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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 19 December 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
USGS declares Kilauea & Mauna Loa are no longer actively erupting but share stress
- https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-declare-hawaii-volcanoes-erupting.html
- https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2022-12-13/geologist-says-maunaloa-and-kilauea-can-feel-each-others-stress
Grand unified theory of snowflakes
Volcanic vents evolve over time
The evolution of whales – return to the ocean
Previously unknown species of marine life discovered in the deep sea
NOAA report indicates third-wettest year on record for the Arctic – but data only dates to January 1950 with more reliable data only since 1979
- https://eos.org/articles/third-wettest-year-in-arctic-wraps-up
- https://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2022
“floatovoltaics” are ‘emerging technology – but impacts & collateral damages are unknown
SMART Subsea Cables
NSF funded geohazard education in rural Alaska
Distribution of arsenic and uranium in drinking water supplies in the US - no safe level of exposure
- https://phys.org/news/2022-12-highest-metal-hispaniclatino-american-indian.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35185-6
Plans for open data on the ocean – Ocean Data Platform & Ocean Data Connector
- https://eos.org/articles/spurring-ocean-research-with-open-data
- OCP: https://www.hubocean.earth/
- ODC: https://oceandata.earth/ocean-data-connector
Visualizing the future value of disruptive metals and materials
Harvesting squalene is wreaking havoc on shark populations – used in cosmetics & skincare products
Virgin births in sharks – parthenogenesis common but not in vertebrates
NASA EMIT mission to survey methane emissions from landfills
Increasing uncertainty in forecasting onset of South China Sea summer monsoon dependent on Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
Inner core may be “oxygen-rich” – potential for stable FE-rich Fe-O alloys
- https://phys.org/news/2022-12-earth-core-oxygen-rich.html
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(22)00150-3
Changes in Earth orbit may have triggered rapid global warming event 56 myo
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221213180715.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33390-x
Major new fossil site in Morocco suggests giant arthropods dominated the seas 470 myo
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221213094747.htm
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/fezouata-biota-arthropods-11477.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-25000-z
New analysis of T. rex and other dinosaur teeth provides insight into what they did not eat
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221209094728.htm
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12632
Bolide that exploded over Canada originated in the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto
Caieiria allocaudata - New genus & species of Late Cretaceous Titanosaurian discovered in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/caieiria-allocaudata-11470.html
- Paper: https://peerj.com/articles/14333/
Precipitation driven flood-inundation mapping of Muddy Creek in Missouri to assess streamflow magnitudes
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/precipitation-driven-flood-inundation-mapping-muddy-creek-harrisonville-missouri
- SI Report 2022-5084: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2022/5084/sir20225084.pdf
Sea spray aerosols form ice crystals inn high altitude clouds
- https://beta.nsf.gov/news/scientists-characterize-sea-spray-particles-form
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq6842
First images from NOAA-21 VIIRS
Two new Ordovician marine worms discovered at Tafilalt Biota site in Morocco
Skin of porous scales may have helped keep Edmontosaurus metabolism from overheating
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/diplodocus-may-have-been-one-cool-dinosaur-thanks-to-its-skin/
- Paper: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/216/10/1774/11551/Heat-storage-in-Asian-elephants-during-submaximal
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03062-z
Taupō earthquake magnitude upgraded to 5.7, 700 aftershocks, tsunami & more than 30 landslides
M5.2 earthquake west of Lae Papua New Guinea, was of intermediate depth of 114 km
James Patterson set to complete Michael Crichton’s manuscript about mega-eruption of Mauna Loa
Marimaca Copper drills first significant sulfides and 1.01% copper zones in northern Chile
Glaciers have existed on Earth for at least past 60 million years – current “icehouse phase”
- https://theconversation.com/glaciers-have-existed-on-earth-for-at-least-60-million-years-far-longer-than-previously-thought-195693
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33310-z
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X22005210?via%3Dihub
Book Review: “Beasts Before Us – untold story of mammal origins & evolution”
A systematic analysis of the occurrence of landslides in Pakistan
- https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/12/15/pakistan-1/
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-24291-z
Australia in line for its second Golden Spike as geologists close on decision to officially mark the start of the Anthropocene
- https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/golden-spike-anthropocene/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04428-3
Potential for revitalizing the paleo-placer gold deposits in Witwatersrand Basin
- https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/can-theta-gold-mines-revitalize-south-africas-oldest-gold-mines/
Volcanic rock samples link geologic histories of Fiji and Vanuatu – tied to Samoan seamounts
- https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/12/fiji-geology.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GC010663
Devils Millhopper Geological State Park northwest of Gainesville, Florida – celebrating a sinkhole
The Atlantic Ocean is growing in size – on average about 1.5 inches wider per year
The “super volcano” that is Yellowstone
Kansas Geological Survey to measure groundwater levels of wells tapping High Plains Aquifer
- http://today.ku.edu/2022/12/14/kansas-geological-survey-measure-groundwater-levels-western-kansas
- WIZARD database: https://geohydro.kgs.ku.edu/geohydro/wizard/
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 19 December 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
El Paso, Texas, declares state of emergency as Southern Border crisis becomes even more chaotic
Untreated rabies in humans is almost always fatal
Biofuel plant explosion & fire in eastern Iowa results in several people injured & residents evacuated
- https://knewz.com/biofuel-plant-eastern-iowa-fire/
- Photos: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/12/08/photos-explosion-fire-biofuel-plant-marengo-iowa/10860686002/
Megacities in India produce mountainous heaps of trash heaps that periodically burn & release dangerous toxins into the groundwater
In some species mating become semelparity – female ferrets may die of pancytopenia if they do not mate
Population in the Horn of Africa may not have contributed much to “global warming” but they have caused the ongoing food crisis in many other ways – over-population, land-use, excessive water demand…
No clear “better way” to treat roads in winter than using road salt that harms the environment
Perspective: Our parasitic generation and bifurcating society – there is chaos by design
What happens to old EV batteries?
Questioning viability of proposed plant that would create jet fuel from trash & plastic waste – touted as “green energy future”
In UK EVs will be more expensive to operate by paying vehicle excise duty (VED) beginning April 2025
$50M flood management and aquifer stabilization project for the Raft River Basin in Idaho – final Watershed Plan & EA has not been finalized – would take Snake River surface water
“Nature is selecting which trees get to be where during the drought.” – what’s the problem? Forests dying from drought are not available for human consumption
Mitragyna speciosa, or kratom, herbal supplement responsible for almost 100 deaths
Vaccine researcher reinstated on Twitter – dissenting positions are important to science
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/vaccine-researcher-dr-robert-malone-081408551.html
- Video: https://www.canadiancovidcarealliance.org/media-resources/the-pfizer-inoculations-for-covid-19-more-harm-than-good-2/
How to truly educate the next generation? Home school – not woke school
Fentanyl & stronger meth driving homeless crisis – much of those drugs illegally crossing unsecured Southern Border from Mexico & enriching drug cartels
SCOTUS refused request from tobacco companies to stop California ban on flavored tobacco products
Thinking about “passive” designs to help combat urban heat island impacts
Los Angeles contemplating groundwater resources from Superfund site in San Fernando Valley contaminated with trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, hexavalent chromium and 1,4-dioxane
Manufacturing faults causing vehicles to catch on fire – some at risk even when engine is off
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-scary-reasons-why-so-many-cars-are-suddenly-catching-on-fire/ar-AA15e3HI
- https://www.autorentalnews.com/10188020/bidens-secret-service-rental-cars-destroyed-by-fire
All Hearts Foundation Wolf & Animal Sanctuary on verge of eviction – plea for help
Even California Governor has visited the Southern Border & says immigration system “about to break” unless Dems “take some responsibility and ownership”
Tribes intervene in lawsuit to restore original boundaries of Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah
Perspective: Time for Congress to approve permanent healthcare for Indian Country
Glen Canyon Dam – a story of drought and overallocation of the Colorado River
Preliminary agreement for San Carlos Apache Tribe to provide water for affluent Rio Verde Foothills homes north of Scottsdale, Arizona
This is just one of the problems with “presumptive” and “estimated” health data
Great Britain in the middle of “wind drought” - wind farms producing less power – “global stilling”
Spain to add to list of banned house pets – may include hamsters, rats, lizards, turtles & snakes
“An incredible amount of US public (i.e., tax) dollars” already spent for LLL to finally get some positive energy from nuclear fusion experiment – still a long way from “commercial-scale fusion” – NIF cost $3.5B when it was built 13 years ago (another budget overrun)
- https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-ignition-facility-achieves-fusion-ignition
- https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.2.20221213a/full/
If this is true, then why are there so many deaths among the vaxxed & so many vaxxed still getting covid?
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2211314
- https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/why-do-vaccinated-people-represent-most-covid-19-deaths-right-now/
Call for long overdue US DOE review of vetting process to ensure qualifications & prevent felons from being entrusted with security clearances
Updates: Oil spill (actually diluted bitumen) in Kansas – contained along 4 miles of Mill Creek – did not affect drinking water supplies, including wells
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-keystone-pipeline-spill-isnt-160533400.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/pipeline-operator-searches-cause-kansas-235352756.html
Accidental exposure of Tavares Police Department Officer to fentanyl – potentially deadly – 3 doses of Narcan to revive her
It is about time: MWD of Southern California declares drought emergency – may lead to mandatory water restrictions but not until in April 2023
Santa Clara Pueblo to provide experience in fire & flood recovery in New Mexico
Visualizing the “Sustainable Trade Index” even though ‘sustainability’ is a myth
The failure to limit dangerous chemicals in the workplace – OSHA does not require safety data sheets to be accurate & does not routinely fact-check them
Visualizing smoking populations by country and by sex
- https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/visualizing-country-smoking-population/
- Lung cancer stats: https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/lung-cancer-statistics/
- Paper on lung cancer mortality & smoking prevalence: https://tlcr.amegroups.com/article/view/4894/html
Visualizing 30 years of deforestation in the US
Mapping the global food production footprint
Delaying irrigating rice fields resulted in increased burning to clear fields & worsened air pollution in India
- https://phys.org/news/2022-12-policy-groundwater-shortage-inadvertently-air.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JD036790
Now that they looked scientists discover that female snakes have two hemiclitorises & males have hemipenes
- https://www.sciencealert.com/now-that-theyve-actually-looked-scientists-discover-snakes-have-two-clitorises
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1702
Origins of the magical, mystical 1.5°C climate target
Analysis of groundwater & surface water for IXF herbicide & two degradates in Tuscola & Kalamazoo Counties in Michigan
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/analysis-groundwater-and-surface-water-areas-isoxaflutole-application-tuscola-and
- SI Report 2022-5100: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2022/5100/sir20225100.pdf
An attempt to quantify the growing separation of humans from Nature
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Humans_and_nature_The_distance_is_growing_999.html
- Paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2540
WHO says covid “explosion” in China began before restrictions eased – once again, control measures (no matter how draconian) did not stop the disease
California PUC unanimously reduces compensation to households for surplus energy rooftop solar panels contribute to the electric grid – 75% cut in average payments – passing along cost of subsidies
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technologyinvesting/california-cuts-payments-to-homeowners-for-solar-panels-feeding-energy-back-to-the-grid/ar-AA15kLlH
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15122022/california-solar-net-metering-reduced-payments/
$125M Upper Colorado River Basin program would pay users to temporarily forego water allocations
Anderson Dam seismic retrofit intended to improve reliability and safety of original storage capacity
- https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/crews-mark-new-milestone-anderson-dam-project/
- Project: https://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/c1-anderson-dam-seismic-retrofit
National Defense Authorization Act includes WRDA allocating $38M to US Army COE projects & eliminates vaxx mandate but failed to reinstate those wrongfully discharged
Symptoms of most covid cases now not much different from the common cold - subdued into barely perceptible sniffles and presents less risk to others
USGS estimates 51% chance the Big One will hit California within 3 decades – one of several disasters
San Bernardino County voted to secede from California – “a lot of frustration overall”
The Gentle Barn provides sanctuary for retired carriage horses
Lithium batteries improperly put in regular trash cause 3 separate dumpster fires in California
EVs less reliable than traditional gasoline and hybrid cars
US Army to start rotating Caisson Platoon horses to 14-acre BLM managed facility in Virginia – improve conditions for horses under NDAA
Security clearance returned to Robert Oppenheimer that was revoked in 1954 era of McCarthyism
Mountain lion P-22 who lived in Griffith Park “compassionately euthanized” due to injuries sustained when hit by a car – never mated due to geographic isolation by freeways
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity-mountain-lion-p-22-184047113.html
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 19 December 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Philippines continues to air concerns about Chinese boats “swarming” in its EEZ
- https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/philippine/philippines-concerned-chinese-boats-12142022125944.html n
- https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/14/dnd-chinas-latest-swarming-of-wps-features-unacceptable/
Proposed legislation would make it tougher for foreign vessels & crews to work in US offshore energy sector
Nigerian Minister of Transportation says training of Deep Blue Project enforcement officer is critical for maritime security & will ensure maximum capacity usage of the platforms
Spain wants to expand territory by 500,000 sq km by reclaiming 3 submerged continental shelves
Catastrophic storm waves in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea hit coastal areas – rogue events
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/why-are-researchers-concerned-over-rogue-waves-off-israel-s-coast/ar-AA15988J
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20355-9
CITES decision to list blue sharks as endangered species impact Japanese shark-product exporters
Estimated cost of $2.6B to build submarine pipeline to transport hydrogen from Iberian Peninsula to France – dubbed H2Med relying on hydrogen technology of the future
Woman fatally injured when going overboard on cruise ship Meraviglia bound for Port Canaveral
2019 TxDOT inspection report neglected – sinkhole developed beneath Yorktown Mud Bridge in Texas
St. Matin Nature Reserve – salt ponds, coastal & jungle creatures
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/12/patrol-st-martin-nature-reserve
Coastal landscape is always in flux – sand migrates, marshes flood, cliffs erode & collapse
Compilation of data for sand resource studies in Federal and California waters of portion of California continental shelf
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/compilation-existing-data-sand-resource-studies-federal-and-california-state-waters
- OFR 2022-1094: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2022/1094/ofr20221094.pdf
Conservation groups urge US F&WS to enforce Migratory Bird Treaty Act if Florida fails to take action at Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier State Park
Louisiana increases commercial daily harvest limit on coastal sharks from 45 to 55 per day
New Bedford Mayor advocates reopening Georges Banks Northern Edge to scallop fishermen – closed to mobile bottom-tending fishing gear since 1994
6,300 acres of Cloverdale Ranch will open as pubic park in San Francisco Bay area – will protect coastal prairie fish-spawning habitat
- https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/new-peninsula-coastal-park-17649359.php
- https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/midpen-buys-6-300-acre-of-san-mateo-county-s-coastal-land-property/article_c7cabcaa-7b6e-11ed-80f6-8f8ced747685.html
Coastal zone of Havanna, Cuba, will have adaptation plan
Philippines continues to air concerns about Chinese boats “swarming” in its EEZ
- https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/philippine/philippines-concerned-chinese-boats-12142022125944.html n
- https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/14/dnd-chinas-latest-swarming-of-wps-features-unacceptable/
US Coast Guard seized two “lanchas” and 600-pound catch of shark & red snapper from two Mexican fishing crews illegally harvesting in US waters
Proposed legislation would make it tougher for foreign vessels & crews to work in US offshore energy sector
French Polynesian assembly adopted formal declaration for moratorium on any plan to allow seabed mining – a precautionary approach for 4.7M sq km EEZ
“Constructive ambiguity” obstructs maritime demarcation between Syria & Lebanon – meetings postponed
If offshore wind projects are developed in California then will need massive port infrastructure that would industrialize shorelines – estimated cost $11M up to $6.2B each
Study: https://reachcentralcoast.org/wp-content/uploads/Waterfront-Infrastructure-Report-121522.pdf"
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