Oh, boy! Looks like another UN Water Conference!
The https://twitter.com/UN 2023 Water Conference First Online Stakeholder Briefing, 15 June, 10 - 11 AM EDT Register: tinyurl.com/48vf4tth
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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 – 13 June 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Quarrying destroying fossil treasures in Khonmoh in Kashmir, India – new fossil park?
“Fixing” land subsidence due to excessive withdrawal of groundwater in California
- https://news.stanford.edu/2022/06/02/will-californias-san-joaquin-valley-stop-sinking/
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/land-sinking-groundwater-levels-drop-120039322.html
CRS In Focus: Wildfire Statistics – number of fires has decreased over past 30 years
Dendrochronology indicates 35 sustained droughts lasting at least 4 years over past 900 years in Central San Joaquin Valley of California – 7 of those events since 1900 each lasting about 5 years
- https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article261338222.html
- https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/paleo-dendrochronology-tree-ring-hyrdo-climatic-reconstructions
Another atmospheric river headed toward Pacific NW
Rocky Beach along the “reach” of the Columbia River gets official wine designation – defining geology, soils, topography and climate
Debris flow near Steamboat Point is not a safety concern
Canyon Lake Gorge was formed by massive 2002 flood that overtopped spillway
Amendment to Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act in Louisiana creates expropriation rights to prohibit drilling through storage reservoirs in Caldwell Parish
Code for predicting volcanic eruptions of Sierra Negra
Geology of Cedar Mill Falls in Washington County, Oregon
Touring the volcanic landscape of Yellowstone National Park
Dire warning: Utah faces “environmental nuclear bomb” as Great Salt Lake dries up – but that is part of the natural cycle as pluvial lakes become ephemeral and then become salt flats until… - insects and brine shrimp and birds will adapt – just not humans who condone fear mongering
- https://news.yahoo.com/great-salt-lake-dries-utah-185303576.html
- Background: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70024726
- Background: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003358949090057R
- Prior lakes: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0033589487900810
Romancing the River – The Romance of Science on the Colorado
- Final invasion by humans: https://sibleysrivers.com/westward-the-curse-of-empire-two-more-american-cultures-come-to-the-river/
- Part 1: https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-1-the-romance-of-science/
- Part 2: https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-2-manifest-destiny-meets-the-great-american-desert/
- Part 3: https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-3-a-river-to-love-but-sometimes-really-dislike/
According to this model magnetic field of Earth may not be reversing
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/new-research-suggests-earth-s-magnetic-polarity-isn-t-reversing/ar-AAYe1Ot
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1722110115
Japanese using turbine anchored to seafloor & powered by ocean currents
Seeking data on submarine landslides to reveal history of New Zealand tsunamis - “Ka mua, ka muri.” Or, the present is the key to the past
Community-led landslide prediction system in India utilizes crowdsourcing
Visualizing energy independence & oil price volatility
Wooden shipwrecks provide microbiomes – estimated 3M on the ocean floor
- https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/biology/shipwrecks-habitats-microbiomes/
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.873445/full
New map reveals details of the seabed of the Southern Ocean
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220608161410.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01366-7
Reconnaissance of Sunset Crater following the Tunnel Fire - video
Toward a better understanding of the architecture of Earth history – new models
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220608112619.htm
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYdX6_Y-S5g
Perspective: Solar geoengineering is a bad idea
Geothermal lagoon planned for Petite-Rivière-Saint-François in Quebec, Canada
Jurassic mayfly swarm in Shiti Formation in southern China
Permitting for Grassy Mountain underground gold/silver mine in Oregon slowly moving forward
Legal battle over disputed climate research on glaciers feeding Lake Palcacocha in Peru
Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is built on a faultline – should it be closed as planned?
Colorado bans using toxic PFAS forever chemicals in fracking for oil & gas
Coprolites provide fossilized evidence of past ecosystems
How plesiosaurs used four uniform wing-like flippers to swim underwater
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_plesiosaurs_swam_underwater_999.html
- Paper: https://peerj.com/articles/13342/
Phreatic eruption of Bulusan volcano in Philippines produced ash cloud
Massive sand storm from Mauritania enveloped Dakar
USGS will conduct airborne survey of portions of Colorado River Basin for water studies
Medium-sized abelisaurid ceratosaur found in Bahariya Formation in Western Desert of Egypt
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/bahariya-abelisaur-10885.html
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220106
Miocene giraffe had disk-shaped headgear and head-neck joints adapted to head-butting combat
Air pollution may increase occurrence of freezing rain in Northern Hemisphere
Seeking explanation for stability of “loops” in coastal channel networks
Looking for origin of slow earthquakes in Guerrero Gap between Cocos & North American Plates
20-year transformation of the Gulf of Maine
- https://phys.org/news/2022-06-reveal-year-gulf-maine.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JG006790
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 13 June 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
$16.8B lawn & garden care industry – unsettled & unsettling science of lawn chemicals are toxic and create nutrient-rich runoff that adversely impacts environment
“Climate anxiety” is result of media-driven fear
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-anxiety-is-a-result-of-media-driven-fear-not-government-inaction/ar-AAYeLTE
- WHO policy brief & download: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240045125
UAE building $1B plant to build “green hydrogen” plant when what they really need is water
Minnesota Zoo looking for permanent home of Przewalski’s horses rather than re-wild them
Tech hazard: Reno to put historical register information into blockchain pilot project
The joys of traveling by EV – lack of “fast” charging stations
US Army COE wisely reverses decision to now block strip mine near Okefenokee
Rhode Island DEM investigating discharge of partly treated wastewater from Woonsocket plant
Romancing the River – The Romance of Science on the Colorado
- Final invasion by humans: https://sibleysrivers.com/westward-the-curse-of-empire-two-more-american-cultures-come-to-the-river/
- Part 1: https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-1-the-romance-of-science/
- Part 2: https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-2-manifest-destiny-meets-the-great-american-desert/
- Part 3: https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-3-a-river-to-love-but-sometimes-really-dislike/
US DOE wants to throw $3.5B at 4 Direct Air Capture facilities to futilely removed CO2 from atmosphere – DAC is not likely to be any sort of “solution” to a non-problem
Dogs no longer permitted on Waterfall or North Kings Loop Trails & hikers must stay on trail to protect water quality
Canadian hiker dies on Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon – sounds like deadly heat stroke
Water for irrigation released into Rio Grande from Elephant Butte Reservoir
Just another way to subsidize solar energy projects with more taxpayer dollars while attempting to cover up bad policy decisions
DOD testing indicates levels of toxic PFAS contamination in groundwater around 12 military bases
CDC reports on adverse vaxxing events
“Orangeburg Pipe” sewer lines in Tempe, Arizona, reaching end of average 50-year lifespan
California energy company wants permits to build 3 pumped energy storage reservoirs
Transportation industry fear adding northern long-eared bat to endangered species list could hamper implementation of $1T infrastructure law and other construction projects
Needle size matters when getting vaxxed - needs to reach muscle tissue beneath fat layer
CDC raises Monkeypox alert to level 2 and recommends masks during travel - distributing doses of vaccine across US – the coming pandemic? Most recover with no treatment – containment?
- https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-monkeypox-alert-level-2-recommends-masks-travel
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/04/the-cdc-is-sending-monkeypox-vaccines-to-people-at-high-risk-in-a-race-to-prevent-the-spread.html
- https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/23140315/contain-public-health-epidemic-vaccine-monkeypox-outbreak
$9.8 Billion in fraud for covid relief funds and that only covers 1 Oct 2-21 to 31 March 2022 – committee found $33 Billion in relief spending with meaningless descriptions
New Jersey DEP issues proposed environmental justice project permit rules for public comment
- https://www.governing.com/community/proposed-n-j-rule-says-half-of-neighborhoods-are-overburdened
- https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey-environmental-justice-gov-murphy-dep-camden-20220606.html
What to do with “dinosaur students” at universities and colleges in Bolivia?
In California EVs are not being powered by “green” power grids
Drought should have been expected in California – tree-ring record shows 35 drought events last at least 4 years over past 900 years with 7 events of 5+ years since 1900
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/think-fresno-region-drought-worst-120000878.html
- https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article261338222.html
California orders farmers, irrigation districts & municipal water agencies (including City of San Francisco) to stop drawing water from rivers & creeks
More than 25,000 overheating or fires caused by lithium ion batteries over 5-year interval – rate jumped to more than double in past 4 years – EV makers adopt recommendation of battery fires
- https://eridirect.com/blog/2022/03/the-5-biggest-lithium-ion-battery-fires-to-date/
- https://thewest.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/lithium-ion-battery-fires-exploding-battery-fires-the-new-home-fire-menace--c-7032328
- https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/8-top-ev-makers-adopt-us-govts-recommendation-on-battery-fires/92026816
Data does not support cyanobacteria as cause of death of 450 elephants in northern Botswana
Tires emit more particulate emissions than tailpipes
- https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/gaining-traction-losing-tread
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/ownership/tires-pollute-more-than-tailpipes-report-claims/ar-AAY9qm1
Buy Back Program to return lands of the Lower Brule Reservation to tribal trust ownership
Tick-borne Heartland virus spread by lone star tick in Midwest & southern US – emerging disease
Controversy continues over proposed $2B LEAPS hydroelectric plant at Lake Elsinore, California
Plastics plant in southern New Hampshire has polluted groundwater & 1,500 residential wells with PFAS forever chemicals
Outbreak of Dengue in Singapore before “dengue season” began
- https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/59-stop-work-orders-issued-to-construction-sites-for-mosquito-breeding-this-year-9-firms-to-be-charged-nea
- Global overview: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/dengue-monthly
Lake County Health District addressing failing septic tanks – may require new storm sewers
What personal hygiene was like in Colonial America
California considering plan to spend up to $1.5B to buy out farmers to “save water”
Meanwhile, parts of Southern California using up to 26% more water in April
USDA to spend $503M under Great American Outdoors Act to address maintenance, infrastructure, increase access, support rural economies & meet conservation goals
Honolulu Rail Authority outlines truncated version of rail line
Interrelationships among wildfires, watersheds, water resources and pollution
Indigenous farmers coping with drought in central Oregon
Meandering Amazon River creates network that promotes speciation of lowland birds
- https://www.quantamagazine.org/reshuffled-rivers-bolster-the-amazons-hyper-biodiversity-20220607/
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn1099
Perspective: What drives hazard mitigation poly adoption? FEMA property buyout in Virginia
- https://hazards.colorado.edu/mitigation-matters-report/what-drives-hazard-mitigation-policy-adoption
Dire warning: Utah faces “environmental nuclear bomb” as Great Salt Lake dries up – but that is part of the natural cycle as pluvial lakes become ephemeral and then become salt flats until… - insects and brine shrimp and birds will adapt – just not humans who condone fear mongering
- https://news.yahoo.com/great-salt-lake-dries-utah-185303576.html
- Background: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70024726
- Background: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003358949090057R
- Prior lakes: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0033589487900810
Made in Mexico – Cuernavaca footbridge collapses as mayor takes inaugural walk over scenic stream – officials fell about 10 feet onto rocks & boulders in stream bed
Drug trial of Dostarlimab – dosing every 3 weeks for 6 months leaves colon cancer as undetectable – each dose costs $11,000
Paper: Desalination in the 21st Century – a critical review of trends & debates
Half to as much as 70% of land needs to be conserved to protect biodiversity
New Jersey has no shortage of water infrastructure projects seeking a lot of money
Phasing out sale of plastic water bottles & other single-use products at National Parks & Public Lands over the coming decade
Perspective: 100% “green energy” could destroy the planet and not meet energy demands – not enough space & not enough resources
Technological hazard: “Facebook destroyed democracy” – unfriendly AI bigger threat than WW3
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/facebook-destroyed-democracy-says-the-u-s-government-s-former-head-of-technology/ar-AAYbQBR
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/vitalik-buterin-says-unfriendly-ai-bigger-threat-than-ww3-could-kill-off-humanity-for-good/ar-AAYfg28
Nevada DCNR to use reservation system for overnight camping and many day-use facilities
How wildlife biologists investigate lead poisoning in eagles
Leading South African private rhino breeder plans to annually re-wild 100 rhinos
Perspective: Actions needed to correct damages (pollution, loss of biodiversity, etc) that humans have wrought – but not in the name of mythological & unachievable concept of “sustainability”
WHO “experts” report says lab leak origin theory now needs further investigation but also suggests zoonotic origin though cannot identify where it happened
Explosion at Freeport LNG gas export plant
Islamic Republic Railway collision with excavator caused train derailment near Tabas resulting in at least 22 deaths & many injuries
- https://apnews.com/article/world-news-iran-middle-east-tehran-business-1291f7ad559e85eb630c1d3c8c3fe370
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/08/middleeast/irain-train-derailment-intl/index.html
PG&E pledging net-zero emissions by 2040 – plan does not include Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant that currently produces 39% of power in the State
Many company claims of being powered by renewable energy are usually exaggerated
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-research-points-to-bad-math-behind-corporate-renewable-energy-claims/ar-AAYg1t6
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01379-5
PG&E pleads “not guilty” after its equipment sparked deadly 2020 Zogg Fire in Northern California
California wants $5.2B in budget for securing backup sources for the growing reliance on intermittent renewable energy
US House voted to authorize $31B for US Army COE to begin planning “Ike Dike” coastal barrier
Estimate $10.3B to $27.2B to replace energy generated by 4 hydroelectric dam on Snake River
3M & local governments obscured PFOS contamination from dumping toxic chemicals in Antwerp – concentrations 100X level that causes human health impacts
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-tunnel-project-has-revealed-3m-s-history-of-dumping-toxic-chemicals-in-antwerp/ar-AAYiV6g
- https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-3m-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-europe/#xj4y7vzkg?sref=P6Q0mxvj
- PFAS Lawsuits: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pfas-project/companies-face-billions-in-damages-as-pfas-lawsuits-flood-courts
100,000 catchable-size Lahontan Cutthroat Trout being stocked into Lake Tahoe
In midst of mega-drought and after 36-year moratorium San Simeon, California, pledges water hookups for 13 new developments
California ARB questions practicality of banning gas-powered vehicles – challenges in buying & charging EVs
Foundation apologizes for role in Tuskegee syphilis study
Perspective: Questioning drilling many wells in drought-stricken Bears Ears National Monument
Zoonotic diseases will continue to jump from animals to humans – humans cannot stop it – human activity and invasion of animal habitats is speeding up the process
UN World Water Development Report 2022
- https://www.unwater.org/publications/un-world-water-development-report-2022/
- https://www.undp.org/publications/united-nations-world-water-development-report-2022-groundwater-making-invisible
- https://www.unwater.org/publication_categories/world-water-development-report/
Small oil spill into St Mary’s River near Soo Locks halted traffic between Lakes Superior & Huron – need to consider cumulative impacts of numerous small spills
Fire at Lockwood Dump extinguished – twice
University of Houston violated student rights to free speech – now reaches settlement
Perspective: EV tractors may make more sense on the farm as opposed to EVs on the highway
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Chesapeake Bay watershed health score has improved only slightly over previous year
- https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2022/06/06/chesapeake-bay-watershed-earns-a-c-on-latest-report-card/
- https://www.wbaltv.com/article/report-card-chesapeake-bay-health-gradual-improvement/40209953#
- Report Card: https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2021-chesapeake-bay-watershed-report-card-1654549542.pdf
Lawsuit has forced review & update of habitat protections for threatened manatees in Florida
To develop AI tool to improve maintenance of marine structures – jetty & port corrosion in Western Australia
Coastal cities are sinking mostly due to land subsidence
Paper: Micro-plastics & persistent pollutants associated with Atlantic salmon farming
Microplastic pollution and aquaculture – not in edible parts of fish says one study
Ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach have worst smog pollution in the country
Update to Coastal Barrier Resources Act would impact birds – US F&WS recommending adding 277,000 acres to CBRA system in 9 states most affected by H. Sandy
- https://ny.audubon.org/conservation/opportunity-gain-20000-protected-coastal-acres
- https://www.audubon.org/news/our-best-defense-against-hurricanes-modernize-coastal-law
Anticipating impacts of mega-tsunami in the Pacific NW triggered by M9.0 earthquake
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/mega-tsunami-pacific-north-west-100051818.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825222001386
Coastal communities in Bangladesh planting mangroves to shield against cyclones
Coming soon: vast fields of offshore wind turbines along the Atlantic Ocean that will also cause major transformation of huge sections of the shoreline
Protecting & restoring wetlands can protect vulnerable coastlines in Texas threatened by development
$14.8M in grants announced from National F&W Foundation for coastal restoration in Louisiana
New conservation project to evaluate role of oyster reefs in capturing & storing carbon in St Charles Bay in the Gulf of Mexico
Opportunity for public input on future options for Pakefield coast in England
Almost one-third less plastic on beaches in Australia
US Navy wants to demolish iconic crane at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to build dry dock for nuclear-powered submarines & aircraft carriers
Rising sea level & coastal erosion would force people to move away from coastal communities
NOAA begins process to protect Hudson Canyon as marine sanctuary – seeking public comment
- https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-begins-process-to-potentially-protect-waters-off-new-york-new-jersey
- https://www.greenmatters.com/p/hudson-canyon-national-marine-sanctuary
US Army COE in partnership with CPRA will undertake $122M for H. Ida repairs to Grand Isle – addition to $15M in 2018 to construct risk reduction features (5 breakwaters & beach nourishment)
“The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.” ― Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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