The USGS reinvents the water cycle - see first entry under 'Environmental Science Bulletin Board'.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 24 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
At least 41 miners died in coal mine explosion in northern Turkey – explosion likely caused by firedamp
Legends of trees that may be older than Methuselah bristle cone pine
Nevadadromeus Schmitti – diminutive Cretaceous thescelosaurus fossils found near Las Vegas
Damage to reinforced concrete building during 2019 Mirpur Earthquake in Azad & Kashmir. Pakistan – rupture directivity effects – compression or shear-compression of columns
- https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2022/10/17/how-well-do-reinforced-concrete-structures-hold-up-following-an-earthquake
- Paper: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CF.1943-5509.0001749
Paper: Osteohistology of Triassic dinosaur population reveals variation in population subject to natural selection
- https://gotopnews.com/en-IL/Science/15-10-2022-the-osteohistology-of-the-trias-dinosaur-population-reveals-highly-variable-growth-orbits-of-early-dinosaur-onogen-432089
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22216-x
Paper: Models suggest atmospheric pollutant particulate size matters in rainfall process
Shipwrecked Nazi V-1302 John is impacting microbiome & geochemistry of surrounding seabed
- https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-world-war-ii-shipwreck-is-leaking-pollutants-into-the-ocean-and-changing-ecosystems-18102022/
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/nazi-warship-is-still-doing-evil-to-the-environment-this-time/
- Poetry: https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3612/shipwrecked-sediments/
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.1017136/full
Moist convection can lift nuclear plumes to the stratosphere
Satellite tagging to assess whale migrations
A biochemical snapshot of sea turtle health
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-biochemical-snapshot-sea-turtle-health.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1744117X22000685?via%3Dihub
A full-year satellite data completes remote view of Arctic Sea ice – AI model to confirm measurements
High-resolution seafloor imagery reveals series of parallel ridges marking retreat of Thwaites Glacier
- https://eos.org/articles/seafloor-reveals-a-period-of-rapid-retreat-for-thwaites-glacier
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01019-9
USGS debuted new, more complex Water Cycle Diagram – includes human influences
- https://eos.org/articles/not-your-childhood-water-cycle
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-cycle-diagrams#overview
- Download options: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/water-cycle-png
Fazil ice formation in polynya in Antarctica provides cold dense water that sinks to seabed and may be important aspect of global water circulation
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-deeper-icy-depths-global-circulation.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adc9174
Merging of two ocean eddies occurs more frequently than previously thought
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/how-do-bob-and-tom-eddies-meet-pair-spin-and-twist
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JC018679
Visualizing lightning-caused versus human-caused US wildfires over the past 2 decades
No wonder there is so much space junk – Visualizing all orbital & suborbital launch sites
NASA detects slight delay in asteroid orbit following DART crash test that cost $325M
Bryce Canyon National Park releases air tour management plan allowing more than 500 flights per year
Deadly mudslides in Venezuela triggered by intense rains
Inaudible sonic rumblings from deep within a volcano could provide warning of eruptions
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Magma_symphony_could_help_predict_volcanic_eruptions_999.html
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-volcanic-trombone-music-early-eruptions.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20258-9
Some Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs grew to enormous size – Santonian Eutaw formation fossils
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eutaw-formation-ornithomimosaurs-11309.html
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0266648
Pangurban egiae – Eocene saber-toothed mammalian carnivore fossil found in California
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/pangurban-egiae-11294.html
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0291
Fairy circles in Namibia
Petrology & geochemistry of Carboniferous cutinite-rich coals from Hequ area of China
Model suggests ocean current shear forces caused iceberg A68 second break in 2020
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-iceberg-a68-due-ocean-current.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq6974
High-pressure experiment reveals additional mineral likely in Lower Mantle - bridgmanite and davemaoite to a new single perovskite-structured mineral
Short rains may be more important than long rains for groundwater supply in Horn of Africa
Hiker trapped by large boulder in the mountains near Leavenworth, Washington (video)
Impacts of the great quake of Lisbon and tsunami on 1 November 1775
Gravity is still shaping the Earth – the importance of metamorphic core complexes
- https://www.sciencealert.com/gravity-is-still-shaping-earths-surface-from-deep-within-new-study-finds
- Paper – landscape evolution SW North America: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31903-2
- Paper – gravity & metamorphic core complexes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33361-2
Alvin has been updated giving it greater depth range on ocean dives – 99% of seafloor can now be reached
Glaciers vs Ice Sheets
Eurypharynx pelecanoides - The deep-sea Pelican Eel has a giant mouth
- https://www.newsweek.com/bizarre-pelican-eel-can-eat-prey-larger-own-body-thanks-giant-mouth-1752372
Analysis of helium trapped in minerals yields estimated age for formation of Yosemite Vally
PNNL suggests coupling geothermal energy production with lithium extraction in Salton Sea
- https://techxplore.com/news/2022-10-lithium-geothermal-energy-dynamic-duo.html
- Report: https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-32717.pdf
Fossils reveal 12 myo climatic history of the Peak District in the UK
Magmatic history of Mount Edgecumbe
- https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/53819/20221022/mount-edgecumbe-magma-volcano-activity.htm
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-reveals-magma-beneath-mount-edgecumbe.html
Mount Roraima geological formation in Pakaraima Mountains of South America is 2 byo
Novyi Svet – large landslide in landfill site in Gatchinsky, Russia
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 24 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
USGS debuted new, more complex Water Cycle Diagram – includes human influences
- https://eos.org/articles/not-your-childhood-water-cycle
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-cycle-diagrams#overview
- Download options: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/water-cycle-png
Gain-of-function research (generated chimeric recombinant SARS-CoV-2) at Boston University combined omicron with original Wuhan strain to create hybrid virus that killed 80% of mice in study – funded by NIAID (directed by Fauci) – audacious: “this research made the virus replicate less dangerous”
- https://www.boston.com/news/health/2022/10/17/boston-university-researchers-hybrid-covid-virus-friction-government/
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/boston-university-researchers-claim-developed-195236897.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/fauci-funded-scientist-engineers-new-deadlier-covid-19-in-boston-lab/ar-AA136GqK
- Paper preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.13.512134v1.full
Taking commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs can adversely increase risk of heart disease and death
USGS debuted new, more complex Water Cycle Diagram – includes human influences
- https://eos.org/articles/not-your-childhood-water-cycle
- https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-cycle-diagrams#overview
- Download options: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/water-cycle-png
And this will accomplish what? Climate protestors throw tomato soup on van Gogh “Sunflowers” painting and glued their hands to the wall
Technological hazard – AI could have dire consequences for humanity – does AI ethics exist?
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/there-s-a-damn-good-chance-ai-will-destroy-humanity-researchers-say/ar-AA12Y5aB
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aaai.12064
“Foolish energy policy” – Dems hope voters will blame Saudi Arabia when heating bills soar as much as 28% - I just paid $5.35 per gallon for delivery of home heating oil which is more than 100% higher than $2.62 per gallon under Trump and that is not the fault of Saudi Arabia
“What ethical principle supports transition with so little evidence available about long-term side-effects?”
Concerns regarding VOC emissions from new plastics plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102022/environmentalists-fear-a-massive-new-plastics-plant-near-pittsburgh-will-worsen-pollution-and-stimulate-fracking/
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102022/a-new-shell-plant-in-pennsylvania-will-soon-become-the-states-second-largest-emitter-of-volatile-organic-chemicals/
Blueberries were forage crops and then developed into second-most commonly grown berry in the US
Pleistocene humans were apex predators for 2 million years
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/814485
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24247
Ute Tribe calls designation of Camp Hale Continental Divide National Monument a disgrace – manifest disregard and disrespect of the Ute Indian Tribe's treaty rights and sovereign status
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland continues year-long “Road to Healing” tour in South Dakota
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/332c1e2
- FIBSI: https://www.doi.gov/priorities/strengthening-indian-country/federal-indian-boarding-school-initiative
- 1 FIBSI Report: https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/inline-files/bsi_investigative_report_may_2022_508.pdf
Significant radioactive waste contamination at elementary school in North St Louis built on floodplain of Coldwater Creek that was contaminated during weapons production during WWII
- https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/radioactive-waste-found-at-elementary-school-in-florissant-report-says/article_8a497d21-c240-5945-b9fd-8ff88ea371ed.html
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/radioactive-waste-found-missouri-elementary-174628694.html
USDA & Wyoming formalize Big Game Conservation Partnership
FDA no longer considers many cereals to be “healthy” – added sugars & sodium levels but better than others – proposed updated definition of “healthy” claim on food packages
- https://www.thestreet.com/investing/fda-cereal-unhealthy-kellogg-post-general-mills
- https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-proposes-updated-definition-healthy-claim-food-packages-help-improve-diet-reduce-chronic-disease
San Diego County Water Authority plan to use solar power to pump water to upper reservoir and then generate hydropower as water flows back to San Vicente Reservoir
- https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1126523766/water-batteries-could-store-solar-and-wind-power-for-when-its-needed
- Project: https://www.sdcwa.org/projects/san-vicente-pumping-facilities/
60% of surveyed economists now more certain of economic recession – higher recession probability
Florida records 65 cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections – highest on record dating to 2008
The story of I-375 in Detroit, Michigan – case study of cause and effect
Cost estimates for light-rail lines in Austin, Texas, escalate from $5.8B to $10.3B cause rethinking
Clean Water Act at 50
- https://apnews.com/article/science-fires-lakes-race-and-ethnicity-cleveland-f1d0d1f46a962a8ab7aff594a80e9173
- https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/clean-water-act-marks-50-years-as-lawyers-say-improvement-needed
Indonesia forms 15 trillion rupiah ($1 billion) fund to improve access to clean water
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/indonesia-forms-1-billion-fund-to-improve-clean-water-access-1.1833537
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-08/prabowo-s-brother-seeks-water-deal-for-indonesia-s-new-capital
Construction begins on first commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee – TRISO contains kernel of enriched uranium oxycarbide
Permanent DST makes sense – awaiting vote in House of Representatives – 28 states have active legislation in support of year-round daylight savings time
Anti-depressant drugs change the neural structure of the brain
EV owner drove “very difficult” trip across Wyoming – 11 to 15 hours to drive 178 miles
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/it-was-very-difficult-electric-vehicle-owner-took-15-hours-to-drive-178-miles/ar-AA1369Kv
- Book: https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Electric-Vehicle-Anxiety-navigating/dp/B0B8BD9MX8/ref=sr_1_1
Monarch butterfly migration across Texas – estimated decline between 30% and 90%
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are God-given rights under the Constitution
Romancing Another River – the Wisconsin River in the heartland of the country
Book: “False Alarm – How climate change panic cots us trillions, hurts the poor & fails to fix the Planet”
More than 600 have died in worst flooding in more than a decade in Nigeria – flooding compounded by release of excess water from a dam in Cameroon – how to potentially curb the damage
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/africa/nigeria-floods-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html
- https://theconversation.com/floods-in-nigeria-building-dams-and-planting-trees-among-steps-that-should-be-taken-to-curb-the-damage-192750
Report: Potential solutions to habitat fragmentation to conserve wildlife migrations in the West
Energy development in Wyoming impacts mule deer ability to forage
Federal government claims Arizona is breaking law by putting up barricades to protect US Border – no federal action to secure the Border – Arizona completed installation of containers in 11 days
Taking ginkgo biloba can increase severity of bleeding caused by ibuprofen – cautions on combining dietary supplements and OTC & prescription drugs
Renewable energy contract prices are up by 30% to 50% since January 2021 - can we say inflation or less subsidies?
$10M pilot project to charge EVs using highway in Florida – wirelessly charged as they drive
Agricultural efforts using conservation practices to improved downstream water quality
Visualizing volume of waste generated by $340B home renovation industry
Sentinel species provide evidence of widespread PFAS contamination hampering immune systems
- https://www.ehn.org/pfas-immune-system-2658468719.html
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ftox.2022.1010185/full
Cache of internal corporate documents dating back to 1950s suggest knowledge of link between Paraquat herbicide and Parkinson’s disease
Hong Kong to ban CBD – dangerous drug in same category as heroin, cocaine & methamphetamines
With aging population, adult incontinence products are larger & faster growing waste stream than baby nappies in Australia
Searching for plague (Yersinia pestis) among pikas in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Nevada budgets $100M for water conservation projects in the midst of megadrought in the midst of rapid population & economic growth – 90% of water in Southern Nevada is drawn from Colorado River & 40% of groundwater basins are over-appropriated
Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project announces funding for $400M to rebuild levee system
$35M phase 1 design contract awarded for another segment of over-budget high-speed rail in California
South Africa to introduce high-speed trains as part of new National Rail Policy
New report identifies 6 measures for “lifecycle refrigerant management” of HFCs – Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol for global phasedown of HFCs
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21102022/a-new-report-suggests-6-magic-measures-to-curb-emissions-of-super-polluting-refrigerants/
- Report: https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/lrm-90-billion-ton-opportunity-report-20221020.pdf
What if you are riding Metrolink when the Big One hits California?
California regulators approved $140M Doheny Ocean Desalination Project – state permits still required – could adversely impact tidepool habitats at Dana Point – Plant may be online in 2027
- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-historic-drought-california-expected-approve-140-mln-desalination-plant-2022-10-13/
- https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/10/desalination-plants-california/
- DDP: https://www.scwd.org/about/district_projects/doheny_desalination/index.php
- Phase 1: https://bondaccountability.resources.ca.gov/Project.aspx?ProjectPK=23024&PropositionPK=48
$66M grant to study impact of “climate change” on urban communities – Urban IFLs in Baltimore, Chicago & Texas Gulf Coast
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17102022/in-texas-a-new-study-will-determine-where-extreme-weather-hazards-and-environmental-justice-collide/
- https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-66-million-research-impact-climate-change-americas-urban-communities
Renaissance Tower in Myrtle Beach Resort deemed unsafe – residents evacuated from 22-story building – corrosion of steel in foundation in salty air
Palm trees in Fort Myers, Florida, weathered Hurricane Ian by being flexible
Coalition of Indigenous tribe leaders in Texas lobbying banks to keep LNG export facility off sacred land at Port of Brownsville
Design of future immersive experiential Mrine Life Institute in Saudi Arabia
Math error in NMFS permit review process keeps delaying O&G permitting – helps explain why gas prices are 61% higher than January 2021
South Carolina Ports receives $550M in State funds for port infrastructure projects
Steep population rise over 2 decades in coastal areas endangers coral reefs – coastal pop now nearly 1B
- https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2022/09/29/new-figures-show-population-boom-near-globe%E2%80%99s-vulnerable-coral-reefs
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16391
Offshore wind projects place demands on grid – current electrical transmission lines not adequate to connect to needed submarine cables
- https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/10/18/offshore-wind-transmission-lines-grid
- Study: https://dl.tufts.edu/pdfviewer/br86bh77z/47429p92q
SW Florida is most over-valued housing market in the US – impacted by hurricanes
Native predatory fish help control invasive species in traditional fishponds across coastal areas of Hawaii
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221018091858.htm
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aff2.68
Rethinking coastal land use and adaptation strategies as population rapidly increases
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-pressure-rethinking-coastal-strategies.html
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00267-022-01705-9
US DOE identifies $35M funding opportunity (i.e., subsidy) for tidal & river current energy systems
State-Federal Agency-Conservation Nonprofit partnership purchased land on Molokai, Hawaii, to conserve native forests, watersheds and reefs
Mudslide debris in intertidal & nearshore subtidal sediments after major coastal wildfire in California
Updated maps reveal reduced walk-to-safety time in event of Cascadia subduction zone earthquake & new evacuation time maps for Tokeland Peninsula, North Ocan Shores & Grayland in Washington
- https://www.dnr.wa.gov/news/updated-maps-reveal-reduced-walk-time-tokeland-peninsula-after-addition-vertical-evacuation
- Website: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/geologic-hazards/tsunamis#tsunami-evacuation-maps
Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Monument expanded no-fishing zone benefits many species
California to fund $1.2B in port improvement projects mostly focused on ports of Los Angeles & Long Beach
"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." - Gloria Steinem
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