Elaine is responsible for all entries (except for the quote at the bottom) and the graphic.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 19 February 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Lower Cretaceous ammonites and other fossils in Colombia
Distorted perspectives in the media: “If AMOC Runs Amok…” – AMOC is demonstrating natural variation and does not respond to the inability of humans to adapt
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/12/if-amoc-runs-amok-life-in-the-us-europe-will-change-dramatically/
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189
“tipping point” in AMOC means Earth could be headed toward “Ice Age II” similar to Younger Dryas
And yet, some are resurrecting “unthinkable” and untenable schemes to try to cool the planet – remember when they dumped iron filings into the wrong ocean?
Legacy of Irving Friedman – “Father of isotope hydrology” & pioneer on global water cycle, Yellowstone magna-hydrothermal system, obsidian hydration dating, and more
300 years of sclerosponge thermometry reveal World surpassed 1.5 degree Celsius warming in 2020….and guess what? The world did not end but try telling that to the global warming alarmists
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-may-have-miscalculated-our-global-warming-timeline/ar-BB1iaigH
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01919-7
Massive deadly landslide hit gold-mining town of Masara in the Philippines
- https://bnnbreaking.com/world/pakistan/deadly-landslide-in-southern-philippines-54-dead-63-missing
- Video: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/massive-landslide-hits-philippine-gold-160000269.html
Preserving ice cores
Denali volcanic gap in Alaska may overlie crustal magmatic structure reflected by low-velocity zone in Crust
Lithospheric contribution to the magnetic field of Earth
West Antarctic Ice Sheet declined rapidly about 8,200 years ago – without any man-made global warming!
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/new-research-pinpoints-antarctica-s-melty-past-scientists-warn-it-s-happening-again/ar-BB1igJfB
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01375-8
Computational model suggests Gibraltar Strait subduction zone will propagate into the Atlantic in roughly 20 million years and Atlantic Ocean will once again close
Geology is transforming winemaking in South America
The geology of for formation of sandstone arches
What do students know? Kentucky state mineral is a rock & state rock is a mineral – legislation to correct
Ancient river systems of the Great Plains – exhumed systems & telescopic megafans
- https://phys.org/news/2024-02-scientists-deepen-ancient-rivers.html
- Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/19/3/695/621082/Exhumed-fluvial-landforms-reveal-evolution-of-late
- Paper: https://thesedimentaryrecord.scholasticahq.com/article/89096-telescopic-megafans-on-the-high-plains-usa-were-signal-buffers-in-a-major-source-to-sink-system
Geologists found mega-structure built by Ice Age hunters beneath what is now the Baltic Sea
Vibrant color of Miocene gastropod shells
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034067
- Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12691
Ice cores reveal “climate hiccups” or Dansgaard-Oeschger events in which temperatures increase 5 to 10 degrees within 30 to 40 years
- https://scitechdaily.com/ice-cores-reveal-climate-shockwaves-unraveling-the-puzzle-of-climate-hiccups/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45507-5
M7.5 earthquake in Japan produced up to 13 feet of tectonic uplift of Noto Peninsula in Japan
Mixing of Pacific & Atlantic Ocean waters
Evolution of oxygen content of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Relative impact of great fossil sites on understanding evolutionary relationships between fossil grops
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1034459
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297637
Trace metals may be bound to surfaces of iron-rich goethite in soil
Seafloor pits may be made on porpoise
- https://eos.org/articles/mysterious-seafloor-pits-may-be-made-on-porpoise
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01102-y
Mineralogy of ore deposits
Visualizing the rise of the US as top producing crude oil producing nation
Wyoming Geological Survey releases high-resolution geophysical data
Megathrust activity triggers M4.4 earthquake in Aceh Singkil in Indonesia
Identifying exposure pathways posed by uranium mining in the Grand Canyon watershed
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/usgs-partners-havasupai-tribe-identify-potential-contaminant-exposure
- Open-file Report 2023-1092: pubs.usgs.gov/of/2023/1092/ofr20231092.pdf
USGS releases Mineral Commodity Summaries for 2024
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/technical-announcement/usgs-releases-mineral-commodity-summaries-2024-finds-us-mineral
- MCS Report: https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024.pdf
Transform faults reveal more aspects of carbon cycle dynamics
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 19 February 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
World surpassed 1.5-degree Celsius Paris Accord level in 2020….and guess what? The world did not end but try telling that to the global warming alarmists
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-may-have-miscalculated-our-global-warming-timeline/ar-BB1iaigH
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01919-7
Scientists issue “Warning on Technology” – risks & “profound costs” must be acknowledged
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/group-of-united-academics-publish-scientists-warning-on-climate-and-technology/ar-BB1ilABK
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623042324
Increasing number of food recalls due to contamination with listeria which can be deadly – Don Novo Cuban-style cured meats added to Rizo-López Foods cheeses
Environmental impacts of the Super Bowl: energy consumption, food waste & packaging, wastewater, secondary impacts of marketing & advertising, Taylor Swift private jet from Tokyo
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/super-bowl-s-huge-environmental-damage/ar-BB1i6Ncb
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13022024/todays-climate-super-bowl-clean-energy/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/taylor-swift-s-super-bowl-flight-shows-what-s-wrong-with-carbon-removal/ar-BB1icDTl
Flood defenses in California are weakening – aging structures & sediment buildup in reservoirs
Newly completed massive solar & battery project in Kern County, California, is 4.66- acres of ugly
Illegal aliens continue to drain financial resources of New York
Proposed legislation would ban laundry & dishwashing detergents that contain PVA in New York City
Proposed legislation in Wyoming would require all blood donations from vaxxed donors be labeled so recipients can make informed choice to accept or reject in non-emergency situations
“dangerous” and “unethical” practice of paying blood donors led to contaminated blood supply – led to infecting people with HIV, hepatitis C – finally investigating after decades
Higher human body temperature linked to depression – causality?
EPA approves paraquat-based herbicides for use – Parkinson’s risk, respiratory damage & kidney disease
US Federal Court rescinded approval of three dicamba-based weedkillers
$2B in Medicare fraud scheme during the pandemic
Nature does not care where a species is from – questioning whether “invasive” is a useful concept – for some species, functional traits may be more important than nativeness
Native gardening
Estimating the role of genetics in who develops covid & gets reinfected – why not everyone needed to be vaxxed which could also be described as natural immunity which vaxx proponents dismissed
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-do-i-keep-getting-covid-19-but-those-around-me-don-t/ar-BB1i039v
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44250-7
“Woke Kindergarten” resulted in lower test scores – teacher suspended for criticizing program
Yersinia pestis still causes occasional cases of Bubonic plague in the US – transmitted by fleas
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/rare-human-case-of-bubonic-plague-in-oregon-confirmed-by-authorities/ar-BB1i8Cpf
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-plague-is-still-very-much-alive-in-the-us-here-the-annoying-reason-why/ar-BB1igiL8
New York City proposes new Department of Sustainable Delivery to regulate e-commerce deliveries
South Dakota rushing to spend $700M on water & sewer projects – will money be used wisely?
State-of-the-science on Chronic Wasting Disease
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/chronic-wasting-disease-state-science
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/2/138
US F&WS offering $50,000 reward for information leading to arrest, conviction, or civil penalty assessment of those responsible for killing 3 endangered gray wolves in Oregon
- https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2024-02/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-seeks-information-public
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/50-000-reward-offered-after-3-endangered-gray-wolves-found-dead-in-oregon/ar-BB1i9UAk
When it comes to pesticides, no pesticide is harmless in the environment, no pesticide targets only one species – do not succumb to eco-washing labels – best course of action is to avoid using pesticides
There is no fraud in mail-in ballot system – yeah, right!
Evaluating reliability of environmental concentration data to characterize exposure in risk assessments
Policy dictates on environmental conditions impacts the economy – unchecked regulatory agencies
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/jay-timmons-says-next-dollar-won-t-be-invested-in-america-as-biden-administration-announces-new-epa-regulations/ar-BB1i8PFx
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-most-destructive-epa-program-you-ve-never-heard-of/ar-BB1i90MI
What can Twilight Farmers do to ensure their operations will continue?
New Mexico rancher fined 14.6M gallons of water for illegal sale of 6,000,000 gallons of groundwater to construction site
Lawsuit filed against Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency for issuing permits for development beyond the area carrying capacity – violates 1969 Congressional Compact
CMS Report on the State of the World’s Migratory Species
- https://www.cms.int/en/news/landmark-un-report-reveals-shocking-state-wildlife-world%E2%80%99s-migratory-species-animals-are
- Link to download report: https://www.cms.int/en/publication/state-worlds-migratory-species
Update on proposed cleanup of Turner Station Superfund Site in Baltimore County, Maryland
Update on Glenwood Canyon & the Shoshone Generating Station & Colorado River waters
Greenland is turning green again for first time since the Medieval Warm Period (900-1300 AD) Viking era – long-term climate cycle
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/greenland-is-turning-green-again-for-the-first-time-since-medieval-times-why-it-matters/ar-BB1icxnj
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52124-1
Mardi Gras once again releases tons of toxic plastic beads
Throwing away the key from a ‘love lock’ in National Parks poses danger to wildlife in the Grand Canyon
Romancing the River: The Appropriation Doctrine – and Its Appropriation
If illegal aliens chose not to climb the Border Wall to enter our country then they would not be so injured
Draft permits issued for Twin Pines Minerals strip mine near Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge – open for public comment – TPM fined for exploratory work
- https://www.southernenvironment.org/press-release/georgia-regulators-issue-draft-permits-for-twin-pines-mine/
- GA EPD permit documents: https://epd.georgia.gov/twin-pines
- https://www.gpb.org/news/2024/01/24/twin-pines-minerals-fined-20k-for-exploratory-work
600+ million gallons released from Lake Hodges reservoir in San Diego & must be kept no more than 30% full due to safety concerns for century old dam
Massive fire at Feather Crest Farms in Brazos County, Texas – expected to blaze for days at chicken farm
Chiquita Canyon Landfill promising to offer relocation assistance to residents because of odors
Vast of people tested revealed presence of pesticide chlormequat in urine linked to reproductive & developmental & endocrine system problems
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-study-finds-little-known-toxic-crop-chemical-in-four-out-of-five-people-tested/ar-BB1iiKZq
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00643-4
Big Pharma spending millions to try to improve their image since vaxx debacle
What is wrong with this picture? Suggesting that illegal aliens who do not hold jobs & impose costly burdens on cities, counties & states will increase our economy – false job growth
- https://thehill.com/business/4465841-immigration-cuts-could-dent-us-economy-at-crucial-time-experts-say/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-s-job-growth-claims-tied-to-illegal-migration-report-reveals/ar-BB1imqnz
Translocation of large numbers of elephants deadly for people in Malawi – stressful on elephants & increased human-wildlife contact
4 hydroelectric dams removed from the Klamath River – now will cost at least $72M to rehabilitate the river and supply irrigation waters to agricultural users
Egypt building walled buffer zone & wall along Gaza border
- https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/16/middleeast/egypt-wall-buffer-zone-gaza-border-intl-hnk/index.html
Chemical composition of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution over time in the US
- https://phys.org/news/2024-02-chemical-composition-air-pollution.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231023006143
Americans deserve improved Vaccine Injury & Compensation systems – especially after mandated vaxxing
Even bigger federal subsidies could be used to restart shut down nuclear power plants in the US – all in the name of “clean energy” ignoring the issues of nuclear waste disposal & safety
Visualizing population density patterns in Africa
Aline ibexes are slowly become nocturnal creatures
“FDA-approved” or “patented” give false sense of security in advertising
FDA approved antibody drug as injection to lessen allergic reactions to foods
FERC announces new policy requiring energy projects on Tribal Land must obtain Tribal approval
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 19 February 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Why ‘playing politics’ with ‘environmental justice’ serves little purpose – Beaumont & Port Arthur, Texas
Cargo ship Zapadnyy ran aground yet again – this time in harbour at Silloth
New York City plans 6 new maritime shipping hubs to use barges to move freight instead of trucks
Maine rethinking construction of coastal infrastructure – fast-track permitting & structural design
Forecasting storm-induced coastal flooding scenarios in Hawaiian, Mariana & American Samoan Islands
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/forecasting-storm-induced-coastal-flooding-21st-century-sea-level-rise-scenarios
- USGS Data Report 1184: https://pubs.usgs.gov/dr/1184/dr1184.pdf
“Sand motors” are just another way to artificially re-nourish beaches
Concerns for stormwater impacts in Casco Bay in Maine
Looking for another water source for Mathis, Texas – “creating” water supply on the Texas Gulf coast
US Army COE efforts to “protect” Jamaica Bay might ruin it in the process if $2B sea gate is constructed
This is the consequence of building multimillion-dollar mansions on the coastal cliffside
Hundreds of passengers and crew on Queen Victoria cruise ship develop gastrointestinal illness – CDC investigating as cause if illness is “unknown”
Houston residents with private wells warned to use only distilled or boiled water after “structural failure” released more than 100,000 gallons of domestic wastewater treatment sludge to spill from holding tank
Reality of “living on the beach” is your house erodes into the surf
Satellite data reveals a truer scale of coral reefs
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/satellites-discover-huge-expanse-of-earth-s-coral-reefs-that-were-previously-unknown/ar-BB1if33F
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949790624000016
Tijuana River raw sewage & industrial waste & urban run-off contamination that impacts San Diego is “a public health crisis”
- https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4463937-san-diego-county-health-threat-sewage-mexico-transboundary/
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/15/us-mexico-california-tijuana-river-illness-public-health
- https://phys.org/news/2024-02-san-diego-state-university-tijuana.html
- https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2024/02/public-health-crisis-unfolds-as-tijuana-river-sewage-contamination-escalates
- Report: https://www.sdsu.edu/_files/tijuana-sewage-contamination-public-health-crisis-white-paper-021424.pdf
Report on Hurricane Idalia impacts on Florida Coast
- https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2024/02/14/hurricane-forecasters-release-report-idalia-here-are-5-things-know/
- https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1227741074/nature-shoreline-protection-hurricane-season
- Report: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL102023_Idalia.pdf
Ropes tangled around dead beached whale linked to Maine lobster equipment
"For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria." - Richard Dawkins
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