Author Dan Egan speaks with @TheTexasTribune about phosphorus (The Devil's Element) overuse and toxic algal blooms. tinyurl.com/y354zmn4#txwater (link to YouTube video).
Egan authored The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, which I reviewed in 2017.
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Dr. Elaine J. Hanford is solely responsible for the items below.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 30 October 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Activity at Campi Flegrei in Italy – sulfuric gases & seismic activity
So much hype!!! They really do not understand real science regarding climate but just keep on shouting - “uncharted” territory – not hardly as Earth was much during previous inter-glacials and in mid-Holocene
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/america-mysteriously-hit-a-deadly-tipping-point-and-no-one-knows-why-opinion/ar-AA1iZM4v
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571
Marking the October 1999 Hector Mine EQ – SSA makes papers freely available for two weeks – link to pdf
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1570/120801/High-Resolution-Topography-along-Surface-Rupture
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1403/120789/Continuous-GPS-Observations-of-Postseismic
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1341/120784/The-1999-Hector-Mine-Earthquake-Southern
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1192/120765/Source-Description-of-the-1999-Hector-Mine
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1171/120761/Primary-Surface-Rupture-Associated-with-the-Mw-7-1
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1208/120769/Source-Description-of-the-1999-Hector-Mine
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1290/120780/Fault-Slip-Seismicity-and-Deformation-in-Mexicali
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1443/120792/Lack-of-Precursory-Slip-to-the-1999-Hector-Mine
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/93/6/2459/120973/The-1999-Hector-Mine-Earthquake-The-Dynamics-of-a
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1561/120800/Displaced-Rocks-Strong-Motion-and-the-Mechanics-of
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/92/4/1256/120776/Radiated-Energy-from-the-16-October-1999-Hector
- https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article/71/1/11/142480/Preliminary-Report-on-the-16-October-1999-M-7-1
Map of 169 active volcanoes across the US (slide show)
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/fascinating-map-reveals-location-of-169-volcanoes-across-america/ss-AA1iQu6k
- USGS Interactive map: https://www.usgs.gov/vhp
- Database: https://appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13617-022-00128-9
- 2018 threat assessment: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5140/sir20185140.pdf
Evidence of core-derived helium isotopes found on Baffin Island
Anatomy of ice – visual tour of glaciers in Greenland
Federal grand jury indictment against 4 people accused of selling $1M in stolen dinosaurs from public lands in SE Utah to China – lost scientific value
New age dates reflect timing of rhyolitic lava flows at Yellowstone
Examining the economic viability of mining asteroids
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-groups-economic-viability-asteroids.html
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2221341120
Large mountain- to continent-sized enigmatic structures in the lower mante may be remnants of ancient global magma ocean
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-iron-ancient-deep-magma-ocean.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi6153
Modeling suggests that in 250 million years formation of new supercontinent will wipe out nearly all mammals
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-million-years-supercontinent-mammals.html
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01259-3
Eruption of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai may have depleted stratospheric ozone layer
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption-depleted-ozone.html
- Structured Abstract: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg2551
Increase in seismic activity associated with Long Valley Caldera in California
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-quakes-one-californias-riskiest-100032723.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi9878
Mineralogy of the Kimberley Craton helps explain long-lived stability
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/piecing-together-the-roots-of-the-ancient-australian-continent
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GC011040
Doesn’t this argue against an Anthropocene Epoch of less than a few hundred years?
Topographic fluvial landscape beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-frozen-landscape-antarctic-ice.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42152-2
“Biological fingerprints” may help in prospecting for buried kimberlites
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-biological-fingerprints-soil-diamond-containing-ore.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01020-z
Interannual variability of Kuroshio & Luzon undercurrent
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-tropical-subtropical-affect-interannual-variability.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661123001891
Evolution of the Pangea mega-monsoon to the modern global condition due to Plate Tectonics
Limited mixing of coastal freshwater along east coast of Greenland with marine waters
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-freshwater-greenland-east-coast.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JC019905
New method to improve observational network in tropical western Pacific – identifying the optimal array
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-method-ocean-network-tropical-western.html
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/nsr/article/10/11/nwad231/7259185
More than 80,000 inactive mine sites in Australia need to be remediated
- https://theconversation.com/cleaning-up-australias-80-000-disused-mines-is-a-huge-job-but-the-payoffs-can-outweigh-the-costs-215447
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/9/745
- Paper on global inactive mines: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00805-6
“Life on Our Planet” docuseries narrated by Morgan Freeman – 8 episodes trace evolution of life on Earth
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/the-narrator-for-life-on-our-planet-is-exactly-who-you-think-it-is/ar-AA1iU7oZ
- Episodes: https://www.netflix.com/title/80213846
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 30 October 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
WHO Pandemic Treaty is terrifying – would supersede national law and hold you accountable to WHO as they would impose draconian mandates and hold all the power without being scientifically justifiable.
New York Supreme Court found that “being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting covid” – orders all NYC employees fired for not being vaxxed to be reinstated with back pay
Tourons continue to ignore all safety warnings to give space to wildlife
Arizona cites irresponsible groundwater use & cancels lease of Saudi-owned farm Fondomonte and blocks groundwater pumping in drought-stricken state – similar leases to not be renewed
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-governor-blocks-saudi-arabia-220000365.html
- https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-drought-arizona-alfalfa-water-agriculture-0d13957edaf882690e15c0bd9ccfa59f
Transformations over time – the impacts of humans – some good & some not so good
Report says “Virtually no one on Earth escaped” from rising temperatures this summer – NOT TRUE as Reno, Nevada, only had one 100-degree day in summer 2023 at Reno International Airport
Pythons in Florida Everglades are vigorous hybrids - Burmese (Python bivittatus) & Indian pythons (P. molurus)
- https://a-z-animals.com/blog/why-hybrid-pythons-could-be-floridas-most-deadly-invasive-snakes/
- https://www.iflscience.com/hybrid-pythons-are-winning-the-invasive-snake-war-in-florida-everglades-71189
Project TENDR - Children at great risk from exposure to lead, particulates, pesticides, phthalates, plasticizers – cumulative impacts of exposure to multiple neurotoxins even on remote island of Sivungaq in the Arctic
USF&W proposes new conservation area in Florida to encompass headwaters to the sawgrass prairies to protect freshwater marshes, pine flatwoods & pastures from explosive sprawling development
Recognizing the need for a renaissance of true journalism - free press is cornerstone of our society
California law now requires teaching of cursive or joined italics writing in schools – Gen Z never learned cursive writing – do not engage brain on deep level - joins 17 other states
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-enacts-law-requiring-teaching-of-cursive-writing-in-schools-17-other-states-have-too/ar-AA1iAIwX
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gen-z-never-learned-cursive-the-effects-of-this-are-more-widespread-than-you-think/ar-AA125H0R
Texas continues to protect our Southern Border from illegal aliens – Operation Lone Star while NYC still waits for “federal solution” to flood of illegal immigrants as federal official left town – 3M+ in fiscal year
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gov-greg-abbott-shares-video-of-border-wall-construction-texas-doesn-t-rest/ar-AA1iEwFl
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-administration-reports-3-million-illegal-aliens-on-america-s-borders-in-single-year/ar-AA1iEA05
Almost 2.5 million illegals at Southern Border in Fiscal 2023 – does not count those who escaped detection
North Dakota regulators to reconsider previously rejected Midwest Carbon Express CO2 Pipeline Project
Heartland Greenway CO2 pipeline project plans cancelled
Predicting Köppen-Geiger maps for the future – updated version
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-climate-major-vegetation-century.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6
Correcting overestimation of climate projections on warming in China
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-overestimation-hot-climate-china.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL102124
US EPA proposes nationwide ban on trichlorethylene (TCE) – carcinogenic industrial chemical – seeking public comment
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/biden-moves-to-ban-widely-used-cancer-causing-industrial-solvent/ar-AA1iIl9L
- https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-proposes-ban-trichloroethylene-protect-public-toxic
- Proposed Rule: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-10/prepubcopy_8317-01_rin2070-ak83_tce_nprm_signature_fr_doc_admin-2.pdf
Eruption of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai may have depleted stratospheric Ozone Layer
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption-depleted-ozone.html
- Structured Abstract: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg2551
90% of water samples collected over past 10 years in the Great Lakes contain unsafe levels of micro-plastics – highest levels in tributaries from major cities like Chicago & Toronto
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/researchers-disturbing-discovery-while-analyzing-180000157.html
- Paper: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0023
Case of dengue fever diagnosed in Pasadena, California
Dos and DON’Ts for your dog’s diet
Massive amounts of chemicals using in fracking and oil & gas recovery process
Latest CDC recommendations for newest vaxx booster are “US public health disaster”
California spent $millions to promote artificial turf during drought but now moves to ban it
Attempting to rationalize reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III drug – linked to heart failure, strokes, heart attacks
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/biden-wants-to-reclassify-marijuana-a-narcotic-linked-to-heart-failure-and-heart-attacks/ar-AA1iLgDh
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/heart-health-how-cannabis-use-disorder-may-increase-cardiovascular-disease-risk#Association-was-higher-than-expected
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.16337
“Killers of The Flower Moon” and the legacy of the Osage Nation
Europeans ate lots of seaweed – not just a famine food
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/17/seaweed-was-common-food-in-europe-for-thousands-of-years-researchers-find
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41671-2
First Peoples 5: Civilized enough to get some water
Call for increased LNG production to offset inflationary costs in supply chain – ammonia offtake agreements?
1.2 MW of wind does not equal 1.9 MW of coal power plant production in Minnesota
$114M for “beautification” projects in California – what about cleaning feces from drug-infested sidewalks in San Francisco and illegal migrant camps?
Have efforts and costs of decontamination at Fukushima been worthwhile?
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-decontaminating-fukushima-billions-spent-worth.html
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301811120
Invasion of the “jumping cactus” in Australia
For Pfizer the vaxx is all about money – 4 doses did not prevent DEO from testing positive nor did his $33M
Lawsuit filed against Biden DHS for withholding info on terror suspects caught at Southern Border
Asking Pennsylvania DEP to consider using conventional O&G drilling wastewater as dust & snow treatment
Final EIS completed for construction of $1.9B NY water tunnel to transmit 2.6M gallons per day to CDUV
China recycling/reusing old wind turbine blades: fences, public toilets, huts
Nation-wide outbreak of lumpy skin disease in cattle in South Korea – culling (i.e., killing) infected cows & conducting emergency inoculations of vaccine
30-foot-high Geong glass walkway in Indonesia shatters – one death & others injured (slide show)
So much hype!!! They really do not understand real science regarding climate but just keep on shouting - “uncharted” territory – not hardly as the Earth was much during previous inter-glacials and in mid Holocene
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/america-mysteriously-hit-a-deadly-tipping-point-and-no-one-knows-why-opinion/ar-AA1iZM4v
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571
Pouring lots of greenbacks into rooftops in Paris, France – is it working to reduce heat island temperatures?
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/24/grey-to-green-plan-to-turn-paris-zinc-rooftops-into-gardens
- https://livingroofs.org/paris-impact-green-roofs-green-city/
Visualizing the cost of an EV battery - $7k to as much as $26k and that’s just the battery!
Humans have turned the Rio Grande into a river in crisis
Rates of groundwater depletion in India expected to triple over the next few decades
- https://eos.org/articles/rates-of-groundwater-depletion-in-india-could-triple-by-midcentury
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi1401
Santa Cruz kangaroo rat – a keystone species – spotted for first time in a century
Explanation for deaths of nearly 400 elephants in 2020 in Botswana & Zimbabwe – blood poisoning due to Pasteurella mutocida bacteria
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/400-elephants-dropped-dead-now-a-very-worrying-find/ar-AA1iPZnJ
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41987-z
Obamacare resulted in higher hospital profits, higher costs to consumers & worse long-term health outcomes for patients – increased regulations, mandates, taxes & subsidies while incentivizing provider consolidation
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/obamacare-caused-higher-profits-worse-care-and-lower-costs/ar-AA1iQLVE
- Paper: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w31776/w31776.pdf
Holland Lake Wastewater Lagoon leaking sewage at 148 X legal limit – may face fines by Montana DEQ
Tourons don’t just go to Yellowstone
- https://ew.com/amusement-parks/guest-jumps-into-disney-world-lagoon-epcot/
- https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/epcot-jump-world-showcase-lagoon-video
California DMV revoked license of robotaxi service in San Francisco for safety reasons – “dangerous menace”
FDA-funded study says getting flu shot & vaxx together may increase risk of ischemic stroke by 20-35%
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/gma/getting-flu-covid-shot-together-091815987.html
- Paper: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.10.23296624v1.full.pdf
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/mixed-day-for-vaccine-stocks-as-terrible-news-emerges/ar-AA1iTOus
“This year, COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations fell to lower levels than seen in the previous three years” – so why get a vaxx that is not proven to protect & has adverse side-effects?
President Biden released huge quantity of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 2021 & 2022 – loss of oil from SPR including oil shipped to China & other countries not replaced – gas prices again rising with inflation
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 30 October 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant still needs repairs after years of neglected maintenance – want more federal funding - excess wastewater flows from Mexico – needs estimated $1B in repairs
Loss of fresh groundwater on Sable Island tied to decades of dune erosion, seasonal waves, storms & hurricanes
- https://phys.org/news/2023-10-sable-island-shifting-landscape-insights.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023WR035820
Puffins on three Norwegian islands show emergence of hybridization – only humans think that is a problem
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24102023/norway-hybrid-puffins-climate-change/
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh1407
Contemplating more tidal energy in the UK
Contemplating how to build coastal resilience to storms – what about the obvious: don’t build along the coast?
- https://today.uconn.edu/2023/10/how-ready-is-your-town-uconn-researchers-helping-coastal-towns-prepare-for-the-next-storm-in-a-changing-climate/#
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420923004314
Developing new simulations to incorporate mangroves into climate models
Will another $10M in EPA grants make a difference in achieving restoration goals for Chesapeake Bay?
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25102023/epa-grants-chesapeake-bay-restoration/
- CESR: https://www.chesapeake.org/stac/cesr/
- Report: https://www.chesapeake.org/stac/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CESR-Final-update.pdf
A year of algal blooms and fish kills in the Indian River Lagoon
Photo-essay: Dredging Project in Grand Canal of Indian River Lagoon
New York announces conditional awards for three offshore wind projects
Pedestrian pier designed to protect Bacalar Lagoon in Quintana Roo in Mexico from urbanization and human activity - world’s largest freshwater bacterial reef & living stromatolites & mangroves
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, moving towards $15M in bonds to improve stormwater system infrastructure
“Flood control” projects now under construction in New Jersey a decade after Hurricane Sandy – estimated cost nearly $298M
Maine DOT considers 3 locations for $500M wind port project near Searsport
"There's no heavier burden than a great potential." - Charles M. Schulz (quoted in Longmont @TimesCall via @TheWeek)
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