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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 18 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Reporting seismic activity associated with volcanoes
Too many dead bodies cause tourist board in Nepal to raise cost of permit to climb Mount Everest
Earth fissures resulting from over-pumping groundwater continue to damage infrastructure & threaten lives
Kilauea erupts yet again, viewing areas are closed, but tourist ignore safety precautions & warnings
Rockfalls on the Eiger and the Matterhorn
Explaining earthquakes – just ask the UN? Or get a more science-based explanation
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-causes-an-earthquake-here-are-the-different-types-of-earthquakes-and-why-they-occur/ar-AA1gxMd0
- https://theconversation.com/why-the-earth-quakes-a-closer-look-at-whats-going-on-under-the-ground-213337
Using records of 12th and 13th Century eclipses to date volcanic eruptions
- https://eos.org/articles/eclipse-records-pin-dates-of-12th-and-13th-century-eruptions
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05751-z
Computational models may help identify composition & volume of magmas during continental rift evolution
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/uncovering-mantle-heterogeneities-beneath-drifting-continents
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JB027072
Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary off the central coast of California
Using seismometers to measure fluvial bedload transport
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/seismometers-listening-at-rivers-to-measure-sediment-transport
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF007000
If conditions in Antarctica recur “once every 7.5 million years” then it is not “unprecedented”
Latest IPCC diatribe on ocean & cryosphere in a changing climate – more “man-made global warming” hype
Can salt caverns be used for hydrogen storage? – Engineers think so
Earthquake lights reported just prior to M6.8 earthquake in Morocco
Using polarization patterns of daylight to locate true north – skylight polarization due to Raleigh scattering
- https://eos.org/articles/true-north-strong-and-free-and-better-oriented
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304847120
Visualizing mining footprint in British Columbia, Canada
“Melting ice likely triggered climate change 8,000+ years ago” – how about the ice melted in response to changes in the climate and ocean currents & melt waters draining into the Ocean affected the AMOC?
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-ice-triggered-climate-years.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000515
Nonlinear energy processes may shape zonal asymmetry observed in El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) induced Pacific-North American (PNA) wave trains
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-complexity-enso-teleconnections-nonlinear-energy.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105277
Patterns & history of freshwater gastropod evolution from Carboniferous to the Late Pleistocene Ice Age
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001602
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.13016
Seasonal cycle in Antarctic sea ice algae
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001398
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-023-01475-0
Dominant source of atmospheric mercury in the Arctic is from Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ)
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001525
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40660-9
Greatest historic fire death toll followed 1923 M7.9 Kantō earthquake in & around Tokyo, Japan
When the Sahara Desert was periodically green over the past 800,000 years
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230913122641.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41219-4
Flowering plants survived relatively unscathed from the mass extinction event 66 myo
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230912192432.htm
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0314
Pampaphoneus biccai – oldest & largest predator in South America – 265 myo fossil
Langiella scourfieldii - photosynthesizing cyanobacteria emerged onto land from the ocean 400 myo
- https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-organism-crawled-onto-land-over-400-million-years-ago
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)01415-3
Vectidromeus insularis – new species of Early Cretaceous bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/vectidromeus-insularis-12266.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123002355
Igai semkhu – new genus & species of Late Cretaceous titanosaurian dinosaur discovered in Egypt
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/igai-semkhu-12251.html
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2199810
Groundwater quality in abandoned underground coal mine aquifers in West Virginia
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-quality-abandoned-underground-coal-mine-aquifers-across-west-virginia
- USGS SIR 2023-5091: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5091/sir20235091.pdf
Applying environmental age tracers to south-central Texas Edwards aquifer to determine karst groundwater vulnerability to land-surface contamination
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/karst-groundwater-vulnerability-determined-modeled-age-and-residence-time-tracers
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL102853
“Why geologists love to lick rocks” belatedly awarded Ig Noble Prize
Eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in January 2022 may be “to blame” for ‘record’ world temperatures
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 18 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Mad scrambling to over-allocate an over-allocated Colorado River
95% of wristbands of smartwatches contaminated with disease-causing bacteria – none on gold & silver bands
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-issue-health-warning-to-anyone-who-wears-a-smartwatch/ar-AA1gyL5P
- Paper: https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=125218
Rectifying bad law in California that took away patient ability to make decisions - unconstitutionality
Forcing a vote that would effectively prohibit California & other states from implementing planned EV mandates
Biden agrees to pay $6 billion ransom to Iran for 5 US hostages
Humans breeding mini-cows for pets – genetic problems, expensive, safety concerns & local zoning laws
Cannabis users have elevated levels of lead & cadmium in blood & urine – Cd linked to kidney disease & lung cancer – Pb unhealthy at any level
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cannabis-users-have-much-more-lead-and-cadmium-in-their-blood-and-urine-study-finds/ar-AA1g4pZX
- Paper: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP12074
55-year-old Virginia hiker dies after attempting rim-to-rim hike of Grand Canyon in one day – that’s 23.9 miles descending 6,000 feet and then ascending 4,500 feet in the heat of summer
Common household products (even those claiming to be “green”) contain VOCs that can cause cancer
- https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/household-cleaning-wipes-sprays-may-040101237.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653523018374
Once again expanded development is impinging on prime wildlife habitat – cougars on Olympic Peninsula
Bad policies lead to adverse economic impacts – increased inflation, slower economic growth, fewer jobs
“Alarming increase” in suicide rates on Chippewa Cree Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana
Visualizing the sources of electricity that powered the world in 2022
Visualizing the deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century
Marijuana is not a panacea – it is not harmless – “marijuana use disorder” – impacts fetal development
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/brutal-marijuana-studies-now-emerging-it-should-never-have-been-fully-legalized/ar-AA1gGs66
- Paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808874
Book Review: Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet – from “massive squishings’ to habitat fragmentation
Cratering demand for EVs causing worker layoffs
Latest IPCC diatribe on the ocean & cryosphere in changing climate – more “man-made global warming” hype
Federal judge declares DACA is illegal – refuses to order deportation – half million+ illegal aliens applied – nearly 200,000 illegals released into US after giving false addresses
Perspective: UN Sustainable Development Goals to “save humanity” are ambitious – but no goals are set to be achieved by 2030
Perspective on the Corporate-Practice of Medicine (CPOM) – it is a business not health care
Energy Department Secretary gets dose of reality while making 4-day tour in EV
New BA.2.86 Pirola variant is a “paper tiger” – “the scariant of the moment” while Florida Surgeon General opposes CDC vaxx recommendation & warns against vaxx for those under age 65 – “vaccines are not backed by clinical evidence” -
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-covid-variant-is-a-paper-tiger-infectious-disease-expert/ar-AA1gFOvK
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/florida-surgeon-general-opposes-cdc-s-covid-vaccine-recommendation/ar-AA1gINjY
- https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4203200-desantis-and-top-fla-health-official-warn-against-covid-shots-for-people-under-65/
Explosion at UP Bailey Railyard in western Nebraska causes heavy toxic smoke and prompts evacuations
CDC confirms: vaxx prevents death in only 1 out of six million doses in 12 to 17 year olds & can cause 100,000 to 200,000 severe side effects
USDA announces updated National Plan for Wildlife Rabies Management
- https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2023/wildlife-rabies-action-plan
- Plan: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/oral_rabies/downloads/national-plan-wildlife-rabies-management-23-27.pdf
Murders on Staten Island soar 129% so far this year – major crimes up in every category – migrant crisis on the island – crime due to “misguided and harmful policies visited upon us by outside forces”
Nippah virus outbreak in India – Nippah has case fatality rate of 40% to 75% compared to <1.5% for covid
Trying to save the Joshua tree ravaged by York Fire in Mojave National Preserve in California
Cost of invasive species impacts on crops, wildlife & human health estimated by UN at $423B per year
- https://theconversation.com/invasive-species-cause-billions-of-dollars-in-damage-worldwide-4-essential-reads-212924
- Report Summary: https://zenodo.org/record/8314303
EPA experts including “key dioxin scientist” were not consulted until month after East Palestine train derailment
Watching hawk migration at Glacier National Park in Montana during Mount Brown Hawk Watch Program on 14 October near Lake McDonald Lodge
Toxicity of particulate matter (PM2.5) involves both chemical composition (OOA) & alveolar cell reactions
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-toxicity-atmospheric-particulate-pollution.html
- Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c03641
Overdose deaths from fentanyl-laced stimulants (i.e, cocaine & meth) have risen 50X since 2010 in the US and drug-overdose deaths have quadrupled from 1999 to 2020
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001209
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001168
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16318
Database tracking indicates cars, chlamydia and canines are devastating South East Queensland koalas
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230915105618.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40827-w
Sexually transmitted HPV causing epidemic of oropharyngeal (i.e., throat) cancer in the US & UK
World’s deadliest disease? Hint: It is not a virus – it is a prion (TSE)
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 18 September 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanfoprd
Hurricane Idalia blamed for spill of mostly raw sewage at Pelican Harbor wastewater treatment facility
Visualizing seaport trade traffic by country – top 10
Record-breaking turtle nesting season on Treasure Coast beaches
Rare influx of Aequorea victoria "crystal jelly" off coast of Cornwall
The estuaries and rivers of the North Coast of California
Major cliff falls attract fossil hunters but risks remain to humans – some fatalities to Jurassic Coast of Dorset
Intercepted ship-to-ship transfer raises questions of sanction, pollution & international law within EEZ
- https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/sticky-case-of-indonesia-seized-iranian-oil-tanker-and-legal-jurisdiction
- https://lieber.westpoint.edu/russias-interdiction-neutral-merchant-vessels-law-sea/
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate announces new edition of continental shelf map
- https://www.energy-pedia.com/news/norway/npd-announces-new-edition-of-the-continental-shelf-map-192641
- Map download link: https://www.npd.no/en/whats-new/publications/Maps-of-the-ncs/
- Map: https://www.npd.no/globalassets/1-npd/publikasjoner/kart/historiske-sokkelkart/pdf/sokkelkart-2023.png
US Dept of Interior publishes final well control rule to help prevent catastrophic offshore blowouts
- https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-department-of-the-interior-9365498/
- Final rule: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/23/2023-17847/oil-and-gas-and-sulfur-operations-in-the-outer-continental-shelf-blowout-preventer-systems-and-well
Storm surge can modify bathymetry in near-coast seabed
- https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/weather/2023/09/07/bathymetry--a-lesser-known-factor-for-storm-surge
Oil & gas industry in the North Sea also benefits much of Europe
A scheme for modular underwater living
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) off the coasts of El Cuyo on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
Panama Canal seeking “new” source of water to regulate artificial reservoir Gatun Lake
Pilot test for short-term geothermal energy storage – may be cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries & pumped hydro
Proposed plant in Southwest Washington may convert surplus food into energy
US EPA to throw $100M at recycling initiative
Escalating costs & inflation have hampered offshore wind development
Ocean Explorer expedition cruise ship ran aground in Alpefjord in NE Greenland National Park - pulled loose by research vessel Tarajoq – all on board safe & no environmental damage
Boat strikes pier & seawall in Bar Harbor, Maine, pushed by waves from Tropical Storm Lee - video
History of whaling in Red Bay, Labrador at Red Bay National Historic Site
Surveying public support for combatting nutrient depletion of coastal waters in Seto Inland Sea in Japan – oligotrophication due to lack of nitrogen & phosphorous
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001401
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569123003551
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