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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/