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The material below is assembled by Dr. Elaine J. Hanford who is solely responsible for its content.
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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 18 December 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Rewriting the story of the “Age of Dinosaurs that Ruled the Earth”
Latest dire warning: magnetic field may reverse & could impact both global climate & modern technology
Explaining alpha-proteins in dinosaur feathers
Has the Moon entered a new geological epoch? Or has it just been trashed by humans?
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407185-the-moon-may-enter-a-new-geological-period-thanks-to-human-activity/
- https://www.courthousenews.com/with-moon-mining-and-tourism-on-the-horizon-are-we-in-a-new-geological-epoch-researchers-say-yes/
Without plate tectonics, the surface of Early Earth was much flatter
Numerous sources of naturally occurring hydrogen have been under-estimated
- https://www.aga.org/natural-hydrogen-has-been-underestimated/
- Hydrogen Rainbow: https://www.aga.org/the-hydrogen-rainbow/
Kansas Geological Survey assessment of the High Plains Aquifer
- https://www.gbtribune.com/news/local-news/ku-geological-survey-report-assesses-high-plains-aquifer/
- https://kansasreflector.com/2023/12/06/kansas-geological-survey-says-18-to-32-cut-in-groundwater-pumping-may-stabilize-aquifer/
- 2023 report: https://kgs.ku.edu/sites/kgs/files/files/TechSeriespdfs/TS25.pdf
- High Plains Aquifer Atlas: https://www.kgs.ku.edu/HighPlains/HPA_Atlas/index.html
- Water level monitoring study: https://ne.water.usgs.gov/projects/HPA/index.html
- High Plains Aquifer geoportal: https://hub.kansasgis.org/maps/c5972ca2f402437bb33f25221acd41f4/about
Explosive theories on the extinction of the dinosaurs
Ships may trigger lighting strikes in the ocean
- https://eos.org/articles/ocean-vessels-may-trigger-lightning-strikes
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EA002926
How thermal features in Yellowstone get named
How dinosaurs developed armor.
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/new-creature-called-an-archosaur-sheds-light-on-how-dinosaurs-developed-armor/ar-AA1eoQey
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/199/2/327/7231066
Complicating the reproduction processes in dinosaurs
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/dinosaur-fossils-complicate-our-understanding-of-how-they-reproduced/ar-AA16vq0Y
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278242
M4.2 earthquake in southern Nebraska
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nebraska-residents-get-rude-awakening-with-rare-earthquake-our-feet-were-just-jiggling-and-bouncing-around/ar-AA1lihd6
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000lhz1/dyfi/intensity
Sand Land mine near Southampton, New York, may pose threat to drinking water aquifer
Walk along the beach of the Jurassic Coast led to discovery of 6+ foot-long pliosaur skull
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/extinct-sea-monster-suddenly-found-during-walk-on-the-beach/ar-AA1lkut2
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pliosaur-skull-found-dorset-jurassic-coast_n_65738a5de4b09724b4342c22
Billions of taxpayer dollars being use to bail out failing “green” banks & businesses and foreign countries
Holocene fault line discovered in the Pacific Northwest – capable of major earthquakes
- https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/active-earthquake-fault-line-found-in-elk-lake-area-7948145
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-discovery-kilometer-fault-line-canada.html
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023TC008170
Biocrusts protecting Great Wall of China from erosion
Chumathang sulphur hot spring water sudden rises 2 to 3 meters in 10 days
Paper: Cretaceous stratigraphy of Antarctica
Tythyan plate tectonic movements and multi-sphere interactions – Proto-, Palio- & NeoTythys oceans
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Evidence_that_ancient_Tethys_Ocean_influenced_Earths_past_environments_999.html
- Link to Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11430-023-1185-3
Metamorphic evolution of East Tythys tectonic domain
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Metamorphic_evolution_of_the_East_Tethys_tectonic_domain_and_its_tectonic_implications_999.html
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11430-023-1209-6
New “burn pattern” in Utah wildfires
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Strange_burn_new_research_identifies_unique_patterns_in_Utah_wildfires_999.html
- Paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/11/423
UAS drones to acquire data for scaling burn severity metrics to support post-fire watershed management
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/open-source-workflow-scaling-burn-severity-metrics-drone-satellite-support-post-fire
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136481522300289X?via%3Dihub
Role of plankton in global carbon cycle – sequestration
- https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Planktons_Vital_Role_in_Carbon_Sequestration_Unveiled_999.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06772-4
Megapterygius wakayamaensis – new genus & species of Wakayama Soryu (blue dragon) identified in SW Japan
Arctic lakes & wetlands produce much less methane than previously thought – models are wrong
New theory on Late Devonian mass extinction
“Long” dormant volcanoes can erupt rapidly & explosively
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010891
- Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-023-02075-z
Renewed interest in superhot, superdeep geothermal energy – simulations of heat mining
Connections between fluid-filled rocks and microearthquakes along Newport-Inglewood Fault, California
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1010745
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42536-4
Wildfires can unlock toxic metal particles from soils
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-wildfires-toxic-metal-particles-soils.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43101-9
What did dinosaurs really sound like? Cooing, symphony, trombones, harmonious chirps
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221212-the-mysterious-song-of-the-dinosaurs
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-sounds-dinosaurs-made-are-probably-not-what-you-envisioned/ar-AA16S0nc
Many dinosaurs may yet be undiscovered
AGU holds session on disavowing O&G industry – all in the name of mythological “man-made global warming”
Toward a better understanding of the physiology of coral – Alvin sensor discovered reactive oxygen species
- https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/new-study-deep-sea-sensor-reveals-that-corals-produce-reactive-oxygen-species/
- Paper: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/2/11/pgad398/7420998
Dramatic decline 50,000 years ago of large mammals attributed to humans not climate - includes woolly mammoth
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-people-climate-decline-giant-mammals.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43426-5
Toward improved understanding and forecasting of debris flows on wildfire-burn scars
- https://eos.org/articles/postfire-debris-flows-strike-in-a-puzzling-pattern
- California Burned Washed Geohazards Program: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/bwg/program
Risk of glacial lake outbursts across the Third Pole – Tibetan Plateau, Hindu Kush & Tianshan Mountains
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-glacial-lake-outbursts-pole.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44123-z
Software speeds up and stabilizes high-profile ocean model
Model suggests M6.8 Al Haouz Morocco earthquake had deep slip at depth of 25 km
- https://phys.org/news/2023-12-morocco-earthquake-unusual-deep.html
- Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/3/4/357/630536/Rapid-Source-Characterization-of-the-2023-Mw-6-8
Overlooked study from 1922 helped fuel crisis of the Colorado River when the Colorado River Commission divvied up the water – used wrong information on river discharge
Most extreme rogue wave on record – November 2020 off the coast of British Columbia
- https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-wave-in-pacific-ocean-was-most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05671-4
Asteroxylon mackiei - 407 myo microfossils of earliest-known disease-causing fungus – Rhynie Chert
- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/potteromyces-asteroxylicola-12527.html
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43276-1
Efforts to establish Mimbres Peak National Monument in New Mexico
Hydrogeology, karst & groundwater availability in Monroe County, West Virginia
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/hydrogeology-karst-and-groundwater-availability-monroe-county-west-virginia
- SIR 2023-5121: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5121/sir20235121.pdf
Review of 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model ground motion characterization
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/panel-review-ground-motion-characterization-model-2023-nshm
- Link to pdf download: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2546f8hw
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 18 December 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Stem cells…mini brain organoids…rudimentary eyes – raises all sorts of ethical questions as they are messing ‘round with forces beyond their ability to comprehend - gain-of-function research – playing God
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scientists-grew-mini-brains-from-stem-cells-then-the-brains-sort-of-developed-eyes/ar-AA1lgg2o
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/925127
- https://www.livescience.com/brain-organoid-optic-eyes.html
- Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/pdfExtended/S1934-5909(21)00295-2
Technological hazard: Beware of Big Tech and “organioid intelligence”
China suggests white lung pneumonia outbreak related to antibiotic resistant superbugs
- https://tdpelmedia.com/doctors-in-china-say-they-may-have-found-culprit-of-white-lung-pneumonia-outbreak-superbugs/
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12854847/china-white-lung-superbugs.html
Perspective: Crazy Covid Copulation Exemption
VITT blood clots due to vaxx were likely result of “two out-of-control immune reactions happening at once”
3 dead from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) tick-borne illness in California after visiting or residing in Tecate, Mexico – 2,000 cases with hundreds of deaths documented over past 5 years in northern Mexico
Despite heavy environmental opposition – California governor still pushing plan for $16B 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta – despite estimated $68M California deficit
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/newsom-administration-advances-delta-tunnel-project-despite-environmental-opposition/ar-AA1lfcgk
- https://sjvwater.org/state-releases-final-environmental-review-of-controversial-delta-tunnel-bringing-it-closer-to-a-construction-date/
- Link to Volumes 1 & 2 of Final EIR: https://www.deltaconveyanceproject.com/planning-processes/california-environmental-quality-act/final-eir/final-eir-document
Glyphosate (Roundup) connected with cancer risks and higher risk of preterm births – significantly higher levels in pregnant women living near agricultural fields
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/glyphosate-the-active-ingredient-in-the-weedkiller-roundup-is-showing-up-in-pregnant-women-living-near-farm-fields-that-raises-health-concerns/ar-AA1l5Ot0
- Paper: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP12768
With increasing occurrence of antibiotic resistance, is Z-pak necessary for sinus infection?
Bison warns tourons - video
Goldfish are an invasive species in the Great Lakes – disrupting the ecosystem
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/goldfish-are-now-an-invasive-species-in-the-great-lakes/ar-AA1lhYYp
- Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0380133023002460
Empty federal office buildings are a waste of resources (and taxpayer dollars) – “green hypocrisy”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-offices-remain-mostly-empty-on-taxpayers-dimes/ar-AA1lhSr5
Americans with higher levels of seafood in their diets at greater risk of higher levels of PFAS in their blood
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/study-finds-unexpected-demographic-to-have-highest-concentration-of-dangerous-chemical-in-blood/ar-AA1hudhQ
- Abstract: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c00343
Controversial efforts to auction off Kelly Parcel of public lands in Grand Teton National Park
SCOTUS rejects request to overturn Washington State ban on trans conversion therapy for children
EU passes law that criminalizes some of the most serious forms of environmental damage “cases comparable to ecocide”
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/eu-passes-historic-law-that-will-impact-the-entire-world-this-is-highly-significant-and-to-be-wholeheartedly-commended/ar-AA1ljRnq
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/17/eu-criminalises-environmental-damage-comparable-to-ecocide
SCOTUS decision removes “weight of precedent” of vaxx mandates for federal employees & military service personnel – “Munsingwear vacatur”
COP28 draft proposal replaces demand with suggestion of voluntary phaseout of fossil fuels
Why humans have “wisdom teeth” – it’s a sign of evolution
Raising questions of vaxx, DNA contamination, and possible carcinogenic effects
Texas installing anti-climb wall to protect US border and Americans
Biden administration another $3B in taxpayer dollars to California high-speed rail project which significantly behind schedule by at least 13 years and has massive cost overrun - $33B project from Los Angeles to San Francisco swelled to $113B and scaled down to 171 miles – won’t cover operating costs
Denver residents rejoice Colorado DOT scrapping plans to expand Interstate 25
Video: 20,000 illegals apprehended over the weekend including sex offenders & gang members on Texas border
Plastic cutting boards, micro-plastics and what you eat along with your food
Bad handwriting by doctors leads to thousands of deaths each year – not a new problem in many countries
- https://www.scottsharrislaw.com/resources/articles/bad-handwriting-doctor/
- Trust google? https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/18/google-can-now-decode-doctors-bad-handwriting/
- 2023: https://thekashmiriyat.co.uk/clear-as-mud-doctors-illegible-handwriting-confuses-patients-pharmacists-in-kashmir/
- 2021: https://www.gilmanbedigian.com/doctors-bad-handwriting-causing-fatal-injuries/
- 2010: https://flbog.sip.ufl.edu/risk-rx-article/for-doctors-scrawl-handwritings-on-the-wall/
- 2006 Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1676338/
- 1999: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117199/
Chemical reactions hundreds of feet underground in Chiquita Canyon Landfill smoldering at more than 200 degrees – emitting burned garbage odor into adjoining neighborhoods & Sunshine Canyon Landfill suffering water intrusion form torrential storms earlier this year fueling bacterial growth & causing putrid odors in Sylmar neighborhood – both facilities remain operational
Perspective: Al Gore is the root of all climate insanity – video
6-story residential building in New York City partially collapses – 103 unresolved violations dating to 2019
COP28 is less about “man-made global warming” than about doing big business – just ask Bill Gates
Anthrax outbreak in Zambia – 684 suspected human cases with 4 deaths – 568 cases reported in domestic & wild animals – people had eaten meat from wild hippo carcasses
Nearly 100 animals seized in animal cruelty investigation at Natural Bridge Zoon in Rockbridge County, Virginia – some animals found dead, tiger euthanized to end suffering
Need to investigate “excess deaths” among younger generations in the US since covid pandemic – 1.6M vaxx reports to VAERS & validation of chronic post-vaccination syndrome
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/opinion-this-is-bigger-than-covid-why-are-so-many-americans-dying-early/ar-AA1loLrN
- VAERS: https://openvaers.com/
- PVS Paper: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.09.23298266v1.full.pdf
Visualizing CO2 emissions from 1950 to 2022 – China annual emissions grew 1,800% - US decreased 16% since 2000
Visualizing the distribution of global precipitation by country – let’s call that “racist” & “environmental injustice”
Scented personal hygiene products expose users to toxic chemical risks
Proposed updating of boardwalk to Tahoe Meadows
Human extinction causes – per AI
Unhealthy levels of toxic benzene air pollution near Houston, Texas – increased cancer risks
Prayer vigil urging Georgia to enact “The Okefenokee Protection Act” to restrict mining permits on Trail Ridge
Pubic & official opposition in Liberty & McIntosh Counties in Georgia to proposed log fumigation plan using methyl bromide to fumigate & then aerate up to 300,000 tons of logs per year - MB is acute long-term water hazard, hazard to ozone layer & can damage respiratory tract, kidneys & central nervous system
Properly preparing & cooking of morel mushrooms is no guarantee that toxins will not result in food poisoning
Legislation introduced to block Biden administration from allowing beef imports from Paraguay – Paraguay has recent history of foot & mouth disease that could devastate US food supplies
CDC still attempting to fear-monger on covid still driven by politics – it is and always was a seasonal disease
The state of crime in New York City – not a pretty picture over the last 4 years & caused by disastrous bail reform and other “justice reforms” – bad policy decisions have significant consequences
First federally funded EV charging station is now operational – only took 2+ years & it is at a truck stop in Ohio & never mind that the big rigs are not EVs
More haggling over waters of the Colorado River
Long-vax symptoms persist – neuropathic symptoms might be immune-mediated response
- https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2023/12/05/long-vax
- https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/107644
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/12/03/largest-long-vax-study-to-date-on-post-covid-19-vaccination-syndrome/?sh=455d18aa4eb6
- https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-link-between-coronavirus-vaccines-and-long-covid-illness-starts-gain-acceptance
- Preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.16.22274439v1.full-text
- LISTEN Study: https://medicine.yale.edu/ycci/listen-study/
Los Angeles, California, finally buried nearly 2,000 unclaimed bodies from 2020 during peak of plandemic – “Ceremony of the Unclaimed Dead” – single communal grave following cremation
Beginning to address issues related to Chiquita Canyon Landfill – leachate seepage & odors
Arnold says “no one gives a s*** about” global climate change – need to talk about pollution
Data on recidivism do not tell the full story
Australia bans use, supply & manufacture of engineered stone as “dangerous product”
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-13/engineered-stone-ban-discussed-at-ministers-meeting/103224362
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/13/engineered-stone-bench-top-ban-confirmed-begin-2024-when
Must choose between failed economic agenda (ARP & Green New Deal aka IRA) and prosperity
Texas continues to protect the Southern Border, Americans and America – more than 488,500 illegals captured out of 2.4M encounters at the Border in 2023 fiscal year – sanctuary cities not happy with having to provide sanctuary at great financial costs
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abbott-s-lone-star-operation-nearly-500-000-immigrants-apprehended/ar-AA1lvryl
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/greg-abbott-breaks-sanctuary-city-democrats/ar-AA1lzgkk
Perspective: Water Rights … and Water Wrongs --- “paper water” and “wet water”
FDA warns of unapproved and misbranded pet meds creating antimicrobial resistance for treating infectious disease in humans
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/don-t-use-these-pet-meds-fda-warns-they-could-harm-human-health/ar-AA1lvFBw
- FDA: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-warns-nine-manufacturers-distributors-unapproved-antimicrobials-animals
EPA will review vinyl chloride – classified as carcinogen in 1874 – still used to make PVC pipe for water lines
Health risk caused by unvaccinated illegal aliens in Chicago – chickenpox cases surge beyond 400 this year
Border Patrol agents warned as IEDs discovered at Mexican Border – not the first time
- https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-patrol-warns-agents-to-be-alert-for-explosives-after-finding-ten-ieds-at-border/
- https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/explosive-devices-border/
Voters confirm they committed voter fraud in 2020 election – likely millions of fraudulent votes were cast
Government policies exacerbate the crisis at the Border as illegal aliens continue to pour into the country
Fallon Range Training Complex in Nevada to be modernized under FY23 NDAA
- https://amodei.house.gov/news-releases/amodei-celebrates-inclusion-fallon-range-training-complex-modernization-fy23-ndaa
- NEPA: https://www.nepa.navy.mil/FRTCM/
Enviva wood pellet company in Epes, Alabama, admits to being in financial crisis – another “green energy” company may bite the dust
Atlantic City, New Jersey, succumbs to federal & state highway agencies to reduce main road from 4 lanes to 2 in the name of protecting pedestrians but will get $24M in funding for new roads, sidewalks, lights & traffic signals
Toronto, Canada, transformed underpass area into public space
Biden administration pledges to spend $1B+ to help figure out how to offset hydropower, transportation & other benefits provided by 4 dams on the Snake River
Biden demanding we all “go green” but plans to increase natural gas exports
Provision in Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Authorization Bill will block Pentagon from funding research at Wuhan Lab
Removing the “shaker bag” from the iconic Shake ‘N Bake will reduce 900,000 pounds of plastic waste each year
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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 18 December 2023 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Documenting changes in shallow waters around the islands of Bermuda
- https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2023/12/08/atlantic-ocean-bermuda-warmer-acidic-40-years
- BATS: https://bats.bios.asu.edu/about/
- Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1289931/full
The 600-mile Michinoku Coastal Trail in Japan
Recommendations on coastal development will provide framework for long-term resilience on Prince Edward Island in Canada
- https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/government-receives-recommendations-on-coastal-development
- ICPR Report: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/publications/2023_pei_interim_coastal_policy_recommendations.pdf
Coastal Water Planning Council public outreach meeting on plans for Bulloch & Bryan Counties in Georgia to supply water to Hyundai Metaplant America
1,000 artificial reefs to be placed along coastal Alabama intended to filter water & increase marine life
BC Ferries extending dry-dock time for Coastal Renaissance Ferry until March
Salt mine owned by Braskem Petrochemical ruptured & partially collapsed in Brazilian coastal city of Maceio- imminent risk prompted evacuation of tens of thousands as land was sinking
52-foot female, juvenile fin whale washes up on Pacific Beach in San Diego
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/massive-52-foot-fin-whale-washes-up-on-san-diego-beach/ar-AA1ligX8
After a decade of cleanup work, salmon are returning to streams in San Jose, California
Hikurangi subduction zone generates great earthquakes and tsunamis that hit New Zealand – model suggests 580-year recurrence interval
- https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/tsunami/tsunamis-up-to-90-feet-high-smash-into-new-zealand-every-580-years-study-finds
- Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023JB027207
Massive landslide in coastal cliffs on the Isle of Wight
Impacts of fiddler crabs on the Great Marsh in the Gulf of Maine
Anguilla National Trust to safeguard Sombrero Island Nature Reserve Marine Park
Mapping irregularly flooded high marsh & salt pans/flats on northern Gulf of Mexico coast
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/mapping-high-marsh-and-salt-pannesflats-along-northern-gulf-mexico-coast
- Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10106049.2023.2285354
Last of the Indigenous reef netters – salmon fishery
Caltrans predicts Pacific Coast Highway 1 will reopen at Paul’s Slide on Big Sur coast in late spring
Big surprise! Another “green energy” project running behind schedule by at least a year & over budget by at least $125M – Charybdis construction
Beach-goers warned to be wary of timbers swept from cargo vessel Scot Explorer off North Sea coast – washing up at Whitley Bay and Seaton Sluice
California Coastal Commission certified growth blueprint for 1,000-acre Barrio Logan – buffer zone to separate residents from shipping industry & ensure not new industrial facilities are permitted there
California PUC votes to allow Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach to continue operation through 2030 – extension estimated to exceed cost of $6B – seeking to avoid power blackouts
- https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-12-14/california-energy-officials-vote-to-extend-diablo-canyon-operations
- https://calcoastnews.com/2023/12/officials-vote-to-extend-life-of-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant/
Pre-restoration water quality in Herring River to support adaptive management of Cape Cod National Seashore
- https://www.usgs.gov/publications/assessment-prerestoration-water-quality-herring-river-support-adaptive-management-cape
- SIR 2023-5120: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5120/sir20235120.pdf
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