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The articles displayed herein are selected by Dr. Elaine J. Hanford. I do not necessarily agree with the viewpoints expressed and the article descriptions that precede each link.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 May 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Aerosols from January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption remain in the stratosphere
- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-reveals-presence-hunga-tonga-eruption.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927323001512
Intense CO2 degassing process in magmas – Okinawa Trough hydrothermal fluids are enriched in CO2
- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-reveals-intense-co2-degassing-magmas.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024493723001299
Irrationally calling landslides a “global injustice”
- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-opinion-landslides-global-injustice-theyre.html
- https://theconversation.com/landslides-are-a-global-injustice-theyre-rarely-caused-by-the-people-worst-affected-201885
Global role of atmospheric dust in nourishing the ocean
Ongoing slow-motion earthquakes beneath the North Island of New Zealand
Geological investigation is crucial to fighting illegal mining menace in Ghana
Development company once again fined by Iowa DNR for failure to adequately contain soil runoff
Geological Association of Canada to hold annual conference at Sudbury
Terrestrial geology of northern Arizona provides important educational experience for extraterrestrial disciplines
Trapped water in subduction zone may be cause of earthquake swarms in Noto Peninsula of Japan
About 30% of nickel comes from magmatic deposits like Norilsk
University of Wyoming Geological Museum to unveil Hydracotherium “dawn horse” fossil
Espíritu Santo Archipelago near Baja California Sur reflect geomorphology, geology & ancient human patterns
The Dark Canyon Complex of Utah has distinctive geology, ecology & archeology
Popocatépetl is one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes
Deadly explosion & fire in La Esperanza gold mine tunnel in Arequipa region of southern Peru – 27 known dead
Book Review: “Geology of the Cayman Islands”
Geological history of waterfalls on the north shore of Lake Superior
Dinosaur discoveries and wars beginning in the 1870s – good friends became bitter enemies
Geological Survey Authority in Ghana advocating a mandatory geological survey as part of process to grant building permits
Fathom Nickel announces receipt of assays from limited 2-hole drilling program at Albert Lake Project
80% of species seemed to vanish between two stage of the Ediacaran – White Sea-Nama transition
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-uncovered-evidence-of-what-could-be-earth-s-first-mass-animal-extinction/ar-AA1aYR7a
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2207475119
Small- scale mixing processes across the Brazil-Malvinas current confluence
Surface winds & enthalpy fluxes for African easterly waves that intensify into Atlantic hurricanes
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/satellite-view-of-african-easterly-waves-and-hurricane-formation
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL100823
Dendrochronology helps date the fall of the Bronze age Hittite Empire – perhaps due to prolonged drought
- https://eos.org/articles/tree-rings-hint-at-the-fall-of-the-hittite-empire
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05693-y
Geology supports tall buildings in Boise, Idaho – but economic greed would dictate skyscrapers
350,000- year evolution of groundwater in the Great Basin based on paleo-water-table data from Devils Hole cave
- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-great-basin-history-driest-regions.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00762-0
Warm super saline Indian Ocean water rushed up the Atlantic Ocean 15,000 years ago – did it cause the end of the last Ice Age or was it simply coincident?
Four cervical vertebrae of Jurassic gigantic pliosaur found in Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Abigdon, England
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kimmeridge-clay-pliosaur-11906.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016787823000378
Metallic object that fell from the sky and crashed through roof of New Jersey home may be shooting star possibly from Eta Aquarids meteor shower
Why the sky turns green during thunderstorms
Observational evidence of stabilization of anti-cyclonic Beaufort Gyre
Global phosphorus cycle
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 May 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
“robbing Peter to pay Paul” – Arizona eyes Harquahala Basin to extract groundwater – paying $30M to $80M for water “rights” all to encourage economic spawl in the desert since groundwater supplies are already depleted
Political policy has long-lasting consequences
“Pumped storage” is not a panacea to meet excessive energy demand
Tracking the annual migration of hummingbirds – interactive map
Population fertility rates and influence of the UN and governments – low fertility rate is the norm but governments are changing polity emphasis to try to incentivize births – not a good idea with 8B population
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/stop-trying-to-make-more-babies/ar-AA1aRi3Z
- UN State of the Population: https://www.unfpa.org/swp2023
Vocorocas “torn earth” forming in Buritcupu, Brazil, swallowing up houses, streets & people – exacerbated by poor waste management & economic activity leading to deforestation & erosion
A false sense of security – measles and polio have not been eradicated
Obesity in children is increasing – lifelong health consequences
- https://theconversation.com/obesity-in-children-is-rising-dramatically-and-it-comes-with-major-and-sometimes-lifelong-health-consequences-202595
- CDC data: https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html#
Antibiotic tolerance is also a threat – cost, weight, batteries, collision impacts, surveillance technology
Case fatality rate of covid, as of April 2023, was about 1% - that’s why it was a plandemic not a pandemic
Another mRNA vaccine that “treats” but does not prevent disease – in this case melanoma
Steller’s sea eagles & the human attitude toward Nature - humans are oblivious to agency of the nonhuman world
The notion of mRNA in our food supply is rated “false” but not out of the realm of possibility
Assessing air quality & emissions distribution of EVs in California – why not call that environmental injustice?
- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-air-quality-impact-evs-inequalities.html
- https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000183
The most detailed map of all US waters (32+M rivers, streams, pipelines, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, wetlands, etc.) – now imagine every drop controlled by the new WOTUS rules
- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/water/the-most-detailed-map-of-us-waters-that-youve-ever-seen/
- USGS User Guide for NHDPlus: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2019/1096/ofr20191096.pdf
Texas defending Southern Border from another mass surge of illegal aliens and deadly drugs – while US Government is facilitating illegal immigration
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abbott-reveals-brownsville-border-wired-shut-to-ward-off-thousands-of-migrants/ar-AA1aXasO
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-dhs-signals-mexican-officials-when-to-let-illegals-cross/ar-AA1b1l
Number of incidents with lithium batteries increasing on airplanes – “thermal runaway” creates smoke, sparks, explosions & fires – up 42% over 5 years – on average at least one incident per week
Lithium battery thrown away in household trash caused huge fire at Wandsworth Recycling Centre in London
Massive “green” hydrogen plant using electrolyzers to split water proposed for Michigan – $M in federal subsidies continue
650 residents on Oahu in Hawaii rely on bottled water since PFAS forever chemicals found in drinking water wells serving Kunia Village
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hawaii-residents-use-bottled-water-forever-chemicals-rcna82670
- Map of US sites: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
Technological hazard: “AI technology … more dangerous than a nuclear weapon” – no regulatory oversight of AI but K. Harris named “AI czar” and given $140M budget
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-mocks-vice-president-kamala-harris-new-title/ar-AA1aUa9I
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/white-house-shocker-kamala-harris-was-just-named-the-new/ar-AA1aL9eI
- https://www.firstpost.com/world/white-house-unveils-its-plan-to-crack-down-on-ai-vp-kamala-harris-to-lead-task-force-12551792.html
EV dream has quickly turned into a nightmare
Senior isolation across Washoe County, Nevada, and the US
“Clustered” racial minority & female trainees for US Air Force was potentially unlawful discrimination
Grid cannot handle influx of solar power in New Mexico – PNM proposes utility-owned battery storage
Florida considering radioactive phosphor-gypsum as aggregate for building roads – did not work in Idaho several decades ago
- https://apnews.com/article/florida-radioactive-roads-study-construction-25a95a07722931b9f696b8cba4ef66f0
- EPA decision: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-07/oar-21-000-4219.pdf
Documentary address reasons people are fleeing California: crime, education, housing, cost of living, wildfires, homelessness…
New PHMSA regulations proposed to address natural gas leaks from 2.7M miles of pipelines
The 'plandemic' is officially over (in reality, should have ended long ago or not been declared) – costly legacy will be with us for a long time – “ruinous overreaction” – but WHO still cannot concede “control”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-pandemic-is-officially-over-only-now-are-the-appalling-costs-of-our-response-becoming-clear/ar-AA1aWVfG
- Slideshow: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/covid-19-pandemic-who-s-new-rules-for-managing-the-last-phase/ss-AA1aWPjv
Most expensive (and futile) federal program ever: net-zero by 2050 – Virginia utility shows it will not work
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/net-zero-by-2050-the-most-expensive-federal-program-ever/ar-AA1b08Pb
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/virginia-utility-company-shows-biden-s-green-agenda-won-t-work/ar-AA1aXLYm
- DE Report: https://cdn-dominionenergy-prd-001.azureedge.net/-/media/pdfs/global/company/2023-va-integrated-resource-plan.pdf
USDA streamlining Agricultural Conservation Easement Program to conserve wetlands, productive farmlands ad at-risk grasslands
NYC schools will require all elementary schools to employ phonics programs to teach children to read – proven technique previously used to educate generations
Heavily subsidized wind & solar as a pathway to “net zero” – the myth exposed
Proposed EPA air quality regulations would threaten $162.4B to $197.4B of economic activity
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-climate-regulation-could-jeopardize-nearly-a-million-jobs-tank-economic-activity-by-billions-study/ar-AA1aYceD
- Report: https://documents.nam.org/COMM/NAM_Air_Quality_Standards_Analysis_Web_Version.pdf
Technological hazard: AI likely to overstep mark on perceived breaches of code & punishments
Wildlife expert pleads: “Please do not feed the wild animals” as it habituates them to humans – not a good thing
Invasive South American night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum) is toxic weed sold in garden centers – deadly for horses in NSW described as “harmful if ingested”
Inflation Reduction Act provides a “layer cake” of subsidies for “green energy” – federally subsidizing up to 70% (or maybe more) of “green energy” project costs is not a good thing
Ohio River is considered the most polluted in the US – contaminated with toxic releases from industrial sector
Viewing railroad merger as increasing shipments and potential derailments of toxic chemicals
- https://www.startribune.com/rail-merger-means-more-hazmat-shipped-along-upper-mississippi/600273795/
NTHP lists 11 most endangered historic places in the US
Spending millions (billions?) of tax dollars to “fix aging flood control systems” is poorly planned
Yolo County Native American efforts to protect Molok Luyuk “Condor Ridge” in southern California
High percentage of people on ventilator died of bacterial pneumonia due to intubation – in other words, they died ‘with’ covid not from covid so death numbers revisions
- https://www.sciencealert.com/most-covid-19-deaths-may-be-the-result-of-a-completely-different-infection
- Paper: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/170682/pdf
More man-made global warming hype: may need to redraw Köppen-Geiger maps of climate zones using short-term (30-year averages) rather than long-term climatic conditions
- https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-half-the-planet-predicted-to-enter-new-climate-zones-by-2100
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF002972
Carbon capture is reckless bet on technology that is expensive, unproven at scale - and will not solve the politically driven crisis of "man-made global warming
Arkabutla Dam in Mississippi undergoing emergency repairs of breach – potential for dam failure
Living with covid vaxx injury (slide show)
Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge in Olympic National Park was closed for $11M renovation, but has now burned down
New Book: “Illusion of Control: COVID-19 and the Collapse of Expertise”
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637589786/ref=sr_1_2
- https://ianmsc.substack.com/p/illusion-of-control-covid-19-and
From 24 Sep 2021 to now, has taken more than 1.5 years for Mayorkas to admit “investigation concluded that whipping did not occur” as illegals tries to cross Southern Border
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mayorkas-corrects-the-record-says-migrant-whipping-incident-did-not-occur/ar-AA1b42Q4
- Redacted report: https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2022-Jul/202112280-cbp-closing-report-public-redacted-final.pdf
Excessive use of disinfectant wipes has led to serious health problems, contribute to antimicrobial resistance, pollute the environment – have questionable effectiveness -users have chemicals in their blood
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/fears-over-proliferation-of-disinfectant-wipes-linked-to-health-problems/ar-AA1b33o7
- Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c08244
First known cases of antifungal-resistant ringworm in US – patients in New York City – some community spread – other case from Bangladesh
Nebraska LRO discovers that $574.5M Perkins County Canal Project to claim water in Colorado will deliver less than they had hoped
- https://flatwaterfreepress.org/nebraska-legislatures-internal-research-suggests-canal-wont-deliver-what-consultant-projected/
- PCC website: https://dnr.nebraska.gov/perkins-county-canal
- Report: https://dnr.nebraska.gov/sites/dnr.nebraska.gov/files/doc/about/News/PerkinsCountyCanal/EvaluationoftheSouthPlatteCompactCanalandAlternatives12292022.pdf
Questioning the grid capacity across the US in anticipation of hot summer – question of increasing demand and shift to “renewables” and bad policy decisions
- https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/blackouts-loom-most-us-extreme-143353242.html
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/united-states-risk-tight-electric-supplies-this-summer-nerc-2023-05-11/
- https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/12/biden-power-rule-fossil-fuels-00096536
- https://www.electric.coop/ferc-commissioners-warn-of-threats-to-reliable-electricity
- https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2023-05-12/ercot-sends-mixed-messages-about-summer-grid-capacity/
EPA proposes baseline water quality standards for tribal waters that would extend to 76,000 miles of streams & 1.9M acres of surface waters – but will they pay for infrastructure to meet those standards? Or just take control of Native American waters?
Xyazine “tranq” – flesh-eating “zombie drug” having severe deadly effects in LA when mixed with illegal opioids
Bison tears into car tire as tourist wisely stay inside vehicle
Battle over produced water from O&G fracking continues in Ohio
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 15 May 2023 - complied by E. J. Hanford
Sand dredged from Oceanside may be used in 50-year beach nourishment project in San Clemente – robbing Peter to pay Paul
Offshore wind capacity expanding rapidly – but these are just projections of capacity
- https://gcaptain.com/americas-offshore-wind-capacity-projections-expanding-rapidly-report-says/
- https://cleanpower.org/news/new-report-u-s-offshore-wind-market-expands-rapidly-with-51377-mw-projected-capacity/
- Link to report: https://cleanpower.org/resources/offshore-wind-market-report-2023/
Stranded group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins rescued from shallow waters off Cape Cod
Deliberating potential development of offshore gas for Gaza
Potential offshore oil boom in Argentina
Thriving coastal community in Florida Panhandle threatened by planned LNG plant – public opposition mounting against apparent long-term back-room dealings in support of plant
“Fact Sheet” issued for infrastructure funding to electrify US ports – estimated cost $3+ Billion
NOAA now using Probabilistic Storm Surge 3.0 to forecast hurricane impacts
$21B Everglades restoration plan cannot keep up with influx of residents after draining the Everglades left dwindling drinking water supply
14,000 unplugged, non-producing offshore & coastal wells in the Gulf of Mexico – capping could cost $30B
MSC Seaside cruise ship failed CDC sanitation inspection with unusually low score – 20 points below average
Island of Aruba considers constitutionally recognizing “rights of nature”
Phytoplankton patches in California Current System originate from different upwelling pulses
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/pulses-of-coastal-upwelling-generate-phytoplankton
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JC019095
Blue Grotto of Capri has vibrantly bright blue water – Grotta Azzurra
Offshore dumping of massive numbers of barrels of toxic waste – DDT & other POPs, plastics, pharmaceutical drugs, heavy metals, synthetic chemicals, & even chemically-infused toilet paper – lack data to assess threats
Benefits of restoring seabird populations that have declined 70% since the 1950s
'It's time to deal with this.' - Kansas Water Authority officials, commenting on the draining of the Ogallala Aquifer (via Kansas Reflector)
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