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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 22 January 2018 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
New model may help explain why hurricanes have an eye https://www.livescience.com/61415-hurricane-eye-wall-how-form.html
Judicial District Court ruling against 3 companies for causing 2012 Bayou Corne sinkhole http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_7856ff5e-f4ae-11e7-b86c-
4f261682612b.html
A look back at the 17 January 1994 Northridge Earthquake http://abc7.com/from-the-archives-abc7-coverage-of-1994-northridge-quake/2959481/
The meteor that was seen across the Detroit area caused seismic record equivalent to a M2.0 EQ https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/17/meteor-seen-across-detroit-
area-causes-earthquake/1039397001/ https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/16/meteor-southeast-michigan-
metro-detroit/1038911001/ https://www.themarysue.com/michigan-meteor/ https://www.livescience.com/61452-did-meteor-cause-michigan-earthquake.html
No, the Blue Moon did not cause a swarm of major EQs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/17/the-moon-still-isnt-the-cause-of-
big-earthquakes/
EQ swarm in South Reno, Nevada, includes more than 230 small events – yes, there are active faults there in the vicinity of the Ormat Steamboat Geothermal Power Plant
http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2018/01/17/south-reno-earthquake-swarm-over-230-quakes- and-counting/1041466001/
Permanent reservoir seismic monitoring will use fiber-optic network at the Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian North Sea
http://www.offshore-mag.com/articles/2018/01/sverdrup-field-to-feature-permanent- reservoir-monitoring-from-start-up.html
An historic journey into Death Valley – USGS expedition was 130 years ago https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/01/17/a-historic-journey-into-death-valley/
Mudslides following wild fires in California is not a new phenomenon and will continue to occur http://theconversation.com/post-fire-mudslide-problems-arent-new-and-likely-to-get-worse-
90048
Mapping anticipated danger zones on Mt Mayon volcano https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/906025/mayon-volcano-update-lava-eruption-map-
danger-zone-philippines-evacuated-Luzon Sea level drop in Mediterranean Sea during Messinian Salinity Crisis may have triggered volcanism
https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/mediterranean-drawdown-may-have-caused-burst- volcanism
Mt Etna behaves more like a giant hot spring than a volcano https://phys.org/news/2018-01-volcanologist-mt-etna-giant-hot.html
Caihong juji - tiny, feathered dinosaur may have dazzled mates with rainbow ruff and bony crest https://news.utexas.edu/2018/01/15/dinosaur-may-have-dazzled-mates-with-rainbow-ruff http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/caihong-juji-jurassic-bird-like-dinosaur-iridescent-
feathers-05637.html
Earliest fossil evidence of butterflies and moths dates back 200 million years in Germany http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/earliest-fossil-evidence-butterflies-moths-germany-
05624.html
Temperature of the lower crust is related to isostatic adjustment in the Rocky Mountains producing orogenic float
https://phys.org/news/2018-01-emerge-temperature-mobility-earth-crust.html
Infrared radiation luminance data being used to model weather patterns for better predictions https://phys.org/news/2018-01-himawari-assimilated-simulation-enables-minute.html
Complex processes involved in storage of methane hydrate beneath the ocean https://phys.org/news/2018-01-ocean-ancient-methane.html
Methane hydrate dissociation of coast of Spitsbergen is not caused by climate change – perhaps due to isostatic adjustment
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ Methane_hydrate_dissociation_off_Spitsbergen_not_caused_by_climate_change_999.html
Fire is a critical component of Earth history https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/flammable-planet-fire-finds-its-place-earth-history
Mapping medium-scale ionospheric disturbances helps improve radio network systems http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/
Map_of_ionospheric_disturbances_to_help_improve_radio_network_systems_999.html GeoCarb will monitor and map concentrations of key carbon gases from geostationary orbit
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ GeoCarb_A_New_View_of_Carbon_Over_the_Americas_999.html
NASA calculated amount of rainfall in early January and the potential for landslides in California http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/
NASA_Calculated_Heavy_Rainfall_Leading_to_California_Mudslides_999.html Reconstruction of historical changes in the North Atlantic jet stream based on dendrochronology coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ Jet_stream_changes_since_1960s_linked_to_more_extreme_weather_999.html
Fifth largest diamond is a 910 carat gem with D-color, type IIa stone from the Letšeng mine in Lesotho
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-fifth-largest-diamond-found-lesotho- 180967844/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-15/one-of-the-biggest-diamonds-in- history-has-just-been-found
Buckingham Palace, US Pentagon & Empire State Building were built with Jurassic fossiliferous oolitic limestone
http://mentalfloss.com/article/525949/buckingham-palace-was-built-jurassic-fossils- scientists-find
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/anu-tpb011818.php
NWMO has completed first borehole near Ignace, Canada, to investigate siting of deep nuclear fuel repository
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-First-borehole-drilled-in-Canadian-repository-site- search-1901184.html
Deposit containing estimated 2.4 tonnes of gold found in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine https://economics.unian.info/2355615-gold-deposit-found-in-ukraines-zakarpattia.html
Analysis of Mount Teide on Tenerife suggests strong link between submarine landslides & catastrophic eruptions
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/01/19/On-volcanic-islands-landslides-can-trigger- giant-eruptions/8531516369764/
Geology of Mayon volcano https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-geology-makes-mayon-volcano-
beautiful-and-dangerous-180967897/
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 22 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
What did Malcolm say? “Nature will find a way” – humans trying to stop that from happening https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00625-1
If you anticipate “intensified risks” then that is what you will realize in 2018 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/world-entering-critical-period-of-intensified-risks-in-2018-
wef-says.html
Zonia Baber professed a holistic hands-on approach to learning about the world and our environment
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/woman-who-transformed-how-we-teach- geography-180967859/
New York to spend $1B to protect unfiltered drinking water supply https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/nyregion/new-york-city-water-filtration.html
California Water Commission questions ‘benefits’ of proposed water storage projects https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/18/plans-to-build-new-huge-dams-and-reservoirs-
in-california-hit-hurdle/
Period of unusual weather triggered flare up of bacteria that killed 200,000 saiga antelope https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/17/578610222/strange-weather-
triggered-bacteria-that-killed-200-000-endangered-antelope
New Water Resources Development Act may authorize funds for Army Corps of Engineers flood protection projects & perhaps include some changes in policy
https://www.enr.com/articles/43773-hill-panels-gearing-up-for-2018-water-resources-bill
UAE unveiled largest desalinated water reservoir in Liwa desert aquifer – 5.6 billion gallon capacity at $435M cost but can only provide fraction of 6B liter water demand each day
http://www.wthitv.com/content/national/469425013.html https://qz.com/1180035/uae-has-built-the-worlds-largest-water-reserve-in-liwa-desert/
PG&E will begin shut down of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant – consumers to pay $241M in costs
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/12/Californias-last-nuclear-power-plant-to- close-by-2025/4641515774730/
Continued efforts to clear mudslide debris from California Highway 101 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/01/12/Californias-last-nuclear-power-plant-to-
close-by-2025/4641515774730/
Anticipating future catastrophic floods & mudslides as cleanup progresses in Montecito, California http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20180115/NEWS/180119852
Someone illegally cut through fence allowing 50 bison to escape prior to transfer to Fort Peck Native American tribes – a setback for conservation
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/yellowstone-bison-promised-to-fort-peck-tribes- escape-holding-area/article_17a5f458-82b9-5f6b-9b98-486c4065cd7c.html
Special Journal Issue: Disturbance Hydrology – direct & indirect impacts of human activity http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017WR021084/full
Implications of comparing antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in hospital settings in Canada http://www.idse.net/Resistance-Stewardship/Article/01-18/Antibiotic-Use-in-Hospitals-May-
Be-Associated-With-Increased-Susceptibility/46637/ses=ogst
Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta twin tunnel project may be scaled back because of cost – not environmental impacts
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/12/brown-administration-working-to-scale-down- 17-billion-delta-tunnels-project/
Environmental groups sue US Army Corps of Engineers to block 162-mile crude oil pipeline across southern Louisiana through environmentally fragile Atchafalaya Basin river swamp
http://wbtw.com/ap/groups-sue-to-block-construction-of-louisiana-oil-pipeline/
NIBS report concludes that disaster mitigation saves cost of disaster remediation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/disaster-mitigation-programs-
targeted-by-trump-seen-saving-money
US Court of Appeals ruling on Idaho “gag” law will influence investigative reporting on ag industry
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2018/01/12/idaho-ag-gag- ruling-could-have-ramifications-iowa/1018801001/
Turkey reveals route of Istanbul 28-mile canal megaproject to link the Mediterranean & Black Seas
https://federalnewsradio.com/government-news/2018/01/turkey-reveals-route-of-crazy- istanbul-canal-project/
http://www.dw.com/en/turkey-unveils-route-for-istanbul-canal-megaproject/a-42157555
Babcock Ranch, Florida, designed to be self-sustaining city – but that is not necessarily without ecological and environmental impacts and will require large amount of natural resources
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article193684074.html
Bayou Bridge Pipeline prompts legal battles and concerns with power of eminent domain http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_b5bd3666-fade-11e7-
9ecb-f7debd556896.html http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_fb91e052-f254-11e7-
a8ba-831cd3f1603d.html
Phosphorus loading in lakes tied to extreme precipitation events – results in toxic algae blooms, hypoxia and declining water quality
https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244109&org=GEO&from=news
Sustainable Urban Systems: Articulating a Long-term Convergence Research Agenda https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244179&org=GEO&from=news Report: https://www.nsf.gov/ere/ereweb/ac-ere/sustainable-urban-systems.pdf
You are what you eat – in mice, high-salt died causes dementia http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/high-salt-diet-dementia-mice-05634.html
China has a plan to use lasers to clean up cpace junk https://www.technology.org/2018/01/17/china-has-a-plan-to-clean-up-space-junk-with-
lasers/
People with heightened risk for social media addition have distorted perception of time https://www.technology.org/2018/01/16/people-with-a-heightened-risk-for-social-media-
addiction-have-a-distorted-perception-of-time/
Air pollution trapped by temperature inversions along the Wasatch Front cause 200+ cases of pneumonia each year
https://www.technology.org/2018/01/17/wasatch-front-inversions-cause-more-than-200- cases-of-pneumonia-each-year/
Cataclysmic epidemic that killed up to 80% of population in 16th century Mexico may have been caused by Salmonella enterica subspecies
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/gut-bacteria-linked-to-cataclysmic-epidemic-that- wiped-out-16th-century-mexico/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/salmonella-cocoliztli-mexico/550310/
Wildlife conservation versus civil war – can they co-exist and save wildlife? https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/war-hurts-wildlife-but-not-irreversibly/
Monkeys introduced to Florida to amuse tourists may pose public health risk of killer herpes https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/florida-mans-latest-worry-killer-herpes-from-wild-
monkeys/
Sugar in ice cream may have been key to Clostridium difficile outbreak in the early 2000s https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/the-curious-case-of-a-boring-sugar-that-may-
have-unleashed-a-savage-plague/
Perspective: Indoor air quality should not be ignored – our lives depend on it https://theconversation.com/we-cant-afford-to-ignore-indoor-air-quality-our-lives-depend-
on-it-87329
Government plans to take measures to address obesity and environmental issues in Great Britain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/14/observer-view-tory-environment-
and-obesity-plans
Purchase receipts in Michigan are loaded with BPA or BPS hormone-altering chemicals http://www.ehn.org/chemicals-bpa-receipt-paper-dangerous-2526027792.html Report: https://www.ecocenter.org/sites/default/files/healthy-stuff/Ecology%20Center
%20Receipt%20Study%202018%20Report%20final_0.pdf
Humans and other factors, along with rats, may have been responsible for spreading the Black Death
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-rats-innocent-spreading-black-plague- 180967855/
Details in Plague Registers from the Black Death reveal details about environmental conditions https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-proteins-helped-scientists-read-
between-lines-1630-plague-death-registry-180967811/
Removal of Elwha River dams significantly improved the watershed https://phys.org/news/2018-01-elwha-river-mouth.html
Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 22 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
California Coastal Commission asked to reconsider concrete infill to stabilize bluff at Solano Beach
http://www.delmartimes.net/news/sd-cm-nc-bluff-coastal-20180117-htmlstory.html
Coastal flooding & large wave (estimated 27-32 feet) & wind warning issued for Oregon coast http://www.oregonlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2018/01/coastal_flood_warning_issued_f.html http://www.graysharbortalk.com/2018/01/17/wind-advisory-and-coastal-flood-watch-issued-
for-grays-harbor-county/
US Army Corps of Engineers issues permit for expansion of Port of Gulfport (video) http://www.stltoday.com/news/world/new-expansion-permit-may-help-create-jobs-of-port-
of/html_a4fc488d-345c-5a31-825b-b7b36c451bb6.html
People are moving to coastal areas, including Delaware, despite potential for natural hazards and collateral damage of increased population
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2018/01/16/delaware-sea-level- rise-flooding/1008520001/
Texas ponders building 60-mile long coastal barrier from Galveston to Bolivar Peninsula to protect against storm surge
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2018/01/11/476993.htm
States consider tourism more important than offshore drilling for energy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-offshore-drilling-tourism/not-just-florida-tourism-big-
in-other-states-opposing-coastal-drilling-idUSKBN1F51ES
Hunting for lost and derelict crab pots in sounds along the North Carolina coast https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/01/watermen-hunt-lost-crab-pots/
CMR establishes “no wake zone” in Davis Bayou in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to protect Gulf Coast Research Lab
http://www.wlox.com/story/37276092/cmr-establishes-no-wake-zone-in-davis-bayou
Cold weather leads to die-offs of gamefish & shellfish along South Carolina coast https://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-coastal-shore-and-gamefish-dying-
after-prolonged-cold/article_697c5da2-fad6-11e7-a245-abbad54bb635.html
New App for living shoreline stabilization in North Carolina https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/01/app-offers-guidance-living-shorelines/
A plethora of bills to address clean water in Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay http://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dp-nws-environmental-general-assembly-
20180117-story.html
Study finds source of toxic green algal blooms in St Lucie Estuary in Florida https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180109090254.htm
134B gallons from Lake Okeechobee to St Lucie River – reservoir could be completed in 7 to 9 years
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/health/2018/01/17/lake- okeechobee-reservoir-could-completed-7-9-years-sfwmd-chief-ernie-marks-says/1039527001/
Sea creatures that absorb pharmaceutical wastes help us understand fate of pollutants in coastal waters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-drugged-up-shellfish-help-scientists- understand-pollution-180967829/
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