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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 – 6 March 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Dutch seismologist warns of another major earthquake in the coming days – first week in March critical
3 new species of nautilus found in Coral Sea & the South Pacific
Paper: Decadal decline in maternal body condition of Southern Ocean capital breeder - Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are base of oceanic food chain
Seven phases evolution recorded in continental crust
- https://eos.org/editors-vox/the-seven-ages-of-earth-as-seen-through-the-continental-lens
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022RG000789
Small-scale details of grain shape reflect how bed load sediment flows in a river
Using mineral texture of zircons to prospect for copper deposits
- https://eos.org/research-spotlights/prospecting-for-copper-with-machine-learning-and-zircons
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JB025933
IMPACTS has planes flying into winter storms just like hurricane hunters
Is the Loch Ness monster real or just a legend?
Derecho caused significant damaging wind gusts across northern Texas and Oklahoma
Several oceanic collapses of Antarctic bottom water (AABW) have occurred over past 4.7 million years & may have induced moisture transport to fuel Northern Hemisphere glaciation
- https://phys.org/news/2023-02-oceanic-bottom-circulation-collapses-million.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add1467
360 myo fossils of newly identified species of giant predatory tristichopterid fish found in South Africa
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/hyneria-udlezinye-11689.html
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281333
Evolution of body size in Theropods – changes in growth rate & duration of growth
Mining at key hydrothermal vents could endanger distant species
- https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Mining_at_key_hydrothermal_vents_could_endanger_species_at_distant_sites_999.html
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9612
Early Cretaceous shift in global carbon cycle
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Early_Cretaceous_shift_in_the_global_carbon_cycle_affected_both_land_and_sea_999.html
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/13/2/32
Contemplating deep boreholes for disposal of nuclear waste – not realistic with 90,000-ton backlog in the US
Small tsunamis caused by twin major earthquakes in Turkey
22nd anniversary of the Nisqually Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest – Ready for the “Big One” or not?
USGS announces low-level airborne surveys to map geology of Puerto Rico
Geology of Turtle Mountain and Missouri Coteau – collapsed glacial topography
Zircons confirm the age of the cratons in India
Geologic history of Great Britain reflected in 6 rocks – basalt, coal, salt, chalk, slate & limestone
Analysis of eruption impacts of HTHH on the upper atmosphere & upper crust
Still searching for evidence of the fate of geologist Daniel Robinson missing in Arizona Desert since July 2021
Well sampling planned in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, for Groundwater Atlas
City of Austin, Texas, and UT Jackson School of Geosciences to explore future of water supply
Crystals from Fagradalsfjall eruption reveal pattern and timing of movement of mantle magma beneath Iceland
- https://eos.org/articles/crystals-track-magma-movement-beneath-iceland
- Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/51/2/184/619486/Deep-magma-mobilization-years-before-the-2021-CE
Perspective: The Big Bang – Steno, Catastrophism, & Creationism – Uniformitarianism – Mosaic Account
- https://www.marxist.com/the-big-bang-shoehorning-the-facts-to-fit-the-theory.htm
- https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/calvin-smith/2023/02/27/marrying-theology-so-called-science-part-1/
“Gods of Mexico” reflects the confluence of geological, mythical & historical time
Red Mountain Cut & Red Mountain Museum reveal geologic history of Alabama
Pattern of hail-bearing storms in the Mediterranean
Red Mountain Cut & Red Mountain Museum reveal geologic history of Alabama
Ukrainian State Service for Geology & Mineral Resources offers 12 mineral deposit sites for auction
New estimate on low long it took ancient magma ocean to solidify
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230227161352.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35171-y
Genbu-do Park in Japan – geopark with magma sculptures
Application of Young-Davidson Model to Moray Gold Project
Holocene climate variability of the Western US & the California Current – not an interval of “stability”
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230227161425.htm
- Paper: https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/199/2023/
Coral isotope values mark changes in the Kuroshio Current into South China Sea via Luzon Strait
- https://phys.org/news/2023-02-coral-reveals-kuroshio-current-south.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101822300086X?via%3Dihub
Plugging an active volcano with concrete is NOT a good idea
Volcano on Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland is dormant – not dead – but tourists encouraged to visit
Paricutin was first volcano to have its formation documented in real time - monogenetic
Royal Astronomical Society announces all journals will be open access beginning January 2024 – free to read
Polystoechotes punctata (Fabricius, 1793) - super-rate relic of Jurassic-era giant lacewing found at Walmart
Does the Moon need a time zone?
Understanding rogue waves
https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/did-you-know/what-is-a-rogue-wave/
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 6 March 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Lab leak being recognized as source of covid – US DOE joins FBI in conclusion – Fauci fought against it but now says has an “open mind”
- https://fortune.com/2023/02/26/covid-lab-leak-theory-gets-boost-as-energy-department-joins-fbi-in-leaning-toward-it-wsj/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-newly-reported-classified-us-government-missive-on-the-lab-leak-theory-shows-we-still-don-t-know-where-covid-19-came-from/ar-AA17XIOt
- https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/fauci-has-an-open-mind-on-covid-lab-leak/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hubris-horseshoe-bats-humanized-mice-uncovering-fauci-s-covid-lies/ar-AA1848y4
Indoor vaxx mandates in 9 major cities did not make statistical difference in curbing cases or deaths – did cause loss of business and jobs
- https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1d103f8a-b230-11ed-a97a-9b70d9f3d1f8.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/george-mason-study-finds-no-evidence-that-vaccine-mandates-in-major-cities-reduced-covid-19-cases/ar-AA17QYFI
- Working Paper link: https://www.mercatus.org/research/working-papers/indoor-vaccine-mandates-and-covid-19
Natural amino acid 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) can effectively reduce infectivity of covid – without vaxx
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/researchers-may-have-found-path-to-natural-cure-for-covid-19-study/ar-AA17UB3s
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281399
Perspective: Big Pharma & government pandemic mandates, shutdowns, vaxxing – a crazy Hollywood script
“Covid Expert” myths have now been debunked – myths “propagated misinformation that ruined lives”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/10-myths-told-by-covid-experts-now-debunked/ar-AA180Wm9
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/msnbc-host-goes-on-twitter-rant-over-the-lab-leak-theory-being-suppressed-blame-the-conspiracy-theorists/ar-AA180RYD
Chinese virologist says CCP government “intentionally manufactured & released” covid virus
Estimated 5,500 aquatic species suffered deaths due to Ohio train derailment
No notice of shipments of toxic waste from Ohio train derailment – EPA orders pause to review disposal plan
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/us/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-saturday/index.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/25/ohio-toxic-train-site-east-palestine-houston-material
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-halts-waste-shipments-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment/
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/epa-orders-pause-of-toxic-waste-removal-from-site-of-ohio-train-derailment/
East Palestine, Ohio, residents concerned about health threats – 9 air pollutants raise long-term health concerns
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-residents-sound-like-mickey-mouse/ar-AA17W0EK
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/toxic-waste-from-the-ohio-train-disaster-heads-to-2-more-cities-as-scientists-say-chemical-readings-in-east-palestine-are-higher-than-normal/ar-AA182FJW
Playing politics with the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, when residents need disaster relief
Preliminary findings of NTSB on train derailment in Ohio – on fire before the derailment
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/ohio-freight-train-was-already-on-fire-20-miles-before-it-derailed/ar-AA17ToBd
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5rhdOTcVs0
CRS Report: East Palestine, OH, Train Derailment & Hazardous Materials Shipment by Rail – Q&A does not address impacts of the toxic chemicals spilled and byproducts of burning (HCl and phosgene) or contaminated waste from response
“Climate-friendly” jet fuel production from discarded plastic would release carcinogenic emissions – risk 250,000 times greater than considered accept to EPA – cancer, harm nervous & reproductive systems
Conservation efforts lead to 8% (19,371 acre-feet) reduction in Southern Nevada water use from Colorado River – lots of proposals but no agreement among States pulling water from the River
$B auxiliary spillway built in 2017 at Folsom Dam in California has design flaw – needs $16M fix
Building levees along Yellow River in China cause flood events to increase by order of magnitude
- https://phys.org/news/2023-02-yellow-river-years-human-worse.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf8576
In Pacific Northwest cougars swim the ocean driven by human-caused habitat fragmentation
US F&W proposes listing California spotted owl under Endangered Species Act
- https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/california-spotted-owl-gets-endangered-species-act-protections-after-23-years-2023-02-22/
- https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/service-proposes-listing-two-5182872/
Biggest threat to the environment in Nigeria is people lacking awareness & understanding of their actions
Residents concerned about out-of-control black “whiskey fungus” from barrel houses in Tennessee
Predicting crossbred sheep could become next “cash animal” in Bangladesh
Rights to 1971 “Crying Indian” anti-pollution ad now owned by Native American advocacy group
- https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/ncai-gains-ownership-of-the-crying-indian-and-quickly-retires-him
- https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159590343/crying-indian-ad-rights-national-congress-of-american-indians
Light pollution increasing – night skies get 9.6% brighter each year since 2011
Illinois blocks local governments from opposing solar & wind projects – sounds like a case for SCOTUS
PFAS forever chemicals found in every fish tested from rivers in Michigan
- https://www.ecocenter.org/anglers-find-forever-chemicals-every-fish-tested-huron-and-rouge-rivers
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935122024926
“Build Back Better” or be smart and rebuild for improved resilience?
How important is all the “junk DNA” in the human genome?
- https://www.sciencealert.com/our-genomes-are-full-of-junk-dna-that-could-be-way-more-important-than-we-realized
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.220223
Perspective: Why AIM chose to occupy Wounded Knee 50 years ago
“Green” home scheme in Italy now battling “out of control costs”
Environmental legacy of President Jimmy Carter – when “global warming” was not even an issue
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/From_his_farm_to_Alaska_Jimmy_Carter_leaves_environmental_legacy_999.html
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032023/jimmy-carter-climate-change/
Buildings in danger of collapsing deemed “habitable” in Turkey
Sugar substitute erythritol may cause blood clots and increase risk for stroke
8-million-ton graphite deficit could cripple production of lithium-ion batteries & EVs
US Interior Department revised downward the estimate of unused federal drilling permits by about 33%
Indigenous activist fighting to protect Amazon from oil extraction killed by gunmen in Ecuador
“Science” behind sex-change treatments is flimsy – quality of evidence is “low” or “very low” and “systematic review regarding outcomes…is not possible” – same evidence leads to divergent recommendations
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-scientific-revolt-against-gender-ideology-has-begun/ar-AA180wyQ
- Paper: https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p382
Reality of cobalt mining in DRC for batteries in phone, computer, EVs – “the new blood diamond”
US proposed “Global Plastics Plan” is dubbed ‘low ambition’ &’underwhelming’
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28022023/biden-united-nations-global-plastics-treaty/
- Plan: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/41810/USsubmission.pdf
Restoration/renovation of 16-arch Westfield Viaduct in Scotland – temporary bat boxes & permanent roosts
Human-wildlife encounters increasing over last 3 decades – not due to “global warming” as headline proclaims but due to increased human population and human invasion into wildlife habitat
Contaminated waste from train derailment being sent to incinerator with “long history of violations”
Increase in pedestrian deaths in only 24 states (5% in early 2022) attributed to dangerous driving, larger & heavier vehicles & inadequate infrastructure – but what about stupid decisions by pedestrians?
Iceland relies on geothermal energy – no other country in Europe has the same geology
California adamantly opposes including natural evaporation in formula for divvying up Colorado River water – Colorado River Compact does not consider evaporation or other natural system “losses”
Big surprise! COP27 finalizes loss & damage deal – looking for countries to pay $Trillions for it
Expecting planting trees to counteract urban heat island conditions – to reduce about 1% of urban heat deaths
- https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/4-of-summer-mortality-is-attributable-to-urban-heat-islands
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01032023/heat-cities-mortalitiy-trees/
Glacier National Park provides critical habitat for Canada Lynx
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230301101501.htm
- https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jwmg.22383
Ironic: John Kerry calls out “disinformation campaign” on wind turbines – calls for more “renewable energy” despite it being resource intensive & permits that allow “high death rate” while creating small % of energy
SoCal MWD study to evaluate alternative water conveyance options for moving water primarily from Colorado River but also regional storage supplies to Southern California
Biden administration still supports gain-of-function research despite covid disaster
Cracking down on “greenwashing”
5 best road trips in Ecuador
The connection between cancer and glyphosate herbicide – new book titled “Toxic Exposure”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/big-ag-doesn-t-want-you-to-know-about-the-connection-between-cancer-and-this-common-herbicide/ar-AA17Wgv9
- “Toxic Exposure: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Exposure-behind-Monsanto-Justice/dp/1421445352
Feasibility of 4 different PV system configurations for potential of 11 GW solar capacity on Dutch dikes
Champlain Hudson Power Express 339-mile power transmission line from Quebec to Queens, New York
Demolition company in Netherlands intends to recycle all construction waste for re-use
UN Report says need to study speculative geoengineering technologies to “meet 1.5° Celsius Paris Agreement goal” – messing around with forces beyond their ability to grasp – would cost tens of billions of dollars
- https://www.bdcnetwork.com/meet-urban-miner-who-rethinking-how-we-deconstruct-and-reuse-buildings
- UN Report: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41903
Birth rate in Japan drops to another record low as death rate outpaces births
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/asia/japan-births-2022-record-low-intl-hnk/index.html
- https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Deaths-jumped-8.9-in-Japan-in-2022-to-almost-double-birth-total
Senate unanimously passes bill to declassify intelligence on covid origins – opposed by House Dems
Biden pledging to spend $1.6B to recover some of $60B in covid relief plan fraud – good money after bad
Perspective: the humble city bus is key to improving US public transit – not high-tech vehicles
- https://theconversation.com/why-the-humble-city-bus-is-the-key-to-improving-us-public-transit-199052
SoCal to Las Vegas bullet train – another very expensive high-speed rail project - $10B for 213-mile route
Considering building “small” nuclear plant in South Dakota – cost $1.2B-$1.6B - will generate more nuclear waste – allowed to “keep study costs & timeline confidential for at least 10 years”
- https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2023/02/28/northwestern-energy-considers-building-a-nuclear-plant-in-south-dakota/
- Uranium mine at Edgemont rejected: https://southdakotasearchlight.com/livefeeds/fall-river-county-voters-say-no-to-uranium-mining/
US Army COE approves $191M for “flood management” project in West Virginia – includes yet more levees
- https://theconstructionbroadsheet.com/west-virginia-flood-project-secures-m-from-usace-p1254-175.htm
US F&W again says Mountain Valley Pipeline is not likely to endanger protected species & habitats
Maine landfill reduces capacity – where to put millions of pounds of municipal sludge from sewage treatment plant each month? – can no longer accept construction debris from Massachusetts
Pennsylvania congressional delegation urging US DOT to permanently ban shipments of LNG by rail through districts to export terminal – pipeline bans make transport by rail an economic necessity
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 6 March 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
A new design for Lake Houston Spillway Dam Improvement Project – estimated cost $200M
Another very expensive Rube Goldberg proposal – preparing for floating offshore wind on West Coast
Cod population off the coast of Sweden is not yet extinct – difficult to find mature adult cod in the area
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230209094151.htm
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/80/1/145/6908767
Grey heron chose Israel for the winter season rather than continue migration to Africa
Beaches in Tunisia are disappearing – damaging fishing communities
Sea otter population growing in SE Alaska – fishermen & politicians call for “population management” despite critical role in coastal marine ecosystem
Best places to go scuba diving – South Africa, Fiji, Galapagos, Bahamas, Revillagigedo Islands,
10% of world population lives in low-lying coastal areas & island states – integrating population, health & the environment
Historic communities along the coast and bayous of Louisiana are disappearing – new levees will not help
Sea urchin die-offs threaten coral reefs in the Caribbean – functional extinction of diverse coral reef species
- https://phys.org/news/2023-02-sea-urchin-die-offs-threaten-caribbean.html
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218901120
Increase in human tourists to coastal Florida forcing coastal birds to find safer nesting areas
Studying the coastal population of lynx in Chilkat Valley, Alaska
Geologists & educators played major role in development of Corpus Christi Port
Chesapeake Bay crab population in 2022 was at lowest abundance in more than 30 years – currently sampling
The herons of Chesapeake Bay
Ground breaking on Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir – intended to reduce polluting discharges
Warning to public to avoid contact with toxic algae in canal that connects Lake Okeechobee & St Lucie River
Predicting higher nutrient loads for estuaries particularly on the Atlantic Coast & Gulf Coast
- https://phys.org/news/2023-02-estuaries-higher-nutrient-futureparticularly-atlantic.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF002884
AAPA projecting $50B in “green infrastructure” to be built in US ports over next decade
Two-decade surge in coastal phytoplankton blooms
North River Wetlands Preserve in Carteret County, North Carolina, has been restored
"The health of our waters is the principle measure of how we live on the land." - Luna Leopold (http://gmd4.org/WaterQuotes.html)
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