From Alvar Closas via Jay Lund: Tap water not only tastes good in Berlin, the city is full of these historic public groundwater hand pumps (over 2000 apparently of which only 1,600 are operational) built in the 19h century to ensure public water supply in case of emergency.
No PFAS, I assume.
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The opinions expressed in the BBs are solely those of Dr. Elaine J. Hanford.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 28 August 2023 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Tracing thermal waters in Yellowstone rivers back to their sources
Was M5.1 EQ in southern California triggered by Tropical Storm Hilary impacts?
Geoengineering not a “quick fix” for the climate which is not broken – it is costly with potentially harmful consequences
Here’s the latest (ludicrous) man-made crisis: “precipitable water” – NO we did not get that much rain in Reno
Role of the Tibetan Plateau in global climate
Relationship between Turkey-Syria earthquakes and crustal stress
Octopus Garden at thermal springs off the coast of Monterey, California
- https://theconversation.com/secrets-of-the-octopus-garden-moms-nest-at-thermal-springs-to-give-their-young-the-best-chance-for-survival-211887
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg3247
Whales are ingesting millions of pieces of micro-plastics every day
Relationship between tides and the Antarctic Ice Shelf
- https://phys.org/news/2023-08-tides-responsible-under-ice-antarctica-ice.html
- Paper: https://spj.science.org/doi/epdf/10.34133/olar.0020
Could El Niño and La Niña multi-year events become more common? – Pacific Walker circulation
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999062
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06447-0
Using weather model and geologic data to test tectonic intercontinental mechanisms
Role of calcifying foraminifera in climate models
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999356
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825223001733
- T. rex cousins provide clues to end of the Age of Dinosaurs
Use of plaster casts on victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii may have contaminated remains
- https://www.sciencealert.com/plaster-used-to-cast-pompeis-victims-may-have-contaminated-their-remains
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/how-did-the-pompeii-victims-of-vesuvius-eruption-die-let-us-count-the-ways/
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
Fossils suggest human ancestors and African ape evolved during the Miocene in Europe
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/anadoluvius-turkae-12210.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05210-5
Did saber-toothed cats and American lions roar?
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/panthera-atrox-smilodon-fatalis-vocalizations-12199.html
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21627
Continental-scale calibration procedure & streamflow routing algorithms for USGS National Hydrologic Model
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/parameter-estimation-conterminous-united-states-scale-and-streamflow-routing
- USGS T&M 6-B10: https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/06/b10/tm6b10.pdf
Multi-component seismic data of subsurface geology & structures of NE Edwards Air Force Base, California
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/seismic-images-and-subsurface-structures-northeastern-edwards-air-force-base-kern
- USGS OFR 2023-1018: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2023/1018/ofr20231018.pdf
Is phosphorus being mined and used in a sustainable manner?
- https://new.nsf.gov/news/our-phosphorus-use-sustainable
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10669-023-09917-y
Monitoring nano-scale earthquakes – crackling noise microscopy
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Listening_to_nanoscale_earthquakes_999.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40665-4
Using technology to identify minerals – computer vision models for mineral recognition
- https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-mineralogy-zero-shot-vision.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0098300423001188
The Mount Meager Volcano in British Columbia
USGS detects PFAS forever chemical in many streams across Pennsylvania
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/pfas-chemicals-detected-many-rivers-and-streams-across-pennsylvania
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723027821
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 28 August 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Maui water is unsafe – filters cannot solve the problem of contamination from wildfire – Biden would not drink the water and compared the devastation in Hawaii to his little kitchen fire
- https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-water-contamination-maui-hawaii-fires-c547955833ceaf86af8c3f1553f1f546
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/watch-hawaii-democrat-tries-biden-015138117.html
Empathy act is a fraud – “no comment” and personal untrue tragedies instead of real emergency assistance
Number of people missing exceeds 1,000 following fires on Maui
Estimated $6 Billion in economic losses from devastating fire in Maui
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/22/business/maui-wildfires-moodys-economic-damages/index.html
- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/moodys-hawaii-wildfires-caused-up-to-6-billion-in-economic-losses.html
Just when you thought the lunacy had passed: mask mandates
- https://fee.org/articles/the-true-lesson-of-mask-mandates-goes-far-beyond-the-fact-that-they-didn-t-work/
- travel mask mandate repeal act in Committee: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/125
- https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/rutgers-will-still-require-covid-vaccine-mask-mandate/
- https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2020/states-mask-mandates-coronavirus.html
- https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/atlanta-based-morris-brown-college-says-they-are-reinstating-covid-mask-mandates/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/08/22/mask-mandates-return-at-atlanta-college-hollywood-studio-as-covid-cases-start-to-rise/?sh=5890e10a4e91
- https://nypost.com/2023/08/18/as-covid-cases-rise-who-should-be-wearing-masks/
Hubris, pure hubris: “We can certainly stop it making as many mutations by stopping it infecting as many people - if we block its transmission, if we wear a mask, if we get vaccinated, if we do social distancing” – did not work last time & won’t work this time but will certainly harm people and the economy
And follow the money: Feds doling out $5 Billion for vaccines & treatment when vaccines do not stop the virus
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/08/22/new-covid-vaccines-billion-dollar-investment/70651520007/
- https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4162874-a-third-of-adults-believe-covid-19-vaccines-caused-thousands-of-sudden-deaths-poll/
- https://www.axios.com/2023/08/22/covid-booster-variants-weeks
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-jersey-university-facing-bud-light-moment-over-vaccine-mandate/ar-AA1fBXBb
- If you believe the "experts" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wait-updated-covid-booster-shot-maximize-protection-experts/story?id=102456157
Biden administration prepping for the next mandated lockdown – unnecessary & not justified
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-soaring-pfizer-plummeting-behind-the-claims-biden-is-planning-a-big-new-covid-crackdown/ar-AA1fFjOH
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-covid-19-fear-machine-is-making-a-comeback/ar-AA1fFTuE
Understanding the actual impacts of gun-control policy decisions on outcomes
Animal rights activists broke into farm in western Wisconsin & released 3,000 mink – most have been recovered
US Appeals Court struck down critical approval for Uinta Basin Railway oil railroad project in Utah – “paltry discussion of environmental impact”
Water system crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, still not resolved
There never was a “climate crisis” nor a “consensus” on man-made global warming
Railway bridge across Laagen River in SE Norway collapsed following torrential rains
US ICE agents still arresting many foreign criminals across the country – many wanted for violent crimes (i.e., sexual assault & murder) - Southern Border is not secure
CDC identifies bacteria related to Anaplasma bovis as new tick-borne illness
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cdc-identifies-possible-new-tick-borne-illness/ar-AA1fzXEL
- https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0559_article
Maui wildfire threatened endangered bird – akikiki is extremely rare in the wild – only 5 counted in last census
Geoengineering not a “quick fix” for the climate which is not broken – it is costly with potentially harmful results
The ongoing saga of the Mountain Valley Pipeline
New Texas law will charge EV owners an annual $200 registration fee to compensate for loss of gas tax revenue
Tourists are out of control
- https://www.insider.com/tourists-dumb-things-officials-deal-with-it-colosseum-naitonal-parks-2023-7
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/08/10/bad-tourists-vandalism-italy-bali-croatia-japan/
- https://www.insidehook.com/article/travel/disrespectful-tourists-headlines-getting-out-control
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/travel/photo-of-entitled-tourists-at-national-park-sparks-outrage-online-this-is-why-we-can-t-have-nice-things/ar-AA1fGoDI
Tourists crowding grizzly bear and cubs – stupid behavior, no other way to describe it
Journal “Science” admits more than 2,600 published papers may have “exaggerated claims” including articles that confirmed covid-19 coming from Wuhan lab was merely “a conspiracy theory” & promoting vaxxing
Mountain goats are defending their territory on Mount Timpanogos in Utah – owners letting dogs run off leash
Lightbulbs – incandescent and halogen bulbs are banned & LED bulbs may be hazardous to your health: flicker, phototoxicity, glare & impact on circadian rhythms
Customers have gotten wise: no longer want to buy EVs & even dealers do not want them
Texas issues permits to expand San Miguel Lignite Mine by 12,000 acres
Deadly collapse of railway bridge under construction in India
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66590539
- https://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/at-least-26-workers-killed-as-construction-platform-at-railroad-bridge-collapses-in-india/3119228/
Growing corn & soybeans for biofuel is more damaging to birds in North Dakota than drilling for O&G
“Carbon offsets” significantly overestimated & failing to reduce deforestation
Toxic legacy of nuclear arms race, exorbitant cleanup costs & culture of government secrecy
A lone wolf revived an ecosystem on Isle Royale
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 28 August 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
New Yorkers & stakeholders still awaiting response to comments from US Army COE on proposed preliminary concept for $61.5 Billion storm surge project along tidal flats & rivers in New York & New Jersey
Restricted operations of Panama Canal now extended until 2 September 2023
Fukushima nuclear power plant will start releasing treated radioactive water into the ocean
NOAA predicting more “sunny day” flooding of coastal areas
Emperor Penguins adapting to changing environmental conditions
Reports of Chinese Type 093 nuclear-powered submarine has crashed near Taiwan Strait
Falmouth estuaries are losing eel grass
Norway inaugurated largest floating wind park in the North Sea
Second phase of $$10bn Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) in Singapore complete
Sediment movement in the Houston area during Hurricane Harvey
Survey of impacts of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Hilary on cliffs and bluffs of San Diego County, California
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/after-hilary-could-san-diego-county-see-similar-storms/509-9908fc03-7eaa-4a52-891c-01415ce66428
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