Check out this from the U.S. Forest Service: Forests to Faucets 2.0.
The blurb:
Forests are an important source of clean drinking water for millions of people in the United States, with 749 million acres of forest lands providing over half of the national water supply. Approximately 77 percent of drinking water originates from surface water sources (e.g., streams, ponds, reservoirs). However, there are increasing concerns about the quantity and quality of both ground water and surface water supplies amid climate change, population growth, land use change, and increased water demand.
The National Forests to Faucets 2.0 (F2F2) Assessment is a geographic analysis done by scientists in the US Forest Service that uses national datasets to identify watersheds most important to surface drinking water consumers and to look at potential threats to those watersheds including fire, insects and disease, land use change, and reduced water yield due to a changing climate. This assessment is an update to Forests, Water, and People (2009) , Forests to Faucets (2011), and Private Forests, Housing Growth, and America’s Water Supply (2015). It uses updated methodology from Quantifying the Role of National Forest System Lands in Providing Surface Drinking Water Supply for the Southern United States (2014).
Enjoy!
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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 – 4 April 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Azores archipelago at risk of imminent volcanic eruption as seismic activity continues on Sao Jorge Island
- https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/50129/20220328/imminent-volcanic-eruption-major-earthquake-possible-azores-archipelago.htm
- https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-azores-latest-advice-as-portuguese-island-earthquakes-spark-fears-volcano-will-erupt-1543611
Avalanche threatens Anchorage suburb – evacuation order issued
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/evacuation-order-issued-avalanche-stricken-003129148.html
- Drone footage: https://news.yahoo.com/drone-captures-alaska-road-buried-140600759.html
Geologic history viewed from Inks Lake State Park just east of the Llano Uplift in Texas
Perspective on the NeS and geologic carbon cycle
Geologic pulse averages 27.5 million years
Ice wall might have blocked passage from Asia to North America via the Bering Land Bridge
Re-interpretation and targeting for minerals on Illinois Creek Project property in Western Alaska
Science fiction approach to ice caps & glacial collapses in Antarctica
CO2 degassing emissions vary over time with snowpack at Mammoth Mountain in Sierra Nevada – result of solid-earth-driven fault valving
Kenai Fjords National Park has unique ecosystem amid glacial geology
Proposed legislation would expand the area of Sunset Crater National Monument
Perspective: Using subsurface diagnostics to redefine “sustainability”
Italy launches new plan to seismically retrofit churches as part of an €800m macro-project to protect Italian cultural heritage under threat from earthquakes
Landslides on Mount Talakmau from 25 February 2022 Sumatra Earthquake
Sokoria geothermal plant in Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, begins commercial operation – PLTP Unit 1 has generation capacity of 5 MWe
Seismic activity and volcanic history of Campi Flegrei volcano near Naples, Italy
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/earthquake-just-hit-europe-s-supervolcano-campi-flegrei/ar-AAVEySk
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06928-8
Upward lightning
Understanding the science of paleoclimatology
Dendrochronology confirms past 40 years of monsoons in northern Australia have been the wettest compared to past 600 years
- https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tree-rings-reveal-a-puzzling-trend-in-monsoon-intensity
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR030881
How did cockroaches survive asteroid impacts that coincided with extinction of large dinosaurs?
Understanding seismic tomography
Exterres Laboratory signals new chapter in Australian space research
Monotremes are last survivors of diverse set of fossil species of the southern continents - Teinolophos trusleri is new & largest egg-laying mammalian species
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/monotreme-origins-10658.html
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2022.2025900
Preliminary account of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220329142523.htm
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000227?via%3Dihub
A model for blob evolution in the mantle of Earth over geologic time
Highly accurate maps of permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere
- https://phys.org/news/2022-03-highly-accurate-permafrost-northern-hemisphere.html
- Paper: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/865/2022/
Arctic sedimentary record reflects Mid-Pleistocene Transition
- https://phys.org/news/2022-03-million-year-old-arctic-sedimentary-climate-mystery.html
- Paper: https://cp.copernicus.org/preprints/cp-2021-66/cp-2021-66.pdf
To study variability of large-scale hydrogen storage in geologic formations
Early mammal evolution seems to have emphasized brawn before brain
Dust-infused baroclinic storms (DIFS) formed over Europe in March
Orocopia Schist subduction channel at Cemetery Ridge in SW Arizona
- https://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2022-02/orocopia-schist-subduction-channel-cemetery-ridge-southwest-arizona
- Report: http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid2014/cr-22-a_-_subducted_peridotite_sw_arizona_-_report_hi-res_.pdf
- Map: http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid2014/cr-22-a_-geologic_map-subducted_peridotite_sw_arizona.pdf
Geology & geochronology of southern border of Arizona-California
- https://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/blog/2022-03/geology-geochronology-four-75-quadrangles-straddling-southern-border-az-ca
- Report: http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid2018/cr-22-c_report.pdf
- Links to map & supplementary table: http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/2018
Glacial lake outburst flood of retreating glacier triggered massive 18M cubic meter landslide that crested a 100-meter tsunami in 2020 and sent plume of debris 60 km into Bute Inlet
Meltwater drainage from Helheim Glacier in Greenland
Wyoming State Geological Survey launches web map showcasing roadside geology to Yellowstone National Park
- https://www.thecheyennepost.com/news/wsgs-launches-web-map-showcasing-roadside-geology-to-see-when-traveling-to-yellowstone-national-park/article_11d94eb6-b134-11ec-9e71-778ff26f1414.html
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WYSGS/bulletins/31127c6
- Website: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a5c13d9d4d040a0bc0c29e06ecdcf19
“Growing big” among Lantian biota happened about 602 myo during the Cambrian Explosion
Periodic volcanic activity in Karoo province triggered multiple Jurassic extinctions
Ozone in upper and lower atmosphere responsible for almost one-third of warming of ocean waters bordering Antarctica over second half of 20th century
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 4 April 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, political scapegoating & finger pointing
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/what-is-spr-emergency-oil-stash-biden-is-tapping-2022-03-31/
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-oil-relief-plan-seen-194900986.html
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-orders-huge-oil-release-181250646.html
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/biden-will-give-remarks-thursday-efforts-lower-gas-prices-white-house-2022-03-31/
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/biden-release-1-mln-barrels-oil-day-ease-pump-prices-2022-03-31/
- https://finance.yahoo.com/m/42e0bc5b-0791-33f8-a3c3-d7261f5c96c7/biden-bets-that-a-million.html
Understanding the “structural deficit” of water in the Colorado River Basin
Federal Appeals Court denied Mountain Valley Pipeline rehearing on lost permits
Potential technological hazard: biological research labs in Ukraine – tularemia & anthrax & …
Proposed DC law would require windows to “prevent” migratory bird deaths due to collisions
Groundbreaking set for construction of $90M Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing NW of Los Angeles spanning 10-lane 101 freeway and feeder road
Freshwater bodies and home aquariums can pose risks of water-borne diseases
- https://asm.org/Articles/2022/March/Fish-Tank-Granuloma-and-Other-Waterborne-Diseases
- Paper:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Terry-Conger/publication/257874523_M_marinum_infection_in_humans/links/00b7d52601ff042910000000/M-marinum-infection-in-humans.pdf
FARM Act would restore common sense & fairness to energy & agriculture – remove “green energy” industry subsidies
“Fair trade & support” for solar industry and planned solar projects
Industry debuts 15% recycled roof shingles to keep old roofing out of landfills – may help reduce the 13M tons of shingle waste produced each year
New study once again suggests FDA-approved artificial sweeteners pose increased risk of cancer
Call for California Legislative Audit Committee to audit DWR & WRCB for gross miscalculation of water in storage
Dublin, Ireland, City Council wants fewer cars and more protected bicycle lanes – residents & businesses do not agree
Manitoba, Canada, to rehabilitate & reconstruct Rivers Dam in response to 2020 flooding
California again proposes standard for hexavalent chromium in drinking water – 10 ppb would be maximum allowable level – proposal released for public comment
Official inquiry into virus response in Sweden: no-lockdown strategy was fundamentally correct
Estimated 95% of Americans ages 16 and older currently have some level of antibodies
Responding to side effects of vaccine
US moves toward normalcy but Fauci warns of coming restrictions
Rattlesnakes are emerging in Benton County Parks – be vigilant
US BLM approves conservation group proposal to expand bison grazing on prairies in north-central Montana
Annual sandhill crane migration in Nebraska – Kearney is “Sandhill Capital of the World”
Astronomical surge in fertilizer prices cause switch from corn to soy beans
US DOE will begin enforcing new energy code requirements to meet 2019 and 2021 standards
Need to find ancient aqueducts & buried streams beneath urban jungle to cool heat islands
Perspective from ANS: nuclear power plants in war zones – NPP less dangerous than wars
Suspending State fuel taxes will have limited impact on gas prices
- https://www.roadsbridges.com/artba-analysis-shows-state-fuel-tax-adjustments-have-limited-impact-gas-prices
- Report: https://transportationinvestment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022_Pump_Price_Report.pdf
Organic fertilizer based on TEK encouraged better soil structure & fertility compared to chemical-intensive fertilizers
- https://eos.org/articles/traditional-fertilizers-beat-out-industrial-chemicals-in-soil-health-test
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransformation/article?id=10.1371/journal.pstr.0000007
Visualizing: Land degradation over past 150 years may necessitate vertical farming
Perspective: Understanding impacts of committed warming
Mapping biodiversity and needs within the National Park Service lands
Fungus foils invade crazy ant populations – 62% entirely wiped out in Texas
Flooding caused estimated $82B in damages in 2021 – a sign of escalating costs not necessarily worse floods caused by ‘global warming’
Hundreds of mammal species are perhaps as yet unidentified
New computational approach for rapid screening for pesticide safety, performance & persistence in the environment – “safer pesticides” are still designed to kill
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220330141434.htm
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn2058
Air pollution dims solar energy potential in India
Nitrosamines are potential cancer-causing agents – prompted recall of some prescription drugs
Feral pigs causing “exponential damage” in California
Playing with numbers to justify “green energy” – need accurate full life cycle (cradle to grave) assessments of all components including mining, extraction, production, pollution and disposal/recycling – if recycling is truly possible
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/posts-mislead-about-environmental-impact-of-green-energy/ar-AAVIKbE
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/happens-those-solar-panels-die-130111892.html
Suave brand 24-hour Protection Aerosol Antiperspirants being recalled due to benzene content
Stormwater capture and use report on barriers
- https://stormwater.wef.org/2022/03/stormwater-capture-and-use-report-identifies-and-addresses-roadblocks/
- Report: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-03/wrap-pure-potential-report.pdf
EPA confirms decision to not regulate perchlorate in drinking water
Increasing law enforcement seizures of pills containing illicit fentanyl since 2018
Setting an unrealistic goal of 40 mpg by 2026 to compensate for inflationary gas prices
South Monterey County Interlake Tunnel project model purports to be beneficial – current cost estimate of $226.4M – working on environmental impact report
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/modeling-shows-interlake-tunnel-project-designed-to-capture-that-wet-year/ar-AAVLlJw
- Project: https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/government/government-links/water-resources-agency/projects-facilities/interlake-tunnel
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 4 April 2022
Contemplating the effectiveness of polders in the US
Rethinking the use of concrete in sea walls – why not rethink the use of sea walls?
£36m funding for encouraging innovative approaches to adapting to coastal erosion in UK
Designation of surf spots as “wave reserves” will help conserve coastal areas
https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/world-surfing-reserves-protect-coastal-ecosystems
Oceanside, California, approves repairs to coastal barrier despite objection of some residents & environmental group who will appeal the futile project
US Army COE allocating another $2.7B to specific maritime port & waterways projects
Proposed federal budget includes $100M down payment on $12.3B Gateway Tunnel project under the Hudson River
$157M approved for final stage of dredging of Port of Corpus Christi
Annual crab migration in Bay of Pigs in Cuba – more crabs following temporary lack of traffic & tourism
All that is left of $28.5M beach “restoration” project is rocks – San Diego County coastal cities want to now do it all over again
Beach re-nourishment & protection completed & planned along the Dutch coast
Nesting season for sea, shore & wading birds on the coast of Florida
Street lighting reducing the efficacy of camouflage for coastal species
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220325220653.htm
- Paper: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.14146
Newport considering hiring geotechnical firm to study Cliff Walk collapse
Rising insurance rates and flood risks are not deterring homebuyers from coastal properties
Costs of Poseidon desalination plant water being re-evaluated
Brevard County Commissioner suggests culling threatened manatees
More than 200,000 endangered turtles lay eggs onshore of the Bay of Bengal in India
Ever Forward cargo ship still stuck in Chesapeake Bay despite 2 failed attempts to free it
Portuguese man-o-war washed up on Florida beaches can still sting
"The optimist learns English. The pessimist learns Chinese. The realist learns Kalashnikov." - A. Saghatelyan (Armenia)
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