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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 – 2 May 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Digital hydrographic maps of rivers and catchments
Elon Musk Boring Company may facilitate tunnel boring - Prufrock
Exploring abandoned oil wells as sources of geothermal energy
Michigan geology & natural resources – GeoWebFace app locates O&G wells and mining sites
- https://www.michigan.gov/egle/public/learn/geology-and-natural-resources
- https://www.michigan.gov/egle/maps-data/geowebface
Fighting to save geology in ancient landscape of Hyderabad
Volcanic activity suspected source of Mt. Edgecumbe earthquakes
Thousands of satellites polluting skies over Australia – threaten Indigenous astronomy practices
Scour threatens stability of retaining wall that supports I-80 near Delaware Water Gap – “subject to sudden failure”
Okavango Delta in Africa is largest inland delta in the world – 11,000 sq km in Kalahari Desert
Gaps in data on stream gauging across the world in two global datasets
Increased downslope movement of Pretty Rocks landslide in Denali National Park blamed on “global warming” thawing permafrost
Underground miner rescued following tremor that shook Borynian-Zofiowka mine in southern Poland
Lightning strike ignited oil field tank fire in Shelby County, Texas
UN report warns of sand crisis as demand increases
- https://www.science.org/content/article/world-needs-get-serious-about-managing-sand-says-un-report
- Download report: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/rising-demand-sand-calls-resource-governance
Hydrous minerals transported to Outer Core by subduction may provide oxygen to create iron hydroxides – rusting
“Cutting-edge” climate models predict increased frequency of El Niño events by 2040
Visualizing 9 factors sparking mineral exploration & mining in British Columbia, Canada
Visualizing a new Time Spiral – evolution of Earth beginning with the Big Bang
Waterborne pathogens may be transported by micro-plastics in the ocean
- https://theconversation.com/disease-causing-parasites-can-hitch-a-ride-on-plastics-and-potentially-spread-through-the-sea-new-research-suggests-181824
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10485-5
DOE lunches $84M Enhanced Geothermal Energy Systems Program pilot demonstration projects – Didn’t we already do this back in the late 1970s?
The climate history of the Dead Sea during the last glacial to Holocene transition (ca. 24-11 ka) – humid phases alternating with long droughts – decadal to millennial periods
- https://www.jpost.com/science/article-705318
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220427100454.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-10217-9
Topographies that talk – dynamic evolution of landscapes
Turbidity currents carry sediment and pollutants to the deep sea
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/27/massive-underwater-avalanches-deliver-pollutants-to-deep-sea
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9124
Anak Krakatoa volcanic activity prompts tsunami alert
The history of the Hemlock Stone
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Cape Mendocino earthquake
Seismic-like events hither and yon
- Idaho: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6768112/quake-felt-Apr-26-2022-Near-Leviston-Idaho-USA.html
- Cyprus: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/178971/Seismic-like-event-possible-earthquake-reported-about-10-minutes-ago-near-Limassol-Limassol-District.html
- Missouri: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6767721/quake-felt-Apr-26-2022-Near-Murphys-Settlement-Missouri-USA.html
- California: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6769656/quake-felt-Apr-27-2022-Near-San-Francisco-California-USA.html
- Krai de Perm: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6768791/quake-felt-Apr-27-2022-Near-perumi-Krai-de-Perm.html
- Thunder Bay: https://www.netnewsledger.com/2022/04/19/unconfirmed-earthquake-or-seismic-event-reported-north-of-thunder-bay/
“Ida” is 12th “I” hurricane name to be retired
Complex-network-based clustering workflow helps identify & explain extreme precipitation events
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-complex-networks-extreme-rainfall-events.html
- Paper: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0077106
Eukaryotic cells may have emerged in an anoxic environment in the early ocean
Tupandactylus imperator – Early Cretaceous pterosaur controlled color using melanin pigments
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/pterosaur-colors-10733.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04622-3
Dendrochronology of ancient oak trees may reveal past 4,500 years of climate in NW Europe – QUERCUS project
Satellite data to refine model interpretation of snowfall albedo simulations for Tibetan Plateau
Online tool allows users to scroll through geologic time pinpointing their location
- https://hyperallergic.com/727535/see-what-your-neighborhood-looked-like-millions-of-years-ago/
- Ancient Earth: https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#0
USGS 5-year nationwide Volcano Hazards Program Strategic Science Plan for 2022-2026
Oligocene spiders were exquisitely preserved at Aix-en-Provence – facilitated by diatoms
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220421131003.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00424-7
A walk through the Valley of Death – Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas
Geological sequestration of CO2 will require long-term monitoring of injected CO2 plume to detect leaks in wellbore or caprock
280 myo Wyoming Crater Field contains set of secondary impact craters
Photo & video chronology of Kilauea for 27 April 2022
European consortium technologies for efficient mineral exploration with reduced environmental impact
Submarine volcano triggers 85,000 earthquake outburst in Antarctica
A possible solution to Terra Incognita to link large- and small-scale simulations for atmospheric activity - trade winds & monsoons, pollutant transport & orographic air turbulence
Zircons may reveal the beginning of plate tectonics
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950732
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021AV000520
Deep lake cores from Lake Cahuilla may define history of Southern San Andreas Fault
Drilling into rupture pattern of active Futagawa fault in southwestern Japan
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950488
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GC009966
5 chemical components needed to form DNA and RNA found in meteorites from Australia, Canada & the US
Highest risk of derecho wind gusts will be in Midwest, Ohio Valley & mid-Atlantic
The 1942 voyage of the USS Jasper and the Twilight Zone – long-range active sonar
Understanding marine protected areas
Planetary geology: Tantalizing grooves and impact craters on Mars
205 myo giant tooth of ichthyosaur discovered in the Swiss Alps
Cities lost to volcanic activity, coastal storms, earthquakes and landslides
Remnants of Hadean protocrust are present in the Mantle and contribute to magmas over geologic time
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220428142822.htm
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2120241119
Electromagnetic field of submarine power cables linked to deformities & poor swimming in lobsters
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/underwater-cables-linked-to-deformities-and-poor-swimming-ability-in-lobsters/ar-AAWJ1n8
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/5/564/htm
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 2 May 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Snoqualmie Tribe asking SCOTUS to reaffirm its hunting & gathering rights established under the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855)
Drug recalled due to excess nitrosamine – potential increased cancer risk
Dingoes are genetically distinct – not just “feral dogs”
- https://phys.org/news/2022-04-dingoes-feral-dogs.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm5944
Wood pellets should not be considered a “green renewable energy source”
6 pups born to pair of wild red wolves in North Carolina
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/six-pups-born-to-pair-of-wild-red-wolves-in-north-carolina/ar-AAWv0SA
- https://www.wral.com/new-hope-nc-welcomes-first-red-wolf-pup-born-in-the-wild-since-2018/20247655/
How to exterminate invasive species and allow native species to prosper on an island
- https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/i-ve-never-seen-that-before-lord-how-do-you-get-rid-of-200-000-rats-on-an-island-20220421-p5af7s.html
- Interactive IISE Database: http://diise.islandconservation.org/ - click on Explore
Genetically altered mice coming to Nantucket – tinkered to be resistant to Lyme disease
- https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2022/04/22/nantucket-mice/
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/21/science/an-effort-curb-lyme-disease-scientists-hope-release-thousands-genetically-altered-mice-nantucket/
EPA White Paper on new rule limiting emissions from natural gas power plants – seeking public comment - is it really needed since most NG power plants emit less than 1,000 pounds of CO2?
- https://insideclimatenews.org/todaysclimate/heres-what-the-epas-new-rule-on-gas-power-plants-might-look-like/
- https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-white-paper-reducing-climate-pollution-new-gas-fired-turbines
- https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/white-paper-available-and-emerging-technologies-reducing
- White Paper: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-04/epa_ghg-controls-for-combustion-turbine-egus_draft-april-2022.pdf
Impacts of managed retreat and resettlement on communities
USEPA considering tighter restrictions on atrazine herbicide – used on 75M acres per year
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-admin-mulls-environmental-regs-that-farmers-say-could-crush-agriculture-industry-report/ar-AAWuzs9
- MSDS: https://labelsds.com/images/user_uploads/Atrazine%204L%20SDS%206-19-20.pdf
- Atrazine products: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/herbicides-containing-acetochlor-or-atrazine
Celebration of refusal of $680M recycling center in Georgia to prevent water & air pollution
Impacts of Red Dog Mine in NW Alaska on Indigenous People who own & operate it
Low water levels in the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Stupid tourists have begun arriving at Yellowstone National Park – tourists get too close to grizzly
EPA begins investigation of “Cancer Alley” in Louisiana
US Customs & Border Patrol seized $35.2M worth of meth being smuggled across the border at Laredo in tractor trailer – K9 at Hildago identifies smuggler with $1.4M worth of meth
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/35-2-million-in-meth-was-seized-from-a-truck-hauling-strawberry-puree-us-customs-and-border-protection-says/ar-AAWx4j1
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-sentenced-for-carrying-76-kilos-of-meth-with-street-value-over-1-4m/ar-AAWwhKR
Little difference between fracking wastewater and oil drilling wastewater – both chemically contaminated & should be banned for irrigation – carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, reproductive toxicants
Los Angeles-Long Beach has worst air quality in the nation – bid to restore clean air in CA cities
- https://www.presstelegram.com/2022/04/23/la-long-beach-has-worst-smog-pollution-in-nation-report-finds/
- https://www.lung.org/research/sota/key-findings/ozone-pollution
- https://www.californiacitynews.org/2022/04/big-city-mayors-across-california-join-bid-restore-clean-air.html
Global outbreak of hepatitis in children – increase in cases or increase in awareness? – not Hep A, B, C, D, or E – cause uncertain
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10748097/WHO-1-child-died-mystery-liver-disease-outbreak.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/there-s-a-mysterious-outbreak-of-hepatitis-in-children-the-who-is-investigating-a-possible-connection-to-covid/ar-AAWzTzF
Student loans increase federal debt – forgiveness of loans cost taxpayers $Billions or perhaps $Trillions – and further reinforces lack of personal responsibility
EcoHealth Alliance withheld COVID-19 data to retain NIH funding at Wuhan Lab
All-cause mortality reduction for COVID adenovirus-vector vaccines but not from mRNA vaccines
- https://brownstone.org/articles/have-people-been-given-the-wrong-vaccine/
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/keith-mayer-university-virginia-study-035400786.html
Environmental policy based on true science is valuable – policy based on political agenda is not
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/acid-rain-environment-earth-day/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/stop-weaponizing-climate-for-partisan-political-gain-opinion/ar-AAWzczS
Navajo testify to US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on devastating health & environmental impacts of uranium mining
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navajo-uranium-exposure-and-contamination-victims-voice-concerns-to-u-s-nuclear-regulatory-commission/ar-AAWzzOQ
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/navajo-nation-federal-agency-remove-110106847.html
California proposes spending additional $2B on water conservation
Federal government pushing EVs, but map of EV charging stations shows huge dead zones
- https://www.fastcompany.com/90744415/animated-map-of-ev-charging-stations-shows-huge-dead-zones-around-the-country
- Interactive map: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/984572ed531a4c3d981367b344c78bb5/page/Page/
In midst of multi-year severe drought – large surf lagoons proposed for Palm Springs
Bill Nye & Coca-Cola called out for “greenwashing”
Twitter to become privately owned – “free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy”
- https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-buys-twitter/
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/jack-dorsey-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-034408777.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/big-tech-censored-biden-criticism-more-than-600-times-over-2-years-report/ar-AAWA7bj
Fake news & crowdsourced observations touted temporary effects of pandemic on wildlife
Impact of pesticides on agricultural workers
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/new-study-reveals-sad-reality-of-pesticide-impact-on-farmworkers/ar-AAWnwOA
- Paper: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-13057-4
Some States transferring long-term liability for underground CO2 storage to the public
Technological hazard: Woman falls into outhouse vault toilet in Olympic National Forest trying to retrieve her cellphone – fell head first & had to be rescued by firefighters – used cell to call 911
Tiger cub confiscated in Laredo placed with In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue in Wylie, Texas
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/confiscated-tiger-cub-now-has-a-new-home-in-north-texas/ar-AAWCvKV
New US Army COE tools for wetland delineation – Automated Wetland Determination Data Sheets
818 Tequila brand is turning agave waste into bricks – 10% to 15% agave fiber in each brick
Yet another government committee – GSA Acquisition Policy Federal Advisory Committee (GSA-FAC) ostensibly to focus on informing use of tools & authorities to increase “sustainability”
Massive fire (4th in a month) at Bhalswa landfill in north Delhi, India
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/massive-inferno-at-bhalswa-landfill-in-north-delhi-4th-landfill-fire-in-a-month-101650992868377.html
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UzCr-Igk3U
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/landfill-bigger-than-50-football-fields-and-taller-than-a-17-story-building-burns-in-india/ss-AAWEn1m
95 horses at Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP) facility in Cañon City, Colorado, already died of “highly contagious” disease – facility under quarantine – probable equine influenza
COVID rebounds (not new infection) after patients take Paxlovid antiviral medication – FDA noted rebound in percentage of cases during clinical trials
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-19-cases-that-return-after-paxlovid-antiviral-treatment-puzzle-doctors/ar-AAWEdIX
- EUA Data for Paxlovid: https://www.fda.gov/media/155194/download
Two years into significant drought SoCal MWD finally to require outdoor watering to be limited to one day a week – State still not achieving requested 15% voluntary reduction in water consumption
WHO & UN warn of increased risk of measles – cases up 80% compared to 2021
New analysis of river fragmentation based on catchment area as opposed to stream length
- https://eos.org/articles/a-new-index-to-quantify-river-fragmentation
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22001510?via%3Dihub
Visualizing the material impact (material consumption) of global urbanization
UN warns disasters will increase from 400 per year (in 2015) to 560 catastrophes by 2030 – To paraphrase Gilbert White: Natural events are acts of God, disasters are acts of man
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/un-report-disasters-on-the-rise_n_62681b3be4b07c34e9e6f8b6
- https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/26/23042624/future-disaster-risk-united-nations-report
- Download UN Report: https://www.undrr.org/gar2022-our-world-risk
- GAR2022: https://www.undrr.org/global-assessment-report-disaster-risk-reduction-gar
Is it highly pathogenic avian flu or humans that are killing millions of chickens & turkeys across 24 States in the US? – So far, humans have culled (killed) more than 23M birds
“The Last Tourist” explores impacts of overtourism, cruise ships, cruelty against wildlife …
Another stupid human, ignoring warnings, sneaks up on Bison in Yellowstone
Half-built solar project in western Pennsylvania still needs 237,000 solar panels – threat of tariffs forced supplier in Thailand to halt shipments
Overuse of antibiotics on farms result in antibiotic resistance in C difficile that pigs can pass on to humans
Perspective: Carbon offsetting isn’t working – should have expected that since wetland offsetting did not work either – up to 90% of current schemes fail to provide meaningful action
No longer realistic to eradicate COVID from the globe – guess what? It never was.
COVID relief money as Paycheck Protection Program loans given to ineligible Planned Parenthood
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/no-longer-realistic-to-eradicate-covid-19-from-globe-expert-says/ar-AAWGpbk
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/rand-paul-hasnt-given-up-on-recovering-illegitimate-ppp-loans-to-planned-parenthood
- https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2021/5/dr-rand-paul-demands-answers-from-sba-administrator-guzman-on-ppp-loans-funding-planned-parenthoods-across-america
20% of reptile species face extinction
- https://theconversation.com/reptiles-why-one-in-five-species-face-extinction-181901
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04664-7
Misleading headline: “EV sales soared in first quarter” – ranked 8th in top 10 sales and hit 5.2% of vehicle sales – traditional vehicle sales slowed due to chip shortages prompted by US policy
Humans have altered 70% of land surface – agriculture is biggest degrader – UN Global Land Outlook from Convention to Combat Desertification
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27042022/agriculture-land-report/
- GLO2022: https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2022-04/UNCCD_GLO2_low-res_2.pdf
No news story in VP testing positive – CDC notes nearly 60% of all Americans & 75% of children have already been infected by COVID & likely underrepresents the healthy population – abusing Praxlovid
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/there-is-nothing-newsworthy-about-the-kamala-harris-covid-saga/ar-AAWHQt8
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/after-omicron-winter-surge-cdc-finds-nearly-60-of-all-americans-and-75-of-kids-have-been-infected-by-the-coronavirus/ar-AAWClqL
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/04/26/cdc-omicron-antibodies-covid/9537623002/
- CDC data: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117e3.htm?s_cid=mm7117e3_w
Hydraulic analysis system designed to serve as reality-based model for water conditions & respond to flood potential
Denmark becomes first country to end COVID vaccination program
Playing politics and writing law that bans light bulbs and damages industry that produces them
California Air Resources Board pollution plan for San Joaquin Valley contains fatal flaw – impending failure of plan predictable – no source for $5B of incentives
In first quarter of 2022, GDP declined by 1.4% and Consumer Price Index rose 8.5%
Record low levels in reservoirs to supply California water precede power blackouts
USDA showcasing science-based solutions to conserve and protect Western Lake Erie Basin
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAFARMERS/bulletins/3157f3d
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LB8qg97pfw&feature=youtu.be
Largest US electric grid operator puts 1,200 mostly solar proposals on hold for 2 years
Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking documentation of seismic safety of small modular reactors (SMRs)
Texas begins overhauling state flood control plan – comprehensive risk assessment & prioritized list of vital projects within a “bottom up” approach with publicly available data base
- https://www.enr.com/articles/54022-texas-makes-sweeping-overhaul-of-state-flood-control-plan
- Database: https://www.twdb.texas.gov/flood/mapping/ble-status.asp
- EstBFE: https://webapps.usgs.gov/infrm/estbfe/
Two-thirds of urban counties experiencing population declines from 2020 to 2021
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/americans-moving-urban-counties-141924038.html
- Report: https://eig.org/exodus-from-urban-counties-hit-a-record-in-2021/
US exceeds 1M COVID deaths – but deaths are not just confirmed deaths but rather include listed cause of death on certificate, a recent diagnosis even if not listed as cause of death on certificate, listed as probable or presumed cause or contributing factor – US case fatality rate = 1.2% and US population fatality rate = 0.3%
- https://icd10monitor.com/1-million-u-s-coronavirus-death-imminent/
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-are-covid-19-deaths-counted-and-what-does-this-mean
Growing percentage of Americans dying from COVID were vaccinated – 23% now up to 42%
E-waste poses increasing risk to Kenya
California may renege on its promise to close last nuclear plant at Diablo Canyon
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 2 May 2002 - complied by Elaine J. Hanford
The Orange Project is part of $4B Savine Pass to Galveston Bay program includes levees
Chemical fire sparked by repairs on board the Kelly Alafia cargo ship in Tampa Bay, Florida
Masonville Cove transformed from dumping site to first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership
Port of Long Beach celebrates “green” milestones – amid worst air quality in the nation
- https://ajot.com/news/port-of-long-beach-celebrates-earth-day-with-green-milestones
- https://www.lung.org/research/sota/key-findings/ozone-pollution
- https://www.californiacitynews.org/2022/04/big-city-mayors-across-california-join-bid-restore-clean-air.html
Black River, a tributary to Chesapeake Bay, deemed unsafe for drinking, swimming or any human contact – unsafe bacterial & pollutant levels – warnings needed around Baltimore harbor
Williwaws (katabatic winds) wreaking havoc along coast of Alaska
2,000-gallon diesel spill caused “no significant damage” to Galapagos National Park
West coast of Isle of Man could be protected due to importance for breeding birds
Father & son tourists swept out to sea from closed Queen’s Bath tidal pool on Kauai beach
Port Arthur breaks ground on $67M wastewater treatment plant
Cascading environmental impacts of catastrophic failure of phosphate mining facility at Piney Point
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/cascading-environmental-response-from-florida-wastewater-leak/ar-AAWzeBO
- Conceptual Closure Plan: https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/FLDEP/2022/03/31/file_attachments/2118832/ConceptualClosurePlan03252022_revisedsmall.pdf
- Plan: https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article260309345.html
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/FLDEP/bulletins/311386e
- https://protectingfloridatogether.gov/PineyPointUpdate
- https://flarecord.com/stories/622942991-florida-s-environmental-agency-oks-closure-plan-to-close-former-fertilizer-plant-site
Portelet Bay in Jersey creates “no-take zone” to benefit fisheries and biodiversity
Staff of California Coastal Commission recommended denying approval of proposed Poseidon Desalination Plant – subject to flooding, harmful to nearby habitats, seismic risk & higher costs
Mechanical failure stranded P&O Ferries passenger ship European Causeway in the Irish Sea
Update: pile driving is complete for $430M Pensacola Bay Bridge
Morlais Tidal Energy Project in north Wales
Busan, South Korea, will build first floating airport – estimated cost of $10.92B
- https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?sc=30800022&year=2022&no=372474
- https://www.fastcompany.com/90746459/as-the-sea-level-rises-this-new-south-korean-neighborhood-will-float
Anchorage, Alaska, wants $600M to help rebuild port – uncertainty of Legislative approval
The importance of salt marshes – hydrological processes involving groundwater affect plant ecology & biogeochemical exchange between salt marshes and the sea
- https://eos.org/editors-vox/understanding-the-importance-of-salt-marshes
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021RG000740
Tidal currents could introduce pollution from proposed open-cut coalmine into seagrass meadows & Dugang Sanctuary in Great Barrier Reef marine park
Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway – longest cable-stayed bridge designed to withstand typhoons
New Jersey Wind Port to be leased for 2 years to build offshore wind farm
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