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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 12 June 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Paper: Some Antarctic ice shelves growing, some retreating over decade from 2009 to 2019 – net increase in extent of ice with 661 Gt increased mass – real measurements, not man-made global warming models
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2059/2023/
Kilauea volcano on Big Island of Hawaii erupts again – expecting surge of tourists
- https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/volcano-updates
- https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/kilauea-volcano-erupts-hawaiis-big-island-usgs-2023-06-07/
- Webcams https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/webcams
- https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/06/07/going-see-lava-heres-what-you-need-know/
Challenging the idea that slow slip causes low-frequency earthquakes
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/are-low-frequency-earthquakes-just-slow-slip
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000837
Visualizing copper & nickel as key metals for “energy utopia” (which will never exist)
Sierra snowpack and groundwater levels in the Central Valley of California – majority of detected elevation changes in 60% of valley are not due to rise in groundwater levels but rather a result of land surface depression
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-sierra-nevada-snowpack-confounds-central.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103222
Assemblage of extinct elephant-like Gomphotheres at Montbrook Fossil Dig in Florida
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/gomphothere-assemblage-florida-11974.html
- https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/paleontologists-discover-elephant-graveyard-in-north-florida/
Woznikella triradiata – newly identified Triassic herbivorous species of dicynodonts discovered in Poland
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/woznikella-triradiata-11963.html
- Paper: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/comptes-rendus-palevol2023v22a16.pdf
Groundwater residence times in glacial aquifers using general simulation-model approach
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-residence-times-glacial-aquifers-a-new-general-simulation-model-approach
- USGS SIR 2021-5142: pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2021/5142/sir20215142.pdf
O&G drilling banned on public lands around Chaco Canyon
Pliocene-Pleistocene hydrology & pluvial lake in Deep Springs Valley in Inyo County, California
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/pliocene-pleistocene-hydrology-and-pluvial-lake-during-marine-isotope-stages-5a-and-4
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/pliocenepleistocene-hydrology-and-pluvial-lake-during-marine-isotope-stages-5a-and-4-deep-springs-valley-western-great-basin-inyo-county-california/6482EADDC066579DB6574D2E0E5757C3
San Andreas fault is overdue for a major earthquake
Still debating cause of death of some residents during 79CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius –nuée ardente
- https://eos.org/articles/ancient-victims-of-vesuvius-may-have-baked-in-a-cloud-of-ash
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32623-3
Visualizing the world during the last Ice Age – technically still in the Quaternary Glaciation – Holocene is a relatively warmer part of that Ice Age
Small swarm of small earthquakes near West Canton, North Carolina
Sulfur dioxide emissions increase on Taal Volcano
Landslides from the 5 Sept 2022 Luding Earthquake in Sichuan Province of China
Late Cretaceous Iani smithi plant-eating dinosaur species may have been “last gasp”
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-newly-dinosaur-iani-planet.html
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286042
African Superplume responsible for unusual deformations & rift-parallel seismic anisotropy beneath East African Rift System – plume-lithosphere interactions
Mechanism of megathrust earthquakes in the formation of tsunamis
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-earthquake-tsunami.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf9299
Recognizing that the atmosphere over Antarctica is not chaotic – has natural 150-day periodicity of the Southern Hemisphere Extratropical Large-scale Atmospheric Circulation
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-chaos-atmosphere-antarctic-oscillation-natural.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000833
Conducting a survey of remaining vaquita – “sea panda” on verge of extinction
Keweenaw treasure trove of geological specimens
Protosterol Biota (eukaryotes) found in 1.6 byo sedimentary rocks in Northern Territory of Australia
Alert level 3 issued in Philippines after summit dome of Mayon Volcano collapses - evacuations
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/philippines-raises-volcano-alert-to-3-after-summit-collapses-on-mayon-volcano/ar-AA1ci4Eo
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/philippines-thousands-evacuated-around-mayon-volcano/cid/1943695
Ice-bridge created by avalanche debris blocking Provo River in Utah
Book Review: 'A Geologist’s View of Cape Cod' – jumbled glacial till, outwash and sand
Anza-Borrego Cave System in Southern California – Arroyo Tapiado Carrizo Mud Caves
Kolob Canyons Road collapses in Zion National Park
How old is Utahraptor?
Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve on Kelleys Island will get upgrade and protection
Analyzing helium & carbon isotopic data from springs along 250-mile segment of Denali Fault
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230606164836.htm
- Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/51/6/576/622204/Roadblocks-and-speed-limits-Mantle-to-surface
Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy has become weaker – eruption more likely
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/volcano-that-last-erupted-in-1538-is-nearly-to-the-breaking-point-again/ar-AA1clrBl
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/991902?ftag=MSF0951a18
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00842-1
Lithospheric delamination & controls in Mesozoic Magmatic Province of southern China using seismic body wave travel time & high-resolution shear wave velocity model
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992065
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37855-5
Arctic ice areal extent has declined - Hint: Arctic Ice does not need to be “saved” by humans
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-say-it-s-too-late-to-save-arctic-summer-ice/ar-AA1cn4tp
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38511-8
Using seismic profiles and bathymetric data to model cascading events associated with Santorini tsunami
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-volcanic-tsunami-hazards-santorini-seafloor.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X23002285?via%3Dihub
Anak Krakatau erupts – spewed ash as high as 2 miles into atmosphere
Tidal forces of the Moon can cause earthquakes on Earth
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 12 June 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Humans have breached 7 of 8 boundaries spanning 5 vital planetary systems – destroying the planet
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-weve-breached-earth-limitsa-safer.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06083-8
Churchill Downs called “killing field” for horses – racing shut down for a year
Safety on our highways? Truckers testing positive for cannabis at record rates – 129,000 still prohibited from driving due to failed drug tests – prohibited by federal law from using marijuana
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/truckers-testing-positive-for-cannabis-at-record-rates-129-000-prohibited-exacerbating-supply-chain/ar-AA1c5oK4
- https://www.ttnews.com/articles/truck-driver-marijuana
End of school year marked by students throwing away tons of stuff – average college student creates 640 pounds of trash annually
Transableism? – mental health issue – delusional disorder – factitious disorder – burden on others
Life expectancy growth rate in the US has been declining since the 1950s
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/us-life-expectancy-problem-is-bigger-than-we-ever-thought-report-finds/ar-AA1c1vxH
- Abstract: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307310
More than 300 Covid medical papers retracted for “errors” & “ethical concerns” & “faulty assumptions” & “lack of scientific rigor” & “false positive” data included – not all papers against “establishment narrative”
River diversions may delay transport of micro-plastics before reaching the ocean
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-river-diversions-microplastics-longer-streams.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135423005481?via%3Dihub
Visualizing copper & nickel as key metals for “energy utopia” (which will never exist)
US Border Patrol K-9 sniffed out $2M of smuggled fentanyl during traffic stop near Yuma AZ – 192 pounds – enough to kill 48M people
Visualizing the 20 most air-polluted cities on Earth based on PM2.5 – note 19 of 20 are in Asia
Slide show: towns trying to cope with legacy of asbestos, biological warfare testing, radioactive contamination, toxic mining waste, building on precarious geology, religious conflicts, wildfires
Aguwani Sultanganj Ganga Bridge across Ganges River collapses during construction
- https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/aguwani-sultanganj-ganga-bridge-collapse-bihar-bhagalpur-nitish-kumar-government-16846231.htm
- Video https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bridge-under-construction-collapses-spectacularly-180000440.html
California continues to burden residents with “fixes” for self-inflicted energy woes as State tries scheme to avoid rolling blackouts that are annual occasion – California record on energy is a record of failure
“Super drought” – simultaneous occurrence of extreme droughts at multiple time scales – CMI
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-super-drought-framework-web.html
- Paper: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/5/BAMS-D-22-0182.1.xml
- Super drought website: https://superdrought.com/
Novel method to estimate human-caused heat emissions – urban heat islands due to human causes
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-scientists-method-human-caused-emission.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425723001530?via%3Dihub
Treated wastewater is byproduct of human activity – but is it safe to use?
- https://theconversation.com/treated-wastewater-in-victoria-is-still-contaminated-study-finds-so-are-we-and-the-environment-safe-199668
- Link to report: https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/about-epa/publications/2054-emerging-contaminants-in-recycled-water
Europe wakes up to harms of ‘transgender’ affirmation – restrict “gender-affirming care” for minors – stability and long-term effects are little known – mental conditions increasing among gender-confused patients
Half a million gallons of sewage leak from Tryon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant into Willamette River – Portland, Oregon, residents urge to avoid the river
These plants can help clean up indoor air pollution
Will California reform its “improvised, spotty and belated” oversight of water rights?
Floating solar panels on water at Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant in New Jersey
Invasive Burmese Pythons in Everglades have altered ecosystem & rats are now thriving
Paris, France, puts 12-story limit on height of new construction – construction of Tour Triangle building has been attempted since 2014
- https://www.dezeen.com/2023/06/06/paris-skyscraper-ban/
- https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/paris-future-bioclimatic-local-urban-4170809/
Environmental impact of “lab-grown meat”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/lab-grown-meat-has-a-big-problem-very-few-people-know-about/ar-AA1cdJXs
- Paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.21.537778v1.full.pdf
More than 30 States require EV owners to pay extra registration fees to offset lost gas tax revenues
Possible explanation as to why lithium-metal batters short circuit and fail
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-find-the-holy-grail-the-reason-why-lithium-metal-batteries-fail/ar-AA174Q1G
- https://news.stanford.edu/2023/01/30/mystery-impediment-next-gen-battery-solved/
Two MATS (Mercury & Air Toxics Standards) hot spots still remain – North Dakota & east Texas
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-major-nationally-mercury-emissions-hotspots.html
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00216
Water & emissions footprint of snowmaking machines used by ski industry in Canada
- https://phys.org/news/2023-06-experts-uncover-emissions-footprint-snowmaking.html
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13683500.2023.2214358
They should have raised similar ruckus when California wildfires were spewing smoke across the West & AQI hit 400+ in Nevada
Once again Haiti is experiencing compounding disasters
Why are people buying EVs? Because of technology & not because of concerns for the environment – still just 7.2% of market share
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062023/inside-clean-energy-electric-vehicle-market-features/
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2219396120
Left-wing ideas on gender are out of touch with the majority of Americans – too much peer pressure – mass deception
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-left-s-mass-deception-about-gender-is-completely-failing-major-new-study-reveals/ar-AA1cjap3
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/why-the-anti-desantis-hysteria-among-gay-people-is-unfounded/ar-AA1cj8Mi
NPS seeking help to identify moronic tourists who harassed bison calf
Estimated cost of PFS removal from water systems in Minnesota will be $14B to $28B
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-study-puts-price-tag-on-pfas-removal-from-mn-water-systems/ar-AA1chg9r
- Report: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/c-pfc1-26.pdf
Water quality & critters of Lake Tahoe
California jury returns $63M verdict in lawsuit against Chevron filed by man who developed cancer blamed on exposure to benzene in buried toxic pit on land he bought 30+ years ago
Texas plans to deploy 1,000-ft inflatable border in Eagle Pass to protect Border from illegal aliens
Prehistoric standing stones in Carnac, France, destroyed to make way for DIY store
Appeal rejected for Devon Archer who swindled Native American tribe out of $60M in bonds
Mayo Clinic retaliates against Dr. Michael Joyner for speaking outside the “prescribed messaging” on covid & differences between females and trans athletes – threatened with termination of employment
Children are not able to give informed consent – puberty blocking effects are dangerous & permanent
- https://bioedge.org/featured/are-children-capable-of-giving-informed-consent-to-puberty-blockers/
- Video: https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6329044570112
Moose tests positive for rabies – a first in the history of Alaska – Arctic Fox rabies variant
Environmental Court in Chile orders temporary work stoppage at Alcaparrosa Copper Mine following appearance of sinkhole – charged overexploitation of mineral resources & unauthorized construction
Mining for rare metals critical to “renewable energy” tied to hundreds of alleged human rights abuses
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07062023/mining-clean-energy-human-rights/
- 2022 Analysis: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/transition-minerals-tracker-2022-global-analysis/
- Database: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/transition-minerals-tracker/
Project would build largest desalination plant on Gulf of Mexico, pump water across Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument & gravity feed water in Central Arizona Project canal
Laying out the political yellow brick road to carbon tax & carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) – all rationalized by “man-made global warming” hype
Brazil is building outlandish Amazon FACE project to spew CO2 over the forest
- https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/amazonfaces-step-towards-saving-the-planet/
- https://richnorby.org/home/amazonface/
- Project: https://amazonface.unicamp.br/en/
Covid “experts” got lots of stuff wrong – accusations of “misinformation” & social media censored free speech
Hummingbirds continue to evolve – if only humans could adapt!
Unvaxxed college athletes required to wear mask at WH – but didn’t Biden declare the plandemic was over? Sounds like an event to boycott
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-mandating-face-masks-social-distancing-unvaccinated-college-athlete-day-guests
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/world-reacts-as-joe-biden-makes-unvaccinated-athletes-wear-masks/ar-AA1cnydQ
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 12 June 2023 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Archaeologist have mapped out the lost medieval city of Rungholt – destroyed by North Sea storm surge
Groundwater availability, geochemistry & flow to public wells in Atlantic Coastal Plain & bedrock aquifers in South Carolina
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-availability-geochemistry-and-flow-pathways-public-supply-wells-atlantic
- USFS SIR 2022-5036: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2022/5036/sir20225036.pdf
Inflation Reduction Act to throw $2.6B in attempt to build climate resilience in coastal communities
Pop quiz on coastal hurricanes
Passenger train service on Coastal Railway stopped by another landslide in San Clemente, California
Major challenge of removing used car tires from the ocean floor off Broward County, Florida
Impacts & uncertainties of changes in watershed inputs on estuarine hypoxia
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/impacts-and-uncertainties-climate-induced-changes-watershed-inputs-estuarine-hypoxia
- Paper: https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/20/1937/2023/
Plans for Grand Isle LNG export facility in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
SCOTUS declines to review ruling barring offshore fracking in California
Another sewage spill forces temporary closure of all coastal swimming areas in Long Beach, California – 5,0,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Alhambra Wash that flows to LA River and then the coastline
UNDP providing technical assistance to “Gender-Responsive Coastal Adaptation (GCA) Project in Bangladesh – shifting from plastic to earthen pots for hydroponics
NOAA conducting large-scale survey of Albemarle Sound in North Carolina – hydrographic survey & high-resolution lidar and ortho-imagery for coastal & marine resource programs
Maryland Coastal Bays Program conducting 2-week diamondback terrapin study
51 passengers & 16 crew members rescued from Wilderness Discoverer Cruise Ship that caught fire in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska – vessel to be towed to Ketchikan
Nonoperational cell phone use while piloting is a very dangerous thing! Bulk carrier & offshore supply vessel collide near New Orleans, Louisiana, causing estimated $12.3M in damages
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-ship-operator-took-texting-on-the-job-to-a-whole-new-level-when-he-caused-2-ships-to-crash-racking-up-12-million-in-damages/ar-AA1cgECQ
- NTSB Report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MIR2309.pdf
Levels of radiation in Pilgrim Nuclear Plant water – high levels need cleanup prior to release of waters – studying circulation in Cape Cod Bay prior to proposed release of 1.1M gallons of radioactive wastewater
- https://www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2023-06-02/great-concern-whoi-scientist-says-radiation-levels-are-high-in-pilgrim-nuclear-plant-water
- https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/woods-hole-scientists-to-study-water-circulation-in-cape-cod-bay/article_6d2ed529-2f07-57fb-9848-e56fac8cca9c.html
Port of San Diego moving ahead with Aquaculture & Blue Technology Program – environmental concerns
US Army COE determined to dredge & enlarge Matagorda Bay ship channel – environmental concerns
Contemplating concrete pyramids to reduce wave impacts on Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida
Dead whales washing up on US East Coast often in advanced state of decomposition – why?
"I know faculty think I work hard looking for flaws in their research, teaching and service records when I write their annual reviews. Honestly, I don’t have to look that hard. The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well in the college! Thanks for making my job so easy!"- @ass_deans
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