This showed up on my Facebook page yesterday. No one claimed it but I guess I am supposed to buy one. Been there, done that.
The items below are selected solely by Dr. Elaine J. Hanford (except for the 'aphorism' at the very bottom).
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 11 December 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Field of hydrothermal vents discovered near Galápagos Islands some with 50-foot- tall chimneys
Tower of Garisenda may soon collapse – has been leaning since at least the 14th Century
The Big Buttes of the Eastern Snake River Plain – Big Southern, Middle and East Buttes
Calculating soil bearing capacity
Rumbles of thunder turn to seismic waves that can help reveal geology - thunderquakes
Subduction of seamounts may increase friction & stress along subduction zones leading to larger earthquakes
Visualizing critical minerals for China, EU and US national security
The stone walls of New England – intersection of history, archeology, ecology and geology
El Niño helped steer storms during 2023 hurricane season
Jet contrails and the myth of man-made global warming – the “consensus” myth was shattered by research
CRS Insight: Atmospheric Riers – Background & Forecasting
Cold winds blow down from Himalayan glaciers
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-climate-himalayan-glaciers-react-cold.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01331-y
Orographic influences on El Niño and La Niña-induced precipitation
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-mountains-affect-el-nio-induced-winter.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-023-00163-9
“Johnny come lately” scientists saying overshooting 1.5 degrees is inevitable – been there, done that and the Earth did not “boil” nor “melt” – was much hotter during previous Cenozoic inter-glacials and Mid-Holocene Climate Optima
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122023/todays-climate-cop28-scientists-say-overshooting-1-5-degrees-is-inevitable/
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/october-was-the-5th-straight-month-to-set-new-heat-record-in-2023
Rezoning proposal requests building height in Salt Lake City be raised from 105 to 305 feet – lots of discussion but no mention of seismic risks
First North Atlantic right whale calf of the season spotted off the coast of South Carolina
Limestone sinkholes developed in Amistad Dam – largest international dam south of the Texas/Mexico Border again declared by US Army COE as Level II potentially unsafe
Current atmospheric CO2 levels are much lower than the peak level about 51 myo when they were more than 1600 ppm
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-million-year-history-carbon-dioxide-comfort.html
- Structured abstract: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi5177
- Paleo-CO2 Project: https://paleo-co2.org/co2pip
New York City was first defined by glacial activity during the last Ice Age
Prediction that the speed of the Jet Stream will increase
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-jet-stream-faster-climate.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01884-1
Toward understanding the Late Devonian mass extinction
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010375
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01087-8
Evolutionary tree of crocodiles – 700 species reduced to just a few over past 250 million years due to decoupling speciation and extinction
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231204135045.htm
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02244-0
132-million-year-old fossil is not a plant – it is a baby turtle shell
- https://www.sciencealert.com/132-million-year-old-mystery-fossils-true-identity-is-finally-revealed
- Paper: https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/current-in-press-articles/4017-fossil-plant-or-turtle
Groundwater flow model of vulnerability of water resources at Chaco Culture National Historical Park related to unconventional O&G development
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-flow-model-investigation-vulnerability-water-resources-chaco-culture
- SIR 2023-5097: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5097/sir20235097.pdf
3 historic USGS stream gages in OR, KY and NM recognized by WMO as “centennial observing stations”
Several rare & nearly complete Pleistocene Diprotodon skeletons discovered in Australia
Database of 38 spatial footprints & characteristics of 3D geological models
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/inventory-three-dimensional-geologic-models-us-geological-survey-2004-22
- USGS Data Report 1183: https://pubs.usgs.gov/dr/1183/dr1183.pdf
Early-warning tremor pattern in lab-created earthquakes – spatiotemporal evolution linked to fault slip velocity
- https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-isolate-early-warning-tremor-pattern
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39399-0
Libya dismantles network of illegal gold mines in southern desert
40 years of North Cascades Glacier Climate Project
Pocket of “fossil groundwater” discovered beneath the Hyblaean Mountains in Sicily
- https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/6-million-year-old-fossil-groundwater-pool-discovered-deep-beneath-sicilian-mountains
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01077-w
Geology and plate tectonics have influenced evolution of life over past 500 million years
- https://scitechdaily.com/tectonic-tales-of-life-how-geology-has-influenced-evolution-for-the-past-500-million-years/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06777-z
Paintings captured the end of the Little Ice Age
Newly recognized 45-mile-long fault in coastal British Columbia could generate tsunamis in Georgia Basin
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12841851/Canada-geological-hazard-tsunami-US.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023TC008170
Gogosaurus, older cousin of T. rex, fossil had remnants of last meal: hind legs of little birdlike Citipes elegans
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 December 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
25% of vaxx recipients experienced “unintended immune response created by a glitch in the way the vaccine is read by the body” and yet they say there were “no adverse effects created by the error” – “there is a way to fix the issue, which “massively de-risks this platform going forward” - do you believe that?
- https://www.science.org/content/article/mrna-vaccines-may-make-unintended-proteins-there-s-no-evidence-harm
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/more-one-four-had-mrna-171724613.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06800-3
The ultimate in alarmism & the end of the Earth
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/end-days-researchers-warn-passing-star-could-cause-interplanetary-collision-fling-earth-past-pluto/ar-AA1la3GN
- https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/could-a-rogue-star-knock-earth-out-of-orbit-yes-and-heres-why-it-could-be-a-good-thing
- Abstract: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12171
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-long-will-earth-exist/ar-AA1kV0s7
WHO identified contaminated syrups and suspension medicines made in Pakistan & India & Indonesia – found in region of the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and Western Pacific – 300+ children have died
Plan to build small modular reactors (SMRs) at Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan
- https://www.abc57.com/news/plans-announced-to-build-small-modular-reactors-at-palisades-nuclear-plant
- https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/12/04/palisades-nuclear-power-plant-lake-michigan-holtec-international-us-nuclear-regulatory-commission/71802958007/
Your brain on Nature
Work from home is here to stay – significant benefits for people and the environment
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/return-to-office-push-is-totally-dead-experts-say-as-wfh-persists/ar-AA1kQzgU
- https://news.yahoo.com/remote-marks-path-greener-future-155313150.html
People traveling though Calgary International Airport, Canada, airport & on flight from Calgary to Vancouver over Thanksgiving may have been exposed to measles
Water companies illegally dumped raw sewage in protected English waterways causing eutrophication
Consequence of the draconian lockdowns: “limited people’s exposure to common pathogens ,,, reducing immunity levels” to common respiratory illnesses
Agency emphasis on hunting (with hunters wanting to kill/capture the biggest and best of the gene pool) is escalating biodiversity loss as opposed to actions to encourage rewilding of key species
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-warn-american-promotion-of-hunting-is-ruining-the-environment/ar-AA1kSR8B
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad099/7416737?login=false
Perspectives: The absurd spectacle of yet another carbon-guzzling summit
Federal judge reversed Temporary Restraining Order that prevented DHS from removing Texas border security barriers – ordered case to proceed to trial on merits of the law – District Court dismissed federal compaint
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-judge-hands-texas-a-major-victory-on-border-barriers/ar-AA1kTFBT
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/greg-abbott-scores-huge-win-over-circular-saw-floating-barriers/ar-AA1l9fwS
Texas lawmakers approve additional $1.5B for protection of the southern border against illegal aliens
Jury awards $17.7M to Kraft & other major food supplies against price-fixing conspiracy by egg producers
EVs not guaranteed to work after 50,000 miles
The battle over gas stoves – Biden administration want to ban them – is it really about health?
Legislation reintroduced to US House of Representatives to ban sale & trade of ejiao – African Union endorsed report calling for moratorium on donkey skin trade
President of COP28 Summit says “there is no science” to support …phase-out of fossil fuels” to limit man-made global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels – need to rethink “net-zero”
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/climate-summit-leader-said-no-212018883.html
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cop28-should-prompt-a-net-zero-rethink/ar-AA1kVRnH
$750B for zero completed EV chargers installed – ensnared in governmental inefficiencies & bureaucratic labyrinths – though some malfeasance would not be too surprising
Perspective: Green New Deal is the opiate of the masses
New York City contract with nonprofit to run shelter stipulates voter registration forms – giving forms to illegal aliens is both unlawful and underhanded
Up to 40% higher incidence of covid-19 among consistent mask-wearers
- https://www.gulf-insider.com/higher-incidence-of-covid-19-found-among-consistent-mask-wearers-peer-reviewed-study/
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/0525AD535D10FDCDF0C52603B50E7A1E/S0950268823001826a.pdf/rosssectional_study.pdf
- Related Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9885521/
Technological hazard: Cyber attacks by Iran-affiliated hackers hit State & Federal agencies
- https://cyberscoop.com/cyber-av3ngers-israel-iran/
- https://apnews.com/article/hackers-iran-israel-water-utilities-critical-infrastructure-cisa-554b2aa969c8220016ab2ef94bd7635b
- Texas: https://statescoop.com/north-texas-municipal-water-district-suffers-cyberattack/
- Pennsylvania: https://cyberscoop.com/pennsylvania-water-facility-hack-iran/
Billions and billions of taxpayer dollars to create rural broadband networks but rural customers are not buying
- https://statescoop.com/broadband-grants-rural-counties-digital-divide-cornell-report/
- Links to Report: https://labs.aap.cornell.edu/node/880
- Report: https://labs.aap.cornell.edu/sites/aap-labs/files/2023-10/StateBroadbandReportFinal.pdf
Got avian flu in California? What’s the answer: kill hundreds of thousands of birds despite new vaccine
Perspective: Record-breaking gathering of hypocrites in Dubai for COP28
More tourons in Yellowstone & elsewhere – selfie did not respect cow elk would protect its young - videos
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/raging-elk-flattens-phone-wielding-092927307.html
- https://www.advnture.com/news/clueless-tourists-stop-for-ukulele-singalong-on-grand-canyon-rim
House passes bill prohibiting federal funding for housing illegal aliens on federally managed lands
US F&WS seeking public comment on draft recovery plan for Canada Lynx
- https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/12/usfws-seeking-comments-recovery-plan-canada-lynx
- Draft RP: https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/20231129_Draft_RP_CanadaLynx_v15_AMMsigned.pdf
- ECOS: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3652
Visualizing the inside of a lithium-ion battery
One of 66 species of known phlebovirus is cause of malaria-like illness in one patient in Peru – may have resulted from ECHV virus exchanging DNA fragments in ‘recombinant event”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/never-before-seen-virus-that-causes-malaria-like-illness-already-circulating/ar-AA1kYq4O
- Paper: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0374_article
Technological hazard: Toxic social media posts prompt more and more hateful messages
COP28 and Greenwashing
Update: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Texas border protection initiative - halted lower court order
Questioning $50+M in taxpayer funds going to EcoHealth Alliance since beginning plandemic – Wuhan Lab-associated NGO
Just 63 Carnival Cruise ships produced 4.4X the sulfur oxide air pollution than the 1B cars in Europe in 2022
- https://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-ship-air-pollution-carnival-cars-europe-study-2023-6
- Report: https://www.transportenvironment.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-return-of-the-cruise-June-2023.pdf
“Johnny come lately” scientists saying overshooting 1.5 degrees is inevitable – been there, done that and the Earth did not “boil” nor “melt” – was much hotter during previous Cenozoic inter-glacials and Mid-Holocene Climate Optima
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122023/todays-climate-cop28-scientists-say-overshooting-1-5-degrees-is-inevitable/
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/october-was-the-5th-straight-month-to-set-new-heat-record-in-2023
Tracking vinyl chloride production in the US from cradle to grave – a window into vast plastics infrastructure
Novovax settles lawsuit for $47M over false and misleading claims concerning ability to manufacture vaxx and secure regulatory approval of vaxx – not the first settlement
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/novavax-settles-class-action-lawsuit-over-covid-vaccine-for-47m/ar-AA1l2e7c
- 2022 for $185M: https://contracts.justia.com/companies/novavax-inc-1482/contract/259440/
- Business practices: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/novavax-reports-second-quarter-2023-financial-results-and-operational-highlights-301895407.html
- Contract with Canada: https://www.biospace.com/article/novavax-amends-covid-19-contract-with-canada-snags-350m-for-unused-shots/
- https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Novavax+%28NVAX%29+Announces+Settlement+Agreement+and+Securities+Purchase+Agreement+with+SK+bioscience/22009956.html
Penguins are greatest power nappers
- https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1198908746/these-penguins-take-10-000-little-naps-a-day-seconds-at-a-time
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh0771
New Mexico to purchase $500M worth of brackish & production waters – What about the cost of water treatment? And damage to the aquifers?
- https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4343079-new-mexico-investment-water-supply/
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06122023/new-mexico-aridity-brackish-produced-water/
Grizzly Bears continue to expand their habitat & limpkins are in Pennsylvania
- 2023: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/hunters-report-concerning-uptick-in-grizzly-bear-sightings-something-pretty-big-is-going-on-and-we-don-t-know-why/ar-AA1l312h
- 2019: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/grizzlies-move-north-1.5397274
- https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/limpkin-bird-habitat-pennsylvania-native-tropical/
5 December 2023 was World Soil Day
Terry Creek Dredge SpoilArea/Hercules Outfall Project alternative to Superfund – remediation of toxaphene chlorinated pesticide began in late 1990s – more work still to be done
Romancing the River: What Am I Talking About
Will bringing “renewables” to Native American lands be a good solution?
PFAS forever chemical levels in freshwater fish - at least 17 States have issued warnings – PFAS bioaccumulates in fish and in people
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-chemicals-freshwater-fish-states-dont.html
- https://fortune.com/well/2023/12/01/forever-chemicals-found-in-freshwater-fish-yet-most-states-dont-warn-residents/
- Interactive map: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_in_US_fish/map/
Some US States regulations restrict collection of rain water
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford - 11 December 2023
95,000 gallons of sewage spilled from break in main sewer line in Laguna Beach, California, prompting closure 2+ miles of beaches
Caneel Bay Resort site CERCLA cleanup scheduled to begin in early 2024 at Virgin Islands National Park to remove asbestos-containing debris from 2017 Hurricanes Irma & Maria
Photo essay: Hann Bay in Senegal has been transformed from idyllic coast to industrial dumping ground
ISS photograph of the northeast coast of Somalia
New coast guard station on Thitu Island in Philippines to monitor Chinese vessels in South China Sea
Preparing proposal to seek NSF grant funds to establish North Carolina Ecosystem Technology Center
Seeking strategic plan to protect Lake Michigan coastal bluffs from erosion – an exercise in futility
130-year history of coastal ferry route in Norway
Beachcomber collecting seashells on Shoalwater Beach in Perth, Australia, bitten after unknowingly putting deadly blue-ringed octopus in his pocket – one of the most venomous creatures in the world
Tourism on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
- Part 1: https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2023/11/20/tourism-at-a-crossroads-on-the-outer-banks/
- Part 2: https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2023/11/21/tourism-at-a-crossroads-on-the-outer-banks-2/
- Part 3: https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2023/11/22/part-three-tourism-at-a-crossroads-on-the-outer-banks/
Rare bird sightings in the Coastal Bend of Texas
Green turtles fight to survive urban sprawl in mega port city of Karachi in Pakistan
“Bowie” is Maine lobster that is half red and half blue, as well as half male and half female
Georgia Port Authority to build $127M Blue Ridge Connector inland terminal to connect Savannah seaport by rail to Gainesville
- https://www.railwayage.com/intermodal/gpa-approves-127mm-for-blue-ridge-connector/
- https://accesswdun.com/article/2023/12/1217414/georgia-ports-authority-approves-use-of-127m-to-build-blue-ridge-connector
$2.05B Mediterranean Sea submarine electric cable Great Sea Interconnector to connect Cyprus & Greece
- https://apnews.com/article/cyprus-greece-israel-electricity-cable-undersea-interconnector-05e445200ed62985f7c8fa257328db32
- https://bnn.network/breaking-news/energy/great-sea-interconnector-project-a-leap-towards-cleaner-energy-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/
Florida Governor recommends $200+M for coastal resiliency & restoration
Thousands of tons of dead fish wash up on beach in northern Japan – video
Selfie taking tourons are not just in Yellowstone – they capsized gondola in Venice, Italy & lost a cell phone
Queensland, Australia, residents cleaned up spilled polystyrene beads from beaches after government declined
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