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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 17 July 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
M7.3 earthquake in Aleutian Islands of SW Alaska followed by M5.7 aftershock – tsunami alert issued
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/tsunami-alert-as-huge-7-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-alaska-s-coast/ar-AA1dVlNL
- USGS M7.3: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kg30/executive
- USGS M5.7: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kg31/executive
New video clip reveals huge shape stalking a boat in Loch Ness – proof of not just one but two Nessies?
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/irish-hunter-claims-new-footage-proves-loch-ness-monster-exists/ar-AA1dz47W
- https://www.irishstar.com/news/ireland-news/irish-hunter-believes-two-monsters-29425557
Big surprise – yet another landslide on Palos Verdes Peninsula, California: Ground shifted in Rolling Hills Estates – homes evacuated – there are only 14 homes on Peartree Lane above a canyon
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/twelve-homes-evacuated-rolling-hills-072518251.html
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/astonishing-collapse-sends-rolling-hills-160207637.html
New approach to improve ocean sediment-transport models & tracer concentrations
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/using-bayesian-inference-to-improve-sediment-transport-models
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022MS003500
Visualizing the rivers & lakes of the world in 1850
How to create a “hottest days on Earth” crisis
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-qa-earth-hottest-days-date.html
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-week-earth-unofficial-big.html
36-million-year cycle of rate of Plate Tectonic movement also results in new marine species evolution
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/an-explosion-of-life-happens-on-earth-every-36-million-years-now-we-know-why/ar-AA1dGn6B
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994840
Describing the process of growing 3-D manganese dendrites
Plastic-associated metalloids in urban river environments in Mongolia
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-team-plastic-associated-metalloids-urban-river.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651323006048
Seismic restoration/rehabilitation of 1876 St Mary’s in the Mountains Catholic Church, Virginia City, Nevada
3 Saharan dust clouds will arrive in Florida
Using radar to determine mean depth of snow on Mount Everest
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-radar-reveal-depth-mount-qomolangma.html
- Paper: https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2625/2023/
Eruption begins in Fagradalsfjall volcano lava fissure in southern Iceland
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-volcano-erupting-uninhabited-valley-southwest.html
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Orange_like_the_sun_visitors_flock_to_Iceland_volcano_999.html
“underground climate change” due to heat pumps and rising foundation temperatures cause deformation beneath structures – expansion & contraction
- https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/07/the-ground-is-deforming-and-buildings-arent-ready/
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994767
- https://www.sciencealert.com/underground-climate-change-threatens-to-destabilize-buildings
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44172-023-00092-1
Neogene Otodus megalodon was slow mover but had voracious appetite – get ready for “Meg 2”
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995021
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2211597
Why kangaroos do not live on Bali and tigers are not native to Australia – the Wallace Line
Dead whale on the seafloor supports the benthic food chain – “whale fall”
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Crawford Lake, Canada, nominated to represent the start of the Anthropocene
50+ tiny spherical iron fragments found in South Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea may be fragments of interstellar meteor CNEOS 20140108
Cluster of feathers of immature Mesozoic bird preserved in amber from Hukawng Valley in NE Myanmar
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/burmese-amber-immature-enantiornithine-bird-feathers-12074.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123001003
Assessment of salinity retention & mobilization by sediment retention ponds near Delta, Colorado
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/assessment-salinity-retention-or-mobilization-sediment-retention-ponds-near-delta
- USGS SIR 2023-5071: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5071/sir20235071.pdf
National Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/guidelines-field-measured-water-quality-properties
- Updated USFS Guidelines: https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/09/a6.0/tm9a6.0.pdf
“Expert” erroneously proclaiming that the Jet Stream is “broken”
Highly oxidizing magma of Early Earth – Hadean mantle oxidation under lower mantle conditions
Length of day on Earth was constant 19.5 hours from 2 billion to 600 million years ago
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Earths_day_was_a_constant_19_5_hours_for_over_a_billion_years_999.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add2499
Granite discovered on the far side of the Moon
Why Nature Geoscience rejects papers: “technically fine but fall just short on the novelty and importance required” – not politically correct? “diversity and inclusion”
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01236-w
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01221-3
Slowly improving ability to predict volcanic eruptions
Environmental conditions can affect sediment accumulation rates & patterns
- https://eos.org/research-spotlights/specious-timescales-from-sedimentary-layers
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103925
Link between Permian Basin fossil fuel industry and earthquakes – faults at TX-NM border
- https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2023/07/12/earthquakes-tied-to-fossil-fuels-rack-new-mexico-texas/70196825007/
- https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2023/07/12/fault-lines-at-texas-new-mexico-border-complicate-earthquakes/70196832007/
Isotopic evidence of one of the oldest glaciers on Earth – 2.9 byo glacial deposits in Pongola Supergroup
- https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-ancient-traces-of-the-oldest-glaciers-ever-found
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995195
- Paper: https://www.geochemicalperspectivesletters.org/article2319/
Creatures living at hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Colorado installing avalanche control systems along US 550 over Red Mountain Pass at 3 slide paths
Plastic pollution in hadal depths of the Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench at 31,500 feet
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-journey-deep-plastic-pollution-pacific.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749123010801
Seismic investigation of the composition and thermal state of the Lower Mantle
NOAA launches Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS)
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-noaa-hurricane-atlantic-season-strong.html
- HAFS: https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hurricane-model-that-follows-multiple-storms-improves-intensity-forecasts/
Distribution & enrichment mechanism for fluoride in groundwater of Mihe-Weihe River Basin
Sedimentary architecture and hydrodynamic processes in lacustrine embayed beach of Quighai Lake, China
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 17 July 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
The sounds of silence
Chickens are proof of the human modification of the ecosystem
OneWater Nevada is collaborative demonstration project to treat wastewater for recycling – process uses charcoal filtering & ozone
400+ volunteers clean up 4+ tons of trash from Lake Tahoe Basin following July 4th weekend
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/like-a-landfill-more-than-4-tons-of-trash-collected-after-july-fourth-at-lake-tahoe/ar-AA1dwWYD
- https://www.keeptahoeblue.org/news/keep-tahoe-blue-volunteers-remove-more-than-8000-pounds-of-trash-following-fourth-of-july/
Dozens trapped & rescued from Quito Cable Car in Ecuador cable car system that reaches 12,950 ft elevation
Blackfeet Nation released dozens of wild bison on tribal lands last week to restore free-ranging herd
Q&A on the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine project
Biogas is not “clean” since it contains 90% methane & reduces nitrous oxide when it burns
Venom of the Megalopygidae caterpillar has toxin genes transferred from bacteria more than 400 myo
Personal experience with wildfires increases engagement in preparedness – at least for a little while
Truckloads of fresh farm milk being dumped into the sewage system (and eventually into Lake Michigan) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Technological hazard: “robodebt” scheme algorithm used to calculate debts in Australia based on massively & tragically incorrect assumptions
Billion dollar “clean hydrogen” program makes no “economic or common sense” – just another highly subsidized scheme like wind & solar
Controversial proposed BLM Public Lands Rule seeks to allow leasing federal lands for conservation purposes – would stifle new resource development: e.g., oil drilling & mining
Synthesizing 200 years of research on urban heat island impacts
- https://phys.org/news/2023-07-years-urban-impact-regional-climate.html
- Link to paper pdf: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-021-1371-9
Forsteeropsalis pureora spiders have 3 different types of males – alpha, beta & gamma daddy longlegs
- https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-arachnid-turns-out-to-have-3-different-kinds-of-male
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/34/4/613/7160263?login=false
Investigating unmarked graves & student deaths at nine Montana Indian Boarding Schools during century-plus history
Overfishing linked to rapid evolution of Atlantic cod
- https://new.nsf.gov/news/overfishing-linked-rapid-evolution-codfish
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2022.0190
The “human era” reflected “technofossils” -- nuclear fallout, micro-plastics, pervasive forever chemicals,
Humans cannot create enough toxic drugs – first AI generated drug administered to patients for IPF
EPA proposed updates to Clean Air Act intended to dramatically decrease air pollution excess cancer risk
- https://www.ehn.org/chemical-plants-2662035375.html
- Link to EPA proposed standards: https://www.epa.gov/hazardous-air-pollutants-ethylene-oxide/proposal-strengthen-standards-synthetic-organic-chemical
Seafood industry & marine conservancy groups call for “precautionary pause” on global race to mine deep-sea minerals – tuna will migrate away from mining impacts on ocean waters
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072023/tuna-deep-sea-mining/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-023-00016-8
Federal Appeals Court again blocks construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline – Congress overstepped authority by enacting law requiring all necessary permits be issued
Oldest known stone tools in US found in Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in Southern Oregon date to more than 18,000 years ago
Romancing the River – The First Peoples, Part 1
California launches $20M 2-year campaign to protect citizens - multi-ethnic education initiative, provides planning information, emergency resources & strategies for staying safer during periods of intense heat
Call for limits to outrageous spending in the name of “clean energy and climate” & increased EV subsidies
Removing dams from Klamath River is step toward justice for Native Americans – catalyze environmental rebound restoring habitat and salmon fisheries
Technological hazard: The 2023 7.8M earthquake in Turkey, social media & Twitter “blue tick” policy
No Amish children diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, or autism
- https://slaynews.com/news/zero-amish-children-diagnosed-cancer-diabetes-autism/
- https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/steve-kirsch-we-cant-find-an-autistic
Nobel Prize-winning physicist denounces alarmist climate predictions – IPCC spreading misinformation “with political and opportunist motives” – “popular narrative …reflects dangerous corruption of science”
Chemical release causes pipeline explosions & fire in Brazoria County, Texas
Everyday products contain dangerous VOC chemicals with known health risks
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/new-research-reveals-concerning-ingredients-running-rampant-in-household-items-there-s-a-need-for-national-action/ar-AA1c52J1
- Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c07247
Debris fire in Carson City landfill forces closure of facility
- https://www.2news.com/news/carson-city-landfill-closed-after-fire-smoke-seen-nearby/article_95a4cf00-211c-11ee-bb7c-0fa061204ebd.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/carson-city-landfill-closed-while-crews-battle-debris-fire/ar-AA1dPa4q
PFAS forever chemicals found in some sparkling water brands
You cannot avoid PFAS forever chemicals but you can reduce your exposure
Should hydropower really be touted as “clean energy” or not?
Email shows Fauci knew that gain-of-function research was occurring at Wuhan Lab – mutation “intentionally inserted”
Endocrine Society arguing gender transition medicine for minors has been pushed in the US for political reasons not based on medical evidence
John Kerry in complete denial of the world around him – believes his own climate change hysteria – “climate cult is nothing if not delusional”
PFAS in surface waters enters food chain – fish across US are contaminated with hazardous forever chemicals
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/concerning-map-reveals-where-fish-caught-in-the-us-are-full-of-hazardous-forever-chemicals/ar-AA16wBAS
- Interactive map: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_in_US_fish/map/
Climate evolves on a geologic time scale – not a human one – the fallacy of modeling such a complex system – modelers of climate & macroeconomics can only account for change in hindsight
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Coastal Zone Managemenr Bulletin Board - 17 July 2023 - compiled by E.J. Hanford
California State grants totaling $1.5B for Ports of Long Beach & Los Angeles to reduce air pollution & facilitate supply chain
Pemex platform fire in Gulf of Mexico – lost of 700,000+ barrels of crude oil production – dead & missing
- https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/fire-pemex-platform-gulf-mexico/
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/mexican-pemex-estimates-platform-fire-shut-700000-barrels-oil-2023-07-09/
- https://en.as.com/videos/two-dead-and-one-missing-as-fire-breaks-out-on-offshore-oil-platform-in-mexico-v/
Sahel crisis extends into coastal West Africa
United Nations gives go-ahead to Japan to “dispose” of Fukushima waste water into the ocean – opposed by some countries including North Korea, China, South Korea & Pacific Islands
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/asia/japan-fukushima-water-iaea-chief-interview-intl-hnk/index.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/doing-something-unbelievably-horrible-to-the-ocean-now-legal/ar-AA1dBZIR
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-calls-on-international-community-to-stop-japan-s-release-of-treated-fukushima-wastewater/ar-AA1dCCHN
- IAEA Report: https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/iaea_comprehensive_alps_report.pdf
Invasive gorse is threatening coastal Oregon as far inland as the Deschutes National Forest
Legal issues delay opening of 13-mile bike route in Somerset
Homeowners sue over new shoreline-access law in Rhode Island – redefining private shorelands as “public beach” – mean high water line versus 10-foot line
- https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/07/07/homeowners-sue-to-stop-new-shoreline-beach-access-law-heres-their-argument-rhode-island-beaches/70390702007/
- https://turnto10.com/news/local/coastal-property-owners-seek-to-challenge-rhode-island-shoreline-access-bill-beach-westerly-pacific-legal-fifth-amendment
Largest gas & condensate discovery on Carmen prospect in Norwegian North Sea
Sea turtle nesting season not hampered by after-effects of Hurricane Ian in Florida – sea turtles have been co-existing with hurricanes for millions of years
Legislation in Hawaii strengthens coastal protection, including special designations for Ka Iwi coast
Offshore wind developers seeking “inflation adjustment” with ratepayers to pay increased subsidies – request casts doubt on viability of projects
If you build it, they may not always come – the man-made islands of Dubai
Challenges & opportunities for coastal highway projects
Coastal marine ecosystems drastically altered by pollution & over-harvesting for hundreds of years
Cruise ship passengers have clear view of the slaughter of 78 pilot whales in the Faroe Islands – tuned sea red
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