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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 24 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Another geothermal model for super deep hot dry rock
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/geothermal-model-gives-key-insights-into-extracting-renewable-energy-from-superhot-super-deep-rock/ar-BB1oaRDG
- Paper: https://geothermal-energy-journal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40517-024-00288-4
US lost 2 nuclear-powered submarines: USS Thresher sank in 1963 & may have been sunk by own torpedo & USS Scorpion lost under mysterious circumstances in 1968
- https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-nuclear-submarine-might-have-been-sunk-its-own-torpedo-211457
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-navy-freaked-a-nuclear-submarine-was-shattered-into-5-pieces/ar-BB1onbmd
Merging architectural history and geology in Rome, Italy
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory 2023 Annual Report
- https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/yvo-2023-annual-report-has-hit-streets
- USGS Circular 1524: pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1524/cir1524.pdf
Weather is always changing – everyone everywhere says “if you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes”
New Mexico debating what to do with produced water
Most of the largest marine protected areas have inadequate protections – “paper parks”
Seismic retrofit of bridges in Seattle, Washington, in advance of the next big earthquake
Retrospective: Tragedy of the K-27 nuclear submarine (1958-1981) – underwater Chernobyl
Largest lahar evacuation drill & the geology of Mount Rainier
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/preparing-volcano-hazards-where-worlds-largest-lahar-evacuation-drill-held
- https://geology.com/usgs/rainier/
Causes of rock topple at Furnas Reservoir in Brazil
Weather conditions can trigger earthquake swarms
- https://scitechdaily.com/mit-uncovers-weathers-role-in-triggering-earthquake-swarms/
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado1469
Satellite data may provide new technique for detecting early signs of impending earthquakes
- https://scitechdaily.com/space-detection-of-earthly-anomalies-groundbreaking-new-technique-unveils-early-earthquake-signs/
- Paper: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jag-2024-0024/html?lang=en
Maps of “extreme” and “exceptional” drought and groundwater depletion in Mexico
Tailings dam failure at Chinchorro TSF near Peñablanca, Chile
Ring fractures and ice doughnuts in Antarctic ice – flexures and fractures
- https://eos.org/articles/antarctic-ice-doughnuts-may-hold-the-key-to-shelf-collapse
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/observed-meltwaterinduced-flexure-and-fracture-at-a-doline-on-george-vi-ice-shelf-antarctica/EAAD863418F572E9F5DF781FF85EFD77
Spillover of tropospheric ozone may be affecting stratospheric measurements
- https://eos.org/research-spotlights/what-happens-in-the-troposphere-doesnt-stay-in-the-troposphere
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023AV001154
Post-war reconstruction may have caused elevated thallium levels in Baltic Sea maintained by low-oxygen high sulfide conditions
New theory links formation of cratons to weathering of first land masses that concentrated radioactive minerals
- https://eos.org/articles/radioactive-sediments-may-have-built-earths-cratons
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07307-1
Visualizing the top ten hottest & coldest countries based on average temperature in 2022
British Geological Survey updates online tool for validating geotechnical data
Much of the methane released from damaged Nord Stream gas pipeline has remained in Baltic Sea waters
- https://scitechdaily.com/pipeline-peril-the-mystery-of-nord-streams-methane-after-the-explosion/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63449-2
Lokiceratops rangiformis – new species of centrosaurine dinosaur from Judith River Formation, Montana – curving blade-like horns on back of frill
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lokiceratops-rangiformis-13036.html
- Paper: https://peerj.com/articles/17224/
- Video: https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-found-dinosaur-lokiceratops-had-insane-horns-unlike-any-other
Goronia traquairi – “Elgin Marvel” fossil in Hopeman Sandstone Formation near Elgin, Scotland
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/elgin-marvel-fossil-13027.html
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae065/7694288?login=false
Nothosaurs - Oldest sea-going reptile from the southern hemisphere found in New Zealand
Planetary geology: “Popcorn Rocks” found on Mars, suggesting water flowed in Jezero Crater
How to stay safe during lightning storms – 37M lightning strikes per year in the US
Sharks are among the most endangered animals – Global FinPrint Project
- https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/a-scientific-mission-to-save-the-sharks/
- Project: https://globalfinprint.org/
Earthquake with estimated magnitude of 7.5 or 8 rerouted Ganges River around 2,500 years ago – coastal avulsion
- https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earthquakes/huge-earthquake-2500-years-ago-rerouted-the-ganges-river-study-suggests
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47786-4
Potential megaquake & tsunami on Cascadia Subduction Zone
- https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/61993/20240613/pacific-megaquake-potential-earthquake-tsunami-underwater-fault-threatens-lives-10.htm
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl3198#abstract
Parvosuchus aurelioi – small Mid- to Late-Triassic crocodile-like reptile found in Southern Brazil
- https://phys.org/news/2024-06-small-ancient-crocodile-reptile-brazil.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63313-3
New AI algorithm for analyzing microfossils
Remnants of primordial crust found near Perth, Australia
- https://phys.org/news/2024-06-groundbreaking-discovery-remnants-earth-primordial.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01469-6
2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake- initial rupture led to multiplex fault ruptures
- https://phys.org/news/2024-06-noto-peninsula-earthquake-quiet-rupture.html
- https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109224
Problems with climate scenarios – only suggest what could happen (SSPs) – IPCC not concerned with reality
In Memoriam: David Ballantyne Rowley (1954-2024) – notable research on age of initiation of India-Asia plate tectonic collision and formation of the Himalaya
USGS to conduct low-level helicopter flights to image geology & collect geophysical data of SW Colorado
Swarm of small earthquakes like signal recharge of magma beneath Mount St Helens
Largest prospective nickel deposits discovered in Alaska
USGS officially recognizes High Falls, Middle Falls & Lower Falls on Genesee River in New York
Geochemical sampling completed of basil till for nickel-copper-cobalt-chrome-platinum group element-gold on Consolidated Shebandowan Property in NW Ontario, Canada
Satellite images of 200-mile-long dust storm crossing over New Mexico
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 24 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Audit suggests government agencies mishandled at least $1.7 billion in covid funds – isn’t “mishandled” a nice euphemism for fraud and government waste?
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/audit-11-washington-agencies-potentially-mishandled-1-17-billion-in-covid-aid/ar-BB1ofAYn
- https://www.propublica.org/article/how-remote-work-ai-impact-fraud-local-government
SCOTUS upholds law requiring deportation of foreign national who illegally entered the US – combined cases of three illegal aliens who entered US in 2001, 2005 and 2016 each violated Southern Border
Big surprise – climate information passes through a political filter for your “protection”
Pandemic policies during pandemic were worse than the disease – cost without benefit
Liberty County School System banning cell phones for middle & high school students in the classroom
Grolar Bear hybrids are extremely rare – only 8 confirmed
- https://www.iflscience.com/grolar-bear-hybrids-are-extremely-rare-with-just-8-confirmed-individuals-74652
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-024-01359-1
“Corpse Flower” bloomed in Kew Gardens, England – one of smelliest plants on the planet
Touron gets jail sentence & fined for trespassing into “dangerous geothermal area” in Yellowstone & banned from National Park for two years – punishment for willfully breaking rules
Rare white grizzly and her two cubs fatally struck by two separate vehicles along Trans-Canada Highway
Initiative gathering signatures to attempt to stop Washington state phase out of natural gas
Irony: Granting “human rights” to “protect” humans who have caused all the destruction & pollution
Illinois DNR claims public has no right to most waterways in the state contravening federal law & clashing with state public doctrine under Illinois Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act
Wishful thinking: “Goodbye Big Oil, Hello Big Solar” – most solar is highly subsidized & cause significant environmental degradation and impacts
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/16/goodbye-big-oil-hello-big-solar/
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/21/world-getting-120-new-1gw-nuclear-fusion-power-plants-this-year-or-something-like-that/
Local & State opposition to renewable energy projects is “widespread & growing” – significant litigation
- https://www.utilitydive.com/news/local-opposition-renewable-energy-projects-growing-sabin-report/718817/
- https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2024/06/11/developments-in-opposition-to-renewable-energy-facilities-through-december-2023/
- Report download link: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/226/
The good, the bad, and the ugly of $1.6B highway in Lake County, Florida, across Wekiva River – spawning more development in fragile environment
Retrospective on 2022 coal mining disaster in Lost Creek, Kentucky – lawsuit alleges pollution of drinking water & failure to properly restore strip-mined mountain above community
7.4M illegal immigrants on “non-detained docket” plus 1.9M+ got-aways crossed our Southern Border under Biden – no security for the US and all Americans – “jaw-dropping numbers” include unvetted criminals, spies, terrorists & gang members – illegal arrested in NY for rape of 13-year-girl
- https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/17/report-the-biden-regime-has-released-7-4-million-migrants-into-the-country-as-part-of-catch-and-release-program/
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-border-surge-means-nearly-9-million-more-immigrants-cbo-says/ar-BB1osuJB
- https://currently.att.yahoo.com/gma/migrant-taken-custody-person-interest-134200135.html
Biden outsourcing energy policy decisions to unelected bureaucrats in California – policies that have not worked well in the state and will not work well for the country
Great Lakes cities designated as urban heat islands despite moderating effects of lake waters
China constructing 27 nuclear reactors using high-tech approach & extensive government financing
India approves proposal to construct $746M Rithala-Narela-Kundli metro rail project – 26.km rail and 21 stations to be built over next 4 years
Hundreds of “approved” renewable energy projects have not yet been built in Midwest States – similarly, 11,000+ solar, wind & battery storage projects not completed across the country
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17062024/midwest-renewable-energy-project-delays-power-grid/
- Report: https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Queued%20Up%202024%20Edition_R2.pdf
Are mega-projects worth the costs? - mega-dollars over short distances, construction congestion & delays
Major international media outlets highlight concerns regarding Biden health – tripping, freezing, forgetting
Some facts, information & conjecture that did not arise from Fauci congressional testimony & draconian lockdowns, vaxxing & mandates – covid was fairly highly infectious but not that virulent
Fudging numbers to claim success of “clean energy” production in California – 15-minute+ supply
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/california-achieves-incredible-new-milestone-with-its-power-supply-it-is-the-new-reality/ar-BB1oqWSC
- Energy costs: https://www.solarinsure.com/average-cost-of-electricity-per-month-in-california
Biden allocates $900M subsidy for small modular reactor development – how much will Bill Gates get for project in Wyoming?
EU has formally adopted Nature Restoration Law focused on rejuvenation of natural ecosystems
Canadian National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan aims to conserve 30% of land and marine areas while prioritizing Indigenous-led conservation
US Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, may have driven silver Infiniti FX3
Perspective: San Diego County must carefully regulate battery energy storage installations
Apex predators often neglected in ecological research – case in point: wolves
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19062024/missing-apex-predators-often-neglected-in-ecological-research/
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae034/7687410
Remember when talking about natural immunity to covid was censored as disinformation? – now they are studying natural immunity to try to mimic it to fight infections
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/study-sheds-light-on-why-some-people-do-not-get-covid-19/ar-BB1owhGU
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x
Big Tech & air conditioning gobbling up massive amounts of energy & hungry for much more
Climate activists have no respect for iconic Stonehenge on the eve of the summer solstice – absolutely no sound logic between spraying orange paint and stopping use of fossil fuels
In war-torn Darfur, cemeteries are being enlarged due to consequent malnutrition & disease
World is drowning in plastic – advanced plastic recycling is not a solution but exacerbates the problem
Microsoft criticized for cybersecurity failures resulting from failure to respond to warnings
- https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-cybersecurity-house-homeland-security-hearing
- https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers
Non-lethal (for the bears) interactions between ranchers & grizzly bears in Blackfoot Valley, Montana
There is no perfect method to prevent hail damage to solar panels
Oldest known burial site in the world was created by Homo naledi – tree-climbing Stone Age hominid – pre-dates Homo sapiens by at least 100,000 years
Federal Courts ruled against Biden Title IX policies which gut due process & impose fringe sexual politics on schools – Biden regime redefines “sex” to include same-sex orientation & ‘gender identity”
$72,000 illegal immigrants smuggling routes to the US using charter flights – America at further risk
Nature Medicine still pushing the narrative to make avian influenza the next plandemic & covid falsehoods
US Senate passed measure to bolster nuclear power sector by “streamlining” licensing process & cut fees
Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 will likely be last large-scale nuclear power plant in the US
US Army COE releases new flood control plan for Jackson, Mississippi – estimated cost up to $655M
- https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2024/06/18/jackson-ms-one-lake-pearl-river-flood-control-project-latest-plan/74133994007/
- Pearl River Basin Plan: https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Programs-and-Project-Management/Project-Management/Pearl-River/FileId/390792/
US Army COE funding $1.5M flood control project in central Flagstaff, Arizona, post Museum Fire of 2019
Want to be healthier? Go outside and play in nature
Pending energy shortages in portions of the US this summer
Technological hazard: HALEU which is critical component of Bill Gates-backed small nuclear reactors can easily be weaponized
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nuclear-tech-like-bill-gates-terra-power-can-be-easily-weaponized/ar-BB1nL41k
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1046755
Before & after street renovation in Egypt – loss of vegetation & park habitat & more pavement increases heat island effect
$10B expansion of highways through downtown Houston, Texas – mistakenly thinking one more lane will fix everything, this time
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 24 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Coastal & ocean economy topics – training, data & economy
Lawsuit against USFS for failing to protect threatened coastal martens from destructive off-road vehicle acticity in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Finnish Defence Forces renewing coastal artillery system
- https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/06/finland-looks-for-new-mobile-coastal-artillery-systems/
Coastal flood risk for several Alaskan communities
- https://phys.org/news/2024-06-coastal-alaska-communities.html
- https://eos.org/articles/more-than-a-third-of-coastal-alaska-structures-may-be-at-risk-of-flooding-by-2100
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58270-w
California Coastal agreement provides for more public access to Big Sur views
Human development prevents barrier islands from naturally responding to changing environment
- https://phys.org/news/2024-06-qa-barrier-islands-dunes-coastlines.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61741-9
Deepwater Horizon spill restoration projects in Florida
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/16/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-restoration-projects-continue-in-florida/
- https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/florida
Perspective: Report says California Coastal Commission often uses land-use authority to block low-income housing and ‘climate-friendly’ transportation projects
- https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/06/18/has-the-coastal-commission-made-housing-and-climate-crises-worse-its-offended-at-even-the-suggestion/
- https://www.circulatesd.org/a_better_coastal_commission
- Report: https://assets.nationbuilder.com/circulatesd/pages/7468/attachments/original/1718240891/A_Better_Coastal_Commission_Report_-_FINAL.pdf?1718240891
Philippine & Chinese ships collide near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea
US District Judge orders BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400M to Swinomish Tribe for intentionally trespassing when it ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across sensitive coastal marine environments on the reservation
Battle over engineered wetlands waters in Florida – buffer to Lake Okeechobee or water for the Everglades?
Suggesting “green hydrogen” could rescue stranded offshore wind resources
Greece turning abandoned airport into $8B smart city to include first skyscraper in the country along Aegean Sea & regenerating two-mile coastal frontage
Texas, Louisiana & Mississippi suing to block Biden proposed BOEM rule requiring offshore O&G industry to provide $7B in financial assurances to dover cost of dismantling old infrastructure
Geologists press examining alternatives for disposal of mineral extraction by-product along shoreline of Tzeelim Bay
Warning that attempts to geoengineer climate in California using MCB could intensify heatwaves in Europe – in the 1950s Hollywood warned of tinkering with forces beyond their ability to grasp
Fahmarnbelt undersea tunnel will link Denmark to northern Germany to replace 45-minute ferry ride by 2029 at estimated cost of 55.1 billion kroner (€4.8 billion) – will decide toll charge later
Precipitation & stream discharge vary over time in the Coastal Plain of Virginia
- https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/06/18/watershed-study-shows-designs-must-account-for-increased-rainfall
- Paper: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-6114
Tybee Island, Georgia, exploring options to address water insecurity
Attempting to define “affordable” housing in coastal Georgia
Gas discovery at Ferdinand Nord prospect in Brents Sea offshore of Norway – estimate up to 0.7M cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalent
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