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  • Authentically Wired
    Water and a lot more from Paul F. Miller.
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    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.
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    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.

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Monday, 15 November 2021

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 15 November 2021

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Deepest detected earthquake at 467 miles within subduction zone beneath the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc – possible high-pressure mineral phase transition

Tuvalu atoll is doing what atolls do – it is sinking & being eroded by storm surges

Multiple volcanic explosions preceded last super-eruption of Yellowstone

Newly revised “Geologic Map of the State of Hawaii” – SIM 3143

Singhbhum Craton yields evidence that continents emerged from the ocean 3B+ years ago

2018 eruption of Kilauea changing volcanic eruption preparedness

Animated video of Interstate 5 Bridge collapse in event of a major earthquake

Huge boulders and tiny dragons at Thunder Rocks in Allegany State Park in New York

The Mid-Pleistocene Transition and intensification of glacial cycles about 1 myo

Nigeria encouraged to deepen exploration & policies to harness mineral resources

Rock record may reveal driving forces for variable speed of seismic waves through subduction zones

Cosmic gravitational waves offer key to evolution of the Universe

Another lava flow reaches the ocean on the island of La Palma

Wisconsin is the “Badger State” because of lead miners who dug dens or caves

Using environmental DNA to track species migrations from the twilight zone

Rubber bales washing up along Gulf Coast likely from WWII shipwrecks carried by currents

Copper-zinc oxide catalyst may facilitate commercial conversion of methane to methanol

USGS EDMAP Program call for proposals focusing on geologic mapping

USGS seeks public comment on Draft List of 50 minerals deemed critical to National Security & Economy

Fast-evolving Lepidosauria species more likely to become extinct

Issi saaneq – New genus & species of Late Triassic plateosaurid identified in eastern Greenland

Pterosaurs evolved muscular wing-body junction to reduce drag & improve flight performance

Confirmation that cross-polar jet in upper atmosphere sometimes stops or is deflected or reversed above Alaska

First-ever database on temporal changes in channel migration in largest river deltas

Copernicus Sentinel-5P Satellite detection of large methane emissions from landfills in Madrid, Spain

Shifting & lengthening El Niño causing changes in precipitation in California during wet season

The fate of sinking tectonic plates – dynamic slab segmentation due to brittle-ductile damage

Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of Chinese Dynasties over past 2,000 years

Tectonic influence on richness of Cenozoic mammals across the Southwest

Muography may revolutionize the study of volcanoes

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-volcanos-20211111-y3sqt4fcl5fhram4lsfet2tbna-story.html

Prospect of mining for critical minerals in Colorado raises critical questions – Earth MRI

• https://www.hcn.org/articles/climate-desk-mining-the-hunt-for-critical-minerals-in-coloradoraises-critical-questions

• https://www.popsci.com/science/earth-mri-mining-west/

La Vieja earthquakes & volcanic impacts on La Palma – updates & images

• https://news.sky.com/story/la-palma-eruption-homes-covered-in-ash-as-volcano-continuesto-emit-magma-and-gas-more-than-five-weeks-after-it-began-12465616

• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/la-palma/news/147019/La-Palma-volcano-update-Earthquakes-increase-again-especially-at-depth.html

• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/la-palma.html

Why are pearls incredibly symmetrical?

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pearl-symmetry-round-formation-oysters-nacre-math

• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/42/e2107477118

Where do Martian meteorites come from?

• https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/martian-meteorites-on-earth-origins-discovered

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26648-3

Canadian Rockies provide wonderland of glacial lakes & scenic drives – this article does not exaggerate

• https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/canadian-rockies-places-to-visit-best-views

Learning lessons from bunds in Waituna Creek catchment in Southland, New Zealand – sediment & contaminant transport

• https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2111/S00041/learning-lessons-when-a-dam-good-ideagets-washed-away.htm

Kamo’oalewa – a quasi-moon that orbits around Earth in a corkscrew-like trajectory

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/earth-second-moon-another-300-174152674.html

Davemaonite was predicted and has now been found in diamond from the Lower Mantle

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

“Water is Life” Virtual Conference – 18-20 November 2021 – free

How much water will it take to keep Lake Mead above 1,020 feet?

Opossums are omnivorous ‘sanitation workers’ in nature

One explanation of the US Power Grid

New smog rules approved for refineries & other factories in Southern California

Gunnison Tunnel – first major water diversion system in the US opened 1909

China & India & 20 other nations call for removal of mitigation of emissions section from COP26 ‘agreement’ – COP26 will fall short of “goal” to avert catastrophic climate change – “lip service”

39 tons of unworn clothing dumped in Atacama Desert in Chile

Michigan pipeline may be ordered to be shut down as winter looms – “divorced from reality”

6 ways to reduce (or prevent) your body intake of micro-plastics

Illegal trafficking in plastic wastes

Millions of mushrooms being destroyed in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania - video

Pelicans migrating through Israel are hungry

A 13,000-acre solar farm planned for northwestern Indiana

Threatened status proposed for alligator snapping turtles

“Direct air capture” facilities to remove CO2 from atmosphere are woefully inadequate

Bathing in toxic foam in Yamuna River in Delhi, India – city with most polluted air & dangerously unhealthy waterway

Farming in concert with Nature – replenishes soil & sequesters carbon (video)

“Nature” series celebrates 40 years this season

Perspective:  Fauci must be held accountable for cruelty & unnecessary drug toxicity tests on animals & cost taxpayers $1.68M

Invasive Joro spiders (Trichonephila clavata) are “not so bad” – not aggressive & eat mosquitoes

Perspective:  Is nuclear waste more dangerous than climate change? France to build nuclear reactors

Cleaning up tons of garbage and trash in Lake Tahoe

Investigating inadequate onsite wastewater disposal (sewage) systems in Alabama

EVs may not be all that environmentally friendly – “pollute more than gasoline models” - carbon impact of electrification varies dramatically

“Dismissive public-health experts, conspiracy theories, class-action lawsuit & lack of consumer demand” drove LYMErix vaccine from the market following FDA approval

300 bodies of water added to updated “impaired waters” list in Minnesota due to PFAS contamination

Extensive PFAS polluted groundwater is remnant of industry in Henderson, Ohio

MWD of Southern California declares drought emergency & calls for immediate cut to water use in South

Haile Gold Mine in South Carolina fined for discharges of toxic cyanide & cadmium near town of Kershaw

Technological hazard:  real-world harm of social media dismissed in name of profits & growth

Technological hazard:  Media creation of ‘climate crisis’ is negatively impacting mental health – first patient in the world diagnosed as suffering from “climate change” but not the result of diabetes, heart failure, dehydration & smoke inhalation

Re-establishing the black-footed ferret is keeping species from extinction

Gila National Forest temporarily closed during round-up of unauthorized livestock

US F&WS to abandon efforts to reduce habitat & territory of rare red wolves in North Carolina

Possible uses to re-purpose EV batteries

Cape Town, South Africa, once again approaching “Day Zero” without water – cutting down trees

“Third party” restrictions have limited rooftop solar in Wisconsin (and elsewhere)

Pogrom to lethally remove bison in Grand Canyon National Park killed 4 animals & raises concerns

Irony at COP26 – just outside the walls of the climate summit trash piled up while they preached the need to curb GHG emissions and mass consumption

Parsing words to avoid responsibility for funding cruel animal research

WHO warns of higher risk of outbreak of measles

ChemFab to pay $34M to compensate Bennington, Vermont, residents for PFOA chemical contamination of groundwater and soil

A return to public safety & combatting crime prompt BLM to threaten “riots…fire & bloodshed” in the streets of New York City

“Operation Kuluna” - Elephant DNA used to make $3.5M international ivory trafficking bust

Kerry statement that US would likely phase out coal power with 9 years is contradicted by independent report on coal power emitters

Independent product testing finds levels of heavy metals in 15 types of dried herbs & spices

Lawsuits filed against Union Pacific RR & City of Houston for contamination by toxic chemicals from nearby SP Englewood Railyard & former creosote treatment plant in Greater Fifth Ward

Crop waste fires fuel dangerous levels of air pollution in India

How to distinguish an alligator from a crocodile – the both live together in southern Florida

Fossil fuels – like “green” energy sources - are subsidized by governments

Marmots in Olympic National Park

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 15 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Whooping cranes making their way to the Texas coast

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/whooping-cranes-slowly-making-way-130023431.html

Deadliest storm in Great Lakes history – “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/november-7-1913-great-lakes-110000067.html

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/november-10-1975-wreck-edmund-105000378.html

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DUFPNILvM

Finland & Washington State plan to establish small port in Tacoma, Washington

• https://www.geekwire.com/2021/washington-state-finland-sign-mou-establish-smart-porttacoma/

Autonomous ‘snake robot’ intended to conduct underwater inspections of offshore energy facilities

• https://www.oedigital.com/news/491901-argeo-taps-eelume-snake-robot-for-autonomousunderwater-inspection

New infrastructure bill allots $17B for ports through US Army COE with 68% for new construction that can take 10-15 years – will it solve the supply chain crisis? – US Army COE has $109B backlog

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-infrastructure-bill-allots-17-b-for-ports-heres-where-thatmoney-will-go-182804372.html

• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-moves-speed-newly-passedinfrastructure-funding-ports-n1283564

Caribbean beach communities aim to reduce tsunami risk through preparedness

• https://www.undrr.org/news/caribbean-beach-communities-strive-shut-out-tsunami-risk

Practical guide for using dredged sediment for estuarine & coastal habitat restoration

• https://www.offshore-energy.biz/restoring-estuarine-and-coastal-habitats-with-dredgedmaterial/

• Handbook: https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/learn/restoring-estuarine-and-coastalhabitats-with-dredged-sediment/

• Guide: https://catchmentbasedapproach.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Restoring-Coastal-Habitats_V8.pdf

16 RESTORE Act projects to help Mississippi Coast following 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill

• https://www.wjtv.com/news/state/16-restore-act-projects-aim-to-help-mississippi-coast-after-2010-oil-spill/

West River flooding impacted Edgewood Park

•https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/park_flooding_mystery_/

Villagers in Fairbourne, Wales, resist abandoning village to the sea

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/frustration-defiance-village-abandoned-sea-082043738.html

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill settlement funds to restore oyster reefs in Texas Gulf

• https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-11-09/environment/deep-horizon-oil-spill-settlementfunds-to-help-restore-tx-oyster-reefs/a76476-1

Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary would encompass 7,000 square miles offshore of San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara Counties in California

• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/proposed-national-marine-sanctuary-off-californiaadvances/

Protecting & restoring Tangier on Chesapeake Bay would cost $250M to $350M - but relocating 436 inhabitants would cost between $100M to $200M – no brainer but guess which option policymakers will most likely choose

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/933719

• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2021.779774/full

Increasingly large offshore wind turbines may exceed lateral loading & overturning moments leading to toppling & failure – massive upscaling of offshore deployments critical to achieving “goals”

• https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/warning-that-increasingly-large-offshore-windturbines-risk-getting-too-big-for-their-foundations-10-11-2021/

•https://www.winddaily.com/reports/Scientists_bring_efficiency_to_expanding_offshore_wind_energy_999.html

• Paper: https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(21)00430-X

To study impact of Hurricane Ida on groundwater quality & storm surge spread of chemicals & microbes to groundwater and wells in SE Louisiana

• https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-floods-science-louisiana-environment-65befcfd9666754517e6a9775640d61b

Almost 4,000 people on Ghana coast displaced by tidal surge – blamed on “climate change”

• https://www.modernghana.com/news/1117661/tidal-wave-governments-lackadaisicalposture.html

• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/No-plans-to-constructevacuation-centres-to-assist-tidal-waves-victims-NADMO-official-1399279

Recovery of the Thames Estuary & River – future impact of Thames Tideway Tunnel

• https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054645619/state-of-the-river-thames-report-london

• Report: https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/ZSL_TheStateoftheThamesReport_Nov2021.pdf

Deteriorating Red Sea oil tanker “The Safer” could harm ecosystem & pollute waters – stranded since 2015 off the coast of Yemen – contains 1.1M barrels of oil

• https://www.treehugger.com/red-sea-oil-tanker-dangers-clean-water-ecosystem-5208578

Worldwide mapping analysis captures impact of human sewage on coastal ecosystems

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211110145428.htm

• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258898

• Interactive map: http://www.globalwastewatermodel.com/webmap.html

Better policies can enable coastal adaptation

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-coastal-threats-tackled-focus.html

• Report: https://resiliencechallenge.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Enabling-Coastal-Adaptation-FINAL011121.pdf

Opposition growing to seismic surveys for O&G along Wild Coast in Eastern Cape

• https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-11-11-shells-seismic-blasting-plan-alongwild-coast-under-fire/

A sea defence scheme for erosion hotspot at Hemsby in the UK

• https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/local-council/planning-bid-for-hemsby-seadefences-8478706

Overtourism (i.e., tourists having sex on the sand dunes) is damaging the coastal environment

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/tourists-having-sex-dunes-ruining-091942554.html

• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479721019939

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” - Isaac Asimov

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Monday, 08 November 2021

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 8 November 2021

SocioHydrology_The_New_Paradigm_in_Resilient_Water_ManagementHere is a new book whose senior author is my AWRA colleague Tamim Younos. It's from MDPI: Socio-Hydrology: The New Paradigm in Resilient Water Management'  The PDF copy is free!

The book is an anthology - a special issue of the journal Hydrology. Here is a description:

Socio-hydrology is an emerging cross-disciplinary water science field that integrates the natural and social sciences. This book compiles scientific endeavors and innovations on water research development, education, and applications in the arena of socio-hydrology and broad aspects of water management in the context of socio-hydrology systems from around the globe. Ideas and approaches presented in this book can be significant reference sources for water science programs and an excellent guide for experts involved with the futuristic planning and management of water resources.

Editors: Tamim Younos, Tammy E. Parece, Juneseok Lee, Jason Giovannettone, Alaina J. Armel

Enjoy!

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 8 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

US Navy set to deploy new $13B supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford in 2022

Utah thinks it can “protect” Great Salt Lake water levels – don’t they understand the ephemeral lake?

Understanding flash droughts

Megaprojects blamed for shortages of concrete supplies – millions of tonnes of sand and cement

Understanding the impacts of drought on groundwater

Groundwater baseflow to Colorado River may decline by 29% over next three decades

Book Review:  “We Are All Whalers” The Plight of Whales and Our Responsibility”

New research to assess potential for ocean energy technology

When science is merely “utter nonsense” – 44 papers retracted in Arabian Journal of Geoscience

Visualizing the global demand for copper in a ‘renewables powered future’

CRS Report:  Landsat 9

Giant trash vortices in the Pacific Ocean are getting bigger

Using passive seismic data to monitor 15-year record of permafrost

Forecasting geohazards associated with extracting gas hydrates from the seafloor

Lab experiments provide possible explanation for “zen stones”

A “jelly sandwich” model of the Tibetan Plateau – competes with “crème brûlée” model

Visualizing 15 common data fallacies

New NASA mission will study behavior of tropical storm & thunderstorm impacts on climate models

Radiocarbon levels are key to understanding Earth history

Episodic cycles of deluges were likely during so-called hothouse periods of Earth history

Coccolithophore blooms visible from space in waters of the Shetland Islands

Major O&G companies are once again profitable

Precipitous decline of large marine mammals damages oceanic ecosystems

Saber-toothed cats (Smilodon fatalis) were social animals aiding their survival

Nocelaspis maeandring – Early Devonian fish had triangular head shield

Glacial ice records not only climate & vegetation, but also prosperity & failure across Europe

Re-thinking the end-Orodovicial mass extinction – the first of the “Big Five”

Broad survey of Quaternary monogenetic volcanoes in the US Southwest

Forensic lightning pathology – harnessing Thor’s Hammer

Studying the effects of heat on salt-bed repository behavior

Mapping spatiotemporal variation in annual wildfire probabilities in California

High-precision geochronology reveals Ediacaran time scale with new radio-isotopic dates

Wide-spread glassy rock in Atacama Desert in Chile likely represents late Pleistocene exploding comet

Earth orbit affects millennial climate variability – the link to glacial cycles over past 800 thousand years

Predicting water quality using biogeochemical modeling in stream corridors

Analyzing levels of uranium and lead in zircons as indicator of super-explosive volcanic activity of Toba

Update on missing geologist Daniel Robinson

Geology and history in Death Valley

The scenic geology of Alberta, Canada

The geologic saga of Humbold Bay Nuclear Power Plant

Do exo-planets exhibit plate tectonics?

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 8 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

2021 Tap Water Database – tap water includes invisible toxic cocktail of cancer-linked chemicals

Webinar:  18 November – A Decade of Science Support in the Sagebrush Biome

Two Norwegian wind farms stripped of licenses by Supreme Court will temporarily operate – had violated Sami reindeer herders’ rights

Hybrid renewables-plus-storage project now under construction in California

Perspective:  The death of science – “woke political agendas discrediting science & losing public health?” – “superstition disguised as morality is returning”

Anatomy of the Southern Border crisis – lack of national security in midst of pandemic

River otters are returning to Texas waterways – species recovering from over-hunting & trapping

Senators urge administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the Western US

Half of planned global solar projects threatened by supply chain issues – that may not be a bad thing

Motorists have killed at least 10 animals (5 bison, 1 elk, 1 mule deer, 1 pronghorn, 1 coyote & 1 wolf pup) over the past two weeks in Grand Teton National Park – 75-100 animals hit annually by vehicles

California judge rejects federal contract granting permanent access to 1.15M acre-feet of US federal water

Parthenogenesis “virgin birth” confirmed in two male California condor chicks in breeding program

Former GEMS Landfill Superfund site in New Jersey will become 25-acre solar panel field

Technological hazard:  Microsoft expected to build 50 to 100 new data centers every year – Facebook morphs into “Meta”

Sharp contrasts in relatively small land features play significant role in weather forecasts

News media preparing “hit-piece” on White Coat Waste Project following exposure of Fauci directed NIAID funding of torture & euthanizing beagle puppies for drug testing

19 states seeking year-round daylight savings time – Sunshine Protection Act & Daylight Act pending

US BLM denies controlled flood on Colorado River – “canceled because of politics and revenue and economics and it’s a dangerous precedent”

Raw photos of landfills show extreme amounts of waste produced by humans

Report on plastics – from production of raw materials to final waste

Slow efforts to “cocoon” eight plutonium production reactors at Hanford Nuclear Site

It is not a “stampede” but is a herd of about 150 Bison following the road in Yellowstone

Global carbon budget 2021

New River Forecast Model integrating AI may lead to better water management in the West

17,351-acre Powderhorn Ranch in Calhoun County donated to Texas Parks & Wildlife

California PUC approves plan to expand natural gas storage facility by 20+ %

Water - An excellent ‘net-zero target’ – on becoming ‘water positive’

Risks associated with attempts to repair Lake Placid dam on Guadalupe-Blanco River system will delay repair & necessitate replacement

Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant price doubles to $28.5B

COP26 – 40+ countries pledge to “quit coal” & end deforestation – will they have any meaningful impact?

High-profile sewage pollution events in the UK

National Grid ESO to create digital replica of entire UK energy system

Moving the “global warming” target from carbon dioxide to methane

“Net-zero” mathematics do not add up

Armadillos got leprosy (Hansen’s disease) from humans - and give it back again

Visualizing 15 common data fallacies

Humans pop a lot of pills but are we healthier? – visualizing the most prescribed drugs in the US

Technological hazard:  broken toilet means SpaceX crew using diapers

Technological hazard:  Media creation of ‘climate crisis’ is negatively impacting mental health

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 8 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Port of Coos Bay acquiring site intended for new container terminal

• https://splash247.com/oregons-port-of-coos-bay-acquires-site-for-new-container-terminal/

So-called “emerging projects agreement” to spend multi-billion dollars for Los Angeles & Long Beach port upgrades

• https://www.courthousenews.com/biden-announces-partnership-with-california-on-portupgrades/

Mapping Hurricane Ida disaster zones

• https://www.universitystar.com/news/texas-state-students-map-hurricane-ida-disaster-zoneswith-national-federal-agencies/article_6b356a1c-2854-11ec-865c-cf6936bb6680.html

Research on West Coast Fisheries Management

• https://today.tamu.edu/2021/10/26/nsf-funds-texas-am-research-on-west-coast-fisheriesmanagement/

The potential benefits of restoring mangrove swamps along SE Mexico

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-mexico-mangroves-shield-shores-carbon.html

100 years of coastal transformation documented on Mersea Island

• https://phys.org/news/2021-11-uncovered-years-coastal-mersea-island.html

Darkening of coastal areas from sediment & algal blooms could block carbon sink potential of kelp

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coastal-darkening-could-block-kelps-carbon-sinkpotential/#

King tides pushed water onshore in South Carolina

• https://www.wmbfnews.com/2021/11/07/coastal-flooding-continues-sunday-king-tides-pushwater-shore/

Latest buzzword: climate gentrification for coastal cities

• https://www.ft.com/content/221c437a-c8a3-4928-8de7-c81354811263

Dendrochronology (tree rings) reveals history of hurricanes

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/new-research-detects-hurricane-history-hidden-in-tree-rings/

North Carolina CRC to vote on Coastal Habitat Protection Plan

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/11/crc-to-vote-on-coastal-habitat-protection-plan/

• Plan: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/marine-fisheries/habitat-information/coastal-habitatprotection-plan

Coastal states seek to limit seawall construction to minimize collateral damages

• https://crosscut.com/environment/2021/11/washington-and-other-coastal-states-seek-limitseawall-construction

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” — Lao Tzu

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Monday, 01 November 2021

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 1 November 2021

2020 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks. See this Congressional Research Service report: 2021 Hurricane Outlook and Review of 2020 Hurricane Season.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 1 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Mount Etna eruption spews lava and ash

3+ dead and 3 missing climbers following avalanche on dormant Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador

Activity increases on Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma – ash plume spreads across Atlantic Ocean

Video of lava following partial collapse of main cone on Cumbre Vieja

The formation of an ocean – the East African Rift

Glaciers on Vancouver Island are once again ablating faster than accumulating

Drilling target depth of 1,600 meters reached for geothermal project south of Paris, France

Thawing permafrost could release bacteria & viruses as well as methane & radioactive waste

The Uplift-Weathering Hypothesis & the beryllium conundrum

Fossil footprints of Upper Triassic Prosauropid dinosaur in Callide Basin in Australia – timid vegetarian

Updated asteroid bombardment model of Archaean Earth with geologic evidence of large collisions

“Double bomb” storm brought record-setting levels of precipitation and caused flooding & landslides

Precipitation from atmospheric river storm brings Lake Tahoe back above natural rim

Mining mineral sludge in Kennecott copper pit for tellurium, bismuth, rhenium & indium

Endangered North Atlantic right whale population at 20-year low

A super-eruption is not the end of activity in the volcanic cycle

Visualizing the 20 largest O&G companies in the world

FEMA plans to spend $(9.4B on fossil fuel infrastructure in Puerto Rico during recovery from hurricanes

Visualizing the history of smashing uranium atoms and nuclear power

Mesoplodon eueu – newly identified species of beaked whale

Sciroseps pawhuskai & Anomoeodus caddoi – new Early Cretaceous fossil skink and fish species found in Holly Creek Formation in SW Arkansas

Politician from neighboring island proposes dropping bombs to divert Cumbre Vieja lava flows on La Palma Island

Sudden eruption of Krakatau volcano in Indonesia

1958 Lituya Bay tsunami – the tallest tsunami was not the most deadly

The cost of mitigating slope safety risk for coal waste tips in Wales

History of the Grand Canyon in maps – creating digital counterpart of “Dutton’s Atlas”

USGS to conduct low-level passive magnetic and natural radiation survey of western Great Basin

Geological history of Kansas City

EMES – new Department of Earth, Marine & Environmental Sciences in North Carolina

Alien life could depend upon one geological event

Palynological studies & lidar mapping help decipher Chaco Canyon

Coprolite in 230 myo Keuper Claystone in Poland yields well-preserved myxophagid beetle fossil

USGS & Rio Tinto partner to explore for critical mineral resources near Boulder Batholith in Montana

Environ Science Bulletin Board – 1 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

The ups and downs of lake level in Lake Tahoe – focus on part of the natural cycle – need to also recall years of record-breaking snowfall

EPA final sub-chronic and chronic oral toxicity levels of GenX chemicals – HFPO dimer acid & ammonium salts more toxic than previously thought

Mexico-grown onions caused salmonella outbreak - 650+ people across 37 states – nearly 130 hospitalized

Ontario, Canada, is running out of space to dump garbage

Rethinking the expansion of the range of the human species over time

US EPA does not have a cohesive strategy for coping with freshwater harmful algae blooms

New study to assess replacing benefits of lower Snake River Dams

Wolves return to Yellowstone National Park and herald in a return to balance with greater biodiversity

Elephants 1 – poacher 0 – elephants leave cell phone as evidence against other poachers who fled

Update on zebras who escaped in Maryland – animal cruelty charges against farm owner

Costs more to recharge EV than to put fuel in a gasoline-powered vehicle that gets reasonable mileage

Intense atmospheric river “double bomb” brought much-needed precipitation to the West – debris floods, flooding, landslides, strong winds – record-setting amounts of precipitation

A whole lot more precipitation needed to even begin to compensate for prolonged drought in California

3-year real-world experiment in attempt to reduce Aedes aegypti mosquito population in Fresno, California

Vultures have invaded Bunn, North Carolina – vomit when threatened & leave piles of acidic dropping

Estimated 10,000 “hazard trees” weakened by drought, disease, age and/or wildfire must be removed along Generals Highway from Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks near giant sequoia groves

Shelley’s owl finally photographed in the wild in Atewa Range Forest Reserve

Bipartisan legislators demand answers from Dr. Anthony Fauci on alleged “wasteful and brutal” testing on beagle puppies – labs in North Africa, California, Georgia & Maryland - cruel treatment & cordectomies

Political expediency takes precedence over following ESA for survival of gray wolves

New DOE report on US hydropower permitting process - quantitative and qualitative analyses

Planning to build more resilient water future in Arizona & the myth of safe yield

“Audubon Naturalist Society” will dishonor its namesake

Memories pass through transformational stages as they are encoded in the brain

Latest round of national emissions cutting plans submitted under the Paris Agreement will make no material dent in short-term carbon pollution levels – topic for discussion at COP26, yet another ‘climate summit’.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) at all-time high 6th year in a row in US – lack of testing – clinics short-staffed – less inclined to use condoms – antibiotic resistance increasing

“Climate alarmists have been the Chicken Littles of the modern world for a quarter century”

EPA plan for PFAS forever chemicals – “pace of technological innovation is too rapid for the current regulatory structure to control” – Dayton International Airport spilled or discharged firefighting foam

Carnivores likely adjust schedule to avoid other carnivores – niche partitioning

You are what you eat – children who eat more fruits & veggies have better mental health

Suggested measures to resolve conflict over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)

White House issues national strategy on ‘gender equity’ – Don’t we already have the ERA?

Re-thinking the greatly over-budget, unpowered, still not completed “high-speed” rail line in California

GAO report calls for FEMA to improve flood risk mapping program – wants more planning & analysis

Plastics will create more climate pollution than coal in the US by 2030 – current production, usage & disposal of plastics releasing 232+M tons of GHS per year

Texas P&WD identified parasite that ate fish tongue then functionally replaced the tongue

Coal remains a viable and reliable source of energy

Lessons need to be learned from lack of reliability & failure of wind turbines to provide power in Europe

Modern-day Darwin warns humanity is on downward slope

Transition to “green” renewable energy production will be very expensive – more than $30T by 2030

Legal efforts to rescue “Happy” the elephant from life of captivity at the Bronx Zoo

Humans have difficulty adapting – but animals are now thriving in New York City

Highest-ever average gasoline price in US rose to $4.75 per gallon in San Francisco

Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics) & CDC tracker

Numbers of cases & deaths are plunging across the US – but dictates are still being pushed

Virus may have driven Influenza B/Yamagata flu strain into extinction

Facebook manipulated information rather than allowing free-flowing presentation of perspectives – efforts aimed at maximizing profits

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 1 November 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Fire aboard Zim Kinston cargo ship – 40 some containers adrift in Straits of Juan de Fuca – some containers on fire contain hazardous material & expelling toxic gas

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-fire-broke-out-on-a-cargo-ship-after-about-40-shipping-containers-fell-overboard-due-to-rough-seas-off-the-coast-of-vancouver-island/ar-AAPSHHp

• https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fire-burns-aboard-container-ship-off-britishcolumbia-80756596

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/emergency-zone-expanded-around-burningcontainer-ship/ar-AAPTTbi

Sinking future along the salt marshes of the Atlantic Coast as development continues

• https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article254819272.html

Seagrass restoration demonstrates rapid recovery of ecosystem functions

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-seagrass-rapid-recovery-ecosystem-functions.html

Plastic pollution timebomb as coastal landfill sites start eroding into the sea in Great Britain

• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uks-plastic-pollution-timebomb-coastal-25314667

Tagging study provides new information on sheepshead vulnerability to overfishing

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/10/tagging-study-yields-new-understanding-of-sheepshead/

Manteo, North Carolina, tables decision on amending 2007 wetland fill rules

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/10/manteo-tables-decision-on-amending-wetland-fill-rules/

Measuring sea level rise along the coast is a complicated task – vertical land motion may increase or decrease sea level

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-sea-coast.html

• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JB022355

Coastal erosion in Hawaii – there is no easy, inexpensive or one-size-fits- all solution

• https://www.lahainanews.com/news/community-news/2021/10/22/state-no-easy-inexpensiveor-one-size-fits-all-solutions-for-coastal-erosion/

Alternative ports seeking container ships

• Duluth MN: https://www.yahoo.com/news/calling-containers-duluth-port-expands-190800990.html

• Florida: https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-tries-lure-ships-waiting-110000993.html

Colossal sand experiment in Norfolk – 2 million cubic meters of sand placed along 6 km coast – cost £20m – “not a permanent solution”

• https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58919791

Studying the ‘plastisphere’ – estimated 14M tones of microplastics since the 1970s – a new ecosystem

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-plastisphere-scientists-japan-eco-threat.html

Consideration given to using drone monitoring of coastal nuclear plant cooling intake systems

• https://dronedj.com/2021/10/25/uk-ponders-drone-monitoring-of-coastal-nuclear-plantcooling-intake-systems/

New model to forecast impacts of coastal hardening on local ecosystems

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-impact-coastal-hardening-local-ecosystems.html

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-021-00780-w

Paper: Globally consistent assessment of coastal eutrophication

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26391-9

£1.7 billion ($2.3B) Blue Eden Project proposed for Swansea Waterfront in Wales

• https://www.oedigital.com/news/491540-renewables-2-3-billion-blue-eden-project-proposedfor-swansea-waterfront

Mapping best conditions for forage fish in Chesapeake Bay – seasonally suitable habitats

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-conditions-forage-fishes-chesapeake.html

• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.706666/full

Sinkholes developing as Dead Sea shore recedes

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-sinkholes-receding-dead-sea-shore.html

Coastal development & plastics pose most pressing environmental issues in the Maldives

• https://theconversation.com/the-maldives-is-threatened-by-rising-seas-but-coastaldevelopment-is-causing-even-more-pressing-environmental-issues-170144

Urging investigation following decision to create exclusion zone at Eling Wharf

• https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19673562.district-council-urged-examine-eling-quayerosion-issue/

Hermit crabs climb into abandoned tires seeking shelter but are unable to escape & starve to death

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/discarded-tires-are-ghost-fishing-hermitcrabs-180978942/

• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389419316577?via%3Dihub

Parks Canada organized Coastie Initiative to facilitate citizen science program to track erosion

• https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/10/26/visitors-to-national-parks-can-now-takecoasties-to-track-coastal-erosion.html

300+ vulnerable sea turtles (olive ridgley turtles) washed up on Morro Ayta beach in Mexico – likely were tangled in illegal fishing nets or abandoned ‘ghost nets’

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-sea-turtles-wash-dead-105215375.html

"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the Earth." - Albert Schweitzer

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Monday, 25 October 2021

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 25 October 2021

Lots of rain in the SFO - Sacramento - Northern California area. It's those pesky atmospheric rivers! Good for the drought, but bad from flooding and debris/mud flows.

Consider this graphic and text that David Blodgett re-Tweeted from the National Weather Service in Sacramento: 

Over the course of just 24 hrs, Sac Exec Ap received 81.9% of the total precip from the entire 2020 - 2021 water year! Here is a look at some comparisons. Rain is still falling, so stay tuned for updates on the storm total precip amounts from this #AtmosphericRivers #CAwx #CArain

FCjHVfgUcAAZo0-The 2020-2021 water year runs form 1 October 2020 through 30 September 2021,. 

From NWS Sacramento:

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Forensic geology – the case of the misplaced well

Geology of the Kenai in Alaska

5 geological features in Alberta, Canada – hoodoos, rocks and dinosaurs

Bighorn Basin in Wyoming

Late Cretaceous true polar wander (TPW) oscillation – a planetary reorientation

Oceanic fronts & eddies in Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension Region impact atmospheric circulation & storm tracks

Gulf Stream & Kuroshio Currents are synchronized on decadal time scale

California allows use of unlined waste disposal pits that introduce 16+ billion barrels of O&G wastewater to groundwater in San Joaquin Valley – salts, carcinogens & other toxins

Bomb cyclone off the west coast of Canada & the Pacific NW will bring much-needed precipitation

UBC EERF will demonstrate shake table on International ShakeOut Day

Severe storm in Queensland, Australia, produced record-breaking hail stone 6.3 inches wide

Mount Aso eruption in SW Japan – Japanese did not panic “there wasn’t even any lava”

Microbial communities living in waters of deep uncontaminated peridotite aquifers

Reading a 700-year dendrochronology of flooding in Bangladesh along the Brahmaputra River

Abandoned hard-rock mines are source of metals & other contaminants that pollute streams in Colorado

Visualizing the strength of gold mining in Canada

Visualizing the global supply chain for silver

Variation in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) influences winter weather in the US

High-resolution models predict behavior of Nor’easters – cool-season storm tides

Cretapsara athanata - First fully preserved Cretaceous crab discovered in amber

Natural gas deposit in South Africa contains unusually high amounts of helium

Floods & landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal

Length of time for climate to “recover” following Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Mapping 3,000 years of the auroras using 12th century literature & space-age data

99.9% of climate studies agree humans are causing climate change – NOTE:  99.9% of published studies which reflect bias in publishing as did the 97% consensus of 2013

Missouri DNR releases “MGS Hub” site for ArcGIS data

Phosphorites offer insight into ancient ecosystems in Namibia

Kerala landslide was reactivation of 2020 event

2022 Nevada Geology calendar

Oldest rubies linked to early life on Earth

Exploration activities at Iska Iska Caldera Complex silver-tin polymetallic project in Southern Bolivia

The Nutty Putty Cave near Salt Lake City, Utah

“Rainbow Island” is like Disneyland for geologists

Nesting ground with 100+ eggs is evidence Mussaurus patagonicus lived in herds 193 myo

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Electronic waste in 2021 will outweigh the Great Wall of China – contains 1,000+ toxic substances

24 of 80 hippos sterilized so far in Colombia – imported by drug lord & had huge environmental impact

Hoping for glimpse of zebras running wild in the Maryland suburbs

Finally, a big city in California will impose mandatory water reductions

“20-acre prescribed burn” in California gets out of control – burned more than 150 acres & not contained & prompts evacuations

Lausanne, Switzerland, discovered much of soil is polluted with highly toxic dioxin compounds from old incinerator

Cases of coccidioidomycosis “Valley Fever” on the rise – seasonality – multifactorial – improved surveillance & diagnostic methods

Now illegal to sell or propagate Japanese barberry in Pennsylvania – was a popular landscape shrub

Link between epilepsy and serious health problems during childbirth

Tallest mountain of garbage in India is 18 stories high despite many waste pickers scavenging

Indonesian coal-fired power plant belches noxious fumes into the air

Reverse discrimination leads to firing of highly trained volunteers & guides at Art Institute of Chicago

Gators are thriving in Louisiana – black market eliminated – controlled hunting

More Heavy Canadian Crude to be shipped by rail – expect further increase in number of bitumen trains

USEPA actions to increase reporting & limit pollution from PFAS forever chemicals

Urban wastes used as fertilizers contain higher amounts of PFAS chemicals than livestock manure

Supply chain fiasco not a new problem but developed over a number of years

$4.5B “blue hydrogen” complex planned for southeast Louisiana in Ascension Parish – hurricane country

Koalas getting new vaccine against chlamydia – STD that is ravaging the species by infertility

The role of “junk DNA” in evolution

Electric vehicles do pollute – battery packs posed to be one of biggest new sources of pollution

Factory farming and emergence of diseases

Bahsahwahbee – Sacred Water Valley – could become the next national monument

A reminder to insurers of geologic & seismic risks

Global environmental impacts of growing demand for food in China

Global warming alarmists disappointed that expansion of solar & wind energy is too slow to be a solution

US population continues to move westward – but what about water from the Great Lakes?

Nevada DEP asking for public comment on proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine

New USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) efforts to reduce salmonella illness linked to poultry

California finally declares drought emergency throughout the entire state – monitoring agricultural water use with satellites

Transplantation of kidney from genetically-altered pig to brain-dead human – is that a good thing? As Malcolm said:  just because they could but did they ask whether they should?

Twin Metals copper mining project in Minnesota wilderness will undergo environmental review

Colorado River humpback chub removed status lowered from ‘endangered’ to ‘threatened’ in midst of drought & “unprecedented water shortage on the river”

If you build it, will Austinites ride it?

Slide show:  Worst flood in history

Benton Harbor, Michigan, declares emergency because of high lead levels in tap water

FEMA National Flood Insurance rates rising (as they should) to better reflect flood risk

Fossil fuels are not a thing of the past – largest producers will continue use and will double production of fossil fuels in 2030

Surviving an earthquake on the periphery of Mexico City – one of the most disaster-prone urban areas

Visualizing the extent of human impact on the surface of the Earth as population approaches 8 billion

Cement (concrete) is the 3rd largest source of emitted CO2

“Listen to the Landscape” – Audio postcards 

New concept:  wind turbine wall can be scaled from 8x25 feet to generate local power

Poaching has led to “rapid evolution” of tuskless African elephants – survival of the fittest

After 17 months work is set to begin on stabilizing Sanford Dam that failed in Michigan in May 2020

Estimated cost of $750M to raise 155-miles of some roads in Florida Keys to reduce flooding

California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods – Governor wants 3,200 feet buffer of schools, hommes & hospitals

PFAS forever chemicals contaminating soil, lakes, fish, and drinking water wells in Wisconsin – in some locales rates of thyroid disease & testicular cancer in young men are “off the charts”

International human rights panel to hear Navajo petition on US violation of tribal rights in clearing way for uranium mining in western New Mexico – a legacy of death, disease & environmental contamination including largest (94M gallons) radioactive spill in US history

Negotiations complicated by US refusal to accept responsibility for leaking dome of radioactive waste in the Marshall Islands – 3.1M cubic feet of radioactive waste is legacy of Cold War weapons testing

Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics) & CDC tracker

Evidence mounts in support of lab leak origin of viral outbreak

Call for antibody testing to assess individual & population immunity – want recovery accepted as evidence of immunity

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Release of wastewater from Fukushima cannot be delayed

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/japan-pm-says-fukushima-wastewater-125248800.html

FBI joins other state & federal agencies investigating offshore oil spill impacting Huntington Beach

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-fbi-orange-county-oil.html

Oysters are good for the environment and are nutritious

• https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/coastal/news/2021/10/18/health-benefits-of-oysters

Extinct Steller’s Sea Cows helped shaped kelp forests across the North Pacific

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-stellers-sea-cows-impacted-theenvironment-they-left-behind-180978869/

• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13370

Remnants of sophisticated fishing industry among K'ómoks People in Canada

• https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211013-an-underwater-mystery-on-canadas-coast

Good news stories that reflect decreased impacts on coastal and marine environment

• https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-case-for-ocean-optimism

FEMA asking for public input on reforming the National Flood Insurance Program

• https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joel-scata/fema-moves-reform-flood-insurance-program

• RIF: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/12/2021-22152/request-forinformation-on-the-national-flood-insurance-programs-floodplain-management-standards-for

US DOE announces $10.8M to study impacts of offshore wind farms on East Coast fisheries

• https://whyy.org/articles/energy-department-announces-10-8m-in-funding-to-study-impact-ofoffshore-wind-on-east-coast-fisheries/

Cedar Island Marsh project intended to improve barrier-island & marsh resilience to protect Virginia coastline & expanding wildlife habitat

• https://csengineermag.com/cedar-island-marsh-project-aims-to-help-protect-virginiaseastern-shore/

Port of Los Angeles to operate 24/7 but will that alleviate supply chain crisis?

• https://www.transportdive.com/news/biden-24-7-supply-chain-Los-Angeles-portsbarriers/608383/

Wave-damping by marsh grass may protect shorelines

• https://news.mit.edu/2021/how-marsh-grass-protects-shorelines-1018

• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.721904/full

Floodgates in Venice, Italy, only work well when weather forecasts are accurate

• https://eos.org/articles/for-venices-floodgates-to-work-better-forecasts-are-needed

• Paper: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/2679/2021/

National Seashores to visit this winter

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2021/10/half-dozen-national-seashores-visit-winter

3 new buoys will collect data for coastline erosion study along South Australia

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/flinders-university-coastal-study-uses-buoys-offadelaide/100553114

"Wealth is like seawater; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame." - Arthur Schopenhauer (and power, too!)

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Monday, 18 October 2021

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 October 2021

BeaverWant to learn about beavers and their role in water Josiah resources? Watch Josiah J. Shaver's webinar: 'Keystone Conflict: Beaver History, Hydrology, Ecology, Wildfires & Modern Challenges'  20 October., 1-2 PM ET. Registration: bit.ly/3uvbnnG 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 18 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Eruption of Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands will continue – hotspot source

5 marine living fossils

Ground penetrating radar applied to dam evaluations

Deep-ocean cooling may have offset ocean surface warming prior to 1990

Law in California was intended to stop over-pumping from depleted aquifers – SGMA was passed in 2014 – adjudicated basins are all in southern California

Collecting TRACER data on atmospheric particles may improve storm forecasting & climate models

Impact of Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in the Central Valley of California during the drought

Creating a recharge basin to collect stormwater in Tulare County, California

Terropterus xiushanensis - New genus & species of Silurian giant sea scorpion found in China

Pendraig milnerae – New species of small Late Triassic theropod discovered in southern Wales

 

Theoretical predictions, simulations & seismic tomography detect spin transition in the lower mantle

Monsoon response to volcanic eruptions relies on pre-eruption ENSO states

Lake formation & expansion due to sea-level rise depletes freshwater resources on small islands

In the field experience is invaluable for geology students

Deep geologic roots of Australia reflected by mantle anisotropy

Chronology of new eruption at Kilauea – video & photos

Proposed underground Malta Metro needs geological studies

Proclamation on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Lunar rocks rewrite the geological history of the Moon

“Promise” that mining royalty proposal will not be included in ‘reconciliation’ language

Large rock slope failures on Southern Patagonian Icefield (SPI) at Glacier Amalia

Reminder that local geologic conditions must be taken into account while constructing support infrastructure in new capital city in Sepaku Subdistrict

Elevated emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) killed animals – evacuations ordered on Eolian Islands, Italy

Meteor may have caused “boom” over New Hampshire

Putting complex of oil platforms in middle of shipping lanes off coast of Orange County was invitation to disaster

Role of the Southern Ocean in driving the global carbon cycle and distribution of nutrients

Paper:  Global syndromes induced by changes in solutes of large rivers

Rock glacier near Polychrome Pass is moving and carrying Denali National Park access road

https://www.yahoo.com/news/alaskas-most-popular-national-park-185846378.html

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 18 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

It took 4 decades to reach agreement on draining Mono Lake to provide yet more water to Los Angeles

New California law will ban sale of all off-road gas-powered engines:  generators, lawn equipment, pressure washers, chain saws, weed trimmers & golf carts…beginning 2024 or when “feasible”

New California law requires large retailers to create “gender-neutral” section for toys & child care products

California farmers being paid to not grow crops during drought under $38M program & MWD buying land

Urban housing running into catastrophes in big cities – “sea of craziness”

To be or not to be?  A question of supply & demand for fossil fuels as energy sources

Nothing says “save the planet” like “chop down lots of trees” to put up solar panels

US has second-largest social support (welfare) system – France at 31% & US at just below 30% of GDP

$50M+ in steel panels already bought & paid for are rusting in Texas as Southern Border remains insecure

Wildlife officers finally able to tranquilize bull elk to remove tire from around its neck after at least 2 years

2 main state-owned power plants in Lebanon are out of fuel & shut down

Estimated 14% decline in hydropower in Western US – some shut down & production declines in others

Perspective:  draft permit for applying aquatic herbicides in test project in Tahoe Basin is not the best environmental alternative – proposing to poison stagnant Tahoe Keys lagoons

SCOTUS declined to take case challenging federal law banning cockfighting in Puerto Rico – “money & tradition are never an excuse for cruelty”

8 wolf cubs adopted by school in Idaho are killed by USDA federal agents – “humane” management

In Los Angeles, toxic waste is everywhere

PFAS forever chemicals found at tens of thousands of potential point-source discharge sites

“Climate and the Potential for Life on Other Planets” – online lecture is now being hosted by Princeton University as a webinar scheduled for 21 Oct

Arson is just one human cause of wildfires

Mountain lion named Monrovia dies a year after she was rescued from Bobcat Fire

Residents warned not to use tapwater contaminated with gasoline in Iqaluit, Canada

Daily exposure to chemicals in consumer products may lead to 100,000 premature deaths each year

Noxious odors emanating from Domingues Channel declared public health nuisance in LA County

California “bullet train” originally estimated at $33B now projected to cost $98B – still no electrified track to make it run & not enough money

Perspective on ESA:  “we shouldn’t have the moral right to make species go extinct”

Current status of Isabella Dam project

“Renewable Energy Siting Tool” – interactive map to identify optimal sites for solar & wind projects

Measuring successes in battle against invasive species in US National Parks

A global fertility crisis in humans caused by endocrine disrupting chemicals (25-minute video)

Another outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Wildfire smoke disrupting bird migrations in the Western US

Did Christopher Columbus sail west toward Marckalada as described in 150-year-old Cronica universalis

Impacts of illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade

Genes prevent adaptation allowing disease-causing genes to persist longer in human populations

Will Air Suspension Wheel (ASW) replace the highly pollutive rubber tires?

Update on $529M KC Levees Program – will protect 32 sq miles from flooding – downstream impacts?

Trees cleared along 108-mile segment of 145-mile route of $1B CMP corridor prior to referendum vote

New model for assessing large-scale flood hazard modelling based on LiDAR data for Quebec, Canada

International trade has hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’

Growing population in south Texas will mean increasing demand that already exceeds supply

Increasing exposure to rats in New York results in increasing cases of leptospirosis

Endangered species pose new challenges to potential development of Maplewood properties in Minnesota

Power shortages will soon hit California

It is autumn but do not rake up and dispose of all the leaves that fall

EPA & US Army COE will seek public input on another new definition of WOTUS

“Midwest Regional Rail Plan” proposes planning railroad network of 24 high- & 16 regular-speed trains

Flooding from heavy rains in SE Michigan influenced by loss of wetlands

Pinellas County, Florida, adopting revised stormwater manual

Technological hazard:  Hackers targeted US drinking water & wastewater facilities

Drought impacts water supply of Itaipu hydroelectric dam on the Parana River in South America

Reminder that Chagas disease “the new AIDS of the Americas” is present in the US & Latin America – few vector-transmitted cases in US – most in Latin American immigrants and human reservoir transmission

California “high-speed” train may no longer be called ‘high-speed’ – but definitely a high-priced “liberal pipe dream ill-thought-out from the beginning”

Health care based on government-calculated QALY or similar rationing scheme?

Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics) & CDC tracker

Evidence grows that natural immunity from contracting the virus is as effective as vaccination – do not yet have full understanding of the presence of antibodies – conflicting data from various studies

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 18 October 2021 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Oil spill may be result of multiple incidents and strikes of the pipeline along California coast

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/damage-triggered-california-oil-spill-032217389.html

California offshore pipeline oil spill was likely 25,000 gallons – approximately 588 barrels

• https://apnews.com/article/oil-spills-business-environment-and-nature-california-environment-94377f4761a614327078cbd6361508f7

Offshore turbines are pushing the limits of possibility

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/super-sized-wind-turbine-race-234002656.html

An argument for dredging the Lower Mississippi to a depth of 50 feet – it is all about money - estimated $270M to dredge to capture estimated $461M

• https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/soybeans/how-dredging-mississippi-river-could-uncover-461-million

Louisiana coastal cultures threatened by plans meant to save wetlands & barrier islands

• https://theconversation.com/louisianas-coastal-cultures-are-threatened-by-the-very-plansmeant-to-save-their-wetlands-and-barrier-islands-167331

Changes due to coastal storms can enhance habitat on barrier island

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/10/changes-to-land-from-coastal-storms-can-enhance-habitat/

Ongong battle over Ponto Park continues

• https://thecoastnews.com/carlsbad-council-updates-coastal-plan-battle-over-ponto-parkcontinues/

Opponents of marina & condo development argue Saugatuck marina case before Michigan Supreme Court to protect Saugatuck Dunes

• https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/courts/2021/10/13/saugatuck-marina-foesargue-case-before-states-highest-court/6093075001/

Global warming hype raises sea level and puts two-thirds of global population underwater

• https://www.nbcchicago.com/lx/these-coastal-cities-will-be-underwater-without-climateaction/2634897/

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-florida-coastal-counties-fuel-population-riseand-climateconcerns-11631631600

Explosion of coastal population of feral hogs threatens crops, livestock & emus in New South Wales

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/nsw-north-coast-feral-pigs/100513726

Menhaden population rebounds after regulators limited catch – foundation species in coastal ecosystem

• https://www.npr.org/2021/10/12/1045182646/catch-limits-imposed-on-menhaden-havesparked-a-population-rebound

Coastal panchayats in Kerala to come under coastal regulation zone-II

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/more-coastal-panchayats-in-kerala-may-comeunder-coastal-regulation-zone-ii/articleshow/86905347.cms

Media falsely hypes research on groups of killer whales

• https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/10/13/when-it-comes-to-killer-whales-many-marinescientists-say-nothing-new-here/

• https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/scientists-found-a-new-kind-of-killer-whale/

Los Angeles County Integrated Vulnerability Assessment

• https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/more-than-half-of-l-a-county-residents-will-beimpacted-by-climate-emergency-new-data-shows

• https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/lacounty-vulnerability-assessment/

• Report: https://ceo.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LA-County-Climate-Vulnerability-Assessment-1.pdf

What if a hurricane comparable to the 1846 Great Havanna Hurricane occurred today?

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/10/12/great-havana-hurricane-1846-research/

Populations of diatoms & dinoflagellates nearly double in urbanized Pearl River Estuary

• https://phys.org/news/2021-10-dominance-diatom-algae-pearl-river.html

$5M beach re-nourishment project to deliver 268,500 tons of sand to Collier County beaches

• https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/environment/2021/10/12/collier-county-beachrenourishment-approved-in-three-areas/6094360001/

• https://nbc-2.com/news/2021/10/13/renourishment-projects-for-three-collier-beaches-tobegin-next-month/

Roanoke-Hatteras Algonquian – descendants of original people of coastal North Carolina

• https://coastalreview.org/2021/10/roanoke-hatteras-algonquian-the-tribe-that-never-left/

Call for protection of migratory birds

• https://www.ippmedia.com/en/news/conservators-calls-protection-migratory-bids

Blue Mussel habitat decreasing in shallow waters of west coast of Sweden

• https://www.eurasiareview.com/11102021-blue-mussel-habitat-is-decreasing/

Assessing tsunami & property damage following M6.4 Earthquake in Crete

•https://www.novinite.com/articles/211804/Tsunami+and+Property+Damage+after+6.4+Earthquake+in+Crete%2C+Greece

"The economy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the environment." - Gaylord Nelson (former governor and senator from Wisconsin and founder of Earth Day)

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