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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Mapping and monitoring thermal areas of Yellowstone using high-resolution satellite images
Pink diamonds erupted after supercontinent Nuna broke apart – being mined at Argyle in Western Australia
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pink-diamonds-erupted-to-earths-surface-after-early-supercontinents-breakup/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40904-8
Exploring the zone between the Sierra de La Demanda & the Sierra de Ubierna – Triassic lutites & evaporites
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-depths-sierra-de-atapuerca.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264817223003239
Using geological science to drive energy innovation
Monitoring water resources in karst topography in Cache Valley, Utah
Pennsylvania Geological Survey building web tool to map subsurface geology for potential CO2 storage
Rocks are anything but boring
Exploring the Black Hills for lithium
Limestone Barrens & 6,000 years of history at Port Au Choix on the NW coast of Newfoundland
4th filling of GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) of 24 Billion cubic meters concentrates a mass of 52.9 trillion pounds of water which could trigger seismic activity
- https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/127021/Size-of-Ethiopian-Dam-s-4th-filling-is-24B-cubic
- Abstract: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358233631_The_Exposure_or_Triggers_of_Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam_GERD_to_Seismic_Hazards_and_Vulnerability
3D geological model of Flat Bay Salt Project in SW Newfoundland
China issues geological disaster alerts for regions hit by heavy rains
36-million-year cycle of marine biodiversity booms & busts matches plate tectonic movements
- https://eos.org/articles/shifts-in-tectonic-plates-change-biodiversity
- Paleobiology Database: https://paleobiodb.org/#/
50 years after the Bunker Hill bag-house fire – largest number of lead poisoning cases US history – what they don’t say is production was demanded by the US Government as minerals were needed for miliary in Vietnam implying instead that the Mine did it because of rising profit
Haboobs carry human-made toxic pollutants that impact outdoor & indoor air quality
Will asteroid Bennu hit Earth on 24 September 2182? Chances are low - 1,640-ft diameter asteroid impact could release 1,200 megatons of energy – a fraction of the impact of Chicxulub impact
- https://www.iflscience.com/is-bennu-really-going-to-hit-earth-on-september-24-2182-70735
- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-spacecraft-provides-insight-into-asteroid-bennus-future-orbit
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103521002591
El Niño and La Niña
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-el-nio-la-nia.html
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-long-lasting-la-nia-events-common.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01801-6
Identifying mantle discontinuities revealed by body wave microseisms emerging from ambient noise of the ocean
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-exploring-earth-mantle-microseisms.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105017
New terrain smoothing method for modeling downslope winds
Extensive global impact of metal mining contamination of rivers and floodplains
Why the Atlantic transports warm water to the Arctic along the Norwegian coast – thermal coupling & decoupling
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-riddle-varying-inflow-arctic.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00985-1
455 myo fossil fish from Colorado helps fill in gap in evolution of the skull to protect the brain
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-prehistoric-fish-million-year-gap.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06538-y
X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil dinosaur feathers
Borelis matsudai – new species of large benthic foraminifera found in Ryukyu Islands of Japan
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001936
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018223003826?via%3Dihub
New laser-based sampling system for composition of glacial ice cores
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001709
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/novel-laser-melting-sampler-for-discrete-subcentimeter-depthresolved-analyses-of-stable-water-isotopes-in-ice-cores/35D34D7A5FB26780120075D1BE2A17CD
130 myo trace fossils from abyssal plain turbidites of ancient Tethys Ocean – deep sea vertebrates
Tyrannomimus fukuiensis – Early Cretaceous ostrich-mimic dinosaur discovered in Japan
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tyrannomimus-fukuiensis-12284.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40804-3
Beginning to clarify timing & causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California – La Brea Tar Pits
- https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-zero-timing-causes-ice-age-mammal
- Abstract & illustrations: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594
Drill site in Lorrain region of eastern France reveals rising levels of hydrogen mixed with methane
Lethal final meal preserved the only intact ammonite found in Posidonienschiefer Formation fossil bed
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/fishs-big-mistake-preserved-an-unusual-fossil-for-us/
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/death-by-ammonite-fatal-ingestion-of-an-ammonoid-shell-by-an-early-jurassic-bony-fish/B60DF47ED624AF34CB3F7CF54EFB15F3
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 September 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
AI to scan billions of public health records (an invasion of privacy?) to cherry pick drug trial patients (biasing trial results?) to reduce human trials and allow Big Pharma to put sell new pharmaceutical drugs – Do you really want to trust AI to “overestimate the success” of a drug? – isn’t that what they did with covid vaxx?
3 cases of highly contagious TB, along with malaria and dengue fever, confirmed in illegals cross US Southern Border – puts Americans at risk – “total wartime invasion” as more than 2.3 million illegals have crossed the border so far this year
Covid drugs creating super viruses – increasing rates of mutation – warning was issued in 2010 but they did not listen
- https://www.newsweek.com/covid-drugs-creating-super-virus-scientists-1829175
- 2010: https://www.medindia.net/news/some-antiviral-drugs-could-create-super-virus-63668-1.htm
Nuclear Educators Workshop developed “blueprint for educating next-generation engineers & scientist about nuclear waste management and disposal” – develop narratives – cannot dissolve the legacy of uranium mining and highly radioactive nuclear waste
DEI is “superfluous or even damaging” and “considered to be un-collegial & bullying” – “race-conscious admissions to colleges were unconstitutional” – promoting based not on merit
Chaos, corruption, building on a delta, and an aging dam hit by storm waters in Libya – Natural events are acts of God, disasters are acts of Man
- https://apnews.com/article/libya-derna-dams-collapse-floods-corruption-neglect-chaos-45f76d2ac76be634865539a27b518ada
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/middleeast/lethal-factors-leading-to-libya-floods-intl/index.html
- https://www.enr.com/articles/57112-causes-weighed-of-catastrophic-libya-dam-failure-that-killed-6-000
Warning of disease threat in Derna, Libya, following the flood
- https://www.voanews.com/a/un-warns-of-disease-threat-in-flood-hit-libyan-city-/7272903.html
- https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libya-flood-after-week-families-haunted-by-fate-missing-2023-09-18/
Eco-restoration project would include removal of Fox River Dam near Elgin resulting in loss of function of intake system near Riverside water treatment plant in Illinois
Proposed legislation would allocate $100M annually to rehab & expand dilapidated International Wastewater Treatment Plant on Mexican border that continues to pollute nearby beaches in San Diego, California
- https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2023/09/12/rep-peters-seeks-100-million-annual-construction-funding-to-fix-south-bay-sewage-plant/
- SBIWTP: https://www.ibwc.gov/wastewater-treatment-plants/#sbiwtp
USDA announces $1.13B to plant trees – includes $6M to restore trees damaged by derecho in 2020 in Iowa
- https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/09/14/feds-pledge-more-than-1-billion-to-plant-trees-in-cities/
US DOD to fund analysis of design options leading to preliminary design for transportable micro-nuclear reactor to be used to initiate regulatory preapplication process
Contract awarded for front-end engineering & design work & construction timeline for $3.5B natural gas to liquid fuel facility in Jefferson County, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River
Pure Water project is in phase one of construction – will be “toilet to tap” recycling of wastewater in San Diego
Variation in chemical & pharmaceutical contaminants in the rivers of London during the Plandemic resulting primarily from wastewater treatment plants & combined sewer overflows – illicit drugs & neonicotinoid pesticides
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-river-sampling-impact-covid-pandemic.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202300483X
Online dashboard for tracking 1,600 funded projects under the $13B of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
- https://www.americancityandcounty.com/2023/09/15/online-dashboard-from-nlc-tracks-1600-projects-funded-through-the-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act/
- Interactive Dashboard: https://www.nlc.org/resource/rebuilding-america-tracking-federal-investment-in-local-infrastructure-projects/#main
US BLM proposal to protect 4,000+ acres within Placitas area of Sandoval County, New Mexico, to safeguard sacred Tribal lands, support local recreation opportunities & wildlife habitat connectivity
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/3710cae
- Proposal: https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/2026585/200564167/20085910/250092092/BLML000415-Draft-Federal-Register-Notice_Notice-of-Proposed-Withdrawal-and-Public-Meeting-NM.pdf
Do you want to get a vaxx that has been approved without clinical trials? Can you really trust Big Pharma “evaluation of manufacturing data” or not since covid is “no longer a Public Health Emergency?”
Big Pharma beginning to get the message – global demand for vaxx has plummeted – pandemic is over
More totally dumb humans get too close to massive bison in Yellowstone & suffers consequences
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/yellowstone-tourist-suffers-consequences-getting-093000137.html
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/enraged-bison-sends-six-yellowstone-100218110.html
More tourons behaving badly
Promises that new Anacostia River Tunnel will prevent 98% of sewer overflows into the river in Washington DC
Revised US Army COE plan to limit growth of newly created Neptune Pass along the Mississippi River
Trying to develop a treaty on pandemic prevention & preparedness is futile – what is needed is a treaty to prevent future politically motivated plandemics and ineffective vaccines that cause detrimental health impacts
Wetlands at Long’s Park in Pennsylvania is $1.9M innovative water treatment system
Biden administration stone-walling on efforts to recover billions of taxpayer-funded covid fraud – SBA cites at least $200B
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe rejects draft EIS of the Dakota Access Pipeline – US Army COE seeking public comment on Draft EIS by 13 November 2023
- https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/standing-rock-sioux-tribe-rejects-dapl-environmental-impact-statement
- https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/Dam-and-Lake-Projects/Oil-and-Gas-Development/Dakota-Access-Pipeline/
- Draft EIS download link: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16021coll7/id/24595
Ultra-processed foods which constitute more than 58% of US diet are harmful to your health
- https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/what-can-we-do-about-ultraprocessed-foods/
- https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/what-can-we-do-about-ultraprocessed-foods
- Paper: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-nutr-062220-030123
People gather who identify as dogs: ‘Canine Beings’ – call out animal control! – “Cult-thinking is ubiquitous in normal society and has the effect of obfuscating reality”
- https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/people-who-identify-as-dogs-gather-in-berlin-prompting-calls-for-animal-control-4408339
- https://humanjourney.us/blog/cult-thinking-finding-the-right-way-home/
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 25 September 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford.
Bioluminescent waves along southern California coast
6 of the best coastal rail journeys
Policy progress & challenges of coastal waterbird conservation in China
- https://phys.org/news/2023-09-advancing-coastal-waterbird-china-policy.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205371662300049X
Study says “Coastal communities to face 100-year floods annually” – nothing new here since the concept of 100-year flood means 1% chance of flooding in a year - does NOT mean flooding only occurs once every 100 years
- https://interestingengineering.com/science/study-coastal-communities-to-face-100-year-floods-annually
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230913122646.htm
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003649
California Coastal Commission approved Coastal Development Permit for Pillar Point Harbor sand dredging
Understanding coastal droughts – how they differ from inland locations
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001241
- Part I Paper: https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/olar.0016
- Part II Paper: https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/olar.0017
Marking the 104th anniversary of the 1919 Hurricane in Corpus Christi, Texas
$111.7M Bayfront Parkway Central Corridor Improvement Project to link downtown with Lake Erie Waterfront
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District to study feasibility of harvesting drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor off the coast of California
Pending legislation in California – Eco Wave Power Global AB directs California Energy Commission to evaluate feasibility, costs & benefits of wave & tidal energy along 840-mile coastline
Salt water wedge in lower Mississippi River – obviously the $8.9M underwater sill that was built is not working to slow progression of salt water caused by over-pumping of freshwater
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/saltwater-wedge-in-mississippi-river-sparks-state-of-emergency/ar-AA1h7REO
- https://www.nola.com/news/environment/saltwater-in-mississippi-river-will-require-a-higher-sill/article_f031d068-53d9-11ee-83d7-1fd09d551985.html
$2.6B coastal storm protection plan for Norfolk, Virginia
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