Coming up this Wednesday! Register here.
Check out "The Secret Lives of Water Bloggers" 18 April, noon - 1 PM PDT tinyurl.com/2p828n94 I'll be there!
Enjoy!
********************************************************************************************
Here are Elaine's BBs as PDF and Word documents:
Word: Download EJH_Bulletin_Boards_WW_11April2022
PDF: Download EJH_Bulletin_Boards_WW_11April2022
Note: If a link does not work, try pasting the URL into your browser.
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 – 11 April 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Perspective: Geologist takes issue with behavior of member of Board of Supervisors
- https://www.times-standard.com/2022/04/02/my-word-geologist-takes-issue-with-behavior-of-supervisor/
The “geological wonderland” on Pluto
- https://www.birminghamtimes.com/2022/04/astronomers-discover-geological-wonderland-on-pluto/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29056-3
Understanding Earth tides
Geologists continuing to monitor Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano
- https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/50162/20220330/geologists-still-continues-investigate-historic-tonga-eruption.htm
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZVVwqZ0rs
Geology is important to many aspects of daily life – celebrate Geologists Day
- https://www.ibtimes.com.au/geologists-day-significance-interesting-geology-facts-1806030
- https://thedaily.case.edu/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-geology/
Predicting rate of carbon transfer in the ocean based on bacterial activity that alters sinking particulates
- https://phys.org/news/2022-03-scientists-carbon-ocean-based-deep-diving.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29297-2
Update: “real possibility of volcanic eruption” in São Jorge but “no evidence that it is imminent”
Massive old sea ice broke from land glacier “Marie Byrd Land” in Antarctica caused by natural processes relating to calving – not “human-induced climate change”
- https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/50225/20220404/massive-old-sea-ice-breaks-marie-byrd-land-antarctica.htm
- Paper: https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/5061/2021/
Two confess to killing geologists & military escort in Moroto District region bordering South Sudan & Kenya
Photo-essay: “three-colored lakes” in Tibet
Transboundary Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in Bhutan
Planetary geology: Plate tectonics are active on Venus – “pack ice” patterns
- https://www.studyfinds.org/venus-geologically-active/
- https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/06/pack-ice-tectonics-venus-geology/
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2025919118
World Meteorological Organization verifies and documents weather records
Geophysical inversion accuracy depends on the model that is employed
Water content influences the depths at which magma lingers & may constrain eruption models
Construction project caused damage to 100 myo Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Utah
Understanding earthquakes generated by fracking
Citizen-seismologists capture M7.2 earthquake in Haiti
Shallow waters can ‘trap’ tsunamis caused by submarine landslides
Toward understanding 5 element veins of silver, cobalt, nickel, bismuth and arsenic
Seeking integrated geological models for Danish offshore wind farms on Bornholm Island in Baltic Sea
“Northumberland Rocks” relates 425 million years of geological history
- https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/northumberland-rocks-the-sill-launch-23592375
Sediments exposed by drought reveal decades of Lake Powell history
- https://attheu.utah.edu/uncategorized/exposed-sediments-reveal-decades-of-lake-powell-history/
- Paper: https://thesedimentaryrecord.scholasticahq.com/article/33914-sedimentary-record-of-annual-decadal-timescale-reservoir-dynamics-anthropogenic-stratigraphy-of-lake-powell-utah-u-s-a
The hunt for gold in Northern Minnesota
Sampling helps identify targets for Rare Earths at Hines Hill project in Western Australia
M9.5 earthquake caused tsunami along Atacama Desert coast of Chile about 3,800 years ago
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-megathrust-earthquake-tsunami-years-hunter-gathers.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm2996
Drones being used to identify weaker zones of collapsing Merapi volcano in Indonesia
- https://eos.org/articles/drones-discover-hidden-weaknesses-of-collapsing-volcanoes
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06765-9
Ongoing battle to keep Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar on the ISS
Collaboration between geophysicists & computer scientists for improved understanding of earthquake-tsunami risks
Photo-essay: Angel Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper, Alberta, Canada
- https://dailyhive.com/calgary/this-massive-mountain-in-alberta-has-hikes-and-an-angel-glacier-photos
Lahar detection system on Mount Rainier will be expanded
Long-term history of deadly landslides in Columbia
Hiking the Aletsch Glacier - largest in the Alps
High-tech “smart boulders” inside submarine sediment gravity flows in Monterey Canyon
- https://www.mbari.org/beds-sediment-flows/
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JF006437
Glacial melting, landslide and tsunami mark retreat of West Grenville Glacier
NASA using Sentinel-1 & GRACE satellite data to monitor loss of groundwater in Tulare Basin
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_finds_new_way_to_monitor_underground_water_loss_999.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07650-1
Short arms may have reduced biting risk when Tyrannosaurus rex hunted in packs
Redefining long-term drought relative to background state rather than historical range of availability – identifying megadrought or megapluvial thresholds
- https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304840&org=GEO&from=news
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108124119
Assessing recent trends in evaporative demand across the US from 1980 to 2020
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220406132356.htm
- Paper: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/23/4/JHM-D-21-0163.1.xml
New basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic in South China
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-basal-ichthyosauromorph-triassic-olenekian-zhebao.html
- Paper: https://peerj.com/articles/13209/
“Big John” provides evidence of combat injuries in triceratops
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-paleontology-big-john-evidence-triceratops.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08033-2
Hot deep structures in the basal mantle may be younger and more fluid than previously thought
All climate models have flaws – some models exaggerate future warming
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 April 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Billions spent on insurance premiums to prop up farmers on frequently flooded unproductive marginal land – 300% increase in recent decades
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30032022/crop-insurance-premiums-flood-agriculture/
- https://www.ewg.org/research/mississippi-river-region-billions-dollars-spent-crop-insurance-payouts-could-have-been
- https://www.ewg.org/research/new-ewg-map-highlights-mississippi-river-region-crop-insurance-payout-hot-spots
- Map: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/2022-mississippi-river-crop-insurance/map/
Too many covid vaccine boosters may be like over-using antibiotics – playing vaccine catch-up
- https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/04/03/is-it-possible-to-overdo-it-with-covid-19-vaccine-boosters/
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/fda-just-made-warning-covid-165743157.html
Poverty reduction in China has helped reduce risk of geological disasters
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-china-poverty-alleviation-policy-geological.html \
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01096-6
Perspective: Emulate Charles Darwin – be a polymath
Perspective: Scientific institutions (and their publications) are going “woke” and hemorrhaging credibility – results in lack of public trust on important issues & policies that hurt people
Status of the California Sierra snowpack – the drought continues despite human demand for water
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/low-california-snow-survey-is-sign-of-another-devastating-drought-year/ar-AAVLvjs
- https://apnews.com/article/environment-california-droughts-water-use-f42611bda2b9c86c39ada8990d98d72d
California announces $2.6B Memorandum of Understanding on water & ecosystems
California has $600M in unclaimed deposits for recyclable cans and bottles
Technological hazard: thinking about critical cyber threats to infrastructure systems
$67M in federal infrastructure funds awarded to Pajaro River levee rebuild in Santa Cruz County
Status of $27.1M University of Notre Dame hydroelectric project & $3.6M rebuild of Seitz Park
US Transportation Dept will require installation of emergency shut-off valves on O&G pipelines
Land bridge project linking eastern & western Saudi Arabia may cost as much as $26B
Disney-branded hand sanitizers recalled due to presence of benzene and methanol
Comparing cultures: Dutch directness vs British prevaricating vs American politeness
315,000-acre Armendaris Ranch in southern New Mexico & endangered species will be permanently protected under US DOD and NM Land Conservancy partnership
Increasing water releases from Friant Dam cause concern on San Joaquin River
Population of endangered Mexican gray wolves in AZ & NM grew by 10 animals last year
Almost all people of the world breathe poor-quality air – particulate matter & gases
Austin, Texas, should anticipate impacts of severe drought
Major declines (50% or more) in avian species in protected tropical forests over past 4 decades
Humans generate massive quantities of waste – HHW pollutes atmosphere, environment & ocean
Release of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserved did not bring down gas prices – depletes emergency oil reserve supply
APHIS Annual Impact Report for 2021 – Keeping US Agriculture Healthy
- https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/administrator-letters-to-stakeholders/2021-impact-report
- Report: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/aphis_general/2021-impact-report.pdf
Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis) is spreading across western US – soil fungus dispersed by dry & windy conditions – more people exposed due to population growth & human activity
Flagpole of Freedom Park planned for Columbia Falls, Maine, would cost estimated $1B – flag pole would be taller than Empire State Building – want to raise private funding
“Culture War” is extremely dangerous for wolves – killing wolves is not ‘management’ it is slaughtering an endangered species that is critical to the ecosystem
Dixie Valley toad temporarily declared endangered at geothermal power plant site in Nevada
Forests to Faucets 2.0 – connecting forests, water & communities
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/63723
- Publication: https://www.fs.fed.us/research/publications/wo/gtr_wo99.pdf
USDA Plant Protection & Quarantine labs battle invasive pests
USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) celebrates 50 years of serving the public
Boreal Forest moving northward – Not a new phenomenon as the boreal forest has been shifting northward for the past 20,000 years since the Last Ice Age maximum glacial extent
Visualizing loss of global forests as humans cultivated more & more land over past 10,000 years
Visualizing crude oil pipelines & refineries across the US & Canada – interactive map
Visualizing humans over time – how many humans have ever lived
Visualizing average gas price in each of the 50 states & District of Columbia – all time highs
Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge University have been returned after two decades – left in library in pink gift bag with note that wished Happy Easter
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe from San Francisco Bay area was “extinct for all practical purposes” in 1925 – DNA analysis reveals that is not true
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-muwekma-ohlone-tribe-was-declared-extinct-in-the-1920s-new-dna-research-says-otherwise/ar-AAVJGW7
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2111533119
Animal cruelty cases increasing in Colorado
In the midst of the single worst immigration crisis – US needs secure Southern Border
SCOTUS reinstated rule that curtailed power of states & Native American tribes to block pipelines & other energy projects
Wind energy company ordered to pay $8M+ in fines & restitution for causing deaths of at least 150 Eagles over past decade at wind farms in 8 states – violation of Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Perspective: IPCC has declared the end of the World is coming – oh, wait, AOC (in 2018) already said “the World is gonna end in 12 years”
Suncor Energy Inc says $300M wind power project in Alberta, Canada, will be completed even though company plans to divest of all wind & solar assets
Direct infrastructure damage estimated at $63B in Ukraine for month-long invasion
FEMA “ineligible” flood projects now earmarked for millions of dollars under 2022 federal budget
Wind breaks planted during the Dust Bowl years are now in decline across the Great Plains
Pennsylvania & Delaware to set enforceable limits to PFAS forever chemicals in drinking water
New institute to advance water and flood prediction funded by NOAA - $360M over 5 years
US Army COE no longer needs separate permit for new $1.2B west shore levee of Lake Pontchartrain – Maurepas Swamp diversion sister project
Sulphur Springs valley in SE Arizona considering a groundwater management district to protect supply from over-pumping and drought – no statewide protection
During the Neolithic, humans evolved to be taller but more prone to heart disease
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Neolithic_made_us_taller_and_more_intelligent_but_more_prone_to_heart_disease_999.html
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.833190/full
Redefining long-term drought relative to background state rather than historical range of availability – identifying megadrought or megapluvial thresholds
- https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304840&org=GEO&from=news
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108124119
New strategies for treating urban runoff
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-sustainable-strategies-urban-runoff.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-00853-4
Humans need to take more personal responsibility for risk during disasters
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 11 April 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
US announces intent to partner with 5 Coastal West African countries (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea & Togo) to Prevent Conflict & Promote Stability
- https://gh.usembassy.gov/u-s-announces-its-intent-to-partner-with-ghana-coastal-west-africa-countries-on-a-strategy-to-prevent-conflict-and-promote-stability/
- Strategy: https://www.state.gov/stability-strategy/
NC Coastal Federation releases Marine Debris Action Plan Accomplishment Report for 2021 – framework for prevention & removal of marine debris
- https://www.obxtoday.com/nc-coastal-federation-releases-marine-debris-action-plan-accomplishments-report-for-2021/
- https://www.nccoast.org/protect-the-coast/marine-debris/
- Report: https://www.nccoast.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FULL-MD-Report-2021-1.pdf
- https://www.afrik21.africa/en/west-africa-fgef-allocates-e2-6m-for-the-protection-of-coastal-ecosystems/
FGEF to allocate nearly €2.6 to marine & coastal ecosystem resilience projects in West Africa
US F&W changed ESA status of Beach Layia – reclassified from endangered to threatened species of small sunflower that grows only in coastal dunes of California
Update: Ever Forward cargo ship still grounded in Chesapeake Bay – suggest it needs to be unloaded as dredging continues before another refloat attempt
DNA sampling in waters may help document fish communities along Alaskan coast
- https://www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska/dna-in-water-samples-can-help-document-alaska-fish-communities
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/edn3.297
In Madras, India, most beach garbage is “Made in Madras”
Stormwater “heat map” reveals pollutants fouling Puget Sound
- https://www.geekwire.com/2022/first-of-its-kind-stormwater-heat-map-lights-up-pollutants-fouling-waters-in-washington-state/
- Interactive Heat Map: https://www.stormwaterheatmap.org/
Gulf of Maine fisherman look to appeal Federal judge ruling on exclusion zone that keeps trawlers 12 miles offshore
How to see the grunion run in southern California
Can seaweed replace certain plastics without decimating seaweed and kelp in coastal waters?
Canada implements new strict environmental measures for greywater & blackwater from cruise ships
Final phase of restoration begins at San Elijo Lagoon in Encinitas, California
Economic assessment says £7B tidal lagoon could create 22,000 jobs in north Wales & generate power for every home – residents express skepticism – environmental assessment yet to be done
- https://nation.cymru/news/7-billion-tidal-lagoon-could-generate-enough-electricity-to-power-every-home-in-wales/
- https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/huge-7-billion-tidal-lagoon-23593551
Seagrass and the manatees – restoring seagrass could slow decline of manatee population – Florida to stop feeding lettuce to manatees in Indian River Lagoon
- https://www.upressonline.com/2022/04/hboi-how-growing-seagrass-can-help-save-the-manatees/
- https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2022/03/30/florida-plans-to-stop-feeding-manatees-lettuce-on-friday/
Meadowdale Beach Park in Snohomish County, Washington, will be closed during restoration of 1.3-acre estuary to provide essential rearing habitat for chinook, chum & coho salmon and cutthroat trout
- https://myedmondsnews.com/2022/04/meadowdale-beach-park-to-be-closed-again-starting-april-11-for-estuary-restoration-work/
- Project: https://snohomishcountywa.gov/2710/Meadowdale-Beach-Park-and-Estuary-Restor
Comprehensive report to guide future restoration efforts in Fraser River Estuary
Bolsa Chica wetlands could be inundated if sea level rises – coastal wetlands are dynamic environment
Most waterways (more than 90%) in Louisiana are polluted by nonpoint source fertilizer & sewage
- https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk/2022-04-06/most-of-louisianas-waterways-are-polluted-biggest-reasons-fertilizer-and-sewage
- Interactive Map: https://ldeq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8186b44f9a30453483fedd0df4bad9fa
Santa Barbara proposes “cure” for 100-year-old summertime stench in Andrée Clark Bird Refuge
2GW Olympic Wind floating giga-scale project proposed for offshore of State of Washington
“Ultimately, we don’t know exactly what a net-zero emissions energy system will look like, but we know enough to keep us busy for at least a decade" - Energy researchers quoted in @nytimes via @Nature
Comments