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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 5 February 2018 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Mid-January oil spill in China Sea was unique – natural gas condensate may cause short-term toxicity

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00976-9 23 January 2018 M7.9 Gulf of Alaska EQ and tsunami

https://www.usgs.gov/news/january-23-2018-m79-gulf-alaska-earthquake-and-tsunami

Cost of repairing & rebuilding Oroville Dam spillway has hit $870M and they are not yet done http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cost-of-crisis-at-Oroville-Dam-reaches-870-

12529904.php

Book: “Spinning Magnet” – Magnetic field of Earth is changing and will “flip” – will disrupt modern cyber-electronic world

https://undark.org/article/books-alanna-mitchell-spinning-magnet/

Year-long robotic investigation of the Antarctic sea floor and ice shelves http://www.newsweek.com/how-much-longer-can-coastal-cities-survive-robots-under-

melting-ice-antarctica-790088

A field guide to full moons https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/field-guide-full-moons.html

Supermoon rising over erupting Mount Mayon in Philippines http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5335307/Gasps-awe-supermoon-rises-erupting-

Philippine-volcano.html

Dire warning about the collapse of the Antarctic ice sheet – issued 50 years ago https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01390-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0068-x

Are seismic surveys also driving penguins from feeding grounds? https://theconversation.com/are-seismic-surveys-driving-penguins-from-their-feeding-

grounds-90864

Once again asking whether California is ready for the Big One www.newsweek.com/big-one-california-ready-its-next-major-earthquake-795580

Seeking an explanation for why geologic activity hit a lull about 2 billion years ago http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/earth-got-unusually-quiet-shut-down-geological-activity-2-billion-

years-ago-no-one-knows-why-1657708

Mansourasaurus shahinae – plant-eating dinosaur discovered in Egypt links Africa & Europe https://www.ohio.edu/compass/stories/17-18/01/new-dinosaur-link-africa-europe.cfm

Estimated $75.2B worth of raw minerals produced by US mines in 2017 https://www.usgs.gov/news/us-mines-produced-estimated-752-billion-minerals-during-2017

Highly oxidized iron found in the deep mantle in garnet inclusions http://www.sci-news.com/geology/highly-oxidized-iron-earths-deep-mantle-05660.html

New species of Cambrian bristle worm identified in Marble Canyon & Burgess Shale sites http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/cambrian-period-worm-kootenayscolex-barbarensis-

05671.html

Tiny aerosol particles may have stronger influence on formation of powerful storms http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/

Tiny_particles_have_outsized_impact_on_storm_clouds_and_precipitation_999.html

Oxygen may have accumulated in the ocean some 250M years before the atmosphere http://www.terradaily.com/reports/

Oxygen_accumulated_in_Earths_primordial_oceans_250_million_years_before_the_atmosphere_999.html

Sediment cores from Lake Calafquén in Chile reveal giant EQs recur at relatively regular intervals https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180130091241.htm

New method for predicting likelihood of damaging hailstorms in US – up to 3 weeks in advance https://phys.org/news/2018-01-advanced-hailstorms.html

The source of blowing dust that is one of the deadliest weather-related hazards in Arizona

https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/arizona-road-hazard-has-surprising-source

Naqoura Beach bathed in sea foam https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sea-foam-delights-visitors-lebanese-beach-

180967942/

Using AI to map the ocean floor https://www.axios.com/using-artificial-intelligence-map-seafloor-1517515616-53ce3985-

1064-47be-9319-1ec419ded6c1.html Sediment thickness paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GC007258/full

Geochemical & isotopic markers reveal massive fires followed Younger Dryas cosmic impact https://phys.org/news/2018-02-ice-age-human-witnessed-larger.html

How waterfalls form https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nature-up-close-how-waterfalls-form/

Applying rock physics to interpret and understand subsurface rock structure https://www.epmag.com/critical-element-understanding-subsurface-1681671#p=full

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 5 February 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Mycobacterium leprae - leprosy bacteria are mutating to become extremely drug resistant https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/berserk-leprosy-bacteria-are-wildly-mutating-to-

become-extremely-drug-resistant/

Concrete dome on Enewetak Atoll is leaking radioactive waste into the ocean http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5340465/Concrete-dome-holding-radioactive-waste-

LEAKING.html https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-30/make-and-maintain-americas-nukes-some-

communities-pay-price

Evolution may occur at warp-speed producing observable changes https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01400-y

Symbolic “Doomsday Clock” is now at 2 minutes to ‘midnight’

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/25/the-doomsday-clock-just-moved-its-now-2- minutes-to-midnight-the-symbolic-hour-of-the-apocalypse.html

2017 Missouri program to remove feral hogs was successful – tallied 6,567 hogs, but more to go http://dailyjournalonline.com/sports/outdoors/more-than-feral-hogs-eliminated-in/

article_e237a791-2e86-529e-baa5-e138abfeb01a.html AAEP updates equine infectious disease guidelines

http://www.thehorse.com/articles/40226/aaep-updates-infectious-disease-guidelines Guidelines: https://aaep.org/guidelines/infectious-disease-control/using-guidelines

Chile adding 11M acres of national parks to protect the environment https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chile-adding-11-million-acres-national-parks-

180962592/

Humans have still not figured out how to overcome the great pandemic that is yet to happen https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/pandemic-everyone-fears-is-flu-in-wrong-

place-at-wrong-time-180967984/

Orcas have their own dialects and can mimic human words http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42877067 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whale-talk-pretty-one-day-french-orca-

mimics-human-words-180968006

Dubai to build largest waste-to-energy plant in the world to treat about 60% of annual garbage production

https://newatlas.com/waste-energy-plant-dubai/53201/

Implementation of controversial WOTUS now delayed until 2020 – to be replaced before then https://www.enr.com/articles/43913-epa-corps-delay-clean-water-rule-for-2-years

Data from 2000-2015 reveals how energy has changed in the US states https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/state-by-state-a-look-at-how-carbon-dioxide-

emissions-changed-over-15-years/

Thinking like the military may be a good way to minimize threat of cyber-crime https://www.fs.blog/2018/01/john-boyd-ooda-loop/

Prediction: “Amazon Go” will result in our drowning in a sea of plastic https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/why-amazon-go-should-be-no-go-we-will-drown-sea-

plastic-2.html

Heavy fertilizer use in the Central Valley of California means high levels of nitrogen oxide emissions

http://www.ehn.org/california-fertilizer-nitrogen-air-pollution-2530258544.html

Wetland complexes in watersheds provide landscape-scale reduction in nitrogen pollution https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244250&org=GEO&from=news

Poultry farming in India is facilitating the creation of global superbugs https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2018-01-30/a-game-of-chicken-how-indian-

poultry-farming-is-creating-global-superbugs

In Memoriam: Bernard “Bernie” Weiss (1925-2018) a pioneer of environmental health science http://www.ehn.org/pioneer-of-environmental-health-science-2529673191.html

Neonicotinoid insecticides are pervasive in tributaries of the Great Lakes http://www.ehn.org/pesticides-in-great-lakes-rivers-2528692370.html

West Virginia has highest rate of opioid drug overdoses – under Congressional investigation https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/drug-companies-submerged-wv-in-opioids-

one-town-of-3000-got-21-million-pills/

Thorium reactors may dispose of huge amounts of weapons-grade plutonium http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/

Thorium_reactors_may_dispose_of_enormous_amounts_of_weapons_grade_plutonium_999.html

Congress considering legislation for abandoned mines https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/congress-mulls-options-abandoned-mines-legislation

Indian science minister questioning theory of evolution evokes outrage from colleagues https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01241-9

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 5 February 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

North Carolina Coastal Federation seeking volunteers for 13 February clean up at Fort Macon State Park

https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/01/volunteers-needed-shoreline-cleanup/

China to protect coastal wetlands used by migratory birds by curbing commercial development http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/china-moves-protect-coastal-wetlands-used-

migratory-birds

“The Thumb” is scenic coastal hike in Lincoln City, Oregon http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2018/01/the_thumb_is_stunning_coastal.html

Can deep water aquaculture avoid pitfalls of coastal fish farming? https://e360.yale.edu/features/can-deepwater-aquaculture-avoid-the-pitfalls-of-coastal-fish-

farms

If sold, Squamish land adjacent to estuary will be subject to rigorous public & environmental process

http://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/property-adjacent-to-estuary-for-sale-but- not-yet-sold-1.23156548

Seeking public comment on proposals to update Exe Estuary Codes of Conduct http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/exe-estuary-code-of-conduct-consultation-1-

5376109

Nature’s Hero award for decade of work to conserve Verlorenvlei Estuary important bird & biodiversity

https://www.birdlife.org/africa/news/nature%E2%80%99s-hero-award-work-save- verlorenvlei-estuary

Ultra-high resolution aerial photography used to monitor coastal erosion in Southampton Water estuary

https://www.geospatialworld.net/news/bluesky-aerial-photomaps-help-monitor-coastal- erosion/

Kiwis build island in Tairua Estuary to be able to drink in public to celebrate the New Year https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kiwis-build-island-in-tairua-estuary-to-dodge-ban-on-

boozing-in-public-373tlcwxm

Drone video of Brooklyn Basin Project along Oakland Estuary in California https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/24/drone-video-of-the-new-brooklyn-basin-

development-on-oaklands-waterfront/

The formation & behavior of oil-sediment residues in marine & coastal environments https://eos.org/editors-vox/spills-sediment-and-shoreline-contamination

New Chesapeake Bay Bridge prompts drawing of battle lines http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2018/01/26/spanner-works-battle-lines-drawn-

over-3rd-chesapeake-bay-bridge-location-necessity/1047353001/

Perspective: Concerns for the legacy that will be Chesapeake Bay? https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/marybeth-s-

grove-what-will-our-legacy-be-in-health/article_67a4564f-48cd-52bb-bc2c-172df6059635.html

Hawaii launches Ocean Resources Management Plan Dashboard https://mauitime.com/news/science-and-environment/state-of-hawaii-launches-ocean-

resources-dashboard/

Caribe Wave 18, national tsunami exercise scheduled for March for Caribbean Islands http://bvinews.com/new/national-tsunami-exercise-scheduled-for-march/

Perspective: the hazards of swimming near a sewage plant in Hawaii http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/01/alan-mcnarie-the-hazards-of-swimming-near-a-sewage-

plant/

Effort to make plastic straws extinct on the Great Barrier Reef https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/marine-biologist-wants-make-plastic-straws-extinct-

great-barrier-reef.html

NSF Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) in February will address monitoring, biogeochemical cycling, nutrient cycling & resilience of US East Coast salt marshes

https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244387&org=GEO&from=news