_councilbrief3.pdf

Numerical modeling of 2012 Chicago heat wave & urban heat island impacts

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/estimating-heat-wave-frequency-and-strength-a-chicago-case-study
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GH000535

Once again, the Chicago River was dyed green for St Patrick’s Day – green dye originally part of effort to clean up waterfront areas

• https://www.npr.org/2022/03/16/1086988193/st-patricks-day-green-chicago-river

In Waverly, Tennessee, the question is:  relocate or rebuild to be flooded again in the future?

• https://www.npr.org/2022/03/14/1083643509/waverly-tennessee-flooding-climate-change-extreme-weather

Coping with low water levels in Lake Mead – projected to drop to 1,046.87 ft elevation in July

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/03/lake-mead-nra-managers-grappling-low-water-levels

Pine needles may provide low-cost method to monitor airborne toxic PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.ehn.org/pfas-in-air-2656884392.html

The concept of a “food system” should include large-scale processed food

• https://www.ehn.org/processed-food-2656809115/sustainability

Al-Heswa Wetland Protected Area in Yemen is turned back into waste dump during civil war

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Yemen_war_turns_nature_reserve_back_into_waste_dump_999.html

Federal judge strikes down Iowa law that made it a crime for animal rights groups to go undercover & film potential livestock abuse

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-judge-strikes-down-iowa-law-to-block-groups-secretly-filming-livestock-abuse/ar-AAVcJsL

Recycled PET plastic bottles leach more chemicals (including endocrine disrupters) into food contents

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/recycled-plastic-bottles-leach-more-chemicals-into-drinks-review-finds/ar-AAVeRNL

PhysiciansCare OTC products recalled for “risk of poisoning” since lack child-resistant packaging

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/5-common-otc-pain-meds-171042364.html

Lake Powell dropped below 3,525 critical level – man-made reservoir dropping to minimum power pool level

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/unprecedented-times-critical-lake-hits-lowest-level-in-60-years/ar-AAVcFPm

But US DOE report touts “grid resilience” of hydropower in power grid in the Western US

• https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2022/03/hydropower-helps-ensure-energy-grid-resilience-report-says
• Report: https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-30554.pdf

Colorado focused on water conservation measures – “liquid gold”

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/climate-driven-water-woes-spark-colorado-rush-conserve-liquid-gold-2022-03-16/

Prototype touted as first 100% recyclable thermoplastic wind turbine blade

• https://renews.biz/76442/lm-wind-power-toasts-recyclable-blade-prototype/

Teenage boys are one of “the most dangerous segments” of the driving population in the US – 13 year-old was driving pickup truck that caused accident that killed NM college golf team

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/explainer-driver-texas-crash-13-012709792.html

California man pleads guilty after taking two bear cubs from den in Shasta County

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-taking-2-231657637.html

Maryland considering bill to outlaw declawing of cats

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maryland-to-consider-banning-cat-declawing/ar-AAVgFNw

More nuclear waste uncovered during Superfund cleanup of West Lake Landfill in St. Louis

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/landfill-cleanup-slowed-more-nuclear-202516881.html

California further reduces water allocated to urban and agricultural users as drought continues

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-prepares-3rd-dry-few-042043059.html

USEPA blocks illegal imports of refrigerant hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) chemicals

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17032022/hfc-imports-epa-climate-change/

CSIRO trying to end plastic waste using insects and seaweed

• https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/csiro-on-mission-to-use-insects-rubbish-fuel-and-seaweed-to-end-plastic-waste-20220317-p5a5l1.html\

New experimental vaccine modifies red blood cells to trigger immune system against virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/researchers-re-engineer-red-blood-cells-to-trigger-immune-system-against-covid-19/ar-AAUZPKq

STD (gonorrhea & syphilis & chlamydia) rates surged during the pandemic – 68M in the US

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-chaos-fueled-another-public-health-crisis-stds/ar-AAUYm76

Canada ends pre-arrival testing for vaxxed travelers

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-travel-canada-pcr-test-arrivecan-143228628.html

Pfizer CEO says fourth shot “is necessary” – close to submitting data to FDA

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/pfizer-ceo-pushes-for-fourth-shots-as-anxiety-over-ba-2-subvariant-rises/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pfizer-plans-submit-data-4th-covid-shot-fda-rcna19675

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board -  21 March 2022 

Boston, Massachusetts, plans to construct new bridge to Long Island for addiction treatment facility

• https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/03/13/boston-readying-long-island-building-stabilization-package-eyeing-bridge-movement/

Workshop summary:  “Coastal Modelling & Assessment of Potential Solutions for Coastal Defence & Adaptation Measures at Priority sites in Seychelles”

• http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/16456/Climate+impact%2C+coastal+erosion+and+flooding+Protecting+Seychelles%27+coastlines+may+cost+up+to+m

Lawsuit challenges decision to allow buried sandbags to remain in front of oceanfront houses

• https://coastalobserver.com/group-appeals-state-decision-on-sandbags-at-debordieu/

“Wave reserves” strategy used to protect popular surfing spots may be more widely adopted for endangered coastal environments

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220314120713.htm

New film “Tidal Alert:  The State of Water Quality and its Impacts on Coastal Fisheries” in North Carolina

https://coastalreview.org/2022/03/film-looks-at-water-qualitys-impact-on-state-fisheries/

Geophysical surveys of saline & fresh groundwater in Bangladesh Coastal Zone

• https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/03/12/sailing-around-the-bangladesh-coastal-zone/

Mink in the Squamish Estuary

• https://www.squamishchief.com/in-the-community/check-out-this-mink-in-the-squamish-estuary-photos-5159061

Cleanup of toxic chemicals needed in polluted estuary waters of the Great Lakes

• https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/speeding-cleanup-of-pollution-at-areas-of-concern-on-wisconsins-waterways/

£30 billion tidal energy barrage across the Severn Estuary being justified by crisis in Ukraine

• https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/case-for-30-billion-pound-severn-tidal-barrage-urgent-and-compelling
• https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/11/severn-estuary-britain-resurfaces-huge-tidal-energy-plan-amid-ukraine-crisis.html

Unique habitats and fish in estuaries

• https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/03/tidewater-goby.html

Watershed size is critical factor in filtering pollutants before they reach estuaries & coastal waters

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220310170832.htm
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28630-z

Implications for the New England coast from a study of the salt marsh of the North/South River estuary near Marshfield, Massachusetts

• https://phys.org/news/2022-03-massachusetts-salt-marsh-england-coast.html

Dredging plan for the Tamar Estuary raises concerns – implications for decision making

https://www.examiner.com.au/story/7651681/dredging-plan-must-consider-expert-advice/

Archeological investigation of 19^th-century shipwreck in the Arade estuary in Portugal

• https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-03-14/19th-century-shipwreck-studied-in-arade-river/65798

Sand mining & shifting riverine sands in Goa rivers and estuaries

• https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/SHIFTING-SANDS-ON-ERODING-RIVERBEDS/187624

Estuary deemed well-suited to proposed 6.7 km £590 million tidal lagoon wall from Mostyn to Point of Ayr in North Wales

• https://www.deeside.com/flintshire-tidal-lagoon-scheme-surges-ahead-after-reaching-two-big-milestones/

Perspective:  Farming in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and impacts on the Chesapeake Bay

• https://www.lancasterfarming.com/clean-water-partners-will-restore-balance-opinion/article_0a6dc724-19af-585e-8e01-8bd7cb3c5a7c.html
• “Chesapeake Bay Explorer’s Guide: https://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/books/vp-db-book-chesapeake-bay-guide-malmquist-review-031322-20220313-zoto3if6xvdvfn3ssh7wx5uuqa-story.html

The fate of wild salmon and their habitat in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary

• https://www.nrdc.org/experts/kate-poole/saving-californias-salmon-now-governor-newsom

Evergreen Marine cargo ship “Ever Forward” has run aground in Chesapeake Bay

• https://www.businessinsider.com/massive-evergreen-cargo-ship-runs-aground-in-chesapeake-bay-2022-3

Norwegian Escape cruise ship runs aground in Dominican Republic – damaged hull – cruise cancelled

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/norwegian-escape-cruise-ship-runs-aground-in-dominican-republic/ar-AAV8Ndq

Energy feasibility study suggests Port of London can achieve Net Zero by 2040

• https://www.offgridenergyindependence.com/articles/26196/energy-study-brings-port-of-london-authority-a-step-closer-to-net-zero

NPS considering repairs to historic Ocracoke Light House on Cape Hatteras

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/03/national-park-service-considering-repairs-historic-ocracoke-light-cape-hatteras

New USGS flood inundation maps show Lake Ontario southern shoreline by lake level

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/new-usgs-maps-show-flood-levels-lake-ontarios-us-shoreline-lake-level
• Interactive USGS Flood Inundation Mapper: https://fim.wim.usgs.gov/fim/

"You are piling up a heritage of conflict and litigation over water rights for there is not sufficient water to supply the land." - John Wesley Powell, 1893.