Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 6 November 2023

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Elaine J. Hanford authors all the following entries. 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 6 November 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Geologist Ferdinand Hayden & founding of Yellowstone National Park

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/ferdinand-hayden-and-founding-yellowstone-national-park 

This leaning tower in Italy is not in Pisa – but rather is the Garisenda Tower in Bologna – worse than the adjacent Asinelli Tower – shut down for restoration & safety – selenite stones in basement being worn away

• https://www.newser.com/story/342037/italian-city-begins-work-to-straighten-its-leaning-tower.html
• https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/famous-leaning-tower-in-bologna-closed-for-safety-reasons-31-10-2023/ 

Contemplating significance of increased activity at Long Valley Caldera & Campi Flegrei

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/two-supervolcanoes-a-world-apart-have-the-attention-of-scientists/ar-AA1jdPUH 

So what if Earth passes Paris Agreement 1.5 degrees Celsius?  Earth has, as they say, “been there, done that” and survived just fine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/what-will-happen-when-earth-surpasses-1-5-degrees-celsius-of-warming/ar-AA1jdGQE
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01848-5 

Mitochondrial genome of extinct European wooly rhino - Coelodonta antiquitatis – reconstructed from coprolites

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/europe-s-wooly-rhino-genes-reconstructed-from-dna-in-predator-poop/ar-AA1jffVx 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0343 

For paleomagnetic data, more sites provide superior data than multiple samples from one site

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/should-i-stay-or-should-i-goto-another-paleomagnetic-site
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JB027211 

Major eddy swirling in ocean waters off the coast of southeastern Australia

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-monster-eddy-current-coast-sydneywill.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01041-8 

New method to predict saltwater intrusion into fresh groundwater in Plymouth, Massachusetts

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-hydrogeologists-saltwater-intrusion-groundwater.html 
• Report:  https://www.boutthydro.com/_files/ugd/b4f826_497ca9b7ed464d4a8448adab0907d8a0.pdf  

Mechanism that may explain climate variability during the Last Ice Age

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006776
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh1106

Evolution of lampreys in the Jurassic

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006755
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42251-0

New insights into India-Asia collision 55 myo

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006580 

 Jǫrmungandr walhallaensis - New mosasaur species named for Norse sea serpent

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006322
• Link to download pdf:  https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/13b0485f-c73f-47f9-8d1d-0d4ab6aaedfb 

Humans are disrupting the global salt cycle

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006301 

Evolution of marine oxygen landscaped impacted by plate tectonics & biological innovation

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006569 

Decadal variations in the Jet Stream

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006587

Devonian Brittle Star fossils found in upper unit of Baviaanskloof Formation in South Africa

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/devonian-brittle-stars-12413.html
• Paper:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0292636 

Fragments of protoplanet Theia that collided with Earth 4.5 byo persist as low-velocity provinces in the Mantle

• https://www.sci.news/space/theia-earth-mantle-12412.html 

Dust from Chicxulub impact may have played key role in extinction the dinosaurs and ammonites

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/chicxulub-asteroid-dust-12406.html 

510 myo Cambrian plankton fossils in Forteau Formation in Canada

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cambrian-green-algae-12401.html 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.1882 

As shipping increases in Arctic waters, more noise pollution disrupts marine life

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/the-arctic-ocean-is-getting-louder-inuit-knowledge-can-help-quell-the-racket 

Increasing ocean wave energy observed in seismic wavefield

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/increasing-ocean-wave-energy-observed-earths-seismic-wavefield-late-20th-century 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42673-w 

Geologic landscapes of Valencia County basalt-capped mesas – inverted topography

• https://news-bulletin.com/geology-landscapes-of-valencia-county-basalt-capped-mesas-inverted-topography/ 

Rescued archives of Charles Lyell go on display

• https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/rescued-archives-of-darwin-mentor-charles-lyell-go-on-display/ 

Geologist shares analysis of underground tunnels use by Hamas in the Gaza Strip

• https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20231030_08/ 

Geology is critical concern for siting of new Guam Memorial Hospital – sinkholes and faults

• https://www.guampdn.com/opinion/lotz-geology-suddenly-a-concern-for-the-future-location-of-new-hospital/article_fef7a202-7603-11ee-ab33-a39a8e58f488.html

Perplexing properties of the Inner Core

• https://thedailytexan.com/2023/10/31/153574/ 

Stacked basalt columns in canyon north of Molokai 

• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article281029628.html 

Removal of Copco No. 2 dam from Klamath River is now complete

• https://www.kdrv.com/news/first-klamath-river-dam-removal-effort-complete-leaving-three-for-next-year/article_18524e06-79af-11ee-8d96-eb86222f3294.html 
• Video:  https://www.kdrv.com/video/one-dam-gone-in-klamath-river-dam-removal-project/video_c634c485-ece9-56a7-9d74-d9c504a842b5.html 

Electric Mountain – though I would not be willing to call that view beautiful

• https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/nov/02/beauty-of-infrastructure-electric-mountain-dinorwig-power-station-north-wales

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 6 November 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

So-called “green” energy (wind& solar) is really very expensive and damaging to the environment – based on expensive government subsidies, high cost of energy storage & lack of back-up power 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-case-for-wind-power-was-built-upon-a-falsehood/ar-AA1j29KS 

“Geofencing” and high tech are invading right to privacy & freedom of religion

• https://amgreatness.com/2023/10/29/just-the-facts-on-geofencing/

USEPA to fund 5 grants to investigate impacts of PFAS forever chemicals in agricultural plants & animals – 12,000 PFAS compounds linked to cancer, impaired immune function, endocrine system function & birth defects

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30102023/epa-to-fund-studies-of-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-agriculture/ 

Legislation will slash $billions from “green energy slush funds”

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/house-speaker-mike-johnson-s-first-big-bill-cuts-biden-s-climate-change-funding-1.1990049

Pfizer hid nearly 80% of vaxx trial deaths from regulators – 3.7-fold increase in cardiovascular deaths in vaxxed

• https://vigilantnews.com/post/how-pfizer-hid-nearly-80-of-covid-vaccine-trial-deaths-from-regulators 
• Paper:  https://ijvtpr.com/index.php/IJVTPR/article/view/86/ 

Fauci & NIH funded covid experiments at lab in Montana – virus supplied by Wuhan Lab in China

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/us-taxpayer-funds-used-in-coronavirus-experiments-with-wuhan-lab-before-pandemic-report-claims/ar-AA1jb36P 

Trends in hospital-associated infections (HAIs) – especially MRSA which more than doubled in last decade

• https://www.ipcupdate.co.uk/a-look-at-trends-of-hai-an-in-depth-analysis/ 

Plan to expand mapping of designated flood areas could force millions to buy insurance – more representative of areas prone to flooding

• https://www.eenews.net/articles/dramatic-plan-to-expand-flood-areas-could-force-millions-to-buy-insurance/ 
• TMAC interim report:  https://subscriber.politicopro.com/eenews/f/eenews/?id=0000018b-6e56-d6f1-a3af-eede5da70000

USEPA to strengthen rules on lead in drinking water

• https://apnews.com/article/epa-lead-water-pipe-announcement-flint-44b774f4a96567429b44badf9c89129a 

Charging EV is equivalent to $17.33 per gallon gasoline – EV charging continues to receive federal subsidies & incentives with your tax dollars to make it appear to be cost competitive but you are still paying the price

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/study-reveals-electric-vehicle-fueling-is-actually-equivalent-to-17-33-per-gallon/ar-AA1j9jks 
• TPPF Report:  https://www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-TrueCostofEVs-BennettIsaac.pdf 

Federal Judge issues restraining order preventing Biden administration from cutting razor wire border protection in Texas

• https://amgreatness.com/2023/11/01/judge-forbids-biden-administration-from-cutting-texas-razor-wire-barriers-on-southern-border/

First fully autonomous vehicle suspended in Japan after crashing into parked bicycle

• https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15042058 

Thanks to judicial and legislative roadblocks, the draconian Biden vaxx mandates failed – mounting evidence vaxx was not “safe & effective” – spike protein in vaxx is clearly pathogenic 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/biden-s-covid-19-vax-mandates-spawn-lingering-bad-results/ar-AA1je4EH 

Myotragus baleraricus – only known cold-blooded mammal – now extinct

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-happened-to-myotragus-baleraricus-the-world-s-only-cold-blooded-mammal/ar-AA1jdXaJ 

Two more men arrested for chopping down iconic “Robin Hood Tree” at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/two-men-arrested-over-felling-of-sycamore-gap-tree/ar-AA1jcXN3

So what if Earth passes Paris Agreement 1.5 degrees Celsius?  Earth has, as they say, “been there, done that” and survived just fine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/what-will-happen-when-earth-surpasses-1-5-degrees-celsius-of-warming/ar-AA1jdGQE
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01848-5 

Abolish WHO to stop plandemic misinformation – WHO is “just another corrupt United Nations bureaucracy” and is an arrogant failure

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/want-to-stop-pandemic-misinformation-abolish-the-who/ar-AA1jeyVM 

Hard to make up stuff like this:  Iran to chair UN Human Rights Forum

• https://unwatch.org/iran-to-chair-un-human-rights-forum-on-thursday-sparking-protests/
• https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-did-the-united-nations-hand-a-human-rights-job-to-irans-ambassador/ 

CRS Report:  “Management of the Colorado River – Water Allocations, Drought & the Federal Role”

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45546 

Poll shows 24% of Americans know someone who died from side effects of getting vaxxed

• https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/killer_jab_24_say_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccine 

Contemplating what to do if a stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is sunk in NYC 

• https://gothamist.com/news/should-nyc-build-a-park-on-a-sunken-stretch-of-the-bqe

USDA sharing knowledge of eradication methods for invasive giant African snail

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/ppq-program-overview/plant-protection-today/articles/ppq-shares-methods-aid-foreign-giant-african-snail

Fire ants have invaded Europe – “one of the worst invasive species & fifth costliest worldwide”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/researchers-find-first-extensive-mature-population-of-invasive-species-in-europe-one-of-the-worst-invasive-alien-species/ar-AA1jgxi1 
• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00974-0 

Humans have increased atmospheric concentrations of mercury 7X more than all volcanic eruptions combined

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/humans-have-boosted-atmospheric-mercury-concentrations-sevenfold 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104667 

Visualizing the future demand for lithium just to build environmentally damaging EVs

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/tomorrows-lithium-demands/

Hours and hours and hours spent on “social media” is spent alone and distressed

• https://theconversation.com/how-much-time-do-kids-spend-on-devices-playing-games-watching-videos-texting-and-using-the-phone-210118 

Man who received genetically modified pig heart died 6 weeks after transplant

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-faucette-dead-after-pig-heart-transplant_n_65424e5ae4b02c5617db2573 

21 species now officially extinct

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/11/twenty-one-species-officially-extinct-while-ivory-billed-woodpecker-might-persist 

Proposed Ambler Road in remote section of Alaska to the mine would be detrimental to wildlife, fisheries & backcountry recreation

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/11/hunters-anglers-say-proposed-ambler-road-would-harm-wildlife-fisheries-backcountry

Book Review:  “US Rangers, the Law of the Land – History of Law Enforcement in Federal Land Management Agencies” 

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/11/review-us-rangers-law-land-history-law-enforcement-federal-land-management-agencies 

Potential new approach to water electrolysis to produce “green hydrogen” – but still requires water

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-approach-electrolysis-green-hydrogen.html 

Lingering environmental impacts of colonial settlers in 1850s gold rush in Ballarat, Australia

• https://theconversation.com/in-the-1800s-colonial-settlers-moved-ballarats-yarrowee-river-the-impacts-are-still-felt-today-214949
• Interactive Map:  https://yarrowee.cerdi.edu.au/ 

Toxic smog in Delhi, India, forces shut down of schools & banning of fireworks at Cricket World Cup

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Schools_shut_as_toxic_smog_engulfs_Indias_capital_999.html

Clean Water Act may not be effective in controlling nonpoint-source nutrient pollution

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-effective-nutrient-pollution.html
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-023-01869-6 

Natural disasters versus natural hazards – as Gilbert White would say: acts of man versus acts of God

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006275 
• Paper:  https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/8357/8357.pdf 

Glyphosate – jury awards victim $175M from Monsanto as Europe weighs reauthorization of pesticide & proposed Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act would protet pesticide companies & products

• https://www.ehn.org/roundup-lawsuit-2666088361.html
• https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-cancer-europe-2666077883.html 
• https://www.thenewlede.org/2023/11/battle-brewing-over-proposed-us-law-that-would-protect-pesticides/ 

Increased incidence of thyroid cancer in affluent areas of Brazil is result of better access to diagnostic testing

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006521 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1530891X23005049 

Sustained human-to-human transmission of monkey pox since at least 2016

• https://www.sciencealert.com/sustained-human-transmission-of-mpox-has-been-happening-longer-than-we-realised 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg8116 

Surprise!  Tiny mice live at high altitudes in the Puna de Atacama of the Andes

• https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-mice-discovered-at-altitudes-thought-inhabitable-for-mammals 
• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01161-2 

Bodies of starfish and other echinoderms may really be heads

• https://www.sci.news/biology/starfish-heads-12415.html 

Another broken promise:  US Treaty promised Native Americans fish – but they are now toxic (mercury & PCBs)

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/the-u-s-promised-tribes-they-would-always-have-fish-but-the-fish-they-have-pose-toxic-risks

New technique for detecting early onset of “deadly infectious diseases” so we can have more politically-driven plandemics

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-develop-method-detect-deadly-infectious 

Will we ever learn the truth behind the covid plandemic & gain-of-function research

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-real-covid-scandal-is-emerging-right-in-front-of-the-inquiry-s-nose/ar-AA1ji11d 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/covid-origins-committee-chair-officials-are-hiding-info-from-americans-exclusive/ar-AA1jibdN 

Federal Appeals Court tosses EPA ban on Chlorpyrifos insecticide that has been linked to brain damage in children

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/court-tosses-epa-ban-on-pesticide-linked-to-brain-damage-in-kids/ar-AA1jiIHm 

American Ornithological Society will rename more than 100 birds because current names are “racist” – not that the birds cared what they were called – social media backlash

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dozens-of-offensive-bird-species-to-be-renamed-because-of-racism/ar-AA1jj4vn 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bird-names-being-changed-over-racist-ties-sparks-backlash/ar-AA1jllDE 

Columbia to cull some of the 166 hippos descended from herd owned by drug lord – 20 will be sterilized

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/pablo-escobars-feral-hippos-face-101918707.html

Chemical recycling of plastics is “dangerous deception” that will exacerbate pollution & fail to address crisis

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-report-calls-chemical-recycling-a-dangerous-deception-and-a-former-plastic-lobbyist-agrees/ar-AA1jkm8a 
• Report:  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eda91260bbb7e7a4bf528d8/t/653fbe1d1508e3426f160ac9/1698676260735/103023_Chemical+Recycling+Report_web.pdf 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 6 November 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Viaduct & barriers completed for Mumbai Trans Harbor Link Road – paving & lighting & toll infrastructure remain as project cost escalated by 4X

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/96-work-on-trans-harbour-link-complete-ahead-of-december-deadline/articleshow/104793343.cms 

Thousands of fish escape from fish farms to invade natural waters – “an environmental catastrophe”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/fish-farm-threatens-to-wreak-havoc-as-thousands-of-fish-escape-into-natural-waters-an-environmental-catastrophe/ar-AA1j6HXX 

Two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey are cancelled – supply chain issues & rising interest rates – had already received estimated $1B in tax-payer subsidies under Biden “Inflation reduction act” – legal action?

• https://apnews.com/article/offshore-wind-orsted-new-jersey-cancelled-b30049502ac14ca6b46e2d3386a350fd 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-backed-wind-power-company-cancels-new-jersey-projects-despite-1b-in-subsidies/ar-AA1jeMl6 

BOEM issues favorable “record of decision” on EIS for enormous offshore wind farm on Virginia coast but still needs permits for construction and operation

• https://apnews.com/article/virginia-offshore-wind-farm-dominion-federal-approval-c3782d3856359d432b30664bf3ae7531

Considering coral reefs as national natural infrastructure – not just protect for people but protect from people

• https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/10/coral-reef-resolution.html 

Despite continued opposition, Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia is nearly complete

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coastal-gaslink-fully-installed-1.7013274 

Program to enhance coastal resilience in Boston, Massachusetts

• https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-wu-announces-next-steps-enhance-coastal-resilience-east-boston 

100-year-old jetty used to protect Ocean Shores

• Part 1:  https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/shoreline-at-full-bore-ocean-shores-embarks-on-effort-to-save-south-end/ 
• Part 2:  https://www.thedailyworld.com/news/in-search-for-stronger-shoreline-ocean-shores-can-look-to-coastal-neighbors/ 

New method of tracing coastal erosion retreat

• https://www.geplus.co.uk/features/coastal-erosion-tracking-retreat-with-new-modelling-methods-01-11-2023/ 

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