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Thanks to John Matthews at https://www.alliance4water.org.
The following entries are solely those of Elaine J. Hanford.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 5 February 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Seasonal ground level fluctuations in Yosemite – isostatic adjustment due to weight of winter snow
Role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle
- https://eos.org/agu-news/a-closer-look-sea-at-the-oceans-carbon-cycle
- Issue: https://eos.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Feb24.pdf
Perceptions of risk from stratovolcano Popocatépetl in Mexico
Using rare earth element tracers to assess wind erosion
Visualizing all the existing nuclear waste in the world
The mythological belief that humans can remedy the rapid depletion of groundwater
Critical minerals strategy in Canada
3 byo hydrothermal vent sediments – implications for origins of life on Earth
- https://phys.org/news/2024-01-billion-year-hydrothermal-vent-sediments.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj4789
Waves & mixing drive coastal upwelling in tropical Angolan system
- https://phys.org/news/2024-01-coastal-upwelling.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj6686
Recurrence intervals of great floods in the Lower Pearl River in southern China – 400+ floods over past 2,000 years
First ever sighting of newborn great white shark – near Santa Barbara, California
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1032350
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-024-01512-7
Wooly Mammoths were hunted by humans – human hunting camps near migration pathways
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240117141002.htm
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk0818
Unlike cave bears, saber-tooth cates & hyenas, Holarctic Brown Bears (grizzlies) survived the last Ice Age
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240124132820.htm
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2411
Dinosaur bones from Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota yield clues to species vitality prior to Chicxulub impact
- https://www.sciencealert.com/hell-chicken-discovery-could-tell-us-just-how-doomed-the-dinosaurs-were
- https://theconversation.com/a-newly-identified-hell-chicken-species-suggests-dinosaurs-werent-sliding-toward-extinction-before-the-fateful-asteroid-hit-221482
Small feathered dinosaurs likely flapped their proto-wings to flush out hiding prey
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/small-feathered-dinosaur-proto-wings-12639.html
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-50225-x
Non-isotropic tropospheric delays in Global Navigation Satellite Systems – application to geodesy and gravity studies as well as weather forecasting & climate studies
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Study_reveals_non_isotropic_nature_of_tropospheric_delays_in_GNSS_999.html
- Paper: https://satellite-navigation.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43020-023-00122-5
Potential impacts of bombardment of Early Earth by asteroids – melts and tsunamis?
Portland, Oregon, has higher earthquake risk identified by 2023 US National Seismic Hazard Model – potential for M7.2 event
Panag mud volcano in southeastern Iran
How to avoid geologic hazards when buying land or building
Geological exploration achievements in the South China Sea
Perspective: Naming the “Anthropocene” may not really matter but the impacts of humans do – “unsustainable course” of human actions in consuming resources, water & altering physical environment
Volcanoes in the Sisters neighborhood in Oregon
Zealandia, aka Te Riu-a-Māui to the Māori, recently recognized by geologists but fully mapped
Doubling the assessment of the critical mineral potential in Saudi Arabia
Proposed new Geologic Time Scale for the history of the Moon
Photographic geologic history
NHSRC to install 28 seismometers along Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train route
Nuclear safety experts from NNRA & geologist investigating explosion at Bodija, Ibadan in Nigeria
President of Academy of Sciences & Director of Institute of Seismology agrees that an M9.0+ earthquake is considered devastating in Kyrgyzstan and elsewhere around the world – USGS rated 1992 Suusamyr EQ as M7.3
- https://akipress.com/news:757150:Head_of_Academy_of_Sciences_agrees_with_State_Construction_Agency_on_complete_collapse_in_the_event_of_a_9-magnitude_earthquake/
- 1992 EQ: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0005cq0/executive#general_summary
The Moon is shrinking – now 150 feet less in circumference as core cooled
- https://www.sci.news/space/moon-shrinking-12640.html
- Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ad1332
Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled that State can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife – to help manage groundwater depletion
Another magnetic field reversal is imminent in the Sun – cyclic event about every 11 years
Vestiges of Ice Age pluvial Lake Manly in Death Valley, California
Trans Mountain Pipeline looking for solution to challenge in horizontal directional drilled section
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 5 February 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
What is wrong with this picture? “no Nature allowed in the Natural State”
E-bikes still causing explosions, injuries, and deadly fires
- https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/01/25/e-bike-battery-sparks-house-fire-in-brevard-county/
- https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/e-bike-fire-on-ttc-subway-was-rapid-and-intense-toronto-fire-says-here-s-how-it-erupted-1.6708128
- Video: https://www.foxnews.com/us/e-bike-battery-explodes-burns-nyc-store-video
- https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/lithium-batteries-drive-fire-death-toll-to-106-across-city-in-23-highest-in-20-years-GY3076697
- https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/ebikes-and-scooters-keep-catching-fire-what-can-be-done-about-it-20240123-p5ezes.html
FDA issues warning of potential severe adverse & fatal effects of use of tianeptine products
Inadequate road design endangers drivers – Arkansas is the worst state for poor road design
- https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/01/24/321618.htm
- https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/10/25/study-yes-suvs-are-deadlier-than-cars-but-on-fast-arterials-pedestrians-die-no-matter-what
- https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2024/01/22/illinois-has-the-fifth-most-car-crash-deaths-due-to-poor-road-design-research-reveals/
Federal government opens 22 million acres to solar power development – more scars upon the land - in zones of highest seismic risk
- https://electrek.co/2024/01/18/us-govt-opens-22-million-acres-federal-lands-solar/
- https://www.utilitydive.com/news/blm-solar-development-roadmap-west/704855/
- Roadmap & PEIS documents: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2022371/570
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26012024/could-get-easier-to-build-solar-in-western-us/
Nationwide recall for two Robitussin Honey cough syrup products due to microbial contamination
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/robitussin-cough-syrups-recalled-nationwide-due-to-life-threatening-contamination/ar-BB1hgMib
- FDA: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/haleon-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-robitussin-honey-cf-max-day-adult-and-robitussin-honey-cf#recall-photos
WOAH marks 100th anniversary addressing animal health & welfare
Who pays the costs for decommissioning solar plants? – No uniform policy among the States & some have no rules – estimated 3,000 football fields of solar panel waste by 2030
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25012024/inside-clean-energy-decommissioning-solar-plants/
- Report: https://nccleantech.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/50-States-of-Solar-Decommissioning-2023-Snaspshot-NCCETC-2024.pdf
Promoting bee populations among solar farms by planting wildflowers & native grasses
- https://electrek.co/2024/01/23/utility-scale-solar-farms-bees/
- Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0f72
Quantifying occurrence of “rare” complications of covid based on 55 articles & 42 case studies – matters if you are one of those small groups – much higher frequencies of side effects of vaxx
- https://www.verywellhealth.com/rare-covid-commplication-prevalence-8550117
- Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9847396/
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.756633/full
Robotic drones to assess damage & ongoing decommissioning at Fukushima nuclear power plant
Hinkley Point nuclear power plant in UK again delayed as costs escalate
Manufacture & sale of EVs is not viable – Ford Motor Co loses about $35,000 on every F-10 Lightning sold, laid off 70 of EV workers & ramps up production of gas-powered vehicles
OPEs replaced toxic polybrominated flame retardants but are now linked to premature births
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/chemicals-in-baby-products-linked-to-premature-birth/ar-BB1hgfbV
- Paper: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP13182
Nature-based solution applied to storm water in Denmark
EPA barred from considering issues of race to decide environmental concerns in “Cancer Alley” since “pollution does not discriminate”
Mosquitoes are vectors of “flesh-eating” Buruli ulcer between possums and humans in SE Australia
- https://www.sciencealert.com/flesh-eating-buruli-ulcer-was-an-80-year-mystery-scientists-reveal-the-culprits
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01553-1
Undergoing plastic surgery in other countries can be deadly for US citizens
- https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/report-finds-93-us-deaths-after-cosmetic-surgery-106685943
- CDC Report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7303a3.htm
The concept of intellectual humility – it is called science: always questioning
Copco No. 1 dam breach on Klamath River – final hydroelectric dam being removed (video)
Perspective: Naming the “Anthropocene” may not really matter but the impacts of humans do – “unsustainable course” of human actions in consuming resources, water & altering physical environment
Open Southern Border is clear and present danger to America
Monkey farm is proposed near Bainbridge, Georgia – agreement cloaked in secrecy - would house 30,000 monkeys in breeding facilities for medical research – threat of disease & environmental damage – COO & CEO have history of working with firms that used questionable practices
Technological hazard: Artificial Intelligence taught to go rogue could not be stopped by those who thought they were in charge – safety techniques did not work
- https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/legitimately-scary-anthropic-ai-poisoned-rogue-evil-couldnt-be-taught-how-to-behave-again
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/artificial-intelligence-was-taught-to-go-rogue-for-a-test-it-couldn-t-be-stopped/ar-BB1hrjzD
- Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.05566.pdf
New class of life - virus-like organisms found in human gut – bits of genetic material with no detectable sequences or structural similarities to other biological agents
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/obelisks-entirely-new-class-of-life-has-been-found-in-the-human-digestive-system/ar-BB1hpn7l
- https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-insane-new-viruslike-entities-found-human-gut-microbes
- Paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1.full.pdf+html
5 cases of Alzheimer’s disease linked to medical treatments decades earlier -patients received cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/researchers-discover-alzheimer-s-disease-cases-acquired-from-past-medical-treatments/ar-BB1hqY4Q
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02729-2
Ukraine to start construction of 4 new reactors at Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant
Pesticides negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate community health in stream & river ecosystems
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/pesticides-are-likely-impacting-invertebrate-life-essential-our-nations
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723082645?via%3Dihub
Link between cold snaps and pandemics in the Roman Empire
- https://phys.org/news/2024-01-link-cold-snaps-roman-empire.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk1033
Natural events are acts of God but disasters are acts of man - Brazil hit by record 1,161 disasters in 2023 – mostly floods and landslides that must be blamed on man-made global warming
Invasive big-headed ant caused lions to change their diet in Kenya – mutualism & cascading impacts
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_an_invasive_ant_caused_lions_to_change_their_diet_999.html
- https://news.ufl.edu/2024/01/ant-species-disrupts-lion-behavior/
Faulty Robert Morris University economic impact studies justified $B in tax breaks to entice massive petrochemical complex to Pennsylvania – “academic malpractice”
- https://www.ehn.org/shell-plastics-pennsylvania-economics-2667094641.html
- Report: https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/pennsylvanias-bad-bet/
Perspective: Waging full-scale assault on human life and human dignity
Perspective: Vaping is a very bad idea – stick a metal tube in your mouth & inhale e-potion of nicotine, propylene glycol, acetaldehyde & formaldehyde – inhaling antifreeze & embalming fluid
FDA orders warning black box label on CAR-T cancer therapy that warns of potential for blood cance
- https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/fda-says-cancer-treatment-car-t-therapy-may-increase-risk-cancer-rcna135262
- https://www.cancerhealth.com/article/cart-therapy-cause-secondary-cancers
Syphilis cases on the increase in the US – 80% over past 5 years & congenital syphilis cases increased by 184% – some antibiotic resistant – highest rates in men ages 20-40
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/rise-in-syphilis-rates-prompts-calls-for-change-from-cdc/ar-BB1hv4Ex
- https://www.statista.com/statistics/622816/syphilis-rate-in-the-us-by-age-and-gender/
- CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2022/overview.htm#Syphilis
- Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9785152/
Cases of deadly drug-resistant Candida auris in China
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/drug-resistant-fungal-infections-surge-in-china/ar-BB1hvt4b
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2024.2302843
Pyramid of Menkaure has stood for more than 4,000 years – “fixing” it making “Disneyland from ancient legacy”
- https://www.itv.com/news/2024-01-30/egyptian-pyramid-to-be-clad-in-granite-blocks-but-not-everyone-is-impressed
- https://www.businessinsider.com/egypt-restoring-ancient-pyramid-giza-granite-horrifying-conservationists-2024-1
World treasures being ruined by mass tourism – too many very rude tourists ended my last visit to Niagara Falls & thankfully they did not follow me to the Finger Lakes area!
Uranium mine at new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon Monument raises concerns for Havasupai
97% of gas stoves already meet “new energy efficiency standard”
Majority of voters oppose DEI agenda – even Democrats & Liberals oppose discriminatory practices
CWD is devastating deer & elk populations in North America – hunting will not stop it
In hindsight, some lessons to be learned from draconian mis-handling of plandemic – plandemic chaos led to disproportionately higher percentage of deaths attributed to covid
- https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q150https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scathing-report-unveils-shocking-systemic-failures-in-us-response-to-covid-pandemic/ar-BB1hy8Sk
- BMJ series: https://www.bmj.com/collections/us-covid-series
Decriminalizing drugs leads to increased drug addition & drug overdose deaths
New York City Mayor just classified social media as an environmental threat – it does indeed pose potential technological “social” threats along with some benefits
Outbreak of Candida auris fungal infections in Washington State – 90% of US strains drug resistant
Woke perspective – hiring someone based on merit qualifications is “unfair”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/american-psychological-association-claims-merit-based-hiring-is-unfair-in-new-study/ar-BB1hCw0d
- Paper: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-xge0001525.pdf
Newest vaccine is only 54% effective in “preventing” symptomatic infections
Lack of regular maintenance of storm drains leads to repeated flooding of NY Metro stations – MTA wants billions of dollars to “address the problem”
How can this be? NY & LA named along with London, Singapore & Paris as “most resilient” cities
- https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20240129/NEWS06/912362376/New-York,-LA-atop-list-of-world%E2%80%99s-most-resilient-cities-
- https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/reinsurance/low-insurance-penetration-continues-to-pose-a-growing-threat--tokio-marine-470024.aspx
Viability of the Texas power grid – Unlike California, Texas Grid has 3 years without a crisis
- https://www.eenews.net/articles/texas-grid-has-gone-3-years-without-a-crisis-will-it-last/
- Report: https://www.ferc.gov/media/ferc-nerc-regional-entity-joint-blackstart-and-next-start-resource-availability-study-texas
Investigating cause of deadly under-construction collapse of hanger at Boise, Idaho, airport
Lawsuit filed against US Army COE aiming to prevent construction of new reservoir north of Fort Collins citing improper granting of construction permit – reservoir would support more development
Retrospective: the epizootic of 1872
Landfill fire near Moody, Alabama, “may ever be extinguished”
Another problem – crash tests indicate guardrail systems cannot handle heavy EVs
- https://apnews.com/article/electric-vehicles-crash-test-guardrails-nebraska-3ec299a7ad87d0f63a6dd9357f663fce
- https://apnews.com/article/technology-road-safety-national-transportation-board-automotive-accidents-dd5c4260f68e9f5dcb430a02cc939f6b
Utah Legislature wants to prevent Nature from having legal status as growing “rights of nature” movement coalesces around efforts to “save” the Great Salt Lake
Train derailment & toxic spill & fire in East Palestine, Ohio - one year later contamination lingers
Systemwide rebuild of Pajaro River levee in California after major 2023 flooding
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 5 February 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Largest cruise ship ever, Icon of the Seas, launched “investing in false solutions” – iconic greenwashing
US Army COE proposal to raise Embarcadero 7 feet in San Francisco Bay – current estimated cost of $13.5B but that will escalate if construction actually begins – open for public comment
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/embarcadero-proposed-transformation-18621689.php
- Plan & Comment links: https://sfport.com/wrp
NOAA & BOEM strategy to protect endangered whales from offshore wind projects – good luck with that
- https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-boem-announce-final-north-atlantic-right-whale-and-offshore-wind-strategy
- Document: https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/environment/BOEM_NMFS_NARW_OSW_2.pdf
Lighthouses and light stations in the National Park System
PFAS occurrence, distribution & risks in the dry season in micro-estuaries – remarkably high concentrations
- https://phys.org/news/2024-01-alarming-pfas-contamination-small-coastal.html
- Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00882
Coastal cities being flooded not because of sea level rise but because of land subsidence
Tracking migratory sea birds – decade-long study
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1032696
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2312438121
Giant sea salt aerosols play key role in coastal clouds & precipitation in Hawaii
- https://new.nsf.gov/news/giant-sea-salt-aerosols-play-major-role-hawaiis
- Paper: https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/13735/2023/
Photo-essay: Geology of the New South Wales South Coast
100 to 200+ old tires dumped on shore of Loch Ness
Whales make daily onshore-offshore migrations
- https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/news/2024/01/24/whales-make-daily-onshore-offshore-migrations-
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230279
Humpback whales no longer sing near shorelines
- https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/humpback-whales-move-daytime-singing-offshore/
- Sanctuary: https://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/
Wildfires force evacuations of small coastal communities near Cape Town, South Africa
Surge in deaths of illegal aliens migrating by boat across the central & eastern Mediterranean
US Navy will not send Littoral Combat Ships to the Red Sea
European Energy of Denmark abandons nearshore wind project – would not be able to co-exist with plans for bird sanctuary
Some of the best snorkeling spots in US waters
Diving community around Maltese Islands concerned about lack of decisiveness to protect conservation areas
Near-shore reefs in Florida less vulnerable
- https://www.waterfronttimes.com/node/16875
- https://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2024/01/south-floridas-nearshore-reefs-less-vulnerable-to-ocean-acidification-study-finds.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023GB007789
Landslides halt California coastal rail service between LA & San Diego indefinitely – threat continues with latest storm
- https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-25/metrolink-amtrak-san-clemente-landslide-train-service-halted
- https://ktla.com/news/local-news/rail-service-still-suspended-as-crews-continue-removing-landslide-debris-from-tracks-in-o-c/
US Army COE & Nome, Alaska, sign agreement for construction of Port of Nome Modification Project to expand harbor causeways & deepen navigation channels
Guam Waterworks Authority reaches agreement on sewer system overflows & illegal discharges into coastal waters
Need to admit that iconic California piers are just OLD while they keep on paying to repairing them
"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens."- Ellen Glasgow
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