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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.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 August 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Land subsidence & secondary consolidation of Gulf Coast Aquifer estimated to be 0.64 meters in 21st Century
- Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/aeg/eeg/article/28/3/237/615981/Land-Subsidence-Due-to-Creep-of-the-Gulf-Coast
- 2018 Report: https://hgsubsidence.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/HGSD-Scientific-Report-2018-002_SUBSIDENCE-RISK-ASSESSMENT-AND-REGULATORY-CONSIDERATIONS-FOR-THE-BRACKISH-JASPER-AQUIFER.pdf
Spatial scale impacts heat exchange between Pacific Ocean & the atmosphere
Traces of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill still detectable – meaning most of the oil has degraded
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-deepwater-horizon-oil.html
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.928576/full
“Gigantic jet” lightning bursts that rose 50 miles into outer space
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-gigantic-jet-lightning-space.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl8731
Rethinking tropical cyclone size-intensity relationship
Largest wildfire outbreaks in modern central & northern California history caused by dry lightning – but human-caused fires (84% of all wildfires in the US) are more destructive
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-lightning-destructive-costly-wildfires-california.html
- Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/ac84a0
- https://www.science.org/content/article/human-sparked-wildfires-are-more-destructive-those-caused-nature
Fossil evidence of co-existing population of miniature human relatives & avian species 50,000 years ago on Indonesian island of Flores
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/leptoptilos-robustus-11070.html
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.220435
3 active fault lines and strong earthquakes in the Cagayan province, Philippines
Meteorite from Northwest Africa 7034 (“Black Beauty”) was ejected from crater NE of Terra Cimmeria-Sirenum province in southern hemisphere of Mars
- https://www.sci.news/space/home-crater-black-beauty-meteorite-10995.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31444-8
USGS showcasing state-of-the-art technologies in Great Lakes research
M2 Australian satellite provides first high-resolution observation images
Book Review – “Living with Volcanoes” Relationships between people & volcanoes captured in images
New geologic map of the structural configuration of Precambrian basement in Wyoming
- https://buckrail.com/new-geological-map-depicts-wyomings-precambrian-layer/
- Map download: https://www.wsgs.wyo.gov/wyoming-geology/mapping.aspx?PubID=OFR-2022-5
Vermont Geological Survey releasing 5 new maps of surficial geology
History of copper and mining around Jerome, Arizona
Understanding geology is critical to natural hazards planning in Washington State
Felt earthquakes in American Samoa on Taʻū Island
Design of Milwaukee Public Museum will reflect geological formation in the area
Geological & engineering evaluation of large cracks in ground & foundations in Pembroke, New York
Unique geological sites in Utah – ice caves, reef, geysers, goosenecks & “ice cream”
Evidence supports theory that new continents formed at sites of giant meteorite impacts on early Earth
Images of asteroid Bennu “spitting out” pebbles
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961281
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-meteorite-asteroids-pebbles.html
60 missions to fly Arctic summer cyclones to investigate ice, ocean & atmospheric interactions
Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma – Mid-Cretaceous Hemiptera “true bug” had 360-vision & sticky feet
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961533
- Paper: https://bioone.org/journals/Palaeodiversity/volume-15/issue-1/pale.v15.a5/Palaeotanyrhina-exophthalma-gen-et-sp-nov-Palaeotanyrhinidae-fam-nov-Reduvioidea/10.18476/pale.v15.a5.full
Scottish Geology Festival hosted by James Hutton Institute from 1 September to 9 October
Factors contributing to formation of super strong Mongolian cyclone that cause extreme dust storm
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961560
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674283422001374?via%3Dihub
Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961357
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03706-0
Update and new geological model at South Grass Valley Carlin-type gold project
USGS to use saildrones to conduct fish population study in Lake Superior
Using geologic ripple marks formed by mineral growth to reconstruct hydraulic history of Roman aqueducts
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961271
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05158-2
US DOE tool for estimating geological environment for CO2 storage
More than 300 cases registered against illegal sand miners in Punjab from 19 March till 7 August
Ice Ages helped preserve epicenter of megalodon teeth in Onslow Bay, North Carolina
Expedition to study Ocean Twilight Zone in northwest Atlantic
Subsidence due to excess pumping of groundwater in San Joaquin Valley will continue for decades to centuries – subsidence cannot be reversed
- https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2022/08/central-valley-subsidence-could-last-longer-than-expected
- https://earth.stanford.edu/news/when-will-californias-san-joaquin-valley-stop-sinking#gs.8ck5zx
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR031390
Saildrones to be guided into Atlantic hurricanes for second straight year
US DOE once again wants to pursue research on molten salt nuclear reactors – (9.25M study
Plan to dredge Utah Lake & create artificial islands for a sprawling subdivision in drought-stricken region – add an earthquake and disaster (liquefaction) will likely result
- https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/8/23061534/dredging-up-the-past
- https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/8/12/23301709/opinion-utah-lake-restoration-project-man-made-islands-and-earthquake-are-disaster-soil-liquefaction
Cretaceous two-legged armored dinosaur found in Patagonia
- https://sg.news.yahoo.com/first-two-legged-armoured-south-210227105.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15535-6
Book Review: “We Are All Whalers; The Plight of Whales and Our Responsibility”
Sea sponges sneeze sediment-filled snot that becomes food for other creatures
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sneezing-sea-sponges-shed-sediment-filled-snot-180980573/
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01118-6
Taal volcano emits more than 13,500 tons of sulfuric gas – fog forms over caldera - still at Alert Level 1
- https://coconuts.co/manila/news/taal-volcano-spews-over-13500-tons-of-sulfuric-gas-in-new-unrest/
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1645457/taal-volcano-emits-13572-tons-of-sulfuric-gas-causing-vog-over-caldera
£3.1M project to protect Wylam railway from erosion along River Tyne
Battle raging as resolution anoints Lanín volcano (Pijan Mawiza) as sacred Mapuche site in Argentina
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 August 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Recycling EV batteries is “is not cheap, efficient, nor quick”
PHEVs use 2.5X to 5X higher fuel consumption – drivers not recharging them all that frequently – sales in Europe have drastically dropped off
Continuing covid emergency declaration would allow continuation of socialist policies and control
Q&A on Monkeypox – quickly “spreading among men who have sex with men… experiencing vast majority of cases” – WHO global emergency health “declaration won’t help contain the virus”
Firefighters winning battle against deadly fire at Supertanker Base after lightning struck tank farm in Matanzas in western Cuba
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/firefighters-battle-big-blaze-at-cuba-tank-farm-for-2nd-day/ar-AA10ptCb
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/colossal-explosions-after-lightning-hits-fuel-depot-sparking-chain-of-blasts/ar-AA10tukA
- https://apnews.com/article/cuba-fires-caribbean-havana-08afd67393c641910cce0f4f9645d820
NY State Health Dept concerned that “hundreds may have polio”
Slideshow of infrastructure megaprojects that are transforming Africa – but is that a good thing?
Rainwater is no longer safe to drink because it has unsafe levels of PFAS forever chemicals
Visualizing 20 countries with the fastest declining populations – top two are Japan & Cuba – population in China will decline due to falling birth rate
- https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-20-countries-with-the-fastest-declining-populations/
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/China_faces_new_demographic_challenges_999.html
UN (not God) declared the ability to live in “a clean, healthy & sustainable environment” as a “universal human right” – only problem is that such conditions do not exist with a current global population of 8 billion
Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 multi-ingredient processed foods
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-environmental-impact-multi-ingredient-foods-revealed.html
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2120584119
Baboons in Kenya show genetic traces of hybridization in their DNA result of interbreeding with closely-related species
Genetics & evolution are responsible for leaf mimicry in Kallima butterfly wings
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220801111103.htm
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00794-2
Defining a pond – data-driven definition distinguishing it from wetlands
- https://beta.nsf.gov/news/what-pond-study-provides-first-data-driven-definition
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14569-0
Computer model developed in an attempt to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees
Rattlesnakes have genetically diverse venom to counteract venom resistance in prey
Mexico calls on brewers to reduce beer production in drought-stricken areas in the north
Cambodian Prime Minister cancelled satellite-city development threatening 2,000-hectare Phnom Tamao wildlife sanctuary and endangered species
Half of species not assessed for endangered list risk extinction – 150,000 species on IUCN Red List
Technological hazard: falling space debris could hit someone or damage property
China begins receiving data from newly launched ecosystem monitoring satellite
During heat wave, CDC warns of poopy splash pads in water fountains
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/fecal-fountains-cdc-warns-of-diarrheal-outbreaks-linked-to-poopy-splash-pads/
- CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/swimmers/water-play-areas-interactive-fountains.html
Perspective: Other countries are banning atrazine but US keeps on spraying
EPA proposes adding DINP (Di-isononyl phthalate) plasticizer to Toxics Release Inventory
- https://www.ehn.org/plastic-cancer-dinp-2657829595.html
- Proposed Rule: https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/addition-diisononyl-phthalate-category-proposed-rule
Even your toilet paper may contain toxic PFAS chemicals
- https://www.ehn.org/pfas-toilet-paper-2657799974.html
- Report: https://www.mamavation.com/beauty/indications-of-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals-found-in-toilet-paper-report.html
Perspective: The birth of “greenwashing”
- https://www.ehn.org/peter-dykstra-the-birth-of-greenwashing-2657778219/politics-and-pro-wrestling
- https://www.ehn.org/peter-dykstra-greenwashings-medieval-age-2657807983/heartland-institute
Salt water intrusion into California waterways – prompted by drought and over-pumping in San Joaquin Delta – but governor still plans massive tunnel to take water from the Delta to Los Angeles
California still pushing plan to extend Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant beyond its lifetime – pondering as time is running short
- https://apnews.com/article/california-gavin-newsom-canyons-pollution-0ec77ff91a09655b3fdd349345915e8e
- https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article264438381.html
Plan to dredge Utah Lake & create artificial islands for a sprawling subdivision in drought-stricken region – add an earthquake and disaster (liquefaction) will likely result
- https://www.deseret.com/2022/8/8/23061534/dredging-up-the-past
- https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/8/12/23301709/opinion-utah-lake-restoration-project-man-made-islands-and-earthquake-are-disaster-soil-liquefaction
Computational model for predicting infrastructure resilience & recovery time following major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake & tsunami
Romancing the River – Colorado River Compact – Part 1
Langya (LayV) may be latest zoonotic virus – patients infected in China
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-langya-virus-that-may-have-spilled-over-from-animals-infects-dozens/ar-AA10vCUX
- Paper: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2202705
Failed climate predictions on the 40th anniversary of the 1972 UN “10 years to stop the catastrophe”
Regional re-wilding network & reducing cattle grazing could improve all aspects of the environment in the Western US
“No contest” plea to 14 counts of environmental crimes in Pennsylvania by Energy Transfer – repeated contamination of rivers, lakes, streams & groundwater aquifers
FDA & CDC accused of violating scientific integrity policies when approving covid vaxx for toddlers
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/cdc-biden-hhs-vaccines-children-scientific-integrity
- CDC Guidance:https://www.cdc.gov/os/integrity/docs/CDCSIGuide_042516.pdf
Take note as it is baby copperhead season in the eastern US
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/enter-baby-copperhead-season-know-150404544.html
- https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/agkcon.htm
Estimating rather than using actual values has skewed plandemic numbers
Arizona State Land Department gave Saudi company permission to pump millions of gallons of water from Butler Valley groundwater reserve to grow alfalfa for export – leasing land but not paying for $5.42M of water
Inflation Reduction Act guarantees yet more subsidies for solar industry – throwing good money after bad
Synthetic polymer may provide method for cleaning wastewater of certain dyes used in textile, cosmetics & other industries
Large number of stem cell lines carry significant DNA damage – will influence research
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961093
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-022-01147-3
Darwin’s giant daisies helping to improve understanding of species adaptation
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961541
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31280-w
Overview of water use in California
Urban bats differ from rural bats
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/961566
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16320
Predicting human movement during disasters may make emergency response more effective
Consumer protection activist Ralph Nader urges recall of Tesla self-driving technology – “one of the most dangerous & irresponsible actions by a car company in decades”
USDA $5M grant program under Wetlands Mitigation Bank Program to restore, create & enhance wetlands
NREL released two new databases of state & local wind & solar energy zone laws & ordinances
- https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2022/nrel-releases-comprehensive-databases-of-local-ordinances-for-siting-wind-solar-energy-projects.html
- Wind databases: https://data.openei.org/submissions/5733
- Solar databases: https://data.openei.org/submissions/5734
“Touron” (tourist & moron) leaped over lookout railing at Bryce Canyon National Park
Landfills are “super emitters” of methane – 3rd largest source – traps 80X more heat than CO2 – worst cities include Buenos Aires, Argentina & Mumbai, Lahore and Delhi in India
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/satellite-data-find-landfills-are-methane-super-emitters/ar-AA10zmNy
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/four-cities-landfills-emit-as-much-methane-as-2-million-cars-study/ar-AA10x3v5
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn9683
Update: $3B North Dakota & Minnesota flood control project – 30-mile SWDCAI diversion channel
Additional environmental studies required for 50-mile Crow Creek Pipeline Project from Idaho to Wyoming
Ethiopia completed 3rd phase of filling reservoir of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
More than 150 critically-endangered vultures died from poisoning in Botswana & South Africa
CDC guidance no longer discriminates against the unvaxxed – the way it should have been all along but then the pandemic would have failed
Solar installations now running far behind schedule – another consequence of supply chain issues
Coastal Zone Management Science Bulletin Board – 15 August 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
More than 48 tons of debris removed from Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii – “humongous backlog of accumulated debris” from last 10-15 years as plastics continue to build
US Coast Guard finds wooden boat grounded in Florida Keys with 300+ illegal Haitian immigrants on board – CBP looking for “smugglers who crammed these people onto that vessel”
$500M superyacht relocated from shipbuilding yard in Netherlands – Bezos avoids getting egged
Slideshow of infrastructure megaprojects that are transforming Africa – but is that a good thing?
1.2 km Shurayrah Bridge completed in Saudi Arabia – first phase of Red Sea Destination Project
BIL to provide $172.2M ($912M over 5 years) for ferry services
Virginia regulators approve $10B plan for 176 turbine offshore wind farm – that’s $10B for 6.4 Gigawatts compared to US energy use of 3,930 Terawatts in 2021 – is that cost effective?
Sea turtle nest on beach near Pass Christian Harbor is first one seen since 2018 – species as yet unknown
Traces of 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill still detectable – meaning most of the oil has degraded in a decade
- https://phys.org/news/2022-08-deepwater-horizon-oil.html
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.928576/full
Two more rockslides prompt new safety measures at Skagway cruise port – risk for large rockslides
- https://thepointsguy.com/news/skagway-port-rockslides/
- Risk: https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/07/26/skagway-1/
SUV-truck-golf cart collision on Galveston Island causes 4 fatalities & injures 2 – SUV driver arrested with 4 counts of intoxication manslaughter
Sand dune on Hutchinson Island beach in Florida collapses and kills man who had dug sand out of the dune & “then sat inside the dune with his feet elevated” to photograph the sunrise
Poseidon Resources has failed to begin construction on wetlands habitat restoration at San Diego Wildlife Refuge in South San Diego Bay – blames conflicting California Coastal Commission permit provisions
Attempting to maintain viable water supply for the Panama Canal – 55M gallons of fresh water released to the ocean every time a ship passes through the locks
Two large collapses & number of rockfalls at East Beach in Sidmouth, Devon, England
South Carolina woman fatally impaled by wind-driven beach umbrella at Garden City Beach
California Energy Commission adopts ambitious offshore wind development targets – 5 GW by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045 compared to 194,000 GW use per year in 2020 – economics & permitting to be studied
- https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2021-total-system-electric-generation
- Report: https://www.energy.ca.gov/publications/2022/offshore-wind-energy-development-california-coast-maximum-feasible-capacity-and
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