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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Role of silica in Yellowstone – rhyolite, geyser cones, petrified tress & algae
Analysis of seismic waves provides insight into material convective flow in lowermost mantle
Seismic shear along major lineament of Sikkim Himalaya diagonal to main thrusts
- https://eos.org/editor-highlights/a-seismogenic-shear-zone-diagonal-to-the-main-himalayan-thrusts
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GC011363
Reactivation of El Kherba landslide in 2020 by M4.9 Mila earthquake
Watershed scale may be more significant in determining timing of alpine flooding than topography
Core sampling of sediments in Salmon River estuary to assess geologic history of tsunamis
Retrospective on 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide in Colombia
Massive avalanche near Kedartha Dham, near Chrabari glacier in India
Increase in seismic swarm activity on Kilauea – no signs of imminent eruption – alert level raised
- https://kauainownews.com/2024/06/30/big-islands-kilauea-rocked-by-500-plus-quakes-with-escalation-of-sesmic-unrest/
- https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kilauea/news/245736/Kilauea-volcano-Hawai-i-alert-level-raised-as-new-seismic-swarm-occurs-under-upper-East-Rift-zone.html
Recent seismic activity of Mount St Helens
Sinkholes emerging in Turkey
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-sinkholes-turkey-parched-breadbasket.html
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Sinkholes_spread_fear_in_Turkeys_parched_breadbasket_999.html
Lewotobi Laki-Laki and Mount Ibu volcanoes both erupt twice in same day in Indonesia
Computational method using surface mapping & GPS to map subsurface features – “deformation imaging”
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-imaging-technique-earth-warped-surface.html
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl4264
Humans played key role in extinctions of megafauna during last 50,000 years – only 11 of 57 species survived
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/humans-megafauna-extinctions-13068.html
- Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/latequaternary-megafauna-extinctions-patterns-causes-ecological-consequences-and-implications-for-ecosystem-management-in-the-anthropocene/E885D8C5C90424254C1C75A61DE9D087
“Snowball Earth” provided environmental conditions for evolution of multicellular organisms
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/snowball-earth-multicellularity-13063.html
- Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2767
Prehistoric rock art is hidden throughout the Grand Canyon
Argyle Mine in NE Western Australia produced 191 tons of rough diamonds during 37 years of operation
Green River “Labyrinth Canyon” viewed from space
Moosehead Lake in Maine owes orgins to geology – ice & volcanoes
Book Release: “Geology of the Lake Tahoe Basin”
Toadstool Geological Park in NW Nebraska
Plate tectonics may explain why we are alone in the universe
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/07/03/this-new-theory-on-why-we-are-alone-in-the-cosmos-may-surprise-you/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54700-x
Dog-sized sea scorpions were top predator 400 myo
Tourmaline records geologic history
Hadrosaur remains found in Mississippi
Exploring earthquake history at Skilak Lake, Alaska
Present is the key to the past & and vice versa – what happened 56 myo in the Southern Pyrenees of Spain?
Fountains of diamonds erupt from the crust
- https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/geological-event-earth-crust-diamonds-2668651944
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06193-3
Two new minerals discovered at largest rare earth mine in northern China – niobium-scandium minerals named Oboniobite and Scandio-fluoroeckermannite
Complex glacial history shaped the St Croix Valley near Osceola, Wisconsin
Exploration drilling focused on shallow gas projects in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa
Pilbarra gold mine project placed in receivership – collapsed under debt despite record-breaking gold market
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-03/warrawoona-gold-mine-calidus-resources-recievership/104052630
Retrospective on Ridgecrest earthquakes of 5 years ago
Paper: Island of Palawan in Philippines not quite seismically stable
Looping networks exhibited in deltas – “Goldilocks fluctuations”
Palos Verde landslides – movement accelerated by heavy rains – exploratory boreholes to locate pockets of water
- https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/rainfall-accelerating-land-movement-in-rancho-palos-verdes
- https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/palos-verdes-landslide-drilling-operation-could-hit-a-geyser-of-water-next-week
- https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/rancho-palos-verdes-takes-first-big-step-towards-possibly-slowing-portuguese-bend-slide
- https://patch.com/california/palosverdes/local-emergency-extended-due-unprecendented-land-movement
Resources, reporting & fraud at Red Pine Exploration
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Human obsession with growth is killing the planet
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/04/our-obsession-with-growth-is-killing-the-planet-un-report/
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/obsession-with-growth-is-enriching-elites-and-killing-the-planet-we-need-an-economy-based-on-human-rights-olivier-de-schutter
- Report: https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g24/069/70/pdf/g2406970.pdf?token=xV57KqwCiuT93NCCUY&fe=true
APHIS enforcement summaries for 2023
Baltimore files lawsuit & declares epidemic of “toxic litter” targeting plastic makers & packaging – getting into water supply & puts residents at risk of ingesting toxic chemicals found in plastic
Tractor Supply eliminating DEI activism & will focus on selling its products & focusing on “rural America priorities” such as ag education, animal welfare & veteran causes – more companies likely to follow
Wait a minute, aren’t they proclaiming that EVs are non-polluting? Tesla orders by Bay Area AQMD to correct ongoing air quality violations – “frequent, recurring emissions”
Colorado announces Dark Sky Month – but what is needed is not just a month but very long-term reduction in light pollution or else this will be as effective as “Earth Hour” & “Earth Day” in reducing human degradation and impacts on the environment
“Plastic Free July” is waste of time if only some consumers participate
Natural immunity in humans to covid is real – despite what Fauci & others proclaimed!
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-are-some-people-seemingly-immune-to-covid-19-scientists-may-now-have-an-answer/ar-BB1oO510
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x
Las Vegas municipal water is “safe” but “hard”
Benzodiazepines (tranquilizers) & anti-chololinergic (neurotransmitter blockers) drugs linked to higher dementia risk & memory problems – proscribed for many conditions
US FDA has history of approving dangers & deadly drugs
Despite known adverse side effects & relative low virulence of the virus, CDC pushing yet another vaxxing booster along with flu shots
USFS to begin mechanical forest thinning for fuels reduction on West Shore of Lake Tahoe
US Government to pay Moderna $176M to develop bird flu mRNA vaxx – prepping for the next plandemic that they will try to once again force upon the country
Visualizing the most endangered animals in the world
Six tonnes of illegal ‘drug precursors’ from China are seized in Italy – street value exceeds 630M euros
US DOI rejected proposed 221-mile Ambler Road across federal lands to mineral mining areas – ROD chose no-action plan from Final Supplemental EIS
- https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/department-of-interior-rejects-ambler-access-project-in-alaska
- EIS document links: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018002/510
Use of laser & sonar technology reveals less reservoir capacity in California since 1960 due to sedimentation
Impact of 4th of July fireworks on air quality
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-fireworks-impact-air-quality.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883292724000118
What motivates people to watch disaster & extreme weather footage
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-explores-people-footage-disasters-extreme.html
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2324058
Significant flaws found in current climate risk assessment techniques
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-crucial-gaps-climate-methods.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48820-1
China Three Gorges Renewables Group plans $11B expansion of solar & wind
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-three-gorges-invests-11-billion-in-desert-power-projects-1.2090680
Proposed nuclear power plant expansion at Hanford Site near Richland, Washington – 12 reactors
New York City – traffic congestion (worst in the world) – congestion pricing in Manhattan – pause?
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/nyc-has-the-world-s-worst-traffic-congestion-costing-9-billion
- https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-judge-rejects-arguments-against-manhattan-congestion-pricing-plan
- https://www.amny.com/transit/congestion-pricing-federal-report-hochul-manhattan-tolls/
- https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/mta-board-vote-confirms-hochul-congestion-pricing-pause/
Technological hazard: Excessive energy demand of data centers will overwhelm US power grid
SCOTUS decision to overturn Chevron doctrine puts law-making clearly back in the hands of Congress
Aftermath of covid pandemic – hopefully lessons will be learned from lockdowns & pressuring to accept experimental vaxxing
Perspective: California is self-destructing – Newsom portrayal of state is remarkably misleading – turned $98B surplus into $45M deficit, rising crime, homeless capital, businesses closing
Book Review: “The True Believer: The Psychology of Mass Movements” – interchange allegiance to ideologies – “too easy for people to be misled and for totalitarian politics to take hold”
In California Public Safety Power Shutoffs begin - shutting off power to residents in northern counties in high fire risk
FDA to no long allow use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food products – was not on GRAS list
Testing for covid exercise in futility since “symptoms” could be caused by many illnesses– false positives can result
You are what you eat – diet high in sugar & low in fiber increases risk of colon cancer for those under age 50
Courtesy of Biden open-border policy – in just the month of June US confiscated enough fentanyl to kill 27M – equal to the combined population of CA, TX, FL, NY & PA
Resolutions passed against expansion of Seneca Meadows Landfill in Finger Lakes Region of New York
Average American spends $1,200 on prescription medications every year including painkillers, anti-nausea, diabetes & cholesterol, hypertension, arthritis & infections – drugs can change your moods and behaviors
Man-made global warming is more like a fringe theory
Another bridge – the 10th bridge in 14 days - collapses in Bihar, India
Lake Livingston Dam in Houston under repair as “failure watch” ordered by Trinity River Authority continues
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Human obsession with growth is killing the planet
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/04/our-obsession-with-growth-is-killing-the-planet-un-report/
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/obsession-with-growth-is-enriching-elites-and-killing-the-planet-we-need-an-economy-based-on-human-rights-olivier-de-schutter
- Report: https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g24/069/70/pdf/g2406970.pdf?token=xV57KqwCiuT93NCCUY&fe=true
APHIS enforcement summaries for 2023
Baltimore files lawsuit & declares epidemic of “toxic litter” targeting plastic makers & packaging – getting into water supply & puts residents at risk of ingesting toxic chemicals found in plastic
Tractor Supply eliminating DEI activism & will focus on selling its products & focusing on “rural America priorities” such as ag education, animal welfare & veteran causes – more companies likely to follow
Wait a minute, aren’t they proclaiming that EVs are non-polluting? Tesla orders by Bay Area AQMD to correct ongoing air quality violations – “frequent, recurring emissions”
Colorado announces Dark Sky Month – but what is needed is not just a month but very long-term reduction in light pollution or else this will be as effective as “Earth Hour” & “Earth Day” in reducing human degradation and impacts on the environment
“Plastic Free July” is waste of time if only some consumers participate
Natural immunity in humans to covid is real – despite what fauci & others proclaimed!
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-are-some-people-seemingly-immune-to-covid-19-scientists-may-now-have-an-answer/ar-BB1oO510
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x
Las Vegas municipal water is “safe” but “hard”
Benzodiazepines (tranquilizers) & anti-chololinergic (neurotransmitter blockers) drugs linked to higher dementia risk & memory problems – proscribed for many conditions
US FDA has history of approving dangers & deadly drugs
Despite known adverse side effects & relative low virulence of the virus, CDC pushing yet another vaxxing booster along with flu shots
USFS to begin mechanical forest thinning for fuels reduction on West Shore of Lake Tahoe
US Government to pay Moderna $176M to develop bird flu mRNA vaxx – prepping for the next plandemic that they will try to once again force upon the country
Visualizing the most endangered animals in the world
Six tonnes of illegal ‘drug precursors’ from China are seized in Italy – street value exceeds 630M euros
US DOI rejected proposed 221-mile Ambler Road across federal lands to mineral mining areas – ROD chose no-action plan from Final Supplemental EIS
- https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/department-of-interior-rejects-ambler-access-project-in-alaska
- EIS document links: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018002/510
Use of laser & sonar technology reveals less reservoir capacity in California since 1960 due to sedimentation
Impact of 4th of July fireworks on air quality
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-fireworks-impact-air-quality.html
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883292724000118
What motivates people to watch disaster & extreme weather footage
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-explores-people-footage-disasters-extreme.html
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2324058
Significant flaws found in current climate risk assessment techniques
- https://phys.org/news/2024-07-crucial-gaps-climate-methods.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48820-1
China Three Gorges Renewables Group plans $11B expansion of solar & wind
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-three-gorges-invests-11-billion-in-desert-power-projects-1.2090680
Proposed nuclear power plant expansion at Hanford Site near Richland, Washington – 12 reactors
New York City – traffic congestion (worst in the world) – congestion pricing in Manhattan – pause?
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/nyc-has-the-world-s-worst-traffic-congestion-costing-9-billion
- https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-judge-rejects-arguments-against-manhattan-congestion-pricing-plan
- https://www.amny.com/transit/congestion-pricing-federal-report-hochul-manhattan-tolls/
- https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/mta-board-vote-confirms-hochul-congestion-pricing-pause/
Technological hazard: Excessive energy demand of data centers will overwhelm US power grid
SCOTUS decision to overturn Chevron doctrine puts law-making clearly back in the hands of Congress
Aftermath of covid plandemic – hopefully lessons will be learned from lockdowns & pressuring to accept experimental vaxxing
Perspective: California is self-destructing – Newsom portrayal of state is remarkably misleading – turned $98B surplus into $45M deficit, rising crime, homeless capital, businesses closing
Book Review: “The True Believer: The Psychology of Mass Movements” – interchange allegiance to ideologies – “too easy for people to be misled and for totalitarian politics to take hold”
In California Public Safety Power Shutoffs begin - shutting off power to residents in northern counties in high fire risk
FDA to no long allow use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food products – was not on GRAS list
Testing for covid exercise in futility since “symptoms” could be caused by many illnesses– false positives can result
You are what you eat – diet high in sugar & low in fiber increases risk of colon cancer for those under age 50
Courtesy of Biden open-border policy – in just the month of June US confiscated enough fentanyl to kill 27M – equal to the combined population of CA, TX, FL, NY & PA
Resolutions passed against expansion of Seneca Meadows Landfill in Finger Lakes Region of New York
Average American spends $1,200 on prescription medications every year including painkillers, anti-nausea, diabetes & cholesterol, hypertension, arthritis & infections – drugs can change your moods and behaviors
Man-made global warming is more like a fringe theory
Another bridge – the 10th bridge in 14 days - collapses in Bihar, India
Lake Livingston Dam in Houston under repair as “failure watch” ordered by Trinity River Authority continues
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
“Amerigo Vespucci” – stunning Italian tall ship with 26 traditional canvas sails in Port of Los Angeles
Pier Road rehabilitation connects Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine, to Bickford Island
Sharks in East Coast waters – Tybee Island, Georgia – attacks in Florida - Massachusetts
- Tybee Island: https://www.wjcl.com/article/tybee-island-georgia-shark-sighting/61428082
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-recovering-shark-bite-florida-coast-states-attack-111563451
- https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/accident/2024/06/28/shark-attacks-man-in-floridas-nassau-county/74249232007/
- https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/06/25/shark-species-massachusetts-cape-cod
CCC approval given for multi-million-dollar 1.25-mile coastal trail connecting Morrow Bay & Cayucos
North Carolina DEQ warning issued to Oak Island beachgoers to avoid pumped floodwaters in North Carolina
Latest episode in the on-going saga of the train tracks and the bluffs at Del Mar, California – alternate routes – California has already designated $300M for project planning & deign
Recognizing that coastal environment of Cape Cod is dynamic – using new technology to monitor
Perspective: Optimistically suggesting that reforming landmark California Coastal Act could restore balance between housing & environment
Corpus Christi issues notice of potential impacts of Saharan Dust
Flying lots and lots of flags on the Jersey Shore
Two rare sea otters spotted near Cannon Beach in Oregon
Greece prosecutes Kazahk charter yacht passengers for “moral complicity in arson” for wildfire on Hydra Island
Studying sting ray behavior in California coastal waters
Rip currents can be deadly in US coastal waters
- https://nypost.com/2024/06/26/us-news/fifth-tourist-in-4-days-dies-in-waters-off-panama-city-beach/
- https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/missouri-woman-dies-vacation-panama-city-beach/63-cfa5aee7-9842-4aff-afda-aa4d314cf99c
- https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/jun/26/lifeguard-saves-seven-rip-current/
Sand boil develops on Main Beach on Gold Coast of Australia
New historical marker commemorating early colonization of North Carolia coastal region
Potential impact of tsunamis on structures
Growth of “green hydrogen” in Magallanes of Tierra del Fuego, Chile, poses high risk to bird sanctuaries & ecosystems – in general wind farms lack planning on gigantic scale
Damages to fishing fleet in Barbados from Hurricane Beryl
- https://www.africanews.com/2024/07/04/more-than-26-boats-sink-due-to-hurricane-beryl-in-barbados/
- https://time.com/6994896/hurricane-beryl-impact-damage-photos/
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"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard (quoted in @CanadaFP via @TheWeek)
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