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TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 September 2023

This will be a great one! I'll see you there! Info here.

Enjoy!

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Links will not appear in more than two categories (excluding the very first category). I have also added two more 'Daily Water Newsletters' to increase coverage. These are the Midcontinent US Water News Daily (#MCUSwater) and the Southeast US Water News Daily (#SEUSwater). The former samples news media within 500 miles of Kansas City, KS and the latter within Knoxville, TN).  With the other seven dailies this affords pretty good daily coverage for the USA.

Scroll down to 'Positions Open' and 'Previous Weeks' Positions Open' to see the jobs. All my individual job Tweets are archived at #JobWaWi. Previous weekly summaries are archived at:  #WaWiNews or click here. If a link does not work, paste the URL into your browser.
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Top Twenty-Five (More or Less)
From @USATODY & @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' Libya Floods; Florida rain; Hurricane Lee; @Tesla is known for its cars, but its legacy could become its chargers; Ag secretary says farmers could lead the fight against climate change; More! https://tinyurl.com/46epp3ru #climate

The @WorldBank Newsletter: Statement on Morocco EQ; Droughts & Deficits: Global Impacts of Droughts on Economic Growth; What You Need to Know Climate Change & Drought; Pub: Droughts & Deficits - Summary Evidence of Global Impact on Economic Growth https://tinyurl.com/m6s92v3t #global

From @csmonitor by @MillieBrigaud: They moved for climate safety. Then came floods. https://tinyurl.com/3epsr6z3 #floods

The @WaterNetwork Newsletter - 15 September 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! https://tinyurl.com/mr4cusnr #scicomm #globalwater

In @csmonitor: Floods, fires: North Africa’s climate and governance crises. Its governments’ inability – or unwillingness – to respond to natural disasters is deteriorating trust & leaving communities vulnerable to extreme weather events. https://tinyurl.com/4se5suyu #climate

CRS InFocus Report: 'Climate and Security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)' https://bit.ly/3EEWh4E #MENA #water4climate 

From @AP: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says. https://tinyurl.com/yvuntu2y #libyaflooding

In @gtnews: @NASA releases UFO report, says new science techniques needed to better understand them. https://tinyurl.com/4msdctef #UFO #UAP

In @csmonitor by @kolet_ink: Logistics, politics: What is tying up Morocco quake aid? https://tinyurl.com/3xm7n378 #Morrocoearthquake

It's @thewaterloop: Episode #194: 'The View From The Year 2099' with @PeterGleick. https://youtu.be/zHmFQzAHmDU?si=-qVWXmkwNDgpbV3t… #scicomm

In @csmonitor: Making bays ‘a better spot’ for oysters – and farmers. A partnership between conservationists & oyster farmers is expanding after a promising start. The project helps rebuild wild oyster reefs & provides reliable income to farmers. https://tinyurl.com/pr9xspap #oysters

From @AP: US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there’s still 4 months to go. https://tinyurl.com/mp2z9fv8 #HurricaneSeason #FLwater #cawater

The H2Oregon Newsletter - October 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3wvf6d9f #ORwater #EUGwater #PNWater

From @AP: Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives. https://tinyurl.com/2c2kt5uh #moroccoearthquake

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 11 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3EBhc8E

From @UCDavisWater & @andrewrypel: 'Hidden links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: part 3 – Eel River' by Nicholas Wright. https://tinyurl.com/2jnc2jvr

Books, Reviews and Related
Free PDF from @groundwaterproj: 'Urban Groundwater' by Ken Howard. https://tinyurl.com/pcbrrymz #groundwater #globalwater

Bottled/Tap/Drinking Water 
In @Oregonian: Does the biggest fire in decades in Bull Run threaten Portland’s drinking water source? https://tinyurl.com/43kn79x9 #PNWater 

California
The @CA_DWR Water News-->15 September 2023 https://tinyurl.com/vnzu4w36 #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News-->14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mus35rnw #cawater

The @CA_DWR Awards $187M to Improve Sustainable Groundwater Use and Storage Statewide https://tinyurl.com/ysvbr4rp #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News-->13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2saczsh6 #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News-->12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ym76j89a #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News -->11 Sept 2023 https://tinyurl.com/4fdyu8h4 #cawater

From @UCDavisWater & @andrewrypel: 'Hidden links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: part 3 – Eel River' by Nicholas Wright. https://tinyurl.com/2jnc2jvr

Canada
It's @CanadianWater https://tinyurl.com/yc6rpr8c #cawater. Aerial Harvesting; Green Legacy; Flood Focus; Water Funding; Conservation Path; More! #cdnwater

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
From @USATODY & @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' Libya Floods; Florida rain; Hurricane Lee; @Tesla is known for its cars, but its legacy could become its chargers; Ag secretary says farmers could lead the fight against climate change; More! https://tinyurl.com/46epp3ru #climate

In @csmonitor: Floods, fires: North Africa’s climate and governance crises. Its governments’ inability – or unwillingness – to respond to natural disasters is deteriorating trust & leaving communities vulnerable to extreme weather events. https://tinyurl.com/4se5suyu #climate

From @gtnews: Hurricane Lee's moving north, eyeing Maine or Canada https://tinyurl.com/4c5upyzy #HurricaneLee

From @AP: US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there’s still 4 months to go. https://tinyurl.com/mp2z9fv8 #HurricaneSeason #FLwater #cawater

Colorado
In @csmonitor: Where the Colorado River is a musical muse. https://tinyurl.com/38ntfxhv #cowater

Conflict & Cooperation
Guest Editorial in @NGWAtweets 'Groundwater': 'Disagreeing to Agree: Multimodel Analyses to Develop Good Neighbor Agreements' https://tinyurl.com/fj37uxz2

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
From @csmonitor by @MillieBrigaud: They moved for climate safety. Then came floods. https://tinyurl.com/3epsr6z3 #floods

In @csmonitor: Floods, fires: North Africa’s climate and governance crises. Its governments’ inability – or unwillingness – to respond to natural disasters is deteriorating trust & leaving communities vulnerable to extreme weather events. https://tinyurl.com/4se5suyu #climate

From @AP: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says. https://tinyurl.com/yvuntu2y #libyaflooding

In @csmonitor by @kolet_ink: Logistics, politics: What is tying up Morocco quake aid? https://tinyurl.com/3xm7n378 #Morrocoearthquake

From @gtnews: Hurricane Lee's moving north, eyeing Maine or Canada https://tinyurl.com/4c5upyzy #HurricaneLee

From @gtnews: 10,000 missing, 700 buried after Libya floods. https://tinyurl.com/4hxse8ze #globalwater

From @AP: US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there’s still 4 months to go. https://tinyurl.com/mp2z9fv8 #HurricaneSeason #FLwater #cawater

From @AP: Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives. https://tinyurl.com/2c2kt5uh #moroccoearthquake

Daily Water Newsletters Each entry provides links to articles, videos, etc. on various aspects of water in the state/region indicated. Job openings are often found at the very bottom of each entry.

Oregon Water News Weekly 
11 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/32r5bcfy #ORwater

California Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4zbkeyet #cawater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2s3k283s #cawater

13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/dbk78wu3 #cawater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y7d33664 #cawater

11 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4y38eh53 #cawater

9 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3wksherx #cawater

Colorado Water New Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yrwu25vx #cowater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ym2kwvvp #cowater

13 Sept 2023 https://tinyurl.com/5y22a8pz #cowater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yfzfkk9x #cowater

11 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdhzmpnr #cowater

Florida Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4me5de8p #FLwater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4xxex5kf #FLwater

13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/muzuhpkj #FLwater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3d8pew62 #FLwater

11 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yeztb339 #FLwater

10 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3vc5zkph #FLwater

9 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3vc5zkph #FLwater

Midcontinent US Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mr4yvyxp #MCUSwater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5xfus8d5 #MCUSwater

13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4szcxkr4 #MCUSwater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mrywjtav #MCUSwater

9 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdcvv78m #MCUSwater

Northeast US Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3vfb65nj #NEWater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y647vcmw #NEWater

13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4ehkv7jc #NEWater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2cfjf76f #NEWater

11 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/37nf73mu #NEWater

Pacific Northwest Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yr7527rr #PNWater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yck295ue #PNWater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/33jb46ry #PNWater

Southeast US Water News Daily
13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5e3wj3c7 #SEUSwater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5e3wj3c7 #SEUSwater

Southwest US Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mrv929t #SWUSwater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yck9hr8j #SWUSwater

13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3nh35j8u #SWUSwater

Texas Water News Daily
15 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5yr4h5ef #txwater

14 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/s7fbbvv3 #txwater

13 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4wnfxy42 #txwater

12 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc8fa9n3 #txwater

11 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yuautwvr #txwate5r

10 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4uf2uexe #txwater

9 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3ev4uw9r #txwater

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From @AZWRRC: 'Weekly Wave' https://tinyurl.com/4rhn64jm #SWUSwater

The PWQA 66TH ANNUAL TRADE SHOW & CONVENTION, OCTOBER 11 & 12, 2023. https://tinyurl.com/28ayfbc2 #cawater

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
The H2Oregon Newsletter - October 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3wvf6d9f #ORwater #EUGwater #PNWater

From @USATODY& @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' Libya Floods; Florida rain; Hurricane Lee; @Tesla is known for its cars, but its legacy could become its chargers; Ag secretary says farmers could lead the fight against climate change; More! https://tinyurl.com/46epp3ru #climate

The @WorldBank Newsletter: Statement on Morocco EQ; Droughts & Deficits: Global Impacts of Droughts on Economic Growth; What You Need to Know Climate Change & Drought; Pub: Droughts & Deficits - Summary Evidence of Global Impact on Economic Growth https://tinyurl.com/m6s92v3t #global

The @WaterNetwork Newsletter - 15 September 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! https://tinyurl.com/mr4cusnr #scicomm #globalwater

The @Alliance4Water Updates - September 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3pbfmv4p #water4climate

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 11 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3EBhc8E

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
It's Sibley's Rivers: 'First Peoples 3: States, Feds and the First People Go Fishing' http://tinyurl.com/5n9a7e3v #cawater #SWUSwater

From @OPB: Burns Paiute Tribe in southeast Oregon to receive federal disaster assistance for floods, mudslides. https://tinyurl.com/4a2tv5er #PNWater

Global Water
The @WaterNetwork Newsletter - 15 September 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! https://tinyurl.com/mr4cusnr #scicomm #globalwater

From @AP: Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says. https://tinyurl.com/yvuntu2y #libyaflooding

From @gtnews: 10,000 missing, 700 buried after Libya floods. https://tinyurl.com/4hxse8ze #globalwater

Free PDF from @groundwaterproj: 'Urban Groundwater' by Ken Howard. https://tinyurl.com/pcbrrymz #groundwater #globalwater

Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Free PDF from @groundwaterproj: 'Urban Groundwater' by Ken Howard. https://tinyurl.com/pcbrrymz #groundwater #globalwater

Guest Editorial in @NGWAtweets 'Groundwater': 'Disagreeing to Agree: Multimodel Analyses to Develop Good Neighbor Agreements' https://tinyurl.com/fj37uxz2

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quote
Quote of the Day (@Nature 9/15/23) “Quite often in the field in Wales, there are days when you don't have to lick rocks. But on dry days, that’s the standard repertoire.” (1/2)

Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz won a just-for-fun Ig Nobel Prize yesterday for his investigation into the history of licking, or even eating, rocks to discern their finer structural details. (2/2)

Quote of the Day (@Nature 9/14/23)- “This system has so much going on, it is an absolute playground for a fluid dynamicist, and you can set it up in your kitchen for $0.50. Also you can safely eat the experiment when it is done.” (1/2)

Mathematician Saverio Spagnolie set off on a journey of discovery after he and his daughter observed how raisins ‘dance’ in fizzy water. (2/2)

Quote of the Day (@Nature 9/13/23) - “To treat ancestral remains in such a callous, unethical way — to blast them into space just because you can — there’s no scientific merit in this.” (1/2)

Geologist Robyn Pickering is one of the scientists who say that the decision to send priceless fossils of two ancient-human relatives from southern Africa on a commercial spaceflight was an unnecessary publicity stunt. (2/2)

“By polluting the oceans, not mitigating CO2 emissions and destroying our biodiversity, we are killing our planet. Let us face it, there is no planet B.” - @EmmanuelMacron

Quote of the Day (@Nature 9/12/23) -“Galaxies are less like machines and more like animals- loosely understandable,rewarding to study,but only partially predictable.” Cosmologist Andrew Pontzen suggests that,like lone ants,individual elementary particles follow simple rules (1/2)

Sophistication emerges from the sheer number of individuals following these rules, but we can never know enough to fully predict what will happen when they all interact. (2/2)

"The donors want the university to be a meritocracy when it comes to admissions. Except for legacies, of course. They also want to know why all the money they’ve donated to the athletic fund hasn’t bought us a championship yet." - @ass_deans

Quote of the Day (@nature 9/11/23) - “It would be wrong to say my name’s known all the way around the world — but Dolly’s is.” Embryologist Ian Wilmut led the research that resulted in the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. (1/2)

He wasn’t keen on naming it after Dolly Parton (the sheep was cloned using mammary cells), but came to enjoy the moniker. Wilmut has died, aged 79. (2/2)

The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology." - E.O. Wilson

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." -- William Shakespeare (from Julius Caesar)

"News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising." - Publisher Katharine Graham (quoted in @JNS_org via @TheWeek)

PNW Water
The H2Oregon Newsletter - October 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3wvf6d9f #ORwater #EUGwater #PNWater

In @Oregonian: Does the biggest fire in decades in Bull Run threaten Portland’s drinking water source? https://tinyurl.com/43kn79x9 #PNWater 

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
From @TiffDowell : Texas Agriculture Law Blog: '@EPA Releases Revised #WOTUS Definition' https://tinyurl.com/yc7ptm68 #txwater

Positions Open    #JobWaWi
From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies - 13 September 2023 ~17 Jobs! https://bit.ly/3PE6NQa #ClimateAction

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 12 September 2023 ~300 Jobs! https://bit.ly/45JdRjU #globalwater

Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - 401 Water Quality Certification Coordinator (Natural Resource Specialist 4). Closes: 25 September 2023. #JobWaWi https://tinyurl.com/2r945nkp

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 14 September 2023 https://bit.ly/46bDMAA

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2 - 8 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3sNwzZj

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 26 August - 1 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3Z2Iq1F #globalwater

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 19 - 25 August 2023 https://bit.ly/44sNqOb

Reports, Publications, and Journals
CRS InFocus Report: 'Climate and Security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)' https://bit.ly/3EEWh4E #MENA #water4climate 

It's @Water_MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 17 (September-1 2023) 149 Articles https://bit.ly/3LdBFnV #globlwaterIt

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 11 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3EBhc8E

From CRS MENA report. https://bit.ly/3EEWh4E #https://bit.ly/46bDMAA

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
The @Nature Briefing - 15 September 2023. Miniature robot carries heavy load; Breakthrough Prize for cystic fibrosis drug; MDMA passes key hurdle for US approval; NASA UFO check is ‘a teachable moment’; Trials of artificial wombs could start soon. https://tinyurl.com/4p36xmzu #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 14 Sept 2023. ‘Pandora’s box’ of new protein shapes; AI guesses disease risk from retinal images; Why breast cancer spreads to spine; Japan builds version of ChatGPT; How to get progress on SDGs; The oil tha eats everything https://tinyurl.com/36n4pkus #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing-13 Sept 2023. Why Morocco’s EQ was so deadly;COVID boosters back; Retraction Watch joins forces w/ Crossref; @GretaThunbergnudged 30% of Swiss to go green; US research grapples>postdoc crisis; Why we shouldn’t give up on SDGs https://tinyurl.com/n4ps2pp3 #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 12 Sept 2023. War disrupts Ukraine’s Antarctic science; Horizon turmoil changed scientists’ lives; Why cats love tuna; Lessons from a landmark climate case; Five best science books this week; Learn to trust negative data. https://tinyurl.com/2p93xk7h #scicomm

The @nature Briefing-11 Sept 2023. Blue crabs invading Italian seas; Dishonest ChatGPT slips past reviewers; Surprises from India’s Moon mission; Indigenous-knowledge research hub; Extraordinary origins of SDGs; Why Juneteenth matters for science https://tinyurl.com/53w4n3dd #scicomm

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 11 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3EBhc8E

In @gtnews: @NASA releases UFO report, says new science techniques needed to better understand them. https://tinyurl.com/4msdctef #UFO #UAP

It's @Water_MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 17 (September-1 2023) 149 Articles https://bit.ly/3LdBFnV #globlwaterIt

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems|
In @csmonitor: Making bays ‘a better spot’ for oysters – and farmers. A partnership between conservationists & oyster farmers is expanding after a promising start. The project helps rebuild wild oyster reefs & provides reliable income to farmers. https://tinyurl.com/pr9xspap #oysters

From @UCDavisWater & @andrewrypel: 'Hidden links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: part 3 – Eel River' by Nicholas Wright. https://tinyurl.com/2jnc2jvr

Today's Tunes
Today's Tune - 15 Sept 2023. What's this? Chuck Berry and The Bee Gees doing 'Johnny B. Goode' (1973). C'mon - get that 'Duck Walk' down Barry, Robin and Maurice! https://youtu.be/fENVkR_eFuo?si=sgUF8UaS7-2wBg-w… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 14 Sept 2023. It's The Captain (Daryl Dragon) and (Toni) Tennille doing their monster (#1) hit, 'Love Will Keep Us Together'. In 1975 it was Record of the Year (Grammy). Both were keyboardists. The Captain died on 1/2/2019. https://youtu.be/_QNEf9oGw8o?si=Jy33KM_5Osz5OKxo… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 13 Sept 2023. A good Aussie friend of mine swears that 'Down Under' by Men At Work is the REAL Australian national anthem. If that's so, I'm in! https://youtu.be/XfR9iY5y94s?si=5dj2sT1PD2dM5z0e… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 12 September 2023. The 'Green, Green Grass of Home' has been recorded by many: Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, et al. Tom Jones' version is my fave. https://youtu.be/vM_7msjCtYw?si=r7zs83SWkb0pnSgq… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune. 11 Sept 2023. I was in DC for Ann's memorial following 9/11 and heard 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' being played on a local station. It really made an impression on me. It has stuck with me lo these 22 years. R.I.P., Annie! https://youtu.be/tA4a1OD0U6w?si=JIIsn1d_SHJ6hrOY… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 10 Sept 2023. It's The Three Degrees singing this 1974 'Philly Soul' Gamble-Huff tune: 'When Will I See You Again'. This topped the UK charts and the 3Ds performed it for Prince Charles' 30th birthday in 1978. https://youtu.be/AewGIIykcig?si=h5HEQ3yKrT17M3l5… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 9 Sept 2023. Oh, yeah! Jefferson Starship's great 'Jane'. Mickey Thomas on lead vocals, Airplane old-times Grace Slick and Paul Kantner, plus guitarist Craig Chaquico and others are in the groove. https://youtu.be/l8kIhkU0LJ8?si=XtVyqDuOhAWdmn9L… #aquadocaudio

Visuals, Audios, Podcasts and Infographics
It's @thewaterloop: Episode #194: 'The View From The Year 2099' with @PeterGleick. https://youtu.be/zHmFQzAHmDU?si=-qVWXmkwNDgpbV3t… #scicomm

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
The PWQA 66TH ANNUAL TRADE SHOW & CONVENTION, OCTOBER 11 & 12, 2023. https://tinyurl.com/28ayfbc2 #cawater

WTF?

CRS InFocus Report: 'Climate and Security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)'

First CRS report in almost a month! Jeremy M. Sharp, Nicole T. Carter and Kezee Procita wrote this CRS report (updated 13 September 2023) on the important MENA region:'Climate and Security in the Middle East and North Africa.'  

Download CRS_InFocus_Rpt_Climate_Security_MENA_13Sept2023

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is among the world’s most water-stressed and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Policymakers’ concerns about a changing MENA climate include not only physical and economic impacts but also the potential implications for political stability and security in a volatile region.

A Region Under Stress
Projections of various effects of climate change on the largely arid and semi-arid MENA region are available, although regional analyses are often constrained by limited data for MENA and downscaling from global models. Given MENA’s geographic span—from Morocco to Iran— and topographic variation (e.g., mountains, deserts, and deltas), local effects may differ from regional trends.

Average Temperatures and Hottest Days. Temperatures in the MENA region have increased for decades and are projected to continue increasing through the end of the century. Figure 1 shows one projection of hottest day temperature increases by 2040. Some research suggests intensification of warm-season heat extremes in the region (e.g., Zittis et al. in Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2021). Hotter conditions generally increase energy demand for cooling and may negatively affect health, labor, and agricultural productivity.

Water and Storms. Both droughts and floods occur in MENA, with variability over time and place. Several studies project increasingly lengthy droughts in some parts of MENA, including annual dry spells projected to last longer by 2040 (Figure 1). Many (but not all) studies project less precipitation along MENA’s Mediterranean coast through this century; less agreement exists regarding whether precipitation may increase or decrease in other parts of the MENA region (e.g., Arabian Peninsula, Sahara portion of various North Africa countries). Regarding precipitation extremes, some studies (e.g., Ozturk et al. in Atmosphere, 2021) project an increase in precipitation amounts on very wet days for the end of this century for much of the region, which may contribute to flooding.

In September 2023, Storm Daniel (a medicane—a Mediterranean Sea storm with hurricane-type characteristics) led to torrential rains over eastern Libya, with flooding and dam failures affecting the city of Derna. Many thousands were displaced, and the loss of life may exceed 5,000. Some research indicates that with a warmer climate, medicanes with the strongest winds may become stronger while medicanes overall may decrease in frequency (e.g., Flaounas et al. in Weather and Climate Dynamics, 2022). Future trends in the development of medicanes may depend on competing climate-related variables (e.g., higher sea surface temperatures enhancing medicane strength versus higher air temperatures leading to less frequent medicanes).

Rising sea levels are encroaching on MENA coastlines and communities, thereby contributing to more frequent flooding and more extensive coastal storm flooding. According to some researchers, by 2050, portions of Iraq’s second-largest city of Basra and other southern Iraqi areas could experience chronic coastal flooding. Alexandria, Egypt, one of the most populous coastal cities in the Middle East, also could be regularly flooded by rising sea levels.

Agriculture and Food. Much of MENA’s agriculture and food production is rain-fed or consists of livestock. Production and many rural agricultural livelihoods are sensitive to changes in heat, drought, and precipitation patterns. Additionally, some production in the region relies on irrigation, which can be sensitive to surface water availability and can contribute to overuse of aquifers. Limited arable land, water scarcity, and other resource and environmental constraints limit regional agricultural production. The region has coped with population growth and urbanization by importing food. Reliance on food imports is anticipated to persist, with demographic and diet trends and changing agricultural growing conditions (e.g., effects of heat and drought on agricultural productivity) as contributing factors.

How Climate May Interact with Security
U.S. national security assessments have described climate change as a threat multiplier that may exacerbate existing tensions in regions facing other challenges, such as intrastate conflict, rapid population growth, urbanization, or poor governance. The linkages from climate and weather events to political stability are complex, with intervening critical factors such as social schisms and governance. In the MENA region, where several countries (e.g., Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon) are divided along ethnic/sectarian lines, armed substate actors and terrorist groups could broaden their appeal to sectors of the population disaffected by hardships wrought by climate change.

Examples illustrate how climate conditions and weather events could affect MENA’s future in terms of political unrest, violent conflicts, and the well-being of its people. For instance, rising food prices or water shortages previously have triggered urban unrest. Reliance on food imports links MENA’s internal stability to agricultural conditions in exporting nations. Poor conditions in agricultural exporting countries contributed to reduced MENA food imports and associated food shortages in 2010- 2011. In the case of Syria, decades of land and groundwater overuse in the nation’s breadbasket, combined with a 2006- 2010 drought and periods of spiking global oil and food prices, played a part in agricultural workers migrating to cities, where many were unable to find employment. When Syria’s uprising began in 2011, disaffected rural migrants formed the base of opposition against the regime of President Bashar al Asad. In North Africa, local protests about water shortages reportedly occurred in 2017-2018. In Iraq, observers identified droughts as undermining rural Sunni livelihoods, which some argue may have helped fuel Islamic State recruitment.

Climate change adaptation is anticipated to challenge the capacities of poorer countries and politically unstable governments. Variations across MENA in national wealth and state capacity to respond to climate and weather events may lead to different efforts toward adaptation, such as improving regional drought monitoring, investing in water infrastructure and efficiency (e.g., Israel’s water reuse), and shifting to more heat-resilient crop varieties. Regional water and energy cooperation also may expand. As of August 2023, Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continued their efforts to finalize a deal for “Project Prosperity.” The project proposes UAE financing the construction of solar power capacity in Jordan and subsequent electricity export from Jordan to Israel in exchange for Israel supplying desalinated water to Jordan.

Energy and Emissions Policies
Some oil-rich members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC, composed of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain) have undertaken efforts to diversify their economies. In 2021, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud announced that Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest oil producer, seeks to generate half of its domestic energy from renewable sources by 2030. However, these types of pledges have engendered some skepticism. GCC state-owned oil companies may increase production to meet rising energy demands from China, India, and elsewhere.

Other MENA countries that are net hydrocarbon importers are adjusting or may adjust their energy policies. Morocco has attempted to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel imports and aims to generate over half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 (e.g., by building concentrated solar power capacity). Morocco’s government announced in 2019 that renewable sources composed an estimated 35% of its electricity production the prior year.

The November 2022 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) yielded a series of global discussions and agreements focused on greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions reductions and other topics. Most countries—including many MENA countries—updated their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) prior to COP26 in 2021. NDCs represent each country’s commitment to meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement (PA), a UNFCCC agreement intended to reduce the effects of climate change. For example, the UAE—the host country for COP28 in 2023—submitted an updated NDC in 2023, pledging to reduce its GHG emissions 19% by 2030 (compared with 2019 levels). In addition to NDCs, some countries, including Bahrain, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century. For the UAE, some observers question the interplay between its pledges to reduce emissions, its stated plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045 (e.g., adopting renewables and employing carbon capture), and its plans to increase its overall fossil fuel production.

Related Efforts and Policies
Various U.S. and MENA-related efforts to address climate change mitigation and adaptation are underway. In April 2021, President Biden hosted a summit on climate for 40 world leaders, including some leaders from the MENA region. At the summit, the Biden Administration committed to exerting U.S. leadership in addressing climate change. The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development are to coordinate “U.S. government efforts to support countries around the world to enhance and meet their climate goals in ways that further their national development priorities.” The White House also announced a Net-Zero Producers Forum; the forum, composed of the United States, Canada, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, is for developing ideas to reduce energy-related emissions. Also, since COP26, the United States and the UAE have led the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate; the coalition of 50 countries supports innovation and research to enhance climate resiliency and reduce emissions from agriculture. In September 2023, at the Africa Climate Summit, the UAE pledged $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa.

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From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies - 13 September 2023 ~17 Jobs!

Director – REDD+ Nesting Specialist Posted on 11 September, 2023 Pollination Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Director – Natural Climate Solutions Technical Specialist Posted on 11 September, 2023 Pollination Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Executive Director – Environmental Markets Posted on 11 September, 2023 Pollination Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Executive Director – Environmental Markets (Legal) Posted on 11 September, 2023 Pollination Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Commonwealth Regional Climate Finance Adviser – Caribbean Posted on 11 September, 2023 Commonwealth Secretariat Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Commonwealth Regional Climate Finance Adviser – Asia-Pacific Posted on 11 September, 2023 Commonwealth Secretariat Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Officer, Conserving the Pantanal and Gran Chaco Wildlands Posted on 11 September, 2023 Pew Charitable Trusts Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Officer, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy (Eastern Tropical Pacific) Posted on 11 September, 2023 Pew Charitable Trusts Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Office & IT Coordinator Posted on 11 September, 2023 CAN Europe Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Project Manager Posted on 11 September, 2023 Future of Climate Cooperation Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Head of Operations of the Technical Support Unit of IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC TFI TSU) Posted on 7 September, 2023 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Deputy Head of the Technical Support Unit of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC TFI TSU) Posted on 7 September, 2023 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Programme Officer of the Technical Support Unit of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC TFI TSU) Posted on 7 September, 2023 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Chief of Party, USAID Bangladesh Climate Change Activity Posted on 7 September, 2023 ICF Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Climate Change, Gender, M&E, and Communications Experts in Bangladesh Posted on 7 September, 2023 ICF Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Campaigns Officer – Trade and Corporate Accountability Posted on 6 September, 2023 Climate Action Network Europe Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →   Climate Director Posted on 6 September, 2023 IDDRI Duty Station: Telecommute, Global Application Deadline: Read more →

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Josh's Water Jobs and More! 12 September 2023 ~300 Jobs!

From Josh:

We are finally caught up…

1) Josh's Water Jobs

 

Highlighted

1) Global Monitoring Specialist – UN-Water (Geneva, Switzerland): 29 September – Rare that UN-Water hires. Awesome team.   2) Postdoctoral Fellow – Water, Conflicts and Resilience – International Water Management Institute (IWMI)(One of IWMI’s offices in Africa): 2 October   3) Programme Lead, Economics of Freshwater and Ecosystems Services – World Economic Forum (WEF)(Geneva, Switzerland): Until filled   4) TOR for Exploring the economic potential of water – Oxfam (Home-based): 16 September

Deadline today (12 September)!

5) SIEA Lot 1 - PNG - Team Leader - WaSH Institutional and Capacity Building expert – Niras(Papua New Guinea): 12 September   6) Environmental Governance Specialist – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)(Home-based): 12 September

Jobs by Region

Africa jobs Asia jobs Europe jobs Latin America and Caribbean jobs Oceania jobs North America jobs Home-based/Remote jobs

Minimum years experience requested

0-2 years (See all)

7) Program Coordinator, Blue Production & Blue Economy Technical Assistance Facility – Conservation International (CI) (Suva, Fiji/Auckland, New Zealand/Koror, Palau): Until filled   8) German speakers: Junior-Berater*in im Wasserprogramm Jemen – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Amman, Jordan): 14 September   9) Netherlands nationals: Adviseur water – Rijkswaterstaat (The Hague, Netherlands): 18 September   10) Local recruitment: Graduate Water and Flooding Engineer - 2024 Graduate Programme – Arup (Dublin, Ireland): 10 November   11) Local recruitment: Graduate Water Consultant – AECOM (Belfast, UK): Until filled   12) Graduate Consultant - Hydrology (Mining) – WSP(Bengaluru, Karnataka, India): Until filled   13) Local recruitment: Watershed Planning Specialist – Lower Trent Conservation (Ontario, Canada): 22 September   14) Staff River Engineer – GeoEngineers (Redmond, WA, USA): Until filled   15) Local recruitment: (2) Hydrographer (Natural Resource Specialist 2) – Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) (Salem, OR, USA): 17 September   16) Local recruitment: Hydrologist II - III - Wetland and Waterway – Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)(Georgetown, DE, USA): 16 September   17) Local recruitment: Continuous Water Monitoring Data Coord - MA4 – Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Minnesota, USA): 21 September   18) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst V - Clean Water Initiative Data Management & Communications Specialist – Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (Montpelier, VT, USA): 24 September   19) Local recruitment: Water Resource Engineer/Scientist: Water Resource Modeling Section – Delaware River Basin Commission (Philadelphia, PA, USA): 15 September   20) Entry Level Water Resources Engineer – Dewberry(Fairfax, VA/Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   21) Local recruitment: Entry Level Drinking Water Policy Consultant – The Cadmus Group (Various, USA): Until filled   22) Environmental Policy Analyst – University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, MN, USA): Until filled   23) Local recruitment: OPS Environmental Specialist I – Florida Department of Environmental Protection(Tallahassee, FL, USA): 13 September   24) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist III - Water Planning Section – Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (Lincoln, NE, USA): 25 September   25) Local recruitment: Senior Hydrologist (Field Hydrologist - Natural Resource Specialist 4 with underfill option) – Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) (Salem, OR, USA): 24 September   26) Local recruitment: Natural Resources Planner I – Maryland Department of the Environment (Baltimore, MD, USA): 22 September   27) Local recruitment: Events Specialist – National Hydropower Association (Washington, D.C., USA): 22 September   28) Local recruitment: Program Assistant – National Hydropower Association (Washington, D.C., USA): 22 September   29) Local recruitment: Environmental Project Officer (Hydrogeologist) – Montana Department of Environmental Quality (Helena, MT, USA): 21 September

3-4 years (See all)

30) Research Analyst/Project Coordinator – OneWorld Sustainable Investments (Cape Town, South Africa): 30 September   31) Environmental Process Engineer (wastewater treatment) – Oxyle AG (Switzerland): 30 September   32) Ecolab Water for Climate Consultant (London) – Ecolab (London, UK): Until filled   33) Rwanda nationals: Climate Change and Environment Specialist (UNICEF) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kigali, Rwanda): 16 September   34) Lebanon nationals: Water/Irrigation Engineering (UNDP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Beirut, Lebanon): 18 September   35) Local recruitment: Nature Engagement Officer – Cotswolds Rivers Trust (Cirencester, UK): 19 September   36) Local recruitment: Nature Recovery Officer – Cotswolds Rivers Trust (Cirencester, UK): 19 September   37) Local recruitment: GIS Analyst – Paradigm Environmental (San Diego, CA, USA): 30 September   38) Local recruitment: Hydrologist (Water Availability Analyst) – Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) (Salem, OR, USA): 17 September   39) Local recruitment: Project Coordinator – America's Watershed Initiative (Mississippi River, USA/Home-based): 1 October   40) Local recruitment: Environmental Engineer – Capital Replacement Program – NEIWPCC (Kingston, NY, USA): 10 October   41) Local recruitment: Regional Onsite Sewage Disposal System Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 4 – Environmental Health Specialist) – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Bend, OR, USA): 24 September   42) Local recruitment: CDA-Agricultural Water Policy Advisor – State of Colorado (Broomfield County, CO, USA): 19 September

5-9 years (See all)

43) Freshwater Specialist – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia): 14 September   44) Lead, Industry Strategy and Partnerships, Food and Water – World Economic Forum (WEF) (Geneva, Switzerland): Until filled   45) Climate Change and Sustainability Consultant – OneWorld Sustainable Investments (Cape Town, South Africa): 30 September   46) Senior Advisor - Loss and Damage – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)(Copenhagen, Denmark): 24 September   47) Specialist – Nature-Based Solutions – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)(Copenhagen, Denmark): 24 September   48) Ecolab Water for Climate Consultant (Oegstgeest) – Ecolab (Oegstgeest, Netherlands): Until filled   49) Marine Project Engineer M/F – Total (Courbevoie, France): Until filled   50) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 21 September   51) Local recruitment: Extended Term Consultant – The World Bank (Ankara, Türkiye): 22 September   52) Netherlands nationals: Functioneel beheerder waterpeilbeheer – Rijkswaterstaat (Various, Netherlands): 22 September   53) Technical Expert (GIS and Watershed) – Partnering Hope into Action (Phia) Foundation (Ranchi, Jharkhand, India): 15 September   54) Local recruitment: Senior Mine Water Management Engineer – British Columbia Public Service (British Columbia, Canada): 21 September   55) Local recruitment: Senior Specialist, Watershed & Climate Change Risk Science – The Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC) (Mississauga, ON, Canada): 8 October   56) Project Manager – University of California-Berkeley(Berkeley, CA, USA): 21 September   57) River Engineer – GeoEngineers (Redmond, WA, USA): Until filled   58) Project Director, Conservation Innovation (CA Oceans Program) – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(California, USA): 22 September   59) Climate Resilience Project Manager, California – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (California, USA): 24 September   60) Local recruitment: Environmental Compliance Specialist Senior – City of Austin (Austin, TX, USA): 20 September   61) Officer, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy (Eastern Tropical Pacific Campaigner) – Pew Charitable Trusts(Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled   62) Local recruitment: Deputy Operating Officer, Dam Safety and Capital Delivery Division – Valley Water(San Jose, CA, USA): 21 September   63) Groundwater Program Director – WM (Maple Grove, MN, USA): Until filled   64) Local recruitment: EPA Wastewater Specialist – Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (Indiana, United States/Home-based): Until filled   65) Local recruitment: Project Director-Water Stewardship, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change – WSP (San Francisco/San Diego, CA/Portland, OR, USA): Until filled   66) Local recruitment: Public Health / Safe Drinking Water Expert – The Cadmus Group (Various, USA): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

67) Dutch speakers: Programme Coordinator – Netherlands Red Cross (The Hague, Netherlands): 23 September   68) Pakistan nationals: Provincial Coordinator – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)(Multan, Pakistan): 21 September   69) Local recruitment: Mgr, Water Quality Protection – Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) (Austin, TX, USA): 22 September

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70) Liaison Officer EU – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Delft, Netherlands): 22 September   71) German speakers: Berater*in Klimaanpassung – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bonn, Germany): 19 September   72) Local recruitment: Directeur water en klimaat – Waterschap Rivierenland (Tiel, Netherlands): 19 September   73) Local recruitment: Wetland Spatial Scientist – Government of New South Wales (Sydney NSW, Australia): 17 September   74) Local recruitment: Water Planning & Delivery Officer North – WaterNSW (Various, NSW, Australia): 17 September   75) Local recruitment: Principal Engineer – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 19 September   76) Local recruitment: Project Officer – Victoria Government (Melbourne VIC, Australia): 24 September   77) Local recruitment: Flood Management Officer (GIS) – Government of South Australia (Adelaide SA, Australia): 20 September   78) Local recruitment: Senior Hydrographer – Tasmanian Government (Launceston, TAS, Australia): 18 September   79) Local recruitment: Project Manager, Flood Management – Government of South Australia(Adelaide SA, Australia): 20 September   80) Local recruitment: Senior Policy Officer – Government of South Australia (Adelaide SA, Australia): 20 September   81) Local recruitment: Scientist (Geosciences/Hydrogeology/Data science) – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 22 September   82) Local recruitment: Senior Water Officer – Queensland Government (Various, QLD, Australia): 22 September   83) Local recruitment: Hydrologist – Government of New South Wales (Sydney NSW, Australia): 17 September   84) Local recruitment: Manager, Groundwater Assessment – Australia Northern Territory Government(Palmerston City NT, Australia): 18 September   85) Local recruitment: Water Planning & Delivery Officer – WaterNSW (Various, Australia): 17 September   86) Local recruitment: Water Planner – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 24 September   87) Local recruitment: Team Leader - Catchment Health – Government of New South Wales (Sydney NSW, Australia): 24 September   88) Local recruitment: Water Officer – Queensland Government (Toowoomba QLD, Australia): 22 September   89) Local recruitment: Scientist (Geosciences/Hydrogeology/Data science) – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 22 September   90) Local recruitment: Principal Scientist (Geosciences/Hydrogeology/Data science) – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 22 September   91) Local recruitment: Senior Scientist (Geosciences/Hydrogeology/Data science) – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 22 September   92) Local recruitment: Waterscape Manager (Somerset Coast to Levels) – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)(Somerset, UK): 18 September   93) See job eligibility requirements: Water Planning Senior Adviser – Natural England (North West, England, UK): 17 September   94) Local recruitment: Programme Manager – Severn Rivers Trust (United Kingdom): 17 September   95) Local recruitment: River Engagement Assistant – Severn Rivers Trust (United Kingdom/Home-based): 1 October   96) Local recruitment: River Engagement Officer x2 (Upper and Middle catchment) – Severn Rivers Trust(Welshpool/Worcester, UK): 1 October   97) See job eligibility requirements: Water Lead Adviser for Dorset – Natural England (South West England, UK): 15 September   98) Water Resources Drought Specialist – Environment Agency (Penrith/Preston, UK): 24 September   99) Local recruitment: Technical Officer – Hydrology – Environment Agency (West Malling, UK): 24 September   100) Hydrologist (UK Water) – Arcadis (United Kingdom): Until filled   101) Local recruitment: Team Leader - Water Network Maintenance – Scottish Water (Scotland, UK): Until filled   102) Local recruitment: Water Demand Investment Planner – Scottish Water (Edinburgh/Glasgow, UK): Until filled   103) Local recruitment: Conservation Project Officer (River Esk) – North York Moors National Park(Helmsley, York, UK): 26 September   104) Local recruitment: Water Quality Innovative Permitting Planning Specialist – Environment Agency(England, UK): 20 September   105) Local recruitment: Engineering Specialist (Water Management) – Ontario Government (Ontario, Canada): 22 September   106) Local recruitment: Community Watershed Ambassador – Partners for Environmental Justice (PEJ)(Raleigh, NC, USA): 15 September   107) Local recruitment: Watershed Mitigation Program Manager I – California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Sacramento, CA, USA): 15 September   108) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Tallahassee, FL, USA): 20 September   109) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Various, CO, USA): 18 September   110) U.S. nationals: Natural Resource Specialist – U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service (Colchester, VT, USA): 14 September   111) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician (Open Until Filled) – International Boundary and Water Commission (Various, AZ/TX, USA): Until filled   112) Local recruitment: Water Resource Engineer/Scientist: Project Review Section – Delaware River Basin Commission (Philadelphia, PA, USA): 6 October   113) Local recruitment: Executive Director – OARS(Concord, MA, USA): Until filled   114) Local recruitment: Hydrologist - Modeler - Climate – First Street Foundation (Brooklyn, NY, USA): Until filled

Academic

Professors/Lecturers (See all)

115) Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Resiliency of Environmental Systems – Baylor University (Waco, TX, USA): 15 September   116) Lecturer/Instructor in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) – IFP-Humanitarian Studies (Home-based): 20 September   117) Junior professorship (W1 LBesG, conferring with civil-ser- vice status) for Aquatic Ecology (m/f/d) – Universität Koblenz Landau (Koblenz, Germany): 20 September   118) Open Rank Professor in Climate Change Science and Impacts – University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT, USA): Until filled

Postdocs (See all)

119) Research Scientist (Postdoc) for electrochemical recovery of phosphorous from water – Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) (Kuopio, Finland): 6 October   120) Postdoc M/W 12 months : Preparation of catalytic materials for the remediation of pollutants in water – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)(Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France): 21 September   121) Postdoc in synchrotron-based characterization of arsenic recovery from groundwater treatment waste and nano-scale chemical processes – Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)(Copenhagen, Denmark): 20 September   122) Postdoctoral Scholar in Groundwater Recharge and Rivers – University of California-Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA, USA): 25 September   123) Postdoctoral Researcher in modelling spatial environmental-ecological processes in river networks (2 years) – Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) (Dübendorf, Switzerland): 25 September   124) Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Modelling Subglacial Hydrology – University of Oxford (Oxford, UK): 25 September   125) Two (2) Post-Doc Fellow Research Associates - School of Climate Change and Adaptation - Faculty of Science – University of Prince Edward Island(Charlottetown, PE, Canada): 14 September   126) Postdoctoral Researcher: Remote Sensing of Water Balance and Dynamics – University of Zurich(Zürich, Switzerland): Until filled   127) U.S. nationals: EPA Modeling Stormwater Microbial Quality Postdoctoral Fellowship – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Cincinnati, OH, USA): 15 September

Researchers/Other

128) Research Associate on the water resources assessment and management of the Andes – Imperial College London (London, UK): 24 September   129) Research Associate on monitoring and modelling water pollution from diffuse and point sources – Imperial College London (London, UK): 24 September   130) Researcher: Water and carbon balance and climate change projections of the Ogooué River basin based on multi-satellite remote sensing data and process-based numerical models – IFP Energies nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France): 23 September   131) Researcher: Monitoring and forecasting of water resources and energy productivity at the watershed scale – Universita' degli Studi di Torino (Turin, Italy): 22 September   132) Recent past reconstruction of the Mediterranean Sea through numerical reanalysis techniques – Universita' di Bologna (Bologna, Italy): 21 September   133) Senior Research Associate, Civil Engineering – University of Calgary (Calgary, AB, Canada): 14 September   134) Director – Texas Water Resources Institute(College Station, TX, USA): Until filled   135) Research Fellow (Hydroclimate extremes) – National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore): Until filled   136) Director, Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) – University of Guam (Mangilao, Guam): Until filled   137) Hydraulics, Agronomy, and Sustainability in Early Modern northern Italy (1500-1800): Evolving Problems and Practices - Researcher – Universita' di Bologna(Bologna, Italy): 25 September   138) Europe nationals: The Water Code: The formula for a sustainable management of world water resources - Researcher – CNR- Istituto per lo Studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino (Gènova, Italy): 25 September   139) German speakers: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/ Wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) (Uni-Diplom/Master) der Ingenieur- /Natur- oder Geowissenschaften – Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (Koblenz, Germany): 23 September   140) German speakers: Scientific assistant in aquatic ecology (80-100%) – Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) (Dübendorf, Switzerland): 25 September   141) Europe nationals: Application of geophysical methods to support hydrogeological surveys - Researcher – Università degli Studi di Catania(Catania, Italy): 18 September   142) Netherlands nationals: Junior researcher international climate policy analysis – Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (The Hague, Netherlands): 25 September   143) See job eligibility requirements: Operational Researcher for the Floods Investment Programme – U.K. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (Various, UK): 13 September   144) Local recruitment: Scientist I – Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) (Walkerton, ON, Canada): Until filled   145) U.S. nationals: Research Agricultural Engineer – U.S. Agricultural Research Service (Stoneville, MS, USA): 26 September   146) Lab Technician – University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT, USA): Until filled   147) Assistant Research Professional - Research Scientist – University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL, USA): Until filled

WASH (SEE ALL)

0-2 years (See all)

148) Water & Sanitation Technical Referent (m/f/x) – Médecins Sans Frontières (Brussels, Belgium): 17 September   149) Technical Officer (WASH) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Copenhagen, Denmark): 19 September   150) Grants Specialist (Sitti and East & West Hararge Office – Dire Dawa), USAID Climate Resilient WASH Activity – Ethiopia – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Ethiopia): Until filled   151) Guatemala nationals: Education Officer (WASH in Schools) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Guatemala City, Guatemala): 13 September   152) Local recruitment: Water Purification Plant Operator Trainee/II – Kern County Water Agency(Bakersfield, CA, USA): 26 September   153) Bangladesh nationals: WASH Officer – (Host Community) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh): 20 September

3-4 years (See all)

154) Global Surge Team Roster : Environmental Health Coordinator – International Rescue Committee (IRC): Until filled   155) WASH Project Manager – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Kosti, Sudan): 14 September   156) Shelter & WASH Delegate – Swiss Red Cross (SRC) (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine): Until filled   157) French speakers: Coordinateur(Trice) Consortium Nex’eau (H/F) – Solidarités International(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso): Until filled   158) French speakers: Emergency WASH Advisor for its Emergency Roster – COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale: 18 September   159) Spanish speakers: Profesional en Agua y Saneamiento – Emergencias – Acción Contra El Hambre (Colombia): 20 September   160) WASH Specialist (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan): 19 September   161) Romanian speakers: Construction (WASH) Engineer – Danish Refugee Council (Chişinău, Moldova): 15 September   162) Kiswahili speakers: Wash Program Officer – Action Against Hunger (Mandera, Kenya): 20 September   163) Local recruitment: Project Officer-1 – World Vision (WV) (Bekaa, Lebanon): Until filled

5-9 years (See all)

164) Re-Advertisement: WASH Advisor – Oxfam(Damascus, Syria): 18 September   165) Infrastructure Engineer Specialist – Mercy Corps(Ethiopia): 10 October   166) WASH Team Leader – Oxfam (Syria): 25 September   167) WASH Manager Cluster (SecCrd) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Beirut, Lebanon): 18 September   168) Policy Specialist – CEED – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nairobi, Kenya): 17 September   169) French speakers: Project Manager (Water Engineering) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Port-au-Prince, Haiti): 19 September   170) French speakers: Coordinateur.Programme Eha / Same (H/F) – Solidarités International (Niamey, Niger): Until filled   171) Expression of interest: Cholera expert to support WHO and key partners in their Cholera response – Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)(Nairobi, Kenya): 18 September   172) Portuguese speakers: Líder Técnico de WASH – Save the Children (Mozambique): 15 September   173) Spanish speakers: WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Panama City, Panama): 19 September   174) French speakers: WASH & Shelter Specialist – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Bangui, Central African Republic): 22 September   175) State Safe Water Officer – Evidence Action(Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India): 17 September   176) Guinea-Bissau nationals: WASH Specialist - Re-advertisement – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau): 22 September   177) Mali nationals: Officer WASH – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Ansongo, Mali): Until filled   178) Kiswahili speakers: Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure Manager for Tanzania MUM Project – Tetra Tech (Iringa, Tanzania): Until filled   179) Local recruitment: Especialista ou Especialista Sênior de Água e Saneamento – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (Brazil): 26 September   180) Bangladesh nationals: WASH Officer (Sanitation and Environment) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh): 21 September   181) Local recruitment: Technical Advisor Environmental Health - MENA + Ukraine – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Amman, Jordan/Beirut, Lebanon/Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

182) French speakers: Chief WASH – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo): 21 September   183) State Safe Water Manager – Evidence Action(Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India): 17 September   184) Local recruitment: Manager, Business Development Services – Population Services International (PSI) (Kisumu, Kenya): Until filled

Not specified (See all)

185) French speakers: Coordinateur(Trice) EHA/ABRI (H/F) – Solidarités International (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) : Until filled   186) Local recruitment: Global Head of Advocacy - Climate Change – WaterAid (United Kingdom/Sweden/Germany/Belgium): 25 September   187) South Sudan nationals: WASH Specialist – Save the Children (Juba, South Sudan): 22 September   188) Ukrainian/Russian speakers: Shelter & WASH Technical Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine): 20 September

Consultancies (SEE ALL)

189) Consultant – WASH in Healthcare Facilities and Humanitarian WASH, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bangkok, Thailand): 21 September   190) Call for international development experts – various locations, fragile countries – Tetra Tech: Until filled   191) Consultant (WASH International Project Manager) – World Health Organization (WHO) (São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe): 21 September   192) French speakers: Waste Management and WASH International Consultant – United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (Dakar, Senegal): 20 September   193) French speakers: Huit(8) Consultants nationaux pour le contrôle des travaux de construction et réhabilitation des ouvrages eau, hygiène et assainissement dans les départements de l’Alibori, Borgou, Zou et Atacora, 6 mois – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Benin): 15 September   194) Russian speakers: International WASH Engineer Consultancy – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan): 22 September   195) Portuguese speakers: WASH and Health Study Consultancy – WaterAid (Mozambique): 22 September   196) Spanish speakers: Environmental Governance Jr, Consultant – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Mexico City, Mexico): 14 September   197) Spanish speakers: Central America NAP Consultant – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)(Managua, Nicaragua): 13 September   198) French speakers: Consultant(e) international(e) en assistance au CNRE pour l’organisation des données piézométriques et la production de la connaissance sur la ressource en eau (70 jours sur 5 mois) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nouakchott, Mauritania): 21 October   199) Spanish speakers: Coordinator for the project Resilient Watersheds in Panama – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Panama): 17 September   200) Consultant to conduct a rapid flood risk assessment within the Bugisu and the Karamoja sub-region – Food for the Hungry (Uganda): 15 September   201) Consultancy for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) evaluation of the “Food security, livelihoods, and WASH response for vulnerable households in Kabul, Bamiyan and Balkh Provinces in Afghanistan, September 2023 – Islamic Relief(Afghanistan): 18 September   202) India nationals: Engagement of NGOs for assisting in project implementation under WBDWSIP – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (India): 21 September   203) Tanzania nationals: Marine Environment Management Planning Specialist – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Home-based): 18 September   204) India nationals: Engagement of NGOs for assisting in project implementation under WBDWSIP – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (India): 21 September   205) Laos nationals: 2 Consultants for WASH monitoring to be based in a district of Houaphanh and Phongsaly province – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Vientiane, Laos): 19 September   206) Serbian speakers: Consultant for Climate & Environment – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Belgrade, Serbia): 13 September   207) Iraq nationals: WASH Sector Coordinator – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Baghdad, Iraq): 17 September

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208) RFP: Enhancing Climate Resilience and Adaptation in Ma’an and Tafila Governorates – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Jordan): 21 September   209) RFP: 2023/046, Request for Tenders: Consultancy services to develop an online, self-paced course on Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Island region – Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)(Samoa): 19 September   210) RFP: Improving WASH Conditions Facing High WASH Vulnerabilities and Malnutrition in Rubkona, Pibor and Twic – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (South Sudan): 15 September   211) WASH Evaluation: Request for Expressions of Interest – WaterAid (United Kingdom/Nigeria/Ghana/Tanzania): 22 September

Internships (SEE ALL)

212) Local recruitment: Stage "Réduction des Risques de Catastrophe et Adaptation au Changement Climatique" – Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion) (Lyon, France/Bruxelles, Belgium): 17 September   213) German speakers: Praktikant*in Digital4Water – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Eschborn, Germany): 20 September   214) German speakers: Praktikant*in im Cluster Umwelt, Klimawandel und Biodiversität, Fokus: Klima und Anpassung an den Klimawandel – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(New Delhi, Delhi, India): 24 September   215) Local recruitment: Civil Engineer Intern – New Mexico Office of the State Engineer (Albuquerque, NM, USA): 28 October   216) Local recruitment: Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan Climate Fellows – MANO Project(United States/Home-based): 18 September   217) Local recruitment: 2023- Environmental Security Program Internship – Stimson Center (Washington, D.C., USA): 15 September   218) Local recruitment: Water Resources Engineer Intern – Dewberry (Fairfax, VA/Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   219) Local recruitment: Graduate Water Engineer (Available 2024) - New York – Arup (New York, NY, USA): Until filled   220) Local recruitment: Graduate Water Engineer (Available 2024) - San Francisco – Arup (San Francisco, CA, USA): Until filled

Scholarships/Assistantships (SEE ALL)

221) PhD Position Resilience Gains of Nature-Inspired Water Systems – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam(Amsterdam, Netherlands): 17 September   222) PhD and MSc Positions in Adaptive Management of Green Stormwater Infrastructure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Watersheds – University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada): 16 September   223) Ph.D position in ecohydrological processes in Mediterranean headwater catchments – Institute of Environmental Assessments and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) (Barcelona, Spain): 15 September   224) PhD Position WaterFRAME – Water Fit for Reuse digital Architecture and Modeling Ecosystem. Standardization, integration, and enrichment of data into a data framework – VITO (Ghent, Belgium): 20 September   225) Two PhD Researchers: Unravelling Drought Impacts on Tropical Forest Trees in Brazil – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 18 September   226) PhD Researcher - Soil and water-based spatial planning and design (NWO-KIC program RESHAPE) – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 18 September   227) PhD Position, Aquatic Ecosystems – Baylor University (Texas, USA): 4 January 2024   228) PhD Researcher - Soil and water-based spatial planning and design (NWO-KIC program RESHAPE) – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 18 September   229) PhD researcher (f/m/d) on value chains to support the rewetting of peatlands – Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) (Müncheberg, Germany): 12 November   230) PhD candidate position - Remote Sensing of River Sediment Dynamics – University of Zurich (Zürich, Switzerland): Until filled   231) PhD Spatial Governance of climate change adaptation and water management – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 25 September

Fellowships

232) U.S. nationals: EPA Fellowship on Identifying Drivers of Nutrients and Algal Blooms in Rivers, Streams, and Lakes – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Corvallis, OR, USA): 24 September   233) Graduate Student: Hurricane Hazards Analysis for Compound Flood Risk Assessment - ERDC-CHL – U.S. Department of Defense (United States): Until filled

Other

234) End Water Poverty Grants – End Water Poverty (EWP) (Home-based): Until filled   235) Independent Board Member – Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London, UK): 20 September   236) Call for Nominations to the Future Earth Governing Council – Future Earth (Home-based): 22 September     Last week’s lists, Part I and Part II, in case you missed them   Post a job

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240) Position: Montana Tech (Butte, MT) - Hydrogeologist. App review: 1 October 2023 (for full consideration). https://tinyurl.com/4mc3vft7 #JobWaWi

 

241) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - 401 Water Quality Certification Coordinator (Natural Resource Specialist 4). Closes: 25 September 2023. #JobWaWi https://tinyurl.com/2r945nkp

 

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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 11 September 2023

We now call 9/11 'Patriot Day'. For me, it will always be the day my younger sister Ann (holding a wombat) was murdered by five Saudi Arabian terrorists who crashed her plane into the Pentagon. Ann Campana Judge was the Travel Director for the National Geographic Society. She and a colleague were escorting grammar-school children and their teachers from the DC area to meet others in LA to see various natural environments in the area. They were on AA #77 that was flying from Dulles Airport to LAX.  

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 11 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

M6.8 earthquake in Morocco is deadly and destroys buildings near Marrakech – aftershocks expected – Atlas Mountains are tectonic hot spot

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/powerful-earthquake-strikes-morocco-causing-230758164.html 
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000kufc/executive 
• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-morocco-quake-area-aftershocks-expert.html 
• https://www.dw.com/en/earthquakes-come-often-in-moroccos-atlas-mountains/a-66766929 
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/09/09/morocco-earthquake-updates-more-than-1000-dead-photos-of-aftermath/70809793007/ 

Pacific meridional overturning circulation in Miocene to early Pleistocene resulted in present-day circulation

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/pleistocene-conveyer-belt-in-the-pacific
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000853

Low-frequency earthquakes are incident to larger magnitude slow earthquakes in which aseismic slip dominates

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/low-frequency-quakes-have-modest-effect-on-slow-earthquake-cycle 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022AV000848 

Hot spots in the contiguous US for the occurrence of sinkholes

1. https://eos.org/articles/where-the-ground-gives-way 
2. Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1207689/full 

A much smaller Greenland ice cap existed 416,000 years ago – Greenland was green

• https://eos.org/articles/greenland-was-much-greener-416000-years-ago 

Visualizing Antarctic sea ice in 2023 – short term variations in ice extent

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/antarctica-sea-ice-loss-2023/ 

Crack in granite on west side of Royal Arches exfoliation dome formation near “Super Slide” forces closure of climbing route in Yosemite

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climbing-area-at-yosemite-national-park-closed-due-to-crack-in-granite/ar-AA1gnzDQ

Fragmentation of Tibetan Empire 1,200 years ago attributed to abrupt onset of severe drought

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-paleolimnological-attributes-tibetan-empire-collapse.html 
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379123003281?via%3Dihub

Some insights on Antarctic Sea Ice and the manipulation of data

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rziqjEzbOdE

Making a “baby glacier” in Pakistan – yeah, right, this will work

• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/09/03/1195879794/a-glacier-baby-is-born-mating-glaciers-to-replace-water-lost-to-climate-change 

50-foot-long silver “monster” encountered in Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang Region of NW China – Here be dragons

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mysterious-50-foot-monster-spotted-in-lake-in-china/ar-AA1gemu8 

Understanding the paradox of Himalayan glacier melt

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-unraveling-paradox-himalayan-glacier.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104389

150 myo Fujiavenator prodigiosus may help fill in the gap for the evolution of birds – evolutionary mosaicism

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000320 

New insights into the evolution of plant biology – episodic bursts

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230905125010.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-023-01513-x 

How marine life copes with hurricanes

• https://www.sciencealert.com/what-happens-to-animals-in-the-ocean-during-a-hurricane 

Lumakoala blackae - New Oligocene species of early Koala relative

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lumakoala-blackae-12244.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-41471-0 

Plesiosaur long necks evolved very rapidly

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/chusaurus-xiangensis-12238.html   
• Paper:  https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-023-02150-w 

Six billion tonnes of sand & sediment extracted from the ocean every year

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Six_bn_tonnes_of_sand_extracted_from_worlds_oceans_each_year_UN_999.html 

Valencia County, Oppenheimer & uranium geology

• https://news-bulletin.com/geology-landscapes-of-valencia-county-an-oppenheimer-and-uranium-geologic-connection-with-valencia-county/   

Active landslide season in Utah

• https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-geological-survey-reports-busiest-landslide-season-since-2011-fruit-heights-draper-mountain-100-more-slides-than-usual-subdivision-director-bill-keach 

Impacts of the M7.8 earthquake in Turkey & Syria

• https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/turkey-earthquakes 
• GEER Report:  https://geerassociation.org/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/GEER_2023_Turkey_Earthquake_FullReport_ReducedSize.pdf 
• GEER Report on Geotechnical Engineering Effects:  https://geerassociation.org/components/com_geer_reports/geerfiles/Phase%203%20Turkiye%20Earthquake%20Report_v3.pdf 

Field excursion to Long Valley, California – Long Valley Caldera, Bishop Tuff

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/calvo/news/usgs-volcano-scientists-visit-long-valley

Chevron starts drilling in expanded area of Bibiyana Gas Field

• https://www.daily-sun.com/post/710337/Chevron-starts-drilling-in-Bibiyana-gas-field%E2%80%99s-expanded-area 

Ancient oceanic floor lithosphere may wrap around the Core

• https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-core-appears-to-be-wrapped-in-an-ancient-unexpected-structure 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4838

Perspective:  Engineering geological survey should be conducted prior to building a home in Utah

• https://news.yahoo.com/opinion-building-homes-geological-dangers-140000237.html 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

New research shows “direct link” between GHG emissions & polar bear decline – But loss of Arctic sea ice has STALLED since 2008 – many drivers of biodiversity loss

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03092023/research-link-between-emissions-polar-bear-decline/ 
• Abstract:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh2280 
• Atlantification:  https://phys.org/news/2023-09-atlantification-arctic-ocean.html
• Multiple biodiversity drivers:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9982 

Using the wrong paradigm – covid is not a seasonal virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/covid-isn-t-seasonal-so-why-are-covid-booster-shots/ar-AA1g1Z6H 

Fauci worried people won’t treat CDC recommendations as mandates – “little to no” evidence that large-scale masking is effective at preventing spread of the virus – masks cause physical & developmental issues in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fauci-says-he-worries-americans-won-t-listen-to-future-mask-recommendations-from-cdc/ar-AA1gb4N8 
• https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-research-finds-little-to-no-evidence-masks-effectively-lessened-covid-spread/
• Paper:  https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full 

Covid pandemic fraud – just how much was stolen & how much money has been recovered?

• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-nationwide-covid-19-fraud-enforcement-action 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-demand-answers-garland-covid-relief-fraud-rcna102298 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/29/covid-fraud-gang-allegedly-stole-millions-to-pay-for-murder-guns-drugs.html 
• To report fraud:  https://home.treasury.gov/services/report-fraud-waste-and-abuse/covid-19-scams 

Covid fear-mongering & falsehoods back in the liberal main stream media – masks do not stop the virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/covid-fearmongering-and-falsehoods-are-back-in-liberal-media/ar-AA1gowve
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/masks-don-t-work-against-covid-19-and-dr-fauci-should-stop-talking/ar-AA1glX7X 

Groundwater & petroleum – outline & download link

• https://gw-project.org/books/groundwater-and-petroleum/

Wildlife or hot springs or being dumb human pose hazards to tourists

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/which-more-hazardous-yellowstone-visitors-wildlife-or-hot-springs

California has spent $600M+ for environmental reviews of incomplete high-speed rail line – 78 miles have still not received full environmental approval – history of delays & budget overruns

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-spent-more-than-600-million-on-environmental-reviews-for-high-speed-rail-line-that-isn-t-built-yet/ar-AA1gbZsc

“Transableism” is the new “abyss” – a “delusional disorder” 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/transableism-is-the-new-abyss-people-are-choosing-to-identify-as-handicapped-and-it-is-as-messed-up-as-it-sounds/ss-AA1gehd8 

Wantonly sacrificing the countryside at the altar of “net zero”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/our-countryside-is-being-wantonly-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-net-zero/ar-AA1geD03 

More than 1,600 scientists declare climate “emergency” is a myth – no cause for panic & alarm – need to strongly oppose “net zero policy” 

• https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis 

Leading academic journals tend to favor climate papers that support preapproved narratives – reject those that don’t & media manipulates the truth

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-scientist-says-media-manipulates-truth-about-global-warming/ss-AA1ghCbT
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12482921/climate-scientist-patrick-brown-wildfires-started-people.html 

Latest chapter of climate fiction – “the climate Chicken Littles are wrong again”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/cal-thomas-more-climate-fiction/ar-AA1gfnmG

Start with a bad assumption to create policy that may be costly and of minimal effectiveness

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05092023/medical-toolkit-for-climate-resiliency/ 

Is the Tesla Supercharger still being powered by a diesel plant?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-dark-side-of-tesla-s-largest-supercharger-is-a-diesel-generator-still-powering-it/ar-AA1gfYP2 

Serious questions still unanswered about the Chinese underground biolab in Reedley, California – cultures of tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, covid & malaria – “risk group 2 & 3”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/disturbing-california-biolab-shrouded-in-mystery-as-china-links-emerge/ar-AA1ggnqJ 

First Peoples 3:  States, Feds and the First People Go Fishing

• https://sibleysrivers.com/first-peoples-3-states-feds-and-the-first-people-go-fishing/ 

On-going outbreak of meningococcal disease across Virginia reports total of 27 cases

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/virginia-experiencing-statewide-outbreak-meningococcal-202335355.html 

Warning of potential for drinking water crisis in 5 cities

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/us/water-infrastructure-failure-us-cities-climate/index.html 

Grand Canyon National Park re-implementing mandatory water conservation measures for the South Rim – concessions must switch to disposable dishes & utensils

• https://apnews.com/article/water-conservation-measures-grand-canyon-south-rim-77e85af9d1fde91890f4965474be7797 
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/water-conservation-measures-ordered-grand-canyons-south-rim 

Proposed legislation in Pennsylvania would classify produced water as hazardous waste & would require toxicity testing of wastewater, mine tailings & runoff from landfills

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/pennsylvania-bills-would-regulate-produced-water-as-hazardous/ 

Agribusiness Cargill in crosshairs for connections to deforestation in Bolivia

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/agribusiness-giant-cargill-is-in-activists-crosshairs-for-its-connections-to-deforestation-in-bolivia/ 
• Link to report:  https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/empty-promises-cargill-soy/ 

Elk rut has begun in Jasper National Park – tourists beware & keep a safe distance

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/elk-rut-underway-jasper-national-park 

Ethical and moral?  Human embryo models grown from stem cells

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-human-embryo-grown-stem-cells.html 

Universal pattern of how many species are common, very rare, or somewhere in between

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000325 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02173-y

Large increases in ER visits for traffic injuries involving cannabis in Ontario, Canada

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000383 

Corruption is a way of doing things in the swamp – affects all our society in many ways

• https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/whistleblower-concerns-about-hunter-biden-firms-first-surfaced 

Fighting invasive species is a very expensive, futile, uphill battle

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rethinking-the-war-on-invasive-species/ar-AA1gnJXr 
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/World_losing_high-stakes_fight_against_alien_species_999.html 
• Assessment Summary:  https://zenodo.org/record/8314303 
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-cost-humans-423bn-each-year-and-threaten-worlds-diversity-aoe 
• Rabbits in AUS:  https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cute_but_calamitous_Australia_labours_under_rabbit_numbers_999.html 
• Phragmites in Macomb County:  https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/09/06/how-macomb-county-is-fighting-an-invasive-species-to-make-roads-safer-for-drivers/ 
• Fire ants in Virginia:  https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/09/04/fire-ants-head-west-in-virginia-2nd-invasive-species-spotted/ 
• Jimsonweed in New England:  https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/09/07/jimsonweed-toxic-nh-invasive-species-watch-list/70766856007/ 

Class action lawsuit against DuPont & Chemours for PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/DuPont_and_Chemours_sued_in_Dutch_forever_chemicals_case_999.html 

Feds announce will overturn sales of O&G leases in ANWR – unlawful action

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-to-cancel-alaskan-arctic-oil-drilling-rights-sold-by-trump-1.1967989 
• https://apnews.com/article/alaska-arctic-refuge-oil-gas-leases-interior-318dcc3f2d5b104a800bf3ba48e764b7
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-under-fire-for-unlawful-cancellation-of-oil-leases-as-prices-hit-highest-point-of-2023/ar-AA1goOTd 

Carbon capture pipeline project denied key construction permit in South Dakota – following example of ND

• https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-665a20269d43d4aff5944969f869bb03 

Burning Man organizers have 3 weeks to clean up apocalyptic expanse of abandoned cars and other debris left behind in the Black Rock Desert

• https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/burning-man-cleanup-flood-mud/ 
• https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934431/the-burning-man-2023-mud-cleanup-playa-pollution 

Trying to mitigate the impacts of over-tourism at Lake Tahoe – “Keep Tahoe Blue”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-monster-that-feeds-and-eats-away-at-lake-tahoe/ar-AA1glxO6

Sniffer dogs help find platypus researchers

• https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/wildlife-sniffer-dogs-teach-platypus-experts-new-tricks-20230830-p5e0ks.html 

Microwaving releases hordes of micro-plastic particles from food containers

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/study-uncovers-disturbing-side-effect-110000309.html
• https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-study-finds-billions-of-nanoplastics-released-when-microwaving/ 

First ever global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-reveals-human-destruction-global-floodplains.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02382-x

Determining the cause of the 1931 Yangtze River flood – one of deadliest natural disasters in history

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-yangtze-river-deluge.html 

Mount Fuji suffering from over-tourism

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-japan-mount-fuji-tourists.html 

Factors affecting mortality and maternal abandonment of young free-roaming feral horse foals

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/proximate-factors-affecting-mortality-and-maternal-abandonment-young-free-roaming 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1558787823000722 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

New research shows “direct link” between GHG emissions & polar bear decline – But loss of Arctic sea ice has STALLED since 2008 – many drivers of biodiversity loss

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03092023/research-link-between-emissions-polar-bear-decline/ 
• Abstract:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh2280 
• Atlantification:  https://phys.org/news/2023-09-atlantification-arctic-ocean.html
• Multiple biodiversity drivers:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm9982 

Using the wrong paradigm – covid is not a seasonal virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/covid-isn-t-seasonal-so-why-are-covid-booster-shots/ar-AA1g1Z6H 

Fauci worried people won’t treat CDC recommendations as mandates – “little to no” evidence that large-scale masking is effective at preventing spread of the virus – masks cause physical & developmental issues in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fauci-says-he-worries-americans-won-t-listen-to-future-mask-recommendations-from-cdc/ar-AA1gb4N8 
• https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-research-finds-little-to-no-evidence-masks-effectively-lessened-covid-spread/
• Paper:  https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full 

Covid pandemic fraud – just how much was stolen & how much money has been recovered?

• https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-nationwide-covid-19-fraud-enforcement-action 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-demand-answers-garland-covid-relief-fraud-rcna102298 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/29/covid-fraud-gang-allegedly-stole-millions-to-pay-for-murder-guns-drugs.html 
• To report fraud:  https://home.treasury.gov/services/report-fraud-waste-and-abuse/covid-19-scams 

Covid fear-mongering & falsehoods back in the liberal main stream media – masks do not stop the virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/covid-fearmongering-and-falsehoods-are-back-in-liberal-media/ar-AA1gowve
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/masks-don-t-work-against-covid-19-and-dr-fauci-should-stop-talking/ar-AA1glX7X 

Groundwater & petroleum – outline & download link

• https://gw-project.org/books/groundwater-and-petroleum/

Wildlife or hot springs or being dumb human pose hazards to tourists

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/which-more-hazardous-yellowstone-visitors-wildlife-or-hot-springs

California has spent $600M+ for environmental reviews of incomplete high-speed rail line – 78 miles have still not received full environmental approval – history of delays & budget overruns

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-spent-more-than-600-million-on-environmental-reviews-for-high-speed-rail-line-that-isn-t-built-yet/ar-AA1gbZsc

“Transableism” is the new “abyss” – a “delusional disorder” 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/transableism-is-the-new-abyss-people-are-choosing-to-identify-as-handicapped-and-it-is-as-messed-up-as-it-sounds/ss-AA1gehd8 

Wantonly sacrificing the countryside at the altar of “net zero”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/our-countryside-is-being-wantonly-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-net-zero/ar-AA1geD03 

More than 1,600 scientists declare climate “emergency” is a myth – no cause for panic & alarm – need to strongly oppose “net zero policy” 

• https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/environment/more-1600-scientists-including-nobel-laureates-declare-climate-crisis 

Leading academic journals tend to favor climate papers that support preapproved narratives – reject those that don’t & media manipulates the truth

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-scientist-says-media-manipulates-truth-about-global-warming/ss-AA1ghCbT
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12482921/climate-scientist-patrick-brown-wildfires-started-people.html 

Latest chapter of climate fiction – “the climate Chicken Littles are wrong again”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/cal-thomas-more-climate-fiction/ar-AA1gfnmG

Start with a bad assumption to create policy that may be costly and of minimal effectiveness

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05092023/medical-toolkit-for-climate-resiliency/ 

Is the Tesla Supercharger still being powered by a diesel plant?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-dark-side-of-tesla-s-largest-supercharger-is-a-diesel-generator-still-powering-it/ar-AA1gfYP2 

Serious questions still unanswered about the Chinese underground biolab in Reedley, California – cultures of tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, covid & malaria – “risk group 2 & 3”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/disturbing-california-biolab-shrouded-in-mystery-as-china-links-emerge/ar-AA1ggnqJ 

First Peoples 3:  States, Feds and the First People Go Fishing

• https://sibleysrivers.com/first-peoples-3-states-feds-and-the-first-people-go-fishing/ 

On-going outbreak of meningococcal disease across Virginia reports total of 27 cases

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/virginia-experiencing-statewide-outbreak-meningococcal-202335355.html 

Warning of potential for drinking water crisis in 5 cities

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/us/water-infrastructure-failure-us-cities-climate/index.html 

Grand Canyon National Park re-implementing mandatory water conservation measures for the South Rim – concessions must switch to disposable dishes & utensils

• https://apnews.com/article/water-conservation-measures-grand-canyon-south-rim-77e85af9d1fde91890f4965474be7797 
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/water-conservation-measures-ordered-grand-canyons-south-rim 

Proposed legislation in Pennsylvania would classify produced water as hazardous waste & would require toxicity testing of wastewater, mine tailings & runoff from landfills

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/pennsylvania-bills-would-regulate-produced-water-as-hazardous/ 

Agribusiness Cargill in crosshairs for connections to deforestation in Bolivia

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06092023/agribusiness-giant-cargill-is-in-activists-crosshairs-for-its-connections-to-deforestation-in-bolivia/ 
• Link to report:  https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/empty-promises-cargill-soy/ 

Elk rut has begun in Jasper National Park – tourists beware & keep a safe distance

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/elk-rut-underway-jasper-national-park 

Ethical and moral?  Human embryo models grown from stem cells

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-human-embryo-grown-stem-cells.html 

Universal pattern of how many species are common, very rare, or somewhere in between

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000325 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02173-y

Large increases in ER visits for traffic injuries involving cannabis in Ontario, Canada

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000383 

Corruption is a way of doing things in the swamp – affects all our society in many ways

• https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/whistleblower-concerns-about-hunter-biden-firms-first-surfaced 

Fighting invasive species is a very expensive, futile, up-hill battle

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rethinking-the-war-on-invasive-species/ar-AA1gnJXr 
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/World_losing_high-stakes_fight_against_alien_species_999.html 
• Assessment Summary:  https://zenodo.org/record/8314303 
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/invasive-species-cost-humans-423bn-each-year-and-threaten-worlds-diversity-aoe 
• Rabbits in AUS:  https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Cute_but_calamitous_Australia_labours_under_rabbit_numbers_999.html 
• Phragmites in Macomb County:  https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/09/06/how-macomb-county-is-fighting-an-invasive-species-to-make-roads-safer-for-drivers/ 
• Fire ants in Virginia:  https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/09/04/fire-ants-head-west-in-virginia-2nd-invasive-species-spotted/ 
• Jimsonweed in New England:  https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2023/09/07/jimsonweed-toxic-nh-invasive-species-watch-list/70766856007/ 

Class action lawsuit against DuPont & Chemours for PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/DuPont_and_Chemours_sued_in_Dutch_forever_chemicals_case_999.html 

 

Feds announce will overturn sales of O&G leases in ANWR – unlawful action

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/biden-to-cancel-alaskan-arctic-oil-drilling-rights-sold-by-trump-1.1967989 
• https://apnews.com/article/alaska-arctic-refuge-oil-gas-leases-interior-318dcc3f2d5b104a800bf3ba48e764b7
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-under-fire-for-unlawful-cancellation-of-oil-leases-as-prices-hit-highest-point-of-2023/ar-AA1goOTd  

Carbon capture pipeline project denied key construction permit in South Dakota – following example of ND

• https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-carbon-dioxide-pipeline-665a20269d43d4aff5944969f869bb03 

Burning Man organizers have 3 weeks to clean up apocalyptic expanse of abandoned cars and other debris left behind in the Black Rock Desert

• https://fortune.com/2023/09/06/burning-man-cleanup-flood-mud/ 
• https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934431/the-burning-man-2023-mud-cleanup-playa-pollution 

Trying to mitigate the impacts of over-tourism at Lake Tahoe – “Keep Tahoe Blue”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-monster-that-feeds-and-eats-away-at-lake-tahoe/ar-AA1glxO6

Sniffer dogs help find platypus researchers

• https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/wildlife-sniffer-dogs-teach-platypus-experts-new-tricks-20230830-p5e0ks.html 

Microwaving releases hordes of micro-plastic particles from food containers

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/study-uncovers-disturbing-side-effect-110000309.html
• https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nebraska-study-finds-billions-of-nanoplastics-released-when-microwaving/ 

First ever global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-reveals-human-destruction-global-floodplains.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02382-x

Determining the cause of the 1931 Yangtze River flood – one of deadliest natural disasters in history

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-yangtze-river-deluge.html 

Mount Fuji suffering from over-tourism

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-japan-mount-fuji-tourists.html 

Factors affecting mortality and maternal abandonment of young free-roaming feral horse foals

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/proximate-factors-affecting-mortality-and-maternal-abandonment-young-free-roaming 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1558787823000722 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 11 September 2023 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Marine Sand Watch - Removal of 6B tons of sand from the ocean each year pose risk to marine life

• https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-marine-sand-watch-reveals-massive-extraction-worlds-oceans 
• Marine Sand Watch interactive map:  https://unepgrid.ch/en/marinesandwatch 

Hypoxia cited as reason for downward trend in lobsters off the coast of Massachusetts

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04092023/cape-cod-lobsters-threatened-hypoxia/ 

Australia includes Southern Ocean in 6 areas for public consultation ahead of planned offshore wind lease sales – South Australia opposed since poses danger to fisheries

• https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/lobster-row-rocks-offshore-wind-as-state-tells-turbines-to-stay-away/2-1-1511646 

Danish company Ørsted to continue survey for pathway for cables to connect offshore wind farm to land

• https://www.capegazette.com/article/%C3%B8rsted-set-resume-near-shore-survey-work-fall/263638 

Coastal erosion on Chebeague Island off the coast of Maine especially in intertidal nature preserve

• https://www.pressherald.com/2023/09/04/erosion-on-chebeague-island-seen-as-warning-to-other-coastal-communities/ 

Inception of Building Resilience of Coastal Ecological & Social Systems of Pakistan project

• https://www.iucn.org/news/202309/charting-resilient-future-coastal-ecosystem-restoration-project-commences-karachi 

Coastal redwoods take advantage of regular influx of fog – “Cathedral Forests”

• https://www.geographyrealm.com/fog-sipping-coastal-redwoods/ 

California trial court attempts to clarify when coastal property owners are entitled to seawall protection

• https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/california-trial-court-clarifies-when-2858656/ 

“Death star” processing plants to produce liquified natural gas are popping up along the Gulf Coast – begs the question:  why are we exporting so much energy when we have an energy shortage here in the US?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-death-star-processing-plants-are-popping-up-along-the-gulf-coast-there-s-so-many-of-them/ar-AA1gheMe 

Considering an ocean corridor of high-voltage power lines from Maine to New Jersey – pros & cons

• https://www.eenews.net/articles/4-things-to-know-about-the-state-led-push-for-underwater-transmission/ 

Beach from Buxton Beach Access to Buxton jetties temporarily closed in Cape Hatteras National Seashore

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/09/stretch-beach-temporarily-closed-cape-hatteras-national-seashore 

Yes, somewhere underneath all those shacks is a Caribbean Island that will be abandoned by 2,000 residents who think their island is “sinking”

• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-hundreds-abandon-caribbean-island-home.html 

Benthic habitat characterization offshore of Morrow Bay, California

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/california-state-waters-map-series-benthic-habitat-characterization-region-offshore
• USGS OFR 2023-1064:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2023/1064/ofr20231064.pdf 

Sea lions found dead along California coast died of leptospirosis bacterial infection 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-sea-lions-are-dying-now-scientists-know-why/ar-AA1gqU3Q 

 "We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.” - President George W. Bush, 9/11/2001

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once." -- William Shakespeare (from Julius Caesar)