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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 14 August 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Gravity is not uniform around the world – gravity, like other natural phenomena, is always changing
Legacy of algae in the Flinders Range in South Australia
- https://theconversation.com/how-algae-conquered-the-world-and-other-epic-stories-hidden-in-the-rocks-of-the-flinders-ranges-207152
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/geochronology-and-formal-stratigraphy-of-the-sturtian-glaciation-in-the-adelaide-superbasin/1D635EDFDB155C19FF8481D178F86AC7
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/geochronology-and-formal-stratigraphy-of-the-sturtian-glaciation-in-the-adelaide-superbasin/1D635EDFDB155C19FF8481D178F86AC7
New regulations could impact future hydropower projects – definition of WOTUS and Environmental Reviews
Sublimation of Snow (SOS) project – aspect of identifying critical water resources in mountain snowpacks
- https://phys.org/news/2023-08-thin-air.html
- SOS Project: https://www.agci.org/projects/sublimation-of-snow-sos-project
How Elephant Rock formed on the Icelandic coast
3 new videos from Montana – Earthquake Lake, Sacagawea Peak & Absaroka Volcanics
National Park Service hosted Geology Jamboree at Cedar Breaks in Utah
Next phase of geologic testing to assess viability of safe & permanent carbon storage beneath Lake Maurepas
Assessing “stability” of Greenland glacier N79
UT-Austin renames Department of Geological Sciences as The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Proclamation on Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon
Why geologists lick rocks – being careful of course to avoid contaminants
Massive landslide on Annapurna occurred in Medieval tune
Lithium prospects at James Bay
4 byo rocks reveal details of plate tectonics
First Pleistocene Ice Age approximately 1.8 myo thwarted early human occupation of Europe
Paleo-altimetry studies raise questions about the timing of the formation of the Himalayas
Slow small earthquakes or tremors linked to fracking
Late Triassic coprolites are loaded with parasites
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/997496
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287891
Tutcetus rayaensis – small 41 myo whale ancestor unearthed in Egypt
- https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-sands-of-egypt-reveal-a-whale-from-41-million-years-ago
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tutcetus-rayanensis-12172.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04986-w
Looking at the inner core of Earth – planet within a planet
NOAA revises 2023 Hurricane forecast – rest of the season to be “above normal”
Glacial dam outburst flooding in Alaska
Rethinking the mechanism of volcanic eruption – triggered by CO2 in the Mantle
- https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/09/volcanoes-erupt-completely-differently-to-how-we-thought-19307251/
- https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/09/carbon-dioxide-explosive-volcanoes/
Largest asteroid impact on record – impact structure buried in southern New South Wales
Hub-and-spoke geology shows high grades of polymetallic mineralization at Dee Trail Project in Utah
Late Paleozoic Ice Age led to sea surface temperature increase and flooding of the land masses
Capitol Reef National Park in Utah – Capitol Dome & the Waterpocket Fold
The refreshed Scottish Fossil Code is published to encourage people to use fossil heritage responsibly
- https://www.nature.scot/refreshed-fossil-code-celebrates-scotlands-female-fossil-pioneers
- Scottish Fossil Code: https://www.nature.scot/doc/scottish-fossil-code-1
Annual Report from Committee on Radioactive Waste Management toward geological disposal facility (GDF)
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivery-of-an-operational-geological-disposal-facility-gdf-progress-report-2023
- Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1177559/corwm-gdf-progress-report-2023.pdf
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 14 August 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
North Dakota denies permit for carbon capture pipeline project – company says it will resubmit
National Institutes of Health (NIH) plagued by inconstancies, contradictory explanations, social media
Comeroo Station purchased by government of New South Wales for land conservation – to be National Park
Two limited outbreaks of tuberculosis linked to contaminated bone graft material used in surgical or dental procedures using bone products derived from single donor
Celestial sleuthing identifies date & time of Ansel Adams Kings Canyon photo
American life expectancy continues to fall (slide show)
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/americans-life-expectancy-continues-to-fall-the-scale-of-the-problem-is-bigger-than-we-ever-thought/ss-AA1ePqGp
- Background: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-life-expectancy-in-the-us-is-falling-202210202835#%2C%20life%20expectancy,just%20over%2076%2C%20in%202021
California-based electric bus company touted at the White House has filed for bankruptcy – Biden was a “bus driver’ has been fact checked and found to be yet another lie
The often-told big lies about wind energy does not make them true – it is not cheap and the numbers do not add up even with subsidies
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/don-t-be-fooled-there-s-no-such-thing-as-cheap-wind/ar-AA1eU8IF
Perspective on humans keeping animals as pets – is it a good thing or a bad thing for the pets?
Cancelling scientists who follow scientific method is the real “climate crisis” – “climate change narrative is “a dangerous corruption of science that threatens the world’s economy and the well-being of billions of people”
Spirited opposition to plans for pyrolysis plant to “recycle” used tires in downtown Youngstown, Ohio
Earthquake preparedness in Turkey for the next big one is still questionable
Interactive map tracking PFAS contamination in drinking water across the US
- https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4133806-map-does-your-drinking-water-contain-forever-chemicals/
- Interactive Map: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
Recycling plant fire in Albuquerque, New Mexico, could continue to burn hazardous plastics for days – health alert issued for potentially toxic air pollutants
Mammogram over-diagnosis in older women led to unnecessary treatments & financial and emotional burdens – overdiagnosis increased with age & no statistically significant reduction in breast cancer deaths
High levels of PCBs at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana linked to cases of non-Hodgkin’s cancer
Variations in nitrogen loading of river systems
- https://phys.org/news/2023-08-nitrogen-runoff-strategies-complicated-climate.html
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220616120
Two-thirds of global biodiversity lives in the soil
Nigeria Center for Disease Control & Prevention confirms cases & deaths caused by diphtheria
How much energy will the world need – much, much, much more than can be supplied by solar & wind
Long-term use of acid reflux drug may increase risk of dementia by 33%
FEMA flood maps do not tell the whole story
Musk Oxen and Caribou help maintain Arctic Tundra
Dam construction has flooded more than 1.13M acres of tribal lands – loss of habitats & cultural heritage
- https://phys.org/news/2023-08-million-acres-tribal-submerged.html
- Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acd268
Visualizing the population and the state of Global water security – more reservoir capacity but less water in storage
- https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-water-security/
- https://scitechdaily.com/analysis-of-over-7000-reservoirs-shows-worldwide-water-reserves-are-depleting/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38843-5
More endangered red wolves to be released into the wild under legal settlement – pups were born in the wild
- https://www.npr.org/2023/08/10/1193200357/red-wolves-release-lawsuit
- https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/08/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-agrees-resume-red-wolf-recovery-program
BBC has created 50 hours of “sounds of Nature: recordings – jungles, grasslands, mountains, islands, deserts
NPS considering three options for “managing” Yellowstone Bison – open for public comment until 25 September
- https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/08/national-park-service-mulling-three-options-managing-yellowstone-bison
- Draft EIS: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=111&projectID=94496&documentID=130873
Rate of global photosynthesis is not just about levels of CO2
Leopardus narinensis – found in southern Colombia in 1989 is likely already extinct
- https://www.sci.news/biology/leopardus-narinensis-12160.html
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/6/1266
Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in San Antonio Segment of Edwards Aquifer in Texas
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/occurrence-pharmaceutical-compounds-san-antonio-segment-edwards-balcones-fault-zone
- USGS SIR 2023-5069: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5069/sir20235069.pdf
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 14 August 2023 - compiled by E.J.
Hanford
Dumping artificial reefs of concrete to re-imagine wetlands on northern Manhattan Island in New York
57+ World Triathlon Championship participants become ill after swimming in sewage-fouled ocean waters on the coast of England
Plans to construct 3 tunnels under Waitemala Harbour in Aukland, New Zealand – two for 3-lane roads & one for light rail hoping to alleviate congested traffic
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/new-zealand-plans-three-auckland-harbor-tunnels-for-27-billion-1.1955774
US Army COE begins mobilization for renourishment of Vilano Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Plan
- https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Releases/Article/3483916/usace-jacksonville-begins-mobilization-for-renourishment-of-vilano-beach-coasta/
- Project: https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/StJohnsVilanoCSRM/
Portion of coastal resiliency plan for Boston, Massachusetts, may soon be implemented
- https://www.archpaper.com/2023/08/scapes-coastal-resiliency-plan-boston-moves-ahead/
- 2018 Plan: https://www.archpaper.com/2018/10/scape-boston-resilient-harbor/
New class of American Coastal Cruise Ship to be launched – hybrid catamaran design
Seagrass restoration project in the Florida Keys
Just what is needed in Hurricane Country – new beachfront master-planned community in Galveston, Texas
Addressing possible solutions for degradation of coastal waters in Falmouth estuaries
Slopes are not yet done sliding along Big Sur Coastal Highway in California
Paper: Variability of blue carbon storage in evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas mudflats in Qatar
Tourists flocking to see the receding glaciers of the Alaskan coast – how much tourism is too much?
Ships backlogged at the Panama Canal due to ongoing drought conditions – average 3-week wait time
Rebuilding & expanding Port of Beaumont Terminal 1
- https://www.enr.com/articles/56904-texas-port-reconstruction-posed-numerous-front-end-risks-for-team
Humans attempting to save coral reefs in Florida
Santa Olalla Lagoon in Donana Natural Park in southern Spain dries out due to drought & over-exploitation
Analysis of high-resolution seismic data for resource evaluation in Gulf Coast & Gulf of Mexico
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/analysis-high-resolution-single-channel-seismic-data-use-sediment-resource-evaluation
- USGS SIR 2023-5093: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5093/sir20235093.pdf
Using sediment cores to predict the future of coastal freshwater ecosystems
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