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Favorite Blogs

  • Authentically Wired
    Water and a lot more from Paul F. Miller.
  • AWRA
    The water resources blog of the American Water Resources Association.
  • Blue Marble Earth
    An articulate Earth scientist with an MS in Geography from Oregon State University, Courtney van Stolk explores the 'whys' of this fantastic planet.
  • California Water Blog
    A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar…From the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC-Davis.
  • Campanastan
    That's 'Campana-stan', or 'Place of Campana', formerly 'Aquablog'. Michael Campana's personal blog, promulgating his Weltanschauung.
  • Chance of Rain
    Journalist Emily Green's take on water and related issues.
  • Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed Hydrology Lab
    Anne blogs from Kent State University on a variety of earth science topics.
  • Great Lakes Law
    Noah Hall's blog about - what else - all things wet and legal in the Great Lakes region!
  • International Water Law Project
    Gabriel Eckstein, Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law, comments on international and transboundary water law and policy.
  • John Fleck
    Former science writer @ Albuquerque Journal and current director of the Water Resources Program at U of NM. Topics: Colorado River basin, Western USA water, more!
  • Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy
    From the UC-Berkeley and UCLA law schools, it highlights the latest legal and policy initiatives and examines their implications.
  • Maven's Notebook
    A water, science, and environmental policy blog by Chris Austin, aka 'Maven'. Focus is on California.
  • On The Public Record
    A 'low level civil servant who reads a lot of government reports writes about California water and related topics.
  • Wettit - the water reddit
    Water blog with tons of news items, other blogs, etc.
  • Texas Agriculture Law Blog
    Don't let the name fool you - there are lots of water issues in agriculture and Tiffany Dowell of Texas A&M University does a fabulous job with this important Internet resource. Give it a read - I do every day!
  • The Water Blog
    From the Portland, OR, Water Bureau.
  • The Way of Water
    Dr. Jennifer Veilleux records her fieldwork, research, and thoughts about water resources development and management, indigenous rights, ethics, and a host of other issues.
  • Thirsty in Suburbia
    Gayle Leonard documents things from the world of water that make us smile: particularly funny, amusing and weird items on bottled water, water towers, water marketing, recycling, the art-water nexus and working.
  • This Day in Water History
    Michael J. 'Mike' McGuire, engineer extraordinaire, NAE member, and author of 'The Chlorine Revolution', blogs about historical happenings in the fields of drinking water and wastewater keyed to calendar dates.
  • WaSH Resources
    New publications, web sites and multi-media on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH).
  • Waste, Water, Whatever
    Elizabeth Royte's ('Bottlemania', 'Garbage Land') notes on waste, water, whatever.
  • Water Matters
    News from the Columbia University Water Center.
  • Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere
    From Sarah Boon - rediscovering her writing and editing roots after 13 years, primarily as an environmental scientist. Her writing centres around creative non-fiction, specifically memoir and nature writing. The landscapes of western Canada are her main inspiration.
  • WaterWired
    All things freshwater: news, comment, publications and analysis from hydrogeologist Michael E. Campana, Professor at Oregon State University and Technical Director of the AWRA.

Books and Reviews

Monday, 25 March 2024

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 25 March 2024

From @WIONews: Unearthing the 'White Gold' in remote salt province, Lithium mining gathers pace in Argentina. See https://youtu.be/3WTMY9bZ3cM?si=ns2Z3MWdp9B59iWT

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All the material below is by Elaine with the exception of the quote at the very bottom. 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 March 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

140-year database of water chemistry in Yellowstone

Insights into Earth history from the Barberton Greenstone Belt

Man-made barricades diver flow of lava around Icelandic fishing town & geothermal power plant (slide show)

Prognosticating changes in weather patterns as percent of Arctic Sea Ice changes from single set of climate model simulations

Climate models still leave much to be desired – clamoring for more & better data but need to fix the models

Report highlights risk of 120,000 abandoned O&G wells regarding “carbon dioxide storage” in Louisiana

Latest “research” reflects pure hubris – humans dramatically changing ocean seasonal cycle of SST & suggesting that humans need to do something to “fix” the situation

Just does not seem right to consider that Carlsbad Caverns needs an elevator (slide show)

Oldest Scandinavian bedrock originated in Greenland

Oldest evidence of earthquakes recorded in 3.3 byo rocks from Africa

Retrospective on Florence Bascom – founder of Geology Department at Bryn Mawr

Rockhounding in Montana

Forecasting future quakes based on subduction zone geological record 

Factors affecting rates of movement of floating ice in the Arctic Ocean

Geologists & First Nations to understand ancient water in arid South Australia

Predicting current phase of magmatic activity near Grindavik, Iceland, will conclude between 1 July & 15 August4

Salt Pond, a kettle hole, varies in water chemistry and temperature – can create conditions ripe for “red tide algal bloom

Volcano watch established for Pico Basile Volcano on Biokolo Island, Equatorial Guinea

In the mid-Cretaceous dinosaurs roamed what is now the permafrost region of the Alaskan North Slope

More modeling & dire predictions of sea level rise due to melting of Petermann Gletscher, Greenland

New planning guidelines to manage landslide risk in New Zealand

Transnational landslide on border between Rwanda & DR Congo blocking Ruzizi Valley

The mechanism of megathrust earthquakes

Impacts of major volcanic eruptions on global & Chinese climate over past two millennia

Significant subsurface displacements during the M7.6 Noto Peninsula earthquake – comparison with Kobe EQ

“Dora” and “Otis” retired from list of names for NE Pacific typhoons

Understanding stratospheric polar-vortex phenomenon improves long-range weather forecasts in Northern Europe

Creepmeter data for 1980-2020 spanning Hayward, Calaveras & San Andreas Faults in California

The deep-sea legacy of whaling – removal from marine food web resulted in loss of food and habitat

Bismuth is an unusual element – repelled from magnets it can levitate

Crinoid (sea lily) discovered detaching from stem and swimming in Sea of Weddell (video)

Two skiers survive getting caught in avalanche in the Ptarmigan Fingers area in Rocky Mountain National Park

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 March 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Forceful stampede of illegals across the Texas Border is nothing short of an invasion – should all be arrested & not allowed to stay in the US – MSM blaming everyone except failure of Biden to enforce laws & protect USA

TikToker tells undocumented immigrants how to “invade” American homes & invoke squatters rights – i.e., how to break the law

Dire consequence of the pandemic – wave of chronic stress that impaired collective decision-making

EVs in New Zealand are not very successful – about on par with other places despite government policies

“grain-free diet and supplemented with vitamin D” may mean better dental health – ditch the sugar & soda - eat crunchy fruits & veggies

Why did the American buffalo almost go extinct? - financial gain & entertainment of killing them – tactical weapon against Native American culture

“greenhoushing” may not be a bad thing as greenwashing promoted myth of man-made global warming

Blaming fossil fuels for “breaking” the environment – but it is not broken – humans just need to adapt and pay for living where they choose to live (i.e., appropriate costs of insurance in high-risk areas)

Undocumented immigrantsturning New York neighborhood into “epicenter of crime, prostitution & illegal street vending”

Update:  undocumented immigrants in Chicago & measles outbreak

OTC drugs can be harmful made worse by mixing drugs

Meta Platforms being investigated for playing role in facilitating online illegal drug sales

EIS and ROD completed for Union Station redevelopment plan in Washington DC

$1.5M settlement to parking lot owner as Berkeley, California, returns sacred mound site to Ohlone Tribe

EVs did not portend success for Hertz & the CEO of Hertz Global Holdings

“Nature was healing” during covid was too simplistic a concept – “no one-size-fits all” response - lockdowns did not reduce human presence everywhere – more humans in parks – variable responses by animals were location- and time-specific

Coywolves (Canis latrans) are hybrids that have emerged over the past century resulting from human destruction of habitat & hunting

Technological hazard:  Google “interfered” in US elections at least 41 times since 2008 to help Demorats

Proposed federal legislation would prohibit infringement upon right of people to grow food & purchase food from the source

Not paving roads in Loudoun County, Virginia, may save rural soul, history and charm

EVs mean exacerbating tire pollution – worse for the environment

Rates of immunosuppression among US adults is increasing – direct result of plandemic dictates – old adage says:  “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”

Perspective:  Fauci & Cuomo & Pelosi & Newsom still have not paid any price for draconian lockdowns & misdeeds related to pandemic – “there will be a next time – ignore those people”

Abandoned turnpikes, highways & roads attest to the American garbage infrastructure – at least I got to drive Route 66 cross country and the full stretch of I-44 through Tulsa, OK, among others

Above average snowpack means good water supply in Southern Utah – at least for now

At least 721 water body segments in Iowa do not meet water quality standards for recreation, public water supply & protection of aquatic life

NSERC funded research will focus on GHG emissions from wastewater treatment plants & sewer systems – “major contributors to GHG globally”

Woke is not good for business – Anheuser Busch lost $$$$ & now Nike to lay off 1,600 workers

Why an “upper age limit” for cancer screenings excludes those of high risk – follow the money

Two men pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges related to killing 3 wild burros in Mojave Desert

STSS (Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome) has 30% case fatality rate in elderly in Japan

Maine is smarter than California – rejects EV mandate

Undocumented immigrants commit violent crimes while being in the US illegally – “tragic destruction of our cities” – lack of citizenship status information distorts crime statistics but does not negate their crimes on Americans

Big Cove added to Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in West Virginia

Vaxx linked to chronic hives – yet another adverse side effect

Accomplishments, benefits to the nation from work by USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service

Western civilization being driven to oblivion by false prophets of ‘diversity’ – woke fomenting grievance, division & discord, undermining economy, trashing culture and costing taxpayers millions

Talk about Big Pharma – most expensive new single dose drug (gene therapy) with $4.25M price tag has FDA approval – MLD is rare & only affects 1 in 40,000 infants

Testing the hype for EV trucks – 75% failed to meet advertised performance

Dozens of lawsuits filed as Ozempic & other weight loss/diabetes drugs cause harmful side effects – of course Big Pharma says “cases are without merit”

Leprosy cases are increasing in Florida – across the US have doubled in past decade - only known animal-human transmission route is from armadillos

Global fertility rates have begun to decline and are unlikely to recover – given that human population is at least 8 times the carrying capacity of Earth, that is a start in the right direction

SCOTUS removed wetland protection from CWA – one size does not fit all – need state-based regulations

Exploring compound disaster scenarios – flooding compounded by cyberattack – EPA warns water sector of cybersecurity threats

Panther Island development as mixed-use waterfront district in Fort Worth, Texas – opposed by locals

New pedestrian bridge built in 2022 was opened in error – will remained closed until Ottawa light rail network is complete 

Ohio is first state to remove PFAS forever chemicals from firefighting foams – AFFF Takeback Program

$93M 400-foot high 2-lane Mosquito Bridge project finally half way constructed over South Fork American River in El Dorado County, California

68% of children under 6 years of age exposed to lead-contaminated water in Chicago, Illinois

EVs create 26% or more tire pollution than gas-powered vehicles – micro-plastic & chemical additives pose significant environmental & human health risks – may prove lethal to certain aquatic species

UN World Water Development Report 2024 – Water for Prosperity & Peace

New method to quantify “climate change” impacts based on ‘outdoor days’ of goldilocks weather

More PCBs are being generated today than before they were banned in the 1970s

Novel approach for evaluating “sustainable” technology & societal trends using IFGs – IFGs are about as real as sustainability

Each year the world throws away a new record amount of e-waste – smartphones, TVs & other electrical devices & photovoltaic cells totaled 62M ton in 2022 with less than 25% recycled – includes harmful plastics and ton of mercury

Carbon capture & storage (CCS) and direct air capture (DAC) technologies are bounding – but are they really needed and what collateral damages will occur?

Dose of reality for American worker who naively thought managing a shrimp processing plant in India would be a “dream job” – shrimp farms violate Best Aquifer Practices” – use antibiotics

Update:  Cleanup efforts for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York – years behind schedule & massively over budget – heavy metals, sewage, PCBs

FDA agrees to settle lawsuit filed by doctors who said FDA interfered with their medical practice & ability to prescribe Ivermectin for covid – FDA to remove misleading social media posts & consumer directives 

Perspective:  Catwalk fashion trends mass-produced for low prices & not meant to last – bad for the economy & the environment

Charts & graphs try to make EV sales look good – without Tesla they would look even worse

Wetlands Status and Trends report documents continued decline of wetlands across the US covering decade from 2009 to 2019

20M+ cubic yards of sediment that accumulated behind dams on Klamath River contain toxins & heavy metals and need to be addressed following removal of 4 hydroelectric dams

SCOTUS oral arguments on Texas vs New Mexico on Colorado River waters

Questioning practices of Women’s Cancer Fund – only 1% of donations go to patients – deceptive & misleading claims – most money for salaries & for-profit fundraisers & overhead

Interactive Wind Resource Database - modeled wind resource estimates with uncertainty estimates for US

“Gen Z” described by growing majority of employers as “toxic for their business” – least reliable & most likely to have a workplace mental health issue – most likely to create division & toxicity in the workplace

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 March 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

“Chaotic” coastal adaptations not only do not work but also cause considerable damage

Approved commercial seaweed farm will ensure that no one can sail between offshore wind turbines in the North Sea – “lends additional credibility to a seemingly impossible task”

Touting new technological breakthroughs for tidal power - concerns for impairing coastal waters & other collateral damages

Norwegian SIA report says Viking Sky cruise ship should never have left port prior to evacuation at sea – did not comply with applicable safety standards

Nordic Mining plans to dump mining waste into fjords – 170+M tons of toxic waste

South Korean chemical tanker capsized off Mutsure Island in SW Japan – carrying 980 tons of corrosive acrylic acid – at least 8 people killed

4 news units established in Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area – 571st in National Wildlife Refuge System

Toward a better understanding of carbon storage in mangroves & saltmarshes

Local fishermen oppose Biden administration plan to industrialize Gulf of Maine with wind farms

Costly infrastructure upgrades necessary for offshore wind farm energy production in New Zealand

New satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) technique to assess coastal water depths

Tidal wave of trash hits pristine beach in Bali – annual monsoon impact

Using network of surface elevation tables in Puget Sound to assess vulnerability to sea-level change in estuaries & habitat types

Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Restoration Project - $2.9M to reduce threats to biodiversity & fisheries


"We're the crash-test dummies of the digital age."- @karaswisher

 

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Monday, 05 February 2024

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 5 February 2024

California DWR: Watershed Resilience Program - http://tinyurl.com/yp3kbsj8

Thanks to John Matthews at https://www.alliance4water.org.
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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

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

Waves & mixing drive coastal upwelling in tropical Angolan system

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

Wooly Mammoths were hunted by humans – human hunting camps near migration pathways

Unlike cave bears, saber-tooth cates & hyenas, Holarctic Brown Bears (grizzlies) survived the last Ice Age

Dinosaur bones from Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota yield clues to species vitality prior to Chicxulub impact

Small feathered dinosaurs likely flapped their proto-wings to flush out hiding prey

Non-isotropic tropospheric delays in Global Navigation Satellite Systems – application to geodesy and gravity studies as well as weather forecasting & climate studies

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

The Moon is shrinking – now 150 feet less in circumference as core cooled

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

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

Federal government opens 22 million acres to solar power development – more scars upon the land - in zones of highest seismic risk

Nationwide recall for two Robitussin Honey cough syrup products due to microbial contamination

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

Promoting bee populations among solar farms by planting wildflowers & native grasses

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 

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

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

Undergoing plastic surgery in other countries can be deadly for US citizens

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

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

5 cases of Alzheimer’s disease linked to medical treatments decades earlier -patients received cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone

Ukraine to start construction of 4 new reactors at Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant

Pesticides negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate community health in stream & river ecosystems

Link between cold snaps and pandemics in the Roman Empire

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

Faulty Robert Morris University economic impact studies justified $B in tax breaks to entice massive petrochemical complex to Pennsylvania – “academic malpractice”

 

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

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

Cases of deadly drug-resistant Candida auris in China

Pyramid of Menkaure has stood for more than 4,000 years – “fixing” it making “Disneyland from ancient legacy”

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

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”

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

Viability of the Texas power grid – Unlike California, Texas Grid has 3 years without a crisis

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

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

NOAA & BOEM strategy to protect endangered whales from offshore wind projects – good luck with that

Lighthouses and light stations in the National Park System

PFAS occurrence, distribution & risks in the dry season in micro-estuaries – remarkably high concentrations

Coastal cities being flooded not because of sea level rise but because of land subsidence

Tracking migratory sea birds – decade-long study

Giant sea salt aerosols play key role in coastal clouds & precipitation in Hawaii

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

Humpback whales no longer sing near shorelines

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

Landslides halt California coastal rail service between LA & San Diego indefinitely – threat continues with latest storm

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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Monday, 29 January 2024

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 29 January 2024

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 29 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Research suggests rate of erosion of the Alps is has declined over past 10,000 years ago compared to Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene time (i.e., since the Younger Dryas)

Fault roughness & stress heterogeneity control induced seismicity – important for hydraulic stimulation in reservoirs

Inclusions of water in feldspar are key to formation of hydroxyl groups and seeding cloud formation

Euglenids split off from other eukaryotes about 1 byo – gain energy from photosynthesis & preying on other organisms

Tracking hydrothermal activity in Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone using seismic, ground deformation, low-frequency sound and weather data

Quantifying sediment flux from the Himalayas to estimate erosion rates & tectonic changes

22 January 2024 landslide in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan Province, China

Quantitative model for predicting frictional rock deformation, fault behavior & seismicity

High-resolution regional model of Southern Ocean – topographically induced mixing

Attempting to redirect the flow of lava:  earthen dams, berms, lava “freezing” experiment, explosives

Could early life on Earth have begun in shallow soda lakes?

Time to shut down moves to play God with the climate – drawdown not geo-engineering with dangerous methods

India splitting into separate layers – delamination of lithospheric mantle during flat-slab subduction

Marine geological sample repositories are vital for oceanography, climate studies, and more

 

Update on M7.0 Uqturpan earthquake near Kyrgyzstan-China border – oblique thrust fault

Ice volcanoes on the beach of Lake Michigan

Attributing recent Northern Hemisphere continental cold waves to decadal mid-latitude ocean fronts not Arctic arming and weakening of Jest Stream due to declining Arctic Sea ice

Obsessed with finding extreme temperatures

Megalodon was skinnier that theatrical depictions

Images of heat emanating from fracture and lava flow at Grindavik, Iceland

Keuhneosaurs – Triassic gliding winged reptiles lived in Mendip Hills in Somerset, England

Eagle lizard – Aetosaurs of the Late Triassic discovered in Texas

Magerifelis peignei – Middle Miocene mid-sized cat species from Spain

Oldest known fossilized skin is 289 myo from cave system in Richards Spur Limestone in Oklahoma – Captorhinus aguti an early reptile

Palau becomes first nation to ratify UN High Seas Treaty – 15 years of discussions

No big surprise:  Iceberg A23a moving northward from Antarctica - melting & battered by waves

Water levels in 2016 from multiple-well aquifer test in basalts in northeastern Oregon

Newest version of NCEI coastal relief models

Hellfire and brimstone in the Pacific Northwest

Strongest earthquake in Colorado history was MMI VII (M6.6) on 8 November 1882

Strongest historic earthquake in Washington State was 1700 Cascadia even with M8.7 to M9.2

Kenya continues to develop geothermal resources beneath the Great Rift Valley

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 29 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Groundwater levels worldwide are rapidly declining – rates accelerating

Natural events are acts of God – disasters are acts of man – “severe hydro hazards”

US Forest Service seeking public comment until 2 February on protections for old growth forests

Seizure of 77M pills & nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl powder seized in one year in US – enough to kill every American – leading cause of death among ages 18 to 45 – flows across open Southern Border

FHWA announces $729M to repair roads & bridges damaged by “natural disasters, extreme weather, or catastrophic events such as hurricanes, flooding ^ mudslides”

Big surprise!  Climate chiefs admit UK net-zero plan based on insufficient data:  “a mistake”

Deadly smog in Delhi, India, must be addressed on a regional level

BLM trying to finalize Resource Management Plan in Wyoming pitting conservationists against need for energy near Rock Springs

Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly encourages citizens to get ammo & arm themselves – an increase in crime & dearth of state troopers

Will this cancer vaccine really work? – planned Phase 3 clinical trial

Abundance & severity of cancer-related mutations in stem cell lines used in research cultures

Covid hospitalizations declining – latest peak lower than 7 previous peaks sins September 2020

Technological hazard:  What would the consequences be if AI decides you are a psychopath?

Pre-natal exposure to PFAS forever chemicals linked to childhood leukemia

Battle in the Southwest pits mining versus available water resources – proposed Resolution mine estimates would use 775,000 acre-feet of water

Worst traffic in the World?  Metro Manilla in the Philippines ranks in the top 10

Furry little marsupials called antechinuses exhibit cannibalistic behavior after reproducing – all males die at end of brief breeding season poisoned by their own raging testosterone

 

Major diversion of another 255M cubic meters of water from Yellow River to the Yongding River in China to support ecological restoration

Perspective:  Pop goes the DEI bubble

Impacts of clusters of atmospheric rivers: 3 to 4 times as much damage if clustered

US Forest Service rescinds permit approval for 12-mile rail through woodlands that is key component of rail transport for crude oil alongside Colorado River

Time to shut down moves to play God with the climate – drawdown not dangerous geoengineering 

Most deadly types of cancer becoming more common in US – not a surprise since predisposition to develop cancer is genetically inherited & increasing carcinogen exposure & obesity is increasing

San Diego County rehabilitated sections of 3 large-diameter First Aqueduct concrete water system

Update:  San Pedro Valley Native American Tribes sue to halt $10B SunZia transmission Line – would damage “one of the most intact, prehistoric and historical landscapes in southern Arizona”

Another cost of “clean energy” – US DOE to build $224M research facility in Golden, Colorado

More government subsidies of EVs – EV charger tax credits in “nonurban” areas & $325M to repair broken chargers

Six studies to be retracted & 31 additional studies to be corrected by Farber Cancer Institute

Whistleblowers flagged 300 scientific papers for retraction – journals ghosted them – some retracted

Study suggests multi-generational exposure to toxic chemicals results in cumulative amplified inherited health effects in subsequent generations – increased epigenetic impacts and disease susceptibility

Illegal aliens crossing the Southern US Border pose a threat to all Americans – “soon you’ll know who I am” the unvetted include terrorists and criminals

Colorful liquid detergent packets not only harm the environment but also poison young children & pets

White House pharmacy illegally handed out controlled medications without verifying patient identity & wasted $750,000 taxpayer money

FEMA overhauled disaster aid program – new rule could streamline applications

Romancing the River:  Prior Appropriation and Present Priorities

EPA now recognizes risks of gamma radiation of coal ash – Alabama does not track “beneficial” uses of coal ash

Long-lasting toxic legacy of 45M liters Agent Orange with dioxin component in used Vietnam as “safe” tactical herbicide 

Ashville, North Carolina, spent millions on electric buses that do not work while maintenance costs topped $250,000 – using biodiesel or hybrids models 

You are what you eat – how plastics can harm your health

Nigerians using recycled plastic bottles to build houses – earthquake proof & insulate from heat

Call to expand study of health impacts of pollutants in Brunswick, Georgia, - impacts from mercury, PCBs, pesticides – call for Natural Resource Damage Assessment – 4 Superfund sites in County

Now a total of $5.5B authorized by federal government to build high-speed rail from Las Vegas to Los Angeles - track record for such projects does not bode well – a waste of lots of money

Environmentalists concerned over New Mexico Governor’s plant to address O&G wastewater

Boardwalk at Bricktown in Oklahoma City being redesigned as tallest skyscraper in the US – tall target for tornadoes

Using AI to predict levels of pharmaceutical drug contamination in wastewater 

Initial $16M grant from Wyoming Energy Authority to fund permitting, engineering & development of “clean energy” facility to include CO2 capture & sequestration 

Levels of 26 PFAS forever chemicals in drinking water in Germany

Carbon footprint of urban agriculture can be worse than large farms

10 over-the-counter & pharmaceutical drugs linked to dementia – including antihistamines, acid reflux, antidepressants, sleeping pills, statins, pain meds & corticosteroids

“Strong & consistent evidence” links multivitamins to memory & cognitive benefits as we age

Fungal infections more common in regions of the US than expected

Perspective:  Cancer is not normal or inevitable – nearly all species get cancer – preventing most common forms of cancer in humans need not be expensive but result of life-style choices

FDA issues urgent warning that cancer treatment may increase cancer risk

Assessing risk of chemicals causing cancer

Drax Power Plant in North Yorkshire, England, receives billions of pounds in taxpayer handouts but cannot support claims that it generates power by burning 7M tonnes of sustainable wood per year

Plastic and the alternatives (which are not plastic-free) are toxic and pose health risks

Researchers suggest MS is associated with genetic and environmental factors

Two 1,000-year storms hit Southern California within weeks – the concept means 0.1% chance a storm will exceed a given level & does not mean such storms are “more likely to occur”

WOAH argument for vaccination of poultry against HPAI – at least they admit culling (slaughter) is not sustainable (hint:  it never was) – USDA started vaccine trials

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 29 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Sea otters helped prevent widespread declines of California kelp forests over past century

California struggling to cope with derelict yachts and vessels that cause environmental harm 

UNCW studying movement of beach sand in the swash zone

Working waterfronts bill in Congress intended to help fishing & shellfish industries

Update:  lawsuits seeking to overturn approval of the South Fork Wind and Revolution offshore wind projects

Using the ocean as a junk yard but calling the dump sites artificial reefs – risks and environmental harm

Toxic PFAS forever chemicals found in penguin colonies around Tasmania

Storage facility for 1.9M cubic yards of polluted sediment from Milwaukee Estuary to be built on Jones Island – estimated cost $115M to $150M – one of the most polluted sites in the Great Lakes Basin

Who is responsible for environmental damage as increasing number of boats & yachts abandoned in San Francisco Bay waters?

Hydrochloric acid leak at shuttered Chemours chemical plant in Guanyin District cased mass fish deaths in public estuary on Taiwan – Taoyuan City government to issue fine

New company planning to build artificial “energy islands” in the North Sea for massive wind turbines

Public perception is that Biscayne Bay is “healthy” despite declines in water quality & biodiversity

Suggesting olivine-dissolution engineering as possible solution to “man-made global warming”

Origins of the Hawaiian beaches – volcanoes, coral reefs and parrot fish

Lawsuit:  US Army COE failed to get approval before opening Louisiana spillway for 123 days exposing bottlenose dolphins to polluted fresh water with low salinity levels that adversely affected their health

Rogue waves hit Marshall Islands & US military facility - video

Natural events are acts of God & disasters are acts of man – suggesting increase in construction of flood barriers to attempt to thwart increasing coastal flood risk in Britain 

Economic & environmental price of LNG production on the Gulf Coast

Newest version of NCEI coastal relief models

Jacques Cousteau called Palmorola the most beautiful island in the world – nearly uninhabited by humans which explains why it is still beautiful

Potential e-methanol plant at Port of Victoria, Texas

Venice, Italy, coping with flooding, over-tourism & poor water quality

US Navy will now need to obtain NPDES permits under CWA for discharges to Potomac River

Largest cruise ship ever, Icon of the Seas, launched “investing in false solutions” – iconic greenwashing

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Monday, 22 January 2024

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 22 January 2024

Why did @Microsoft, @MicrosoftHelps @MSFTnews trash my @Outlook? Because they could! Thanks! See here (from MEC).

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The observations and comments below are solely those of Dr. Elaine J. Hanford. The sole exception is my quote at the bottom.

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 22 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

New USGS National Seismic Hazard Model (NHSM) – updates old seismic zonation map

2 decades of satellite altimetry data for lakes in China – some rising, some falling, some staying the same

Warnings of “very dangerous” avalanches in Colorado

De-extinctioners insisting “we will have the Wooly Mammoth alive again” within approximately 3 years

Junk on the Moon does not create a new geological period – it is just another example of human contamination that should not be “preserved” as “space heritage”

Retrospective on the Northridge Earthquake of January 1994 

Yellowstone Research Dilling 1967-1968 – erupting boreholes

Searching for large orange plagioclase crystals in Ginkgo lava flow within Columbia River Basalt Group

Retrospective on 25 years of Penn State College of Earth & Mineral Sciences field camps 

Listen to sonification of kimberlite eruptions

Supercontinents throughout Earth history

Using Typhoon survey system and CG software to target mineral deposits in Saudi Arabia

Each rock tells story of impact of forces on creation and transformation of Earth:  coquina, Klerksdorp spheres, blueschist, unakite, garnet peridotite…

Tasmania offers unexplored mineral potential for gold mining

Geologic importance of minerals – identification & classification

Obsidian – black glass

Magma chambers of Kilauea

Warning issued for landslides across southern & western Oregon

Marking 50 years at Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park in Florida 

Small swarm of small earthquakes in Oklahoma – byproduct of wastewater injection well operations

Claw marks from crocodile-like animal preserved in fossilized trackway in Cape Breton in Nova Scotia

3 uranium mines now in production along the Arizona-Utah border – not without controversy

Lava barriers partially protected Grindavik, Iceland, from volcanic eruption – protecting Svartsengi geothermal plant – so far, so good

Latest guestimate on how much ice has been “lost” from Greenland

New coastal hazard assessment for Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia

Fossils of large carnivorous worms from 518 myo found in Early Cambrian Sirius Passet locality in Northern Greenland

Dazzling diversity and complexity among oldest eukaryote fossils from Northern Territory of Australia

2019 collapse of iron ore mine tailings dam in southeastern Brazil

Crew on submarine vehicle found fault scarp of 2011 Tohoku-oki megaquake in Japan Trench

“Elma” the Woolly Mammoth trekked 600 miles across North America during her lifetime – she died at Swan Point coincident with the seasonal hunting camp around 14,000 years ago

Norway reverses policy voting to allow controversial practice of exploration for sea-bed mining – commercial -scale mining would require another parliamentary vote

Debating why horses that evolved in North America about 14 myo went extinct about 10,000 years ago – roamed with camels that went extinct about the same time – impact of humans?

Trying to create a “crisis” since Greenland Ice Sheet is melting at the margins over the very short-term (<30 years) – need to understand zones of accumulation and ablation

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 22 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Despite warnings, China continuing to experiment with 100% fatal coronavirus in humanized mice

DEI is a very expensive boondoggle – fails to achieve purpose & exacerbate grievances, divisions, and discrimination

UK plans for “biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years” to produce 24GW by 2050

$100M plan for water treatment plant improvements at 3 Navajo facilities:  Chinle, Kayenta & Tuba City

Covid extremists demand for return to draconian mandates being ignored – “rational position of accepting that people do just get ill sometimes, and in the most extreme cases, they unfortunately die”

In Congressional testimony Fauci finally admits little science behind 6-ft social distancing rule & lab-leak hypothesis is not a conspiracy theory & vaxx mandates might increase hesitancy

Fauci still not taking responsibility for funding gain-of-function research at Wuhan Lab

Traces of sunscreen agents found on Svalbard archipelago glaciers deposited mainly in winter

Almost admitting NASA still does not understand variations in climatic conditions though they still proclaim man-made global warming

Greenies want more mining for critical minerals for “green energy” – but impacts for half of all existing mining areas in the world remain undocumented

First, do no harm – scientific studies of disasters should not exacerbate the trauma – SHIFT guidance

Predicting changes in population of urban and rural areas in the US

First assessment of toxic heavy metal pollution in the Southern Hemisphere from human activities over the last 2,000 years

Climate czar John Kerry to leave government – failed to achieve any reductions in Chinese emissions in 3 years

Reported weekly deaths from flu & from covid

Perspective:  Biden Open Borders Policy threatens National Security – millions of illegals, trafficking of humans & narcotics, diseases and parasites

The facts behind the drowning of 3 illegals on the Mexican side of the Southern Border

The Northridge Earthquake of January 1994 changed earthquake preparedness

Perspective:  Debunking Biden deficit claims that are adversely impacting the US

Newest State Park in Nevada – Ice Age Fossils State Park

Technological hazard:  Ground collisions of planes at Chicago O’Hare International Airport

New York Mayor imposes curfew on illegal aliens at shelters after complaints about panhandling & violence – little comfort to those who live nearby

EVs lined up like “a bundh of dead robots” in freezing cold weather in Chicago

Criticism of mandated lockdowns for plandemic is warranted – imposed massive costs on the nation that will lasts for decades – “most damaging disruption in the history of American education” – loss in learning would create up to 3% drop in gross domestic product for the remainder of the 21st century

“Container Act” would give states authority to secure the US-Mexico Border – 8.5M+ illegal aliens apprehended since January of 2020 – does not include the ‘got aways”

Book Review:  “Sex Lives – Intimate Infrastructures in Early Modernity” – behind the bedchamber doors

Expecting more roads to produce less traffic congestion in San Antonio, Texas, will cost billions and will increase traffic congestion

Prospector did untold damage to 1,000-year-old petroglyph site near Fort Pearce in southern Utah

Calling fertilizers made from treated sewage sludge “natural” is misleading since sludge contain micro-plastics and other potentially harmful chemicals

End of an era at National Geographic – no more staff writers as they go digital

Study confirms the obvious:  Depletion of High Plains Aquifer threatens crop yields and food security

Microfibers in laundry cited as top source of micro-plastics that pollute waterways – what can you do to reduce micro-plastics, dyes, anti-wrinkle agents & flame retardants?

Faltering “green energy” sources putting Texas Power Grid on the brink of failure

One of the biggest mass migrations in US history – leaving “blue states”

Insect repellent DEET can harm brain cells, cause seizures and adversely affect the CNS but may also affect reproductive systems

191 pesticides, 107 pharmaceuticals and 81 industrial compounds contaminate recycled plastic pellets making them hazardous & unsuitable for re-use

Air pollution emissions in the US have decreased substantially since enactment of Clean Air Act in 1970

Urbanization in Costa Rica causes nitrate concentrations in drinking water to exceed safe levels

Experts have already started developing vaccines & therapeutics for a disease that they have not yet even identified – makes you wonder about the “experts” since they could not develop a vaxx to prevent covid

FDA issues warnings about latest TikTok trend – cooking chicken in NyQuil can be dangerous to health – reminds us that social media has strong influence over people – but lacks intelligence

Federal Appeals Court vacates order to remove floating barrier on the Rio Grande – to rehear the cse

Expanding legal immigration will not solve the Border Crisis – we had a reasonably secure Southern Border until January 2020 & now it is chaos with adverse impacts of illegals across the country

Natural hazards are acts of God; disasters are acts of man - $357 Billion in global damages in 2023

Limiting governmental powers may not be a bad thing

EVs are a con game – light-vehicle transportation accounts for less than 5% of global energy demand – that does not offset the increase in environmental & infrastructure degradation and pollution from EVs

Ongoing controversy about release of information of adverse health effects of benzene

Planning significant changes to Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate extension

Marathon Petroleum seeks renewal of permits for refinery in south-central El Paso, Texas – provides almost 400 jobs at the refinery & more than $1M in annual community investment

Growing organic in South Dakota

Using warm water from Dresden Energy Center nuclear power plant to melt ice jam in Kankakee River

New proposal for I-10 bridge over Calcasieu River in Louisiana estimated to be 25% less expensive to build

Investigating use of molten salt instead of water to cool test TRISO nuclear reactor

Using tradition and native expertise of Tohono O’odham and Hohokam to harvest water in Tucson, Arizona

EVs in Norway – use energy to preheat cars before going out for drive – 90% recharge in their homes

EPA to prioritize investigation of flammable toxic chemicals:  vinyl chloride and others

Children behaving badly stems from the bad behavior of their parents – “no education” in the schools

EPA proposes pollution restrictions on 57 trash incineration facilities that burn 250 tons of trash per day and emit abundance of toxic pollutants (e.g., particulates, lead, cadmium, mercury, dioxin) – open for comments

Cloned Przewalski’s “resurrected stallion” could help the critically endangered species survive

Biden finally admits US-Mexico Border is currently “not secure” – after 3 years finally pledges to make “significant changes” to the border and asylum policies – “posturing for reelection”

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board 15 January 2024 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Mexico broke ground for San Antonio de los Buenos Wastewater Treatment Plant in Tijuana – intended to dramatically reduce discharge of sewage that has fouled San Diego & Tijuana shorelines

Human infrastructure squeezes beaches and dunes along coastal areas

Back-door government contorted approval process & waiving requirements to protect taxpayers resulted in offshore Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts

M5.9 earthquake near Fairweather-Queen Charlotte Fault in SE Alaska

Winterfell discovery in Gulf of Mexico – first oil expected in second quarter of 2024

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) filed for 1.3 GW floating wind project offshore Lecce, Italy

Exxon aims to end 5 decades of offshore oil production in California – write-down about $25B in troubled properties 

Winning court case allows continued development of giant Barossa GEP gas pipeline offshore Australia

More than 60 targets across 16 locations were fired at in Yemen as retaliation to degrade Houthis ability to attack maritime vessels 

Pat Abbott reminds that coastal erosion in San Diego is part of yearly cycle

Storegga Tsunami of 8,000 years ago devastated Stone Age communities from Norway to Greenland

$500M new terminal at Plaquemines Port Harbor and Terminal District

Georgia may change width of buffer between coastal marshes and development

Salt Marsh Keystone Initiative announced by US Dept of Interior

$2.15B 6-lane 22-km long Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) opens – 70,000 vehicles daily

Homeowners at Kammieland on Sunset Beach on North Shore of Oahu hit with million-dollar fines by Board of Land and Natural Resources for shoreline violations

Age of the kelp forests along the Pacific Coast

Assessing potential health hazards of toxic algae blooms in 156-mile-long Indian River Lagoon

Last beautiful Xerces blue butterfly that inhabited the sand dunes of San Francisco seen in 1941 – declared extinct – driven to extinction by urban development – may attempt resurrection

"The wicked know that if the ill they do be of sufficient horror men will not speak against it. Men have just enough stomach for small evils and only these will they oppose. - Cormac McCarthy (quoted in @nytimes via @TheWeek)

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Monday, 15 January 2024

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 15 January 2024

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

M7.6 earthquake off Noto Peninsula in Japan caused up to 13 feet of tectonic uplift along coast

Caldera or crater – what’s the difference?  All calderas are craters but not all craters are calderas

Texas RR Commission directs O&G companies to stop injecting production waters in Permian Basin following detection of seven small earthquakes 

How magma & water shaped the Columbia River Gorge

Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) Project – exploring possibility of drilling into magma chamber

Hybrid wholphin is member of the dolphin family -Kekaimalu is fertile hybrid

SCOTUS brings the gavel down on proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska

Submergent east coast of the US continues to subside – facilitated by human activity

Oceanic cycling of nutrients

Some cratons may have soggy bottoms – cratonic Mantle metasomatism

National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Furnace Creek & Cow Creek watersheds in Death Valley – Draft EA 

December 1867 flood in Washington & Oregon

World to break the much-touted 1.5-degree Paris Accord goal – but the world will not melt or boil – geologist know “been there, done that” and the world and life went on

PFAS forever chemicals circulating in both the Atlantic & Arctic Oceans

The futility and potential adverse impacts of seeding the sky to geoengineer the climate

K-Feldspar dust particles act as nucleation particles for cloud formation

Fibonacci Spiral created in the ocean by humpback whales – bubble-net feeding - video

Credit for unearthing first dinosaur bones may really belong to Africans some 500 years before the Brits

Reports of declining phytoplankton in the North Atlantic may have been greatly exaggerated

Analysis of meteorite suggests planetesimals that accreted to form Earth contained water

Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano erupted in Indonesia – highest alert level

Challenging traditional theories of Archean Plate Tectonics

Avalanches at “Palisades Tahoe” (aka: Squaw Valley) ski resort 

Explaining the physics behind the Tahoe avalanche

Complex geologic history of Melanesian Border Plateau in the Pacific – active since Cretaceous

Giant ape species Gigantopithecus fossilized teeth carried into cave by rodents – postulated that they died out because failure to adapt to changing climate 

Lake Powell is only 43 feet higher than it was one year ago – one wet year did not end the drought

Partial dam failure causes flooding on Yantic River in Connecticut

Update on geological activity in Reykjanes, Iceland – magma accumulation, seismic activity, tectonic uplift

Legacy of the uranium mill that operated in Uravan, Colorado – a federal Superfund site that was part of the Manhattan Project

Timing of kimberlite eruptions following pulling apart of tectonic plates

Deep Dust Project - Working to unrav3l climate history of Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 January 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence of alien life – Fermi Paradox

“Corrected” jobs growth data for US – that is not economic growth but is Big Government getting bigger

Trypillia culture raised cattle – not for food but for their manure to fertilize lentil & grain crops for humans

Pangolins – endangered species – estimated 1M+ giant ground pangolins poached over last 10 years

Typical levels of radiation exposure during airplane flights even while flying to Chernobyl

Hoping Americans will change their diet and eat lots of silver carp (aka invasive Asian carp) – rebranding copi on menus – “Eat MO Carp”

It is “Black Snow” season in the Everglades as sugar cane fields are burned – employment & health risks

Lab leaks & accidents up 50 in Britain since covid emerged – “experts” call for tightened regulation – but what about the illegal Chinese lab set up in California?

NIH enlisted Chinese scientist to “supercharge” coronaviruses before the covid-19 plandemic

What “free health care” for illegal aliens means in California with taxpayers footing the bill for $2.6B

50 counties in Texas have officially declared an invasion under Article IV Section 4 of the US Constitution and Article IV Section 7 of the Texas Constitution – follow disaster declarations

Avoid buying these fish for dinner

Green failure in Europe – warning for the US: de-legislate net zero & promote full transparency

Influx of illegal aliens into Whitewater, Wisconsin, causing serious crime, sexual assaults, skyrocketing unlicensed drivers, over-occupied housing … all overwhelming law enforcement

Vaccine manufacturer facing federal civil rights complaint alleging racial & sex discrimination that includes specific hiring targets for minority employees – fostering culture of systemic racism

Perspective:  woke madness may finally be peaking – “how dangerous identity politics could be”

Court challenge launched over governments plat to conduct environmental assessment of impacts of Highway 413 route on tiny western chorus frog in Canada – may change highway route in Ontario

DO NOT drink the bottled water – contains massive amounts of micro- and nano-plastics that can pose significant toxic health risks – small enough to invade human organs and cells

Countries with largest Gigawatt nuclear power plants:  South Korea, Canada, China, Ukraine & France

Commonly prescribed asthma drug prescribed for children 6 to 14 years of age linked to mental side effects – drug carries FDA black box warning – aggression, agitation, suicidal thoughts

“prioritizing large-scale societal change” – we have seen the results of such efforts over the past 3 years with disastrous consequences as they still push the “man-made global warming” mythology

Biden administration throwing nearly $1B at “green” bus program described as unfeasible

Rabies is an ancient, unpredictable and potentially fatal disease – be aware

Arizona Governor commits to updating laws to protect groundwater supplies in the state

Fauci holds true to form & flip flops yet again during Congressional testimony

Consecutive year of population decline in China

Slaughter & sale of dogs for meat in South Korea to become illegal in 2027 – but consumption of dog meat will not be illegal

California estimates about 4,500 mountain lions in first population census in 40 years – concerns for habitat loss & fragmentation leading to inbreeding, exposure to rat poison & being killed

The problems with palm oil

Double brood of cicadas coming in 2024

Visualizing your gut microbiome – without this microbiome you would die

2023 Billion-Dollar Disaster list – natural hazards are acts of God – disasters are act of man

CWD spreading in deer in Texas

World to break the much-touted 1.5-degree Paris Accord goal – but the world will not melt or boil – geologist know “been there, done that” and the world and life went on

Humans have caused extinction of 1,400 species of birds since Late Pleistocene

Tribal-led restoration initiatives of bison & grassland ecosystem will receive $1.5M

New model incorporates human reactions to flood risk assessment

Humans disrupting natural salt cycle on global scale making air, soil & freshwater saltier

Death of hundreds of swans in nature reserve on Lake Karakol in Kazakhstan

More than 50% of WHO transgender health policy committee members have NO medical background but are well versed as activists

Reduction in GHG emissions by US has not resulted in any cooling of the climate 

Perspective:  how to fight pseudoscience?  

90% of chemicals identified as potential breast carcinogens found in everyday products in homes & workplaces – more than 900 chemicals

New website gives “promise” of transparency as California spends $180B on infrastructure – but will it reveal actual spending – wasteful or not?

Vaxxing & mandates do not prevent covid but do promote mutations of virus to be more infectious – “patients dying every week is unacceptable” but they need to remember death is inevitable

Getting reinfected with covid multiple times – isn’t that like some people getting frequent colds (which can turn into pneumonia) due to weaker immune systems?

Congenital syphilis crisis – cases up more than 1,000% since 2012 but not considered a “public health emergency” by federal government – little financial incentive to increase production of penicillin – increasing antibiotic resistance in syphilis 

Brucellosis in humans spreading from dogs in UK after spreading from imported dogs to local canines

Use of medical marijuana leads to abnormal heart rhythm

Some water quality improvement in Upper Mississippi River Basin but threats of road salt & lead emerging

Big Pharma promises the “Golden Age of Vaccines” is here – but most do not prevent illness - you, too, can be a guinea pig – promise vaccines have fewer side effects than drugs? Are less profitable 

Recycling metal after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th Century in Britain

Risks of taking ibuprofen (Advil or in other OTC products) – OTC or even it is prescribed 

Toxic political battles around vaxxing do not necessarily apply to vaccinations for other diseases

Chinese gain-of-function research creates “pangolin coronavirus” 100% fatal to mice

EcoHealth Alliance – previously linked to Wuhan Lab – reports discovery of new infectious bat virus

What you eat may impact your lifespan - dietary restriction can delay aging and slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board 15 January 2024 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

EPA & Alabama Power to begin settlement negotiations on 21M tons of toxic sludge in unlined pit near Mobile Bay that continues to pollute groundwater

Legal battle on-going over proposed sea wall along coast in Half Moon Bay, California – residents still have not figured out that structural controls do not work to stop Nature

Port of Virginia proclaims being powered by 100 “clean energy” aiming for “carbon-neutral” – completely ignoring the emissions from producing all the raw materials and construction of wind & solar

Predicting changing demographics of coastal populations

Norway approves genetically modified rapeseed oil for use in fish feed for aquaculture – but doing aquaculture means introducing GMO feed into the ocean with unknown consequences

NCRB asking to increase insurance rates for coastal homes by average 42.4% - 

Documenting distribution & threats to 2 otter species along fast-developing coastal area of Thailand

Paper:  Coastal vulnerability assessment of West African coast to flooding & erosion

Port Aransas Ferry to Harbor Island upgrades expected to cost more than $63M (video)

Drone footage of hundreds of manatees in warm waters of Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River in SW Florida

Legal battles over “right to build” seawalls along California coast

Built in the 1970s “temporary nuclear coffin” on Runit Island is old and cracking – dome is only 1.5-feet thick with diameter of 377 feet built to “contain” nuclear waste & soil contaminated with plutonium

Contract signed for $135M rebuild of waterfront park & pier on Staten Island

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale calf is likely to die – gashed with propeller wounds

10-foot tsunami recorded at Shaki nuclear power plant in Japan after M7.5 earthquake on New Years Day

Bypassing the Panama Canal

US shifted geographical control to extended continental shelf (ECS) along East & West Coasts, Mariana Islands and in Gulf of Mexico – increased area by roughly 386,000 square miles

"The wish to believe, even against evidence, fuels all the pseudosciences from astrology to creationism." - Issac Asimov

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