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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 3 June 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

“Blind” geothermal resources located in Nevada https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2019/geothermal-success https://www.technology.org/2019/05/30/machines-being-trained-to-enhance-geothermal-

exploration-in-nevada/

Rock slide in Colorado closes highway – two massive boulders https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/massive-rockslide-closes-colorado-highway/ar-

AABUa6W

Australia-New Zealand IODP Consortium plans for future scientific ocean drilling https://eos.org/meeting-reports/australia-new-zealand-plan-for-future-scientific-ocean-drilling

Dense seismic network in Borneo to investigate causes & consequences of subduction termination https://eos.org/project-updates/deciphering-the-fate-of-plunging-tectonic-plates-in-borneo

Hydrous silica-rich magmas can degas through connected bubble pathways – transitions from Vulcanian-style eruptions to lava effusion

https://eos.org/editor-highlights/crystals-connect-bubbles-in-explosive-magmas

Assessing different methods to gauge how much rain falls from the sky https://eos.org/features/gauging-in-the-rain

Shifting ocean currents drive faster carbon dioxide uptake https://eos.org/research-spotlights/pacific-carbon-uptake-accelerating-faster-than-expected

Mapping subglacial meltwater channels – better estimate of friction exerted on glaciers https://eos.org/research-spotlights/mapping-subglacial-meltwater-channels

Toward improved understanding of complex biogeochemical cycles of trace elements https://eos.org/research-spotlights/big-data-help-paint-a-new-picture-of-trace-element-cycling

Puna geothermal power plant may restart a year after eruption of Kilauea https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/a-year-after-hawaiis-kilauea-

eruptions-a-nearby-geothermal-plant-eyes-restart/

Billion-year-old fossils found in Canada may be fungi https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/billion-year-old-fossils-may-be-early-fungus/

New view of the mantle looks like a painting – a geochemically diverse mosaic https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298587&org=GEO&from=news

Map of the 26 May 2019 M8.0 earthquake in north-central Peru https://www.usgs.gov/news/magnitude-80-earthquake-peru

New land cover map depicts changes across conterminous US from 2001 to 2016 https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-land-cover-maps-depict-15-years-change-across-america

Drops of ancient seawater in sediment cores from Maldives could be 20,000 years old http://www.sci-news.com/geology/ice-age-seawater-07228.html

Phuwiangvenator yaemniyomi & Vayuraptor nongbualamphuensis – 2 new Cretaceous species related to T. rex found in Sao Khua formation in Thailand

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/megaraptoran-dinosaurs-thailand-07232.html

GPS records of peak ground displacement point to “slip pulse” that scales with magnitude http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/

Seismologists_find_possible_early_warning_sign_of_a_pending_megaquake_999.html

Rare earth elements become latest weapon in US-China trade war http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Rare_earths_the_latest_weapon_in_the_US-

China_trade_war_999.html

Traces of salt trapped in many diamonds show stones formed from subducted seafloor https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190529145104.htm

Old tectonic boundary discovered beneath Ross ice shelf https://www.livescience.com/65588-ancient-rocky-structure-beneath-antarctica.html

Kluane ice cave near Haines Junction, Alaska, collapses

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kluane-ice-cave-collapse-1.5155874

Shishper glacier in Pakistan – black glacier surging down valley

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-races-to-protect-mountain-villages- from-runaway-glaciers

https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/water-flow-glacial-lake-shisper-glacier-normal-gbdma https://theprint.in/science/a-glacial-lake-in-pok-is-threatening-people-and-could-mean-the-

indus-river-basin-is-drying/237955/

Glacier National Park to get largest avalanche detection system https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/glacier-national-park-largest-avalanche-

detection-system-1.5154444

Two types of sand can behave like light & heavy liquids – may impact geological processes https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190422151035.htm

Where has the BYU Geology Department gone? To Field Camp! https://byuiscroll.org/where-does-geology-go/

Geological terrain around Nainital Lake has soft sedimentary rocks – fragile & prone to cave-ins & landslides

https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/fragile-geology-of-landslide-prone-nainital-a- recipe-for-major-tragedy/story-988Eseq1V3KDKrC4D02jQK.html

Planetary geology: sand dunes on Mars behave differently than sand dunes on Earth https://www.space.com/martian-sand-dunes-move-slow-and-weird.html

Geology & history merge on the Deccan Plateau https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/amalgam-of-geology-and-history-734383.html

Calls for protection of North Sea reef on Brown Bank http://geographical.co.uk/places/wetlands/item/3193-environmentalist-s-call-for-north-sea-

reef-protection

Prescribed burning to combat wildfires has not increased in Western US over past 2 decades https://phys.org/news/2019-05-combat-wildfires-west.html

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 3 June 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Bacterial development of drug resistance due to antibiotic exposure https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/how-bacteria-become-drug-resistant-while-

exposed-to-antibiotics-65929

Concentrations of antibiotics in some rivers exceed “safe” levels by up to 300 times – highest concentrations in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ghana, Pakistan & Nigeria

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190527094120.htm

Baseline data released on antimicrobial use by beef & swine operations in 2016 https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/246c7e5

Port Authority announces beginning formal environmental review process for new bus terminal in NY

https://ny.curbed.com/2019/5/23/18637183/nyc-plans-replace-midtowns-port-authority-bus- terminal

https://www.apnews.com/05301e2e91a1483b932e14cd1b5bb539

WHO lists “Gaming Disorder” as a behavioral addiction illness https://www.npr.org/2019/05/28/727585904/is-gaming-disorder-an-illness-the-who-says-yes-

adding-it-to-its-list-of-diseases

Retrospective on Chernobyl – wild species increasing in number because of absence of humans https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topics/reference/chernobyl-disaster/

450-foot hand dug tunnel intended to transmit water to $1.76B drinking water plant in Houston, Texas - designed to reduce flooding and subsidence

https://www.enr.com/articles/46926-17-billion-houston-drinking-water-goes-big-to-address- subsidence-growth

Assessing the environmental footprint of pavements – comparative pavement life cycle assessment http://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-pavement-emissions-sustainability-research-0522

Californian dies in shark attack in Hawaii – legislators pushed back against shark protection https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/05/25/officials-man-dies-after-shark-incident-off-

mauis-kaanapali-shore/ https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/05/12/breaking-news/researchers-push-back-against-

hawaii-shark-protection-bill/

CRS Report: Columbia River Treaty Review https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R43287

City by the Bay not what it once was – driven by money – “urban blight by excess” https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-san-francisco-broke-americas-heart/ar-

AABGKVD

Citizens take action to build section of southern Border Wall to help protect our country & citizens https://www.foxnews.com/us/we-build-wall-starts-construction-border-texas https://news.yahoo.com/bannon-built-the-wall-over-the-weekend-140449962.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/group-says-its-building-its-own-border-wall-on-private-

property/ar-AABZXcK

Hasankeyf, Turkey, site of settlement for 11,000 years – to be submerged behind Ilisu Dam https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/11000-year-old-turkish-town-about-to-be-

submerged-forever/ar-AABKOp6

Death result of ingesting 246 bags of cocaine before flight from Mexico City to Japan https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/man-dies-on-plane-after-ingesting-246-cocaine-

bags/ar-AABZk7l

3 cases of rat lungworm disease diagnosed in visitors to Hawaii – visitors need to be educated https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/three-cases-of-rat-lungworm-disease-confirmed-in-

hawaii/ar-AABZApB

New Book: “Rabies: Clinical Considerations and Exposure Evaluations” https://www.mea.elsevierhealth.com/rabies-9780323639798.html https://www.facebook.com/ASCLS/posts/10156241055546824 https://books.google.com/books?

id=vnWODwAAQBAJ&pg=PR3&lpg=PR3&dq=RabiesClinical+Considerations+and+Exposure+Evaluations#v=onepage&q=RabiesClinical%20Considerations%20and%20Exposure%20Evaluations&f=false

North Dakota failing to meet goals for not wasting natural gas as oil production increases – Texas also flares an abundance of natural gas (video)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/as-north-dakota-oil-soars-so-does-waste-of- natural-gas/ar-AABZbSC

US Army COE issues permit to Papua New Guinea Oil Search for Pikka project on North Slope of Alaska

https://www.apnews.com/f9aad4f85a454e60ae0a05bbb1064e71

Cost for seismic retrofitting of vulnerable buildings in Seattle, Washington, estimated at $1.28B https://www.kuow.org/stories/retrofitting-vulnerable-buildings-could-cost-over-1 Report: http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/SDCI/Codes/ChangesToCodes/

UnreinforcedMasonry/FundingURMRetrofits.pdf

Louisville, Kentucky MSD completed new sewer outflow basin to protect Beargrass Creek https://wfpl.org/a-new-basin-will-reduce-the-sewage-that-flows-into-beargrass-creek/

HazMat spill of hydrogen peroxide I5 in Castaic area backed up holiday traffic for miles (video) https://news.yahoo.com/nb-5-jammed-miles-castaic-223330621.html

Social media complains – would rather watch “the bachelorette” than receive warnings to save their lives

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/ohio-weatherman-snaps-at-viewers-as-tornado-warning- interrupts-the-bachelorette-video/ar-AAC2mZ0

Photo documents albino panda in the Wolong National Nature Reserve https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/this-is-the-first-ever-documented-photo-of-

a-fully-white-albino-giant-panda/ar-AAC1viT

Last Sumatran rhino in Malaysia has died – ends hope of species recovery – one female still alive https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/last-male-sumatran-rhino-in-malaysia-dies/ar-

AAC2yPP

Hungary to build $1.1B solar & bio-gas powered town in the floodplain of Danube River – is that smart? Is that where it should be built so it can flood? Is that cost-effective? Sustainable???

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-28/hungary-to-build-1-billion-green- powered-town-from-scratch

US Army COE to release more floodwaters in Oklahoma – flooded homes in Tulsa to see yet more water

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/already-flooded-homes-in-west-tulsa-could-see- another-foot/article_227386b5-7c47-5950-a102-7bcac315c936.html

Feasibility study to assess options for passenger rail between Fort Collins & Pueblo, Colorado https://gazette.com/news/study-to-assess-options-for-fort-collins-to-pueblo-passenger/

article_e04d33c0-81a8-11e9-aa1c-73f4b6df5730.html

US Army COE to open rarely used Morganza Spillway to move water to Atchafalaya Basin https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_e8011b1e-7d06-11e9-

be65-97240898760e.html

San Antonio, Texas, to create park along San Pedro Creek to restore water & aquatic habitats

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/model-based-approach-smooths-twists-and-turns-of- texas-linear-park-project/555458/

Amtrak has been losing money since 1971 – this transcontinental railroad is not cost effective https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-rise-and-fall-of-amtrak-which-has-been-

losing-money-since-1971/ss-AABxV0A https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-rise-and-fall-of-amtrak-which-has-been-

losing-money-since-1971/ss-AABxV0A#image=2

Virgin Trains USA to “re-evaluate” $4B high-speed rail from southern California to Las Vegas https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/start-of-high-speed-rail-construction-likely-

delayed-2-years-1676106/

Amricas’s11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2019 – our national heritage at risk https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/americas-11-most-endangered-historic-places/ar-

AAC9ess

Global access to electricity increases – not sustainable & not affordable https://www.ehn.org/global-electricity-access-grows-but-poor-countries-renewables-lag-

2637714176.html http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/05/22/tracking-sdg7-the-energy-

progress-report-2019 Interactive report: http://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/ Full report: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/517781558037625254/pdf/Tracking-

SDG-7-The-Energy-Progress-Report-2019.pdf

Online tools are not universally available to help people cope with natural disasters https://phys.org/news/2019-05-online-tools-people-disasters.html

2024 to likely mark end of construction for proposed Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel project https://www.apnews.com/166f4fcd50154c9a8757cc8d7ae0b649 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/30/enbridge-gov-we-can-stop-

operating-line-5-straits-2024/1287883001/

Public meeting to discuss construction impacts of Bluestone Dam in West Virginia https://www.register-herald.com/news/public-meeting-held-to-discuss-bluestone-construction-

impacts/article_62ff325f-2c52-567f-97b3-765f0f4539fe.html

How “resilient” is the Texas water supply? So much population growth demands more water https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-struggles-to-keep-pace-as-thirst-for-water-

intensifies/ar-AACf0Wm

HESCO barrier fails to “control” flood waters – downtown Burlington, Iowa, flooded https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/burlington-flooding-hesco-barrier-fails-

downtown-overrun-with-water/ar-AACfGVp

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 3 June 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, begins $380M project deepening ship channel for supertankers https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Port-of-Corpus-Christi-begins-380-million-

13904262.php

US EPA accepting applications for projects intended to reduce runoff of polluted water to Great Lakes

https://www.apnews.com/0f335a03c2c247a0856b6243a3fef78c

Perspective: Neonicotinoid pesticides pose threat to coastal economy of Maine – water soluble & impact keystone species

https://www.pressherald.com/2019/05/29/letter-to-the-editor-pesticides-do-harm-to-maines- coastal-economy/

Coastal tremors could be precursor to the “big one” in the Pacific Northwest https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/coastal-tremors-could-be-precursor-for-the-big-one-

experts/article_f879fd8e-8261-11e9-a483-4f789b5f2bce.html

Winds & currents push jelly fish into coastal waters of North Carolina – what to do if stung https://www.wwaytv3.com/2019/05/29/winds-and-currents-push-jellyfish-into-nc-coastal-

waters/

Coastal overcast is the forecast for this year for California https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/john-lindsey-looking-at-more-coastal-overcast-this-year-

here/article_3e0084c7-e616-5028-b5bd-ad14065af973.html

Celebrating creative artists in Coastal France https://hyperallergic.com/501265/a-creative-colony-of-modernists-in-coastal-france/

Water from Bonnet Carré Spillway is devastating to species in the Mississippi Sound – habitat degraded

https://www.fox8live.com/2019/05/29/coastal-authorities-spillway-water-is-devastating- mississippi-sound/

US F&W invites you to take guided paddle trip in Siletz Bay & Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuges

https://www.thenewsguard.com/community/paddle-along-coastal-national-wildlife-refuges/ article_9decc376-8183-11e9-b9c4-239bf23ac818.html

Secondary impacts of hurricanes along the Texas Gulf Coast https://www.natlawreview.com/article/texas-study-shows-business-impact-major-storms Report: http://www.texascoastalatlas.com/coastalspine/assets/FinalReport18-159-000-

A719.pdf Interactive map: http://www.texascoastalatlas.com/coastalspine/

In Florida, lessons to be learned from Matthew, Irma & Michael as 2019 hurricane season opens https://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/hurricane-season-opens-with-powerful-lessons-from-

matthew-irma-michael/article_8d2e72e2-570e-5e35-8ca1-5ce1b93ab40e.html https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/726207697/the-2019-hurricane-season-will-be-near-normal-

but-normal-can-be-devastating

Meeting set for public involvement in update to Outer Banks Hazard Plan https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/05/meetings-set-for-outer-banks-hazard-plan/

Russian coastal missile brigade deploys new anti-ship missile battalions on Kamchatka Peninsula https://www.janes.com/article/88943/russia-deploys-new-coastal-anti-ship-missile-battalions-

on-kamchatka-peninsula

New model improves predictions of sediment movement in vegetated shoreline zones https://eos.org/research-spotlights/new-study-shifts-paradigm-of-coastal-sediment-modeling

Manatees return to coastal waters – reminders issued to residents & visitors https://www.moultrienews.com/community-news/look-out-for-manatees-as-they-return-to-

coastal-waters/article_0a65b35e-817b-11e9-a93c-df5adde60fe7.html

Protestors rally to “stop the poop” (i.e., Tijuana River Valley untreated sewage) from impacting southern California beaches – lawsuits to be filed

https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/05/26/stop-the-poop-rally-protests-coastal-pollution-at-the- border/

https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/03/12/swimmers-surfers-advised-to-avoid-ocean-bays-after- recent-rain/

Coastal River Paddlers scheduled nine fresh & salt water events in June https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/june-paddles-coastal-rivers-paddlers/118822 http://www.coastalrivers.org/events-programs/coastal-rivers-paddlers/

More than half a million corals destroyed by dredging in Port of Miami https://phys.org/news/2019-05-million-corals-port-miami-dredging.html