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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 31 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Just for fun: geologic word of the week
Chicxulub asteroid tsunami hit full-force on New Zealand – at least 10 meters high
Hoping to drill 12-miles deep to access 500C geothermal energy using gyrotron technology
Is there a limit to height of mountains? – equilibrium height determined by isostacy - Mauna Kea is 10,000m
Leading edge of the Snake River Plain-Yellowstone volcanic province – hotspot track
Potential for cobalt, copper-gold, REEs and PGEs at Broken Hill in New South Wales
Plans to build first carbon sequestration hub in Louisiana
Largest survey of airborne electromagnetic (AEM) data collected across Western Australia
No irregularities found in sand mining & sales operations in Andhra, India
USGS Climate R&D program features innovative paleoclimate methods
Fossil record reveals Ordovician invasive species
Machine-learning clustering algorithm helps assign isotope rations in oceanic basalts to identify geodynamic significance
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/machine-learning-looks-anew-at-isotope-ratios-in-oceanic-basalts
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GB007405
Visualizing all the metals humans mined in 2021 – 93.4% iron ore, 6.5% industrial metals, 0.05% other
Soil moisture plays critical role in subsurface migration of natural gas from leaking pipelines
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-reveals-soil-moisture-biggest-role.html
- Paper: https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/10/1/00095/192225/A-closer-look-at-underground-natural-gas-pipeline
- Paper - leak detection: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749122012416?via%3Dihub
Efficiency of deltaic sediments for storing organic carbon over geological time
Epapatelo otyikokolo – newly-identified pterosaur species with wingspan up to 16 feet
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/epapatelo-otyikokolo-11325.html
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/9/741/htm
Acoustic communication among vertebrates may have appeared as early as 407 myo
- https://www.sci.news/biology/acoustic-communication-11333.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33741-8
Endangered Right Whale population continues steady decline in North Atlantic
Predicting when M7.5 earthquake could hit San Francisco Bay area in California
Geological groundwork for evolution of life on Earth
Perspective: the intelligent design of Earth for life – link to podcast
Preliminary geological study to begin at one potential site for compact nuclear reactor in Estonia
6.4M earthquake in the Philippines – ground rupture - no tsunami threat – 100s of aftershocks
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000iwds/executive
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-strong-quake-northern-philippines-tsunami.html
- https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/10/27/latest-stories/616-aftershocks-recorded-from-abra-quake/1863930
Finnish seismologists detected series of 5 underwater explosions in Russian waters of Gulf of Finland
What to expect when Mauna Loa erupts again
Skier finds debris left on glacier 85 years ago in Saint Elias Range by explorer Bradford Washburn
4 more years of high-resolution imagery data of the polar regions creates detailed terrain maps
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221027093301.htm
- Pine Island Glacier animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZufSuF8nk
- Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoeEY-40HZo
30-year detailed snow research on Hansbreen Glacier in Svalbard
Debris flow video from San Bernardino Mountains at Yucaipa – video & images
Using remnant history of magnetic field to verify age of mud bricks & Biblical battles
- https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-new-technology-using-the-earths-magnetic-fields-is-helping-archaeologists-verify-the-destruction-caused-by-biblical-battles-2199301
- Paper https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2209117119
New Lava2d model segments vertical structure of a lava flow
Making robust anelastic attenuation measurements across ocean bottom seismic arrays
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/can-anelastic-attenuation-of-oceanic-mantle-be-reliably-measured
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JB025174
Visualizing what you should know about titanium – the titanium age?
Firefighting plane crashes into Mount Etna volcano on Sicily – two pilots killed
Alert issued to residents for increased seismic activity & potential for eruption of Mauna Loa
Supercontinent Cycles – plate tectonics on a global scale
USGS announces low-level flights for airborne geophysical imaging 3D geology in western Utah
The 1707 Hōei earthquake in Japan
Geological variations in Central Park in New York City
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 31 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Ethylene oxide (EtO) poses elevated risk of cancer to those living in area surrounding Sterilization Services of Tennessee in Shelby County
Only 2 PHEVs have driving ranges of more than 40 miles
Media role in greenwashing
US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is for National Emergency use – not political posturing
Biden has sold off more SPR oil than every past president combined – current reserve is only 405M barrels – Teapot Dome Scandal only involved 22M barrels over almost 40 years
3 cases of once-rare drug-resistant Candida auris superbug diagnosed in infants in Las Vegas, NV – 42 of 536 cases in Las Vegas area have been fatal
Diesel stockpiles in the US are at lowest point since 2008 – 25-day supply at average price of $5.34 per gallon & $6.50 per gallon in California
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/diesel-shortage-leaves-us-with-just-25-day-supply-as-demand-surges-report/ar-AA13i5e2
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-us-now-has-just-25-days-of-diesel-supply-the-lowest-since-2008-here-s-why-that-s-more-alarming-than-a-dwindling-oil-piggy-bank/ar-AA13mveb
In San Francisco, California, 3-year plan to build a single public toilet for $1.7M is “ridiculous”
Mining for massive amounts of minerals critical for “green” energy raises questions of supply chain security while threatening the environment
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/idaho-cobalt-mine-is-a-harbinger-of-what-s-to-come/ar-AA13jlAQ
- Report: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/extractiveindustries/brief/climate-smart-mining-minerals-for-climate-action
Plastic recycling in the US is a “failed concept”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/plastic-recycling-is-a-failed-concept-in-the-u-s-study-says/ar-AA13jvQE
- Greenpeace report: https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GPUS_FinalReport_2022.pdf
Predictions for mRNA vaxxed – trend toward ever-more-vaxxed patients in hospitals
Book: “Intelligent Courage – Natural Resource Careers that make a Difference” – rereleased 1 December
- https://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Courage-Natural-Resource-Difference/dp/1575242877
- Review: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08941920903563298
- https://intelligentcourage.com/
Comparing EVs and ICE vehicles – EV batteries break down & erode over time
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-study-shows-electric-vehicles-are-worse-for-the-environment-than-gas-powered-cars/ar-AA13kljD
- Corrected study: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7cfc
Perspective: Our Southern Border is not secure – illegal border crossings surged to more than 1M
Covid study finds draconian lockdowns were counterproductive
Colorado begins using water from recycled sewage for drinking water supply
1.5MW energy storage battery system opens in Baker, California – backed up by 66KW solar array
NPS may face legal action by conservation groups over illegal livestock grazing at Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico
Perspective: Coca-Cola sponsoring COP27 is the definition of “Greenwashing”
New York State Supreme Court orders New York City to rehire & pay back wages to government employees fired for refusing to get vaxxed – NYC actions were “arbitrary and capricious”
Visualizing urban population size impact on quality of life – bigger is NOT better
Visualizing domino effects of tropical deforestation
Seeking public feedback on proposed re-development of Banff Avenue in Banff National Park in Canada
More than 50 animal species that humans thought were mute actually communicate vocally
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-mute-animals-vocally.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33741-8
Greenbelts seem to be effective at slowing rates of urban sprawl in Europe
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-greenbelts-effective-urban-sprawl.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169204622001815?via%3Dihub
Using the ocean to fight “climate change” raises serious technical, social & ethical questions
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-ocean-climate-environmental-justice-technical.html
- https://theconversation.com/using-the-ocean-to-fight-climate-change-raises-serious-environmental-justice-and-technical-questions-188340
“Black Death” bubonic plague 700 years ago shaped evolution of human immunity
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221019111321.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x
State of Arizona continues to secure Southern Border while federal officials try to block action
5 consequences of current Biden policies – 2.2M illegal alien encounters does not count “gotaways” at Border
Farmed seafood still creates pollution
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/dirty-shrimp-farms-are-punching-a-huge-hole-in-the-environment-a-i-could-cut-it-in-half/ar-AA13kqLf
- https://fortune.com/2022/10/24/dirty-shrimp-farms-are-punching-a-huge-hole-in-the-environment-a-i-could-cut-it-in-half/
Controversial idea to treat & use toxic water from O&G extraction in New Mexico – “produced water”
Rare Charles Darwin manuscript with summary of “On the Origin of Species” expected to sell for $800K
Paper: Heavy metal ecological-health risk assessment under wheat-maize rotation in high geological background area in eastern China
DRI study reveals levels of naturally occurring arsenic in some private water wells in rural Nevada
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/unsafe-levels-of-arsenic-heavy-metals-found-in-22-of-rural-nevada-wells-new-study-shows/ar-AA13prts
- Study data: https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0cqq
Clovis culture 13,500 to 12,500 years ago preyed on mammoth, mastodon, bison & other Ice Age megafauna
- https://news.txst.edu/research-and-innovation/2022/ice-age-hunters-likely-used-clovis-points-against-mammoths.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X22002632
Announcing plans to build lithium-ion battery capacity is not a real “boom” until they are actually built – until then it is merely a greenwashing projection
Visualizing the shortfall in meeting EV targets
Growing refinery sector in Hillcrest neighborhood of Corpus Christi, Texas, beginning in the 1930s meant some residents moved away while others chose to move there and now file civil rights challenges
Controversial Chinese news article raises concern that mRNA vaxx will cause innate immune suppression
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/disputed-scientific-paper-shared-in-false-posts-about-covid-jabs-and-the-human-immune-system/ar-AA13sXBo
- 2022 paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027869152200206X
Limetree Bay oil refinery in US Virgin Islands was shut down by EPA but now poses risk of fire, explosion or other “catastrophic” releases of “extremely hazardous substance”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/epa-closed-a-refinery-that-rained-oil-now-it-s-a-ticking-time-bomb/ar-AA13tCvX
- Report: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-10/NEW%20EPA%E2%80%99s%20Sept.%202022%2C%20Inspection%20Report%20Port%20Hamilton%20Refining%20and%20Transportation%20LLLP%2C%20CAA%20General%20Duty%20Clause%20.pdf
Draconian lockdowns caused massive learning setbacks amid sweeping toll in children – learning losses greater in districts that remained online longer
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/massive-learning-setbacks-show-covid-s-sweeping-toll-on-kids/ar-AA13sZz5
- ERS: https://educationrecoveryscorecard.org/
Surge of sexually transmitted diseases (now called sexually transmitted infections STIs) began surging during plandemic and rates continue to rise – gonorrhea & syphilis increased & myths abound
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/std-rates-are-surging-are-common-myths-to-blame/ar-AA13rcbX
Center for Biological Diversity filed notice of intent to sue US F&WS for missing deadline to finalize proposal to add Tiehm’s buckwheat to endangered species – grows near proposed lithium mine in NV
Deadly fentanyl & similar drugs being made mostly in Mexico – smuggled across open Southern Border
WHO announces list of priority fungal pathogens that increased significantly during pandemic
Las Vegas concerned “that a so-called tripledemic – influenza, covid-19 and RSV – may be in the forecast”
Minnesota residents concerned about impacts of proposed Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project to supply metals for EV batteries
Firing of old guard at Twitter signals move toward promoting free speech, removing spam bots and authenticating humans
Five sites being studied for possible fast-sodium nuclear reactors integrated with molten salt storage – UCS disputes ‘inherent safety’ as such reactors “would likely be less “uranium-efficient” than traditional nuclear reactors
Largest tornado simulator at Wind Hazard Mitigation Laboratory
KSSL Methods Manual Update – Soil Survey Investigations Report (SSIR) No. 42, Version 6
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAFARMERS/bulletins/334db1e
- Part 1 – current methods: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/SSIR42-v6-pt1.pdf
- Part 2 – obsolete methods: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/SSIR42-v6-pt2.pdf
Carcinogenic glyphosate herbicide sprayed across much of America’s farmlands – glyphosate residue found in oats, soybeans, cranberries, grapes, raisins, oranges, apples, cherries and beans – EPA says residues on food are safe up to certain thresholds
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-potentially-cancer-causing-chemical-is-sprayed-on-much-of-america-s-farmland-here-is-where-it-is-used-the-most/ar-AA13uyNr
- EPA - glyphosate: https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/glyphosate
Judicial Watch files lawsuit to obtain info & documents on Climate Czar John Kerry (SPEC) activities
“Convergence” viewed as panacea for grand sociotechnical challenges – will open knowledge commons suffer the fate of Tragedy of the Commons?
Plastic should be viewed as trash since recycling is practically impossible
Protection of forest is key to reliable rainfall
- https://phys.org/news/2022-10-forest-key-reliable-rainfall.html
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(22)02461-6
Making death more environmentally friendly – coffin vs. casket vs. cremation vs. composting – sources of contamination
US DOJ announces settlement agreement with Flexsteel Industries for cleanup of Lane Street Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Elkhart, Indiana
Erin Brockovich addresses impacts of groundwater contamination at Camp Lejeune
Paper: Natural attenuation processes control groundwater contamination in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 31 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Emperor Penguins granted protection by US F&W under the Endangered Species Act
125 acres of coastal habitat to be focus of Otay River Estuary Restoration Project in San Diego Bay to protect several threatened & endangered wildlife species
South Tyneside Council applied to planning department to move section of Whitburn Coastal Path
$20M NSF-funded project to focus on ecosystem restoration projects & understanding how coral reefs & mangroves help protect coastal areas in Miami, Belize & US Virgin Islands
UNC-Wilmington Center for Marine Science to launch coastal mapping drone observatory
Perspective – rebuilding affordable housing is essential for coast business hurricane recovery – rebuild so it can be damaged again when the next hurricane hits
Seven US coastal nuclear plants are at risk if sea level rises – mitigation needed
Considering coastal resilience and Sarasota, Florida
Optional excursions for upgraded Norwegian coastal cruises
Sections of docks & roofs, lumber & handrails litter shorelines in southern Brunswick County, North Carolina, following Hurricane Ian
Summer internship award to support students pursuing study & careers in coastal & estuarine sciences
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy – beach protection & replenishment projects along Jersey Shore
Submerged riverine aquatic meadow kept nitrogen from reaching St Lawrence Estuary
New methods may facilitate control of invasive anemone species threatening Palmyra Atoll coral reefs
North Wildwood, New Jersey, did emergency reconstruction of beach sand piles despite being denied permission by the State – now plans to build sea wall that the State rejected
Port Royale Condominium in Miami Beach ordered evacuated due to structural safety concerns
- https://apnews.com/article/technology-florida-176251d2829799b6a8efa5724ab4375c
- https://apnews.com/article/miami-evacuations-surfside-building-collapse-6dbd7f75ce91c27ab358e0d0ab0794fb
US Transportation Department announces $703M for 41 port infrastructure projects - $200M to CA & AK
- https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-infrastructure/u-s-to-spend-703-million-on-improving-ports-idINL1N31T08D
- https://maritime-executive.com/article/alaska-and-california-receive-over-200m-from-dot-for-port-upgrades
Port Royale Condominium in Miami Beach ordered evacuated due to structural safety concerns
- https://apnews.com/article/technology-florida-176251d2829799b6a8efa5724ab4375c
- https://apnews.com/article/miami-evacuations-surfside-building-collapse-6dbd7f75ce91c27ab358e0d0ab0794fb
US Transportation Department announces $703M for 41 port infrastructure projects - $200M to CA & AK
- https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-infrastructure/u-s-to-spend-703-million-on-improving-ports-idINL1N31T08D
- https://maritime-executive.com/article/alaska-and-california-receive-over-200m-from-dot-for-port-upgrades
Strategy to protect Hayling Island from coastal flooding & erosion over next century includes short-term action plan costing £84.95M – seeking for public comment until 26 December 2022
- https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/millions-pounds-needed-protect-hayling-7752003
- Strategy: https://coastalpartners.org.uk/project/hayling-island-coastal-management-strategy-2120/
- Summary: https://issuu.com/coastalpartners/docs/draft_strategy_summary_13.09.22?fr=sNjY4YzU0MjU3NDE
- Appendices: https://coastalpartners.org.uk/project/hicms-appendices-and-supporting-information
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