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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - Earth Day 22 April 2024

Earth Day 22 April 2024 

I remember the first Earth Day in 1970. At the College of William and Mary in Virginia, I helped build a dam. Nice, huh? Actually, it was to prevent the pollution of a stream and lake from sediment produced by construction. It did annoy some of my geology major colleagues who wanted to study delta formation in Lake Matoaka.

It's been all downhill since then.

What an appropriate post for Earth Day - Las Vegas and water! That was on Earth Day 2007.

Here is what I wrote: 

On 16 April 2007, Nevada State Engineer Tracy Taylor announced that the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), which supplies water to the Las Vegas (southern Nevada) area, will get to pump only 40,000 AF (acre-feet) annually, instead of the 91,000 AF it had requested, from Spring Valley, which is in White Pine County near the Utah border.

A pdf map of Nevada's hydrographic basins can be dowloaded below. Spring Valley is #184, in the east-central part of the state. Las Vegas Valley is #212 in the southern part of the state.

Download gw_has.pdf

Here is a map of Nevada's hydrographic regions. Spring Valley is in the eastern portion of the Central Region (#10).

According to a 16 April 2007 article in the Nevada Appeal, Taylor said that after the initial 10-year pumping period, the SNWA can pump an additional 20,000 AF/year, provided monitoring has not indicated any adverse impacts.

Taylor also said that the SNWA's pumps will have to be turned off if existing wells and water rights are adversely affected. Critics wondered whether Taylor would really turn off the pumps.

Some wondered whether this reduced allotment would still make for a cost-effective plan.

The SNWA receives Nevada's entire annual allotment of 300,000 AF from the Colorado River and has maintained that further growth in the Las Vegas area beyond about 2014 will require additional supplies. It does not appear likely that the other Colorado River Compact states (CA, AZ, NM, UT, WY, and CO) will provide any more water to Nevada. SNWA General Manager Patricia Mulroy has lobbied unsuccessfully for a change in the compact to allot more water to Nevada. In 1922, when the seven basin states divided the Colorado's water, who could have imagined that there would be about 1.5 million people in southern Nevada in 2007.

The SNWA already owns rights to 10,000 AF per year in Spring Valley, and so with the additional water rights granted by the State Engineer, reuse and recyling, the SNWA expects that they will be able to provide an additional 120,000 AF annually to the Las Vegas Valley. Deliveries are expected no earlier than 2014.

Here is a pdf of the State Engineer's ruling:

Download 5726r-SNWA.pdf

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

Best I could do for Earth Day #55. Wait''ll next year!

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 22 April 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Geothermal currently constitutes less than 1% of global energy production

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-geothermal-constitutes-less-than-1-of-global-energy-production/ar-BB1jbuGI 

Emergence of hot springs basis for fears that Long Valley Caldera may erupt after 760,000 years since last major eruption – “Secrets of the Underground”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/fears-grow-over-supervolcano-that-may-swallow-entire-us-state-in-apocalyptic-eruption/ar-BB1lETNx 

Monument Geyser Basin is a vapor-dominated thermal area in Yellowstone National Park

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/monument-geyser-basin-a-unique-vapor-dominated-thermal-area-yellowstone 

Bowling Green Parks & Recreation will present programs on early photography & geology in Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks

• https://bgindependentmedia.org/parks-program-to-focus-on-early-photography-and-geology-in-yellowstone-and-yosemite-national-parks/ 

Seismic rehabilitation of Oregon State Capitol – Part 2 of 3-part series

• https://www.structuremag.org/?p=27046 

USGS to invest $1M+ to map mineral resources in western & central Nevada using electromagnetic & magnetic data – possible identification of brine & mineral systems that might contain lithium resources

• https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/04/11/nv-officials-hope-to-complete-study-on-critical-mineral-map-this-year/ 

New full-color geologic map of Lincoln County, Kansas

• https://news.ku.edu/news/article/geologic-map-for-lincoln-county-now-available 
• Map:  https://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/County/klm/lincoln.html 

“Dinosaur Molecules:  Exploring how soft tissues and biologic molecules can persist in dinosaur bones”

• https://blogs.und.edu/und-today/2024/04/jurassic-park-no-pleistocene-park-maybe/ 

Paper:  Practical considerations for using petrophysics & geoelectrical methods on clay-rich landslides

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795224001066?dgcid=rss_sd_all 

Lithium isotope data show continental clay export promoted organic carbon burial & atmospheric oxygenation in late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic time

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041049 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk2152 

Geology of Mount Olympus – home of the Greek gods

• https://www.worldatlas.com/mountains/mount-olympus.html 

Kazakhstan marking the contributions of outstanding geologist Kanysh Satpayev (1899-1964)

• https://astanatimes.com/2024/04/kazakhstan-marks-125-years-of-outstanding-geologist-kanysh-satpayev/ 

Aftershocks may help in identification of the fault source of the M4.8 earthquake in New Jersey

• https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earthquake-fault-not-found-new-jersey-aftershocks-rcna147508 

Discovery of oil in the Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt has prompted further exploration in the complex geology

• https://geoexpro.com/chasing-giant-oil-prospects-on-the-arabian-platform-in-southeastern-turkiye/ 

The Khumbu Ice Fall on Mount Everest – still trying to find a way to cross – avoiding serac ice

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/everest-climbs-delayed-what-s-going-on-with-the-khumbu-icefall/ar-BB1lJtZv

Eruption of Ruang volcano in Indonesia – tsunami alert issued - evacuations

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indonesia-ruang-volcano-eruption-hundreds-evacuate-sky-red-ash/
• https://theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/04/17/tsunami-alert-issued-following-mount-ruang-eruption-indonesia/ 

Suggesting that pyrite in mid-Devonian shales in Appalachia might be mined for minor lithium content

• https://www.iflscience.com/fools-gold-may-actually-be-more-valuable-than-we-realized-73822 
• Abstract:  https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-369.html  

National Spatial Reference System reanalyzed peak elevations in Colorado – derived ellipsoidal heights & geoid model

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/reevaluation-of-colorado-s-iconic-summits-is-part-of-a-national-remapping-project/ar-AA1nfYIR 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8 

Debris from satellites burning up in atmosphere could be affecting magnetic field of Earth

• https://www.space.com/satellites-re-entering-magnetosphere-effects-study
• Paper:  https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.09329.pdf 

Smokehouse Creek Fire – largest wildfire in history of Texas – attributed to power lines of Xcel Energy

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/investigators-say-utility-company-to-blame-for-state-s-largest-wildfire-that-caused-significant-damage-we-keep-seeing-the-same-pattern/ar-AA1nfLGr 

Primary endosymbiosis – two life forms merging into one organism – happened when archea swallowed a bacterium & when more advanced cells absorbed cyanobacteria

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/for-the-first-time-in-one-billion-years-two-lifeforms-truly-merged-into-one-organism/ar-AA1nfEg2 
• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(24)00182-X.pdf 

Plumbian orthoclase is unique to Australia – “Aussie kryptonite” with glowy green hue – mildly radioactive

• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-green-mystery-plumbian-orthoclase-reveals.html 

Biden administration to restrict new O&G leasing in federal petroleum reserve in Alaska

• https://apnews.com/article/alaska-drilling-petroleum-reserve-biden-1dd8c07d2ed6e902ee6ac6298e2eaade

Arctic Sea Ice speed paradox

• https://scitechdaily.com/a-dramatic-reversal-is-coming-deciphering-the-arctic-ice-speed-paradox/ 
• Paper:  https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/995/2024/ 

Structure & dynamics of the Crust controls the release of CO2 more strongly than chemical weathering in the central Apennine Mountains

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041878 

Two decades of mooring observations & hydrographic data suggest AMOC has weakened by about 12% and ‘man-made global warming” in Antarctica is causing sea level rise in North Atlantic – myopic perspective

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041643 
• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-antarctic-deep-sea-contribute-north.html 

Webcam views of Piz Scerscen rock avalanche in Switzerland

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/piz-scerscen-rock-avalanche-3 

Images of landslide at Araen in Toka Tindung gold mine in Indonesia – mining activity terminated in two pits

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/a-significant-landslide-in-a-mine-at-araren-in-toka-tindung-gold-mining-area-indonesia 

Land subsidence along US East Coast & in China is large-scale phenomenon mapped by space-based radar – caused by groundwater withdrawal & weight of urban development

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041755 
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041170 

“Worst case scenario” caused by ‘man-made global warming’ is unlikely – modeling based on LGM

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1041127 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk9461 

Mini-earthquakes triggered in the laboratory by small external shock wave

• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-trigger-mini-earthquakes-lab.html 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi7302 

Big surprise!  Differences between experience Ordnance Survey mapmakers & novices in interpreting aerial images for mapmaking

• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-expert-mapmakers-world-differently.html 
• Paper:  https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2793562 

Consecutive atmospheric river events

• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-unraveling-mysteries-consecutive-atmospheric-river.html 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s43247-024-01368-w

Graphitization may provide simplest explanation for origin of life on Earth

• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-line-life-graphitization-simplicity-scientists.html 
• Paper:  https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/14/4/498 

Basin-scale responses of groundwater resource quality to drought & recovery – San Joaquin Valley, California

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/basin-scale-responses-groundwater-resource-quality-drought-and-recovery-san-joaquin
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.15131 

Improved understanding of potential for amplified ground shaking in Southern California using analysis of surface waves & refraction tomography

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/evaluation-2-d-shear-wave-velocity-models-and-vs30at-six-strong-motion-recording 
• USGS OFR 2024-1016:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2024/1016/ofr20241016.pdf 

Fracking-induced earthquakes in Argentina

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042024/argentina-fracking-earthquakes/

Most extreme rogue wave recorded in the Pacific Ocean was 58 feet high off the coast of Uclelet, British Columbia, in November 2020 – Draupner wave at 85 feet high hit off the Coast of Norway in 1995 in the Atlantic

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/most-extreme-rogue-wave-ever-recorded-in-the-pacific/ar-AA1nodLE

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 22 April 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Emails reveal effort that “would leave no signature of purposeful human manipulation” on gain-of-function research in China funded by Fauci directed NAID

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-found-it-alarming-that-fauci-funded-virus-research-at-wuhan-lab-would-leave-no-trace-of-human-manipulation/ar-AA1nkjij 

When humans attempt to “change climate” they get intense weather – deadly deluge flooding in Dubai, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar & Saudi Arabia – messing around with forces beyond their ability to grasp

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/dubai-s-flood-nightmare-artificial-rain-experiment-backfires/ar-AA1niiYm 

Follow the scientific method – not ‘peer review’ or even structured peer review to ensure scientific literatures is subject to reliable quality control especially with the advent of AI

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01101-9 
• https://theconversation.com/early-covid-19-research-is-riddled-with-poor-methods-and-low-quality-results-a-problem-for-science-the-pandemic-worsened-but-didnt-create-220635 
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468023024002402   

Time to retire the term “clean energy” – it was never clean but was always a politically motivated cover-up for all the pollution caused by the full life-cycle of alternative energy like wind & solar and promote the mythology that CO2 is causing “man-made global warming”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18042024/inside-clean-energy-transition-terminology/ 

Now touting “green plastic” as ‘environmentally friendly – PLA blended with bioplastic LAHB

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/04/sustainable-plastic-microbial-manufacturing/ 

Senate voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Mayorkas – needed to be prosecuted for abject failure to enforce the laws and to protect the US Border & Americans from the invasion of illegal aliens

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/senate-convene-mayorkas-impeachment-trial-041504830.html 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-shameful-mayorkas-vote/ar-AA1nimWW 

Only 20% of Americans now believe the US has control of the Border to prevent invasion of illegal aliens

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-biden-suffers-border-blow/ar-AA1nnH8g 

DOJ releases fraud enforcement task force report – criminal charges of 3,500+ for losses > $2B, 4000 settlements & judgements > $100M & $1.4B+ seized or forfeited – and that just the ones they caught – new bill to allocate $1.3B to investigate & prosecute plandemic relief fraud

• Fact sheet:  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fact-sheet-covid-19-fraud-enforcement-task-force-2024-report 
• Report:  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/covid-19-fraud-enforcement-task-force-releases-2024-report 
• https://voz.us/doj-reveals-new-million-dollar-paycheck-protection-program-fraud-schemes-during-pandemic/ 
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesfarrell/2024/04/09/feds-have-seized-more-than-14-billion-from-fraudulent-covid-relief-recipients/?sh=3b1bede37ffa 
• https://www.marijuanamoment.net/justice-department-is-investigating-marijuana-related-businesses-over-covid-relief-loans-industry-sources-say/ 

Plastic pollution rapidly escalating – PVC nurdles damage embryonic development in marine life

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/04/pvc-impact-marine-life/ 
• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-plastic-pollution-variety-ocean-embryos.html
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004565352400780X 

Quietly saying consumers should not panic with avian flu tests in cows

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/bird-flu-now-burning-through-us-dairy-farms-after-jumping-to-cattle/ar-BB1lzNqu 
• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-fda-cdc-share-update-hpai-detections-dairy-cattle 

Rangers trying to identify two men who damaged rocks on Redstone Dunes Trail in Lake Mead National Recreation Area

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/recognize-men-spotted-pulling-down-083000265.html 

Update:  Federal government proposed plan to cull nearly half a million barred owls 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042024/todays-climate-invasive-species-threatened-owls-cull/ 

Plan to build massive £3.8bn car battery giga-factory in Northumberland, England, have fallen apart – may sell site for development of possible computer data center

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/britishvolt-site-battery-plant-plan-collapses/ar-BB1lEqTQ

Biden may scale back EV requirements – will not admit it was ill-conceived mandate from the start – EV market imploded

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/biden-hits-the-brakes-on-ev-transition/ar-BB1lCdLi
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-electric-vehicle-market-didn-t-burst-it-imploded/ss-BB1kGNqT 

Biden administration finalized rule that cuts 80% of fees for developing solar & wind on public lands

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4589251-wind-solar-public-lands-costs-cut/ 

Proposal to lease acreage on Nevada National Security Site (former nuclear testing site) for “clean energy”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/the-us-government-wants-to-transform-nuclear-bomb-test-sites-and-six-companies-have-offered-to-help/ar-BB1lDXet 

Urban population migration exodus continues

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/tech/beware-leaving-big-city-could-094901578.html 

Sightings reported of extinct Tasmanian Tiger

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/reported-sightings-extinct-tasmanian-tiger-233239982.html 

3 officials suspended in connection with collapse of Garden Reach building in India that killed 13 people – “negligence on part of the officials in supervision of the construction of the illegal building"

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/kolkata/garden-reach-collapse-3-kmc-engineers-suspended/articleshow/109283830.cms 

Children being victimized by “gender-affirming care” - “great caution” should be exercised with patients under 25 – “Dr Frankensteins maiming sexually-confused kids”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-proof-gender-affirming-care-is-a-monstrous-lie-save-the-children-now/ar-BB1lFCg1 

State laws mirror federal Humane Cosmetics Act in banning sale of cosmetics tested on animals

• https://www.humanesociety.org/blog/washington-state-cosmetics-animal-testing-sales-ban

USPS decision to move Reno, Nevada, Postal Center to Sacramento, California 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/usps-still-can-t-grasp-existence-of-mountains-reno-memo/ar-BB1lFRwf 

With WHO efforts at totalitarianism flailing, Biden offers alternative approach to same goal on plandemics

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/biden-administration-announces-new-partnership-with-50-countries-to-stifle-future-pandemics/ar-BB1lHTb9

California Supreme Court to hear appeal on CPU Commission that slashed financial compensation for solar customers generating more electricity than they consume

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-seeking-to-overturn-new-rooftop-solar-rules/ar-BB1lGmB2

Three beavers tested positive for endemic tularemia (aka ‘rabbit fever’) in Utah

• https://www.ksl.com/article/50980983/rabbit-fever-outbreak-believed-to-be-cause-of-9-beaver-deaths-in-utah-wildlife-officials-say 

Fact Sheet on neonicotinoids

• https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2024/3014/fs20243014.pdf 

American taxpayers have subsidized EV purchases to the tune of $580M 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/more-than-half-a-billion-dollars-of-taxpayer-money-has-paid-for-other-people-s-evs/ar-BB1lFxTO 

House voted almost unanimously against Biden administration misinterpretation of provisions & jeopardized educational enrichment programs like hunting & archery

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/more-than-200-democrats-join-republicans-to-deliver-crushing-blow-to-biden/ar-BB1lKlbV

Seeking accounting for “missing water” in South Texas – Mexico not paying water debt to US & other?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/more-than-200-democrats-join-republicans-to-deliver-crushing-blow-to-biden/ar-BB1lKlbV 

Iowa farmer challenging “Swampbuster” law passed in 1985 – “government cannot condition benefits on waiver of a constitutional right”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/iowa-farmer-challenging-constitutionality-of-swampbuster-provision/ar-BB1lK1qC

Ozempic has side effects – women getting pregnant despite also being on birth control

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/they-got-pregnant-with-ozempic-babies-and-quit-the-drug-cold-turkey-then-came-the-side-effects/ar-BB1lMaI0 

Arguments trying to rationalize supporting Southern Spirit interregional transmission line – decarbonization is not justified – concerns for impacts on utility customers

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/who-s-afraid-of-a-300-mile-transmission-line-that-could-help-decarbonize-the-southeast/ar-BB1lLyIc 

Americans throw away tens of millions of dollars in coins each year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/americans-throw-away-up-to-68-million-in-coins-a-year-here-is-where-it-all-ends-up/ar-BB1lMi8d 

15 reasons EVs should be permanently banned - environmental implications and technological challenges & economic and infrastructural hurdles

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/ban-evs-15-compelling-reasons-why-electric-cars-should-be-banned-for-good/ss-BB1j4fa6 

Biden giving student loan borrowers free ride teaches the wrong message & will cost taxpayers $559B – open for public comment

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/biden-s-student-loan-cancellations-to-cost-taxpayers-559b-as-households-earning-300k-benefit-the-most-study/ar-BB1lKaQ5
• https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-comment-biden-new-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-relief-2024-4 
• Proposed rule:  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/17/2024-07726/student-debt-relief-for-the-william-d-ford-federal-direct-loan-program-direct-loans-the-federal 
• Comment:  https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/17/2024-07726/student-debt-relief-for-the-william-d-ford-federal-direct-loan-program-direct-loans-the-federal#open-comment 

Unproven but potential transmission of CWD from deer to humans who consumed infected venison

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we-re-a-dead-ship-hundreds-of-cargo-ships-lost-propulsion-in-u-s-waters-in-recent-years/ar-BB1lJQX0 

Finally acknowledging the consequences of over-pumping of groundwater in California – aquifer is compacting & economic toll will be felt by $50B agricultural industry – new fees to begin in July

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/california-cracks-down-on-farm-region-s-water-pumping-the-ground-is-collapsing/ar-BB1lO3iD

Biden increase in IRS funding – poorest Americans at higher risk of getting audited

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-promised-irs-funding-wouldn-t-increase-audits-for-regular-americans-as-irs-audits-poorest-americans-5x-more-often-than-others/ar-BB1lNws0 

Rethinking use of antibiotic growth promoters (APGs) for livestock amid concerns of antibiotic resistance

• https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-health-veterinary/article/15667447/kemin-industries-livestock-disease-treatment-among-antibiotic-resistance-concerns 

BNSF Railway expected to argue not liable for lung cancer deaths of two former residents of asbestos-contaminated town in Montana – WR Grace vermiculite mine in Libby MT Superfund site

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bnsf-railway-says-it-didn-t-know-about-asbestos-that-s-killed-hundreds-in-montana-town/ar-AA1nhnid

Undercover EIA investigation of illegal HFC trafficking across Europe

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/investigation-uncovers-continent-wide-illegal-trade-of-hazardous-materials-traffickers-are-becoming-more-sophisticated/ar-BB1lOH3x 

Secret medical trials using infected blood products on children in the 1970s and 1980s in the UK

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/children-used-as-guinea-pigs-in-clinical-trials/ar-AA1nge0y

Strong scientific support that birds & mammals have conscious experience & “realistic possibility” of consciousness of all vertebrates that my extend to insects, crustaceous & cephalopods

• https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/animal-consciousness-scientists-push-new-paradigm-rcna148213 

Primary endosymbiosis – two life forms merging into one organism – happened when archea swallowed a bacterium & when more advanced cells absorbed cyanobacteria

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/for-the-first-time-in-one-billion-years-two-lifeforms-truly-merged-into-one-organism/ar-AA1nfEg2 
• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(24)00182-X.pdf 

Private yards defined as “open space” – invoking estoppel to make city pay compensation for removal of solar panels from Canyon View mobile-home park in LA County

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/owner-files-response-in-city-appeal-over-solar-panels/ar-AA1nk05T 

Good news – Scotland has rescinded 2030 target of 75% emissions cuts to GHG – meaningless net-zero policy and exorbitant costs of trying to achieve it

• https://theconversation.com/scotland-is-ditching-its-flagship-2030-climate-goal-why-legally-binding-targets-really-matter-228208 

Models suggest ubiquitous cancer-causing flame-retardant chemicals can be absorbed through the skin

• https://phys.org/news/2024-04-toxic-fireproof-chemicals-absorbed-3d.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024002216

Update:  US District Judge refused to block construction of SunZia transmission line in SE Arizona

• https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/sunzia-transmission-line-construction-arizona-can-proceed-judge-rules-2024-04-17/ 
• https://apnews.com/article/wind-energy-renewables-sacred-sites-native-americans-f47ca3a44c2e21f453ebc210b849a00c 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 22 April 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

$2B Lagos-Calabar Coast Highway Project expected 8-year completion schedule announced

• https://constructionreviewonline.com/construction-news/nigeria/nigerias-mega-project-2-billion-lagos-calabar-coastal-highway-project-takes-shape-as-expected-completion-time-is-announced/ 

Island state of Hawaii facing freshwater crisis – blaming “climate change” rather than growing human demand

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-water-crisis-climate-change/ 

“Revenge politics” being applied by FEMA in flood zones in Florida – rebuilding after Hurricane Ian

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fema-is-making-an-example-of-this-florida-boomtown-locals-call-it-revenge-politics/ar-BB1lHxiE 

Proposed pier & floating marina redesigned & enlarged to etend 1,270 feet into Provincetown harbor facing environmental impact scrutiny from Rhode Island agencies, town conservation commission & business owners

• https://provincetownindependent.org/top-stories/2024/04/10/barkers-plans-for-old-reliable-hit-rough-waters/ 

Multi-year investigation of failed environmental enforcement against Rhode Island Recycled Metals for stripping away the coastline without approval from CRMC – created urban wasteland

• https://www.golocalprov.com/news/investigation-photos-show-how-ri-recycled-metals-stripped-away-the-coastlin 

Concerns voiced about lack of safety at Rock Harbor, Massachusetts – proposed $8.3M plan to build new bulkhead and floating docks

• https://capecodchronicle.com/articles/813/view 

Inspecting alleged illegal construction within Shambhala resort in No Development Zone in Candolim, India

• https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Inspection-of-alleged-illegal-construction-in-Candolim-locals-urge-tourism-dept-to-take-action/220226 

“High Ground Hike” held during Tsunami Preparedness Week in British Columbia, Canada

• https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-management/education-programs-toolkits/high-ground-hike 

Hundreds of carbo ships have lost propulsion in US waters – many near bridges & ports

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we-re-a-dead-ship-hundreds-of-cargo-ships-lost-propulsion-in-u-s-waters-in-recent-years/ar-BB1lJQX0

Virginia introduced blue catfish in the 1970s & 1980s – now trying to promote the invasive species as a trophy fish to minimize population in Chesapeake Bay tributaries

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/officials-devise-unconventional-plan-to-eliminate-invasive-fish-species-there-are-100-million-of-them/ar-AA1nlcOY 

Deepwater Horizon cleanup workers exposed to crude oil & chemical dispersant Corexit that adversely affected their health – medical claims settlement did not fairly compensate workers

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/once-praised-settlement-help-sickened-133428373.html 

Ongoing sargassum invasion in the Caribbean Sea

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18042024/caribbean-sargassum-invasion/ 

In the US residents are battling to preserve some of the last pristine wetlands on the Texas coast & in Europe lobbying efforts to block importation of US natural gas – export terminals approved & permitted

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042024/south-texas-methane-exports-transatlantic-battle/ 

Rapid drowning of wetlands vegetation leads to faster microbial decomposition & decreases in soil carbon in Mississippi River delta

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/vegetation-loss-following-vertical-drowning-mississippi-river-deltaic-wetlands-leads 

$294M Plans for new pier & rehabilitation of East River Esplanade in New York City

• https://www.6sqft.com/nyc-reveals-design-for-crumbling-east-harlem-esplanade-and-new-107th-street-pier/ 
  
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Elaine Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 12 August 2024

Water, Volume 16, Issue 15 (August-1 2024) (144 Articles) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 12 August 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Probability of hydrothermal explosions in Yellowstone appears to be dependent on the size of the event

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/probability-hydrothermal-explosions-yellowstone 

Hidden details of the Aurora Borealis

• https://scitechdaily.com/northern-lights-unleashed-hyperspectral-camera-exposes-hidden-details-of-aurora-borealis/ 

Eruptions on Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland may involve magma formed from the deep crust rather than the mantle

• https://scitechdaily.com/what-really-fuels-icelands-spectacular-volcanic-eruptions/ 

Measuring soil moisture in the vadose zone using seismic technology

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053370
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50690-6

New model for formation of continents

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053605 
• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-refutes-theory-earth-continents.html 

Fossil evidence that interior of Greenland Ice Sheet is less than 1.1 million years old

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-greenland-fossil-discovery-stuns-scientists.html 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407465121 

Post-seismic deformation detected by sub-daily GPS data

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-invisible-daily-gps-early-postseismic.html 
• Paper:  https://satellite-navigation.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43020-024-00145-6 

Using 3D CT scan to examine the 4,000-year temperature history recorded in Bristlecone Pines

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ancient-pines-could-reveal-the-heat-of-thousands-of-past-seasons 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109799

Groundwater levels in SW Europe are declining primarily in semi-arid regions with intensive agriculture and frequent drought – in other areas groundwater levels remaining essentially stable

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-groundwater-reserves-southwestern-europe-stable.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01554-w 

Another “scientific consensus” theory that injecting produced water in West Texas is causing old oil well blowouts – “volume injected matched the volume of the (shallow) surface bulge 12 miles away”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07082024/permian-basin-oil-well-blowouts-linked-with-wastewater-injection/ 
• https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/11/west-texas-orphan-wells-water-bursts/ 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GC011260?af=R 

Eruption of Sakurajima Volcano in Japan

• https://petapixel.com/2024/07/29/footage-shows-the-scale-of-todays-sakurajima-volcano-eruption/
• Related Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.988373/full 

Swarm of earthquakes up to M5.2 south of Bakersfield, California

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-state-hit-with-more-than-50-earthquakes-in-past-12-hours/ar-AA1opbjZ
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40865184/executive 

Another small outburst flood from Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/picturesque-glacier-releases-water-down-a-river-in-alaska-more-than-100-homes-are-damaged/ar-AA1ols1f 

Landslide triggered mega-tsunami in narrow fjord on Greenland in 2023 created VLP standing wave that lasted in Dickson Fjord for more than a week

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/landslide-triggers-megatsunami-in-narrow-fjord/ar-AA1otqQK 
• Paper:  https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/4/3/172/646242/The-16-September-2023-Greenland-Megatsunami 

JOIDES Resolution Expedition 399 recovered nearly continuous drill core from a tectonic window that exposed uppermost Mantle along the Mid Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantis Massif – peridotites with less pyroxene but higher concentrations of magnesium

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/first-rocks-recovered-from-earth-s-mantle/ar-AA1otn0G 
• https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/rocks-recovered-from-mantle-could-reveal-sources-of-volcanoes-and-origins-of-life-on-earth/ 

Life forms in the Great Salt Lake include brine shrimp, brine flies, bacteria, algae and worms living in calcium carbonate mud within microbialites

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-thought-only-two-animals-lived-in-the-great-salt-lake-they-were-wrong/ar-BB1k2gPd 
• https://attheu.utah.edu/science-technology/with-discovery-of-roundworms-the-great-salt-lake-ecosystem-just-got-more-interesting/ 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2653 

Geoengineering the ocean pilot project – messing around with forces beyond their ability to grasp

• https://provincetownindependent.org/local-journalism-project/next-generation/2024/08/07/a-test-of-ocean-de-acidification-begins-next-month/

Carcass of 14,000-year-old woolly rhino discovered by miners in Russia

• https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/05/carcass-woolly-rhino-found-gold-miners-kolyma-russia-21361296/

M7.1 earthquake strikes southern Japan 

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/08/08/earthquake-japan-tsunami/74716587007/ 
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000nith/executive

“Megaquake advisory” issued urging people to prepare for possible “megaquake” off southern coast of Japan

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/japan-s-kishida-cancels-asia-trip-after-scientists-urge-preparations-for-a-possible-megaquake/ar-AA1owjBz 

Still predicting highly active Atlantic hurricane season in updated hurricane outlook

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highly-atlantic-hurricane-season-mid.html 
• NOAA update:  https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/highly-active-hurricane-season-likely-to-continue-in-atlantic 

Geochronology of White Sands Locality 2 – radiocarbon ages, luminescence ages, footprint trackways

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/geochronology-white-sands-locality-2-resolved 

Capturing images of the polar rain aurorae

• https://eos.org/articles/scientists-captured-the-first-glimpse-of-a-rare-polar-aurora 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn5276 

Fate and transport of nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/the-many-adventures-of-nitrogen-in-the-arctic-ocean 

Landslide at Skíðaskálinn in Hveradalir, Iceland, was triggered by heavy rainfall & geothermal activity

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/iceland-geothermal-landslide-1 

Isostatic adjustment in Antarctica – predictions of impact on sea level

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_the_rising_earth_in_Antarctica_will_impact_future_sea_level_rise_999.html 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn1470 

Assessing potential impacts of O&G development on groundwater quality in San Joaquin Valley, California

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/assessing-potential-effects-oil-and-gas-development-activities-groundwater-quality 
• Paper:  https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000258 

Real-time graben formation in Iceland

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/in-rare-opportunity-researchers-observe-formation-of-icelandic-valleys 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL110150 

Annan River bank collapse near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - fisherman killed at Crocodile Bend

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/cooktown-1 

Sedongpu gully catchment is one of most landslide-prone locations on the planet

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/sedongpu-gully-1 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775524003342 

Examining short-term variation in volcanic activity in Italy – Stromboli & Etna

• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240806-why-scientists-are-excited-about-italys-volcanoes 

Chemical variation in magma of Fagradalsfjall eruptions due to fractional crystallization

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/iceland-volcano-modifies-its-magma 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 12 August 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Virome - Like microbes in our guts, viruses may be absolutely necessary to healthy biological function

• https://theconversation.com/the-human-virome-why-viruses-could-be-as-important-for-good-health-as-gut-bacteria-234513 

EPA finally issues emergency order to remove “so dangerous” DCPA herbicide used on food crops from the market – causes fetal damage – EPA issued Data Call-In in 2013 – EPA risk assessment issued in 2023

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/epa-issues-emergency-order-to-halt-use-of-dangerous-pesticide/ar-AA1olowz 
• EPA Emergency Order:  https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-emergency-order-stop-use-pesticide-dacthal-address-serious-health-risk-4 

Approval for preliminary construction work (digital model) for 101 MW wind farm in Cantabria, northern Spain

• https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/first-wind-farm-in-spain-to-apply-bim-technology-gets-green-light/8038504.article

ASCE changing Minimum Design Loads & Associated Criterial for Buildings & other Structures

• https://www.structuremag.org/?p=27634 

California housing crisis driving increased development in & near wildlands posing greater risks

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-overlooked-side-effect-housing-crisis.html 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310080121 

Planting the “wrong” trees may make air quality worse in New York City – some trees release isoprenes

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-tree-species-worsen-nyc-air.html
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.4c00495 

Technological hazard:  voter registration / cancellation

• https://www.propublica.org/article/cybersecurity-expert-finds-another-flaw-in-georgia-voter-portal

Plan to restart operations & enlarge Palisades Power Plant in Covert, Michigan

• https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/03/how-a-shuttered-power-plant-in-michigan-could-pave-the-way-for-more-nuclear-energy.html 
• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/08/nrc-hosts-public-meetings-on-palisades-nuclear-plant-restart/ 

First, the US Army COE eliminates Piasa & Eagle’s Nest islands from Mississippi River – and now plans to dredge river bottom to reconstruct the islands

• https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/08/02/dredging-up-past-rebuilding-lost-islands-mississippi/

Biden-Harris policy putting Americans at greater risk – 250+ illegal immigrants on terror watch list released into the US 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/scathing-report-reveals-biden-harris-admin-has-released-dozens-of-migrants-on-terror-watchlist-into-us/ar-AA1ohfJV 

“Pause” in Biden-Harris fraudulent scheme to import 30,000 illegal immigrants to the US each month

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-harris-illegal-fraud-filled-effort-to-import-hundreds-of-thousands-of-venezuelans-cubans-and-haitians/ar-AA1ol2oq 

Geoengineering attempts to alter climate (cloud brightening) could have unpredictable and far-reaching unintended effects – simulated models are not the real world

• https://eos.org/articles/cloud-brightening-could-have-unintended-effects-in-a-warming-world 

Urban areas are growing upward more than outward – will increase heat island effect & concentrate pollution

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-satellite-cities-world.html
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00100-1 

Identifying patters between breeding & stopover locations for long-distance migratory songbirds

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/asynchronous-movement-patterns-between-breeding-and-stopover-locations-a-long-distance 
• Paper:  https://ace-eco.org/vol19/iss2/art3/ 

New California law bars school districts from notifying parents if child decides to “change gender” – other states require informing parents of children asking to use alternate gender names or pronouns

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/07/california-adopts-six-million-children/ 

Overview of fuel cell technology 

• https://www.powermag.com/fuel-cells-what-they-are-how-they-work-and-why-theyre-important/ 

ORNL created custom glass test cell to model gas behavior inside molten salt reactor

• https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/national-lab-creates-glass-test-cell-peek-inside-molten-salt-reactors 

SunPower files for bankruptcy – lays off 350+ employees – received $millions in subsidies from Obama administration

• https://abc7news.com/post/sunpower-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-lays-off-more-350-california-employees/15151649/
• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/sunpower-a-solar-icon-once-valued-in-the-billions-files-for-bankruptcy 
• 2015:  https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/us/obama-solar-power-renewable-energy.html 

UNESCO World Heritage site enlargement blocks expansion of uranium mine in Australia – Mining company files lawsuit

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/world-s-largest-uranium-deposit-declared-a-national-park-lawsuits-and-legal-battles-follow/ar-AA1omOda 

EPA investigating biodiesel supply chain fraud regarding used cooking oil (UCO)

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/epa-probes-biodiesel-supply-chains-as-fraud-concerns-mount/ar-AA1opY3S 

New York “climate goals” could harm residents – “net zero” plan has high costs & degrading grid reliability

• https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/multiple-reports-show-new-yorks-climate-goals-could-harm-residents-they-fall 

Mining mineral elements for “green energy” resulting in severe impact on endangered species in Africa

• https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/study-a-third-of-africas-great-apes-at-risk-from-mining-of-transition-metals/ 

Facts slowly being revealed – Fauci and other covid “experts” being unmasked – defunding EcoHealth & gain-of-function research - $60M of taxpayer money from NIH, Pentagon, NSF & USAID with little oversight

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/bellotti-ernst-the-mask-of-fauci-s-covid-conspiracy-is-finally-coming-off/ar-AA1opgv8 

DTE announced plans to build large-scale battery storage facility on former coal-burning power plant site

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/massive-new-battery-project-in-region-to-occupy-site-of-former-coal-plant-we-re-going-to-reuse-the-site-to-its-maximum-benefit/ar-AA1omi36 

Hualapai Nation sues US BLM over approval of drilling for intended Big Sandy Lithium Exploration Project that would threaten aquifer & sacred Ha’Kamwe hot springs

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08082024/hualapai-nation-sues-interior-department-arizona-lithium-project/ 
• BLM approval:  https://www.blm.gov/announcement/blm-approves-lithium-exploration-project-arizona 

Stupid things that humans tried:  illegally connecting directly powerline in Tijuana, Mexico, to charge EV – diablito immediately incinerated Tesla and neighboring house

• https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/tijuana-fire-demonstrates-how-not-to-charge-your-tesla-auto/ 
• https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8723033/tesla-owner-gets-smoky-surprise-after-hooking-into-powerlines-for-free-charge/ 

“green tech” startup company (Ledger8760 aka NZero) got $5.7M from Nevada – all with no climate experience and delivered “nothing” in return – hired “without fully vetting the company”

• https://www.propublica.org/article/nevada-nzero-carbon-emissions-tracking-project 

Carbon monoxide poisonings in Texas surged after Hurricane Beryl

• https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-hurricane-beryl-carbon-monoxide-poisonings 

Perspective:  Biden-Harris administration pouring billions of subsidies into “green hydrogen” – 20% of such projects proposed for water-stressed areas – 11,000 metric tons of hydrogen will require at least 26M gallons 

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/08/a-fifth-of-u-s-green-hydrogen-projects-eyed-for-water-stressed-areas/ 

3 people hospitalized and family dog killed by bee swarm attack in Southern California

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/bee-swarm-attacks-california-family-224026959.html\

BPA exposure in utero linked to autism in boys – BPA in food packaging and can liners – 6X more likely to be diagnosed by age 11

• https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/autism-bisphenol-a-bpa-link-plastic-health-b2593246.html
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48897-8 

Earthworms and a 9,000-year history of human occupation of Isle of Rum, Scotland – “ecosystem engineers”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-giant-earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rum-s-landscape/ar-BB1nUn4f 

Peer-reviewed study confirms 620% increased risk of myocarditis due to mRNA vaxx

• https://thehighwire.com/editorial/620-increased-risk-of-myocarditis-another-peer-reviewed-study-confirms-destruction-caused-by-mrna-covid-19-jabs/ 
• Paper:   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50656-8 

Draconian measures & “health” interventions during plandemic cause more deaths than attributed to covid – “power-hungry WHO”

• https://thehighwire.com/editorial/groundbreaking-new-study-public-response-to-covid-19-caused-more-deaths-than-covid-19-itself/ 
• Report:  https://correlation-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-19-Correlation-ACM-World-125-countries-Rancourt-Hickey-Linard.pdf 

Combined sewage/stormwater systems lead to overflows and increased risk of gastrointestinal illness

• https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/climate-change-is-making-us-sick-literally/ 

Potential boom in mining in Arizona raises fears that scarce groundwater will be adversely impacted

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09082024/arizona-copper-mining-water-impact/ 

“Sustainable aviation fuels” are rife with greenwashing claims

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09082024/todays-climate-sustainable-aviation-fuel-greenwashing-claims/ 

Seasonal sources of smog in Beijing, China

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-seasonal-sources-beijing-smog.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01493-3

Visualizing population changes in Europe from 1990 to 2023

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-how-europes-population-has-changed-1990-2023/

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 12 August 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Update:  debris from broken Vineyard Wind turbine washed up along Elephant Rock Beach

• https://newbedfordlight.org/vineyard-wind-turbine-parts-land-on-westport-shores/ 

US Coast Guard rescues 3 people and 2 dogs from boat that lost power along Texas Gulf coast

• https://www.mrt.com/news/article/us-coast-guard-rescue-texas-19610293.php 

Humpback whale carcass washes ashore on Strawberry Island in Maine

• https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/life/animals/whale-wells-maine-humpback/97-c6d006c0-2254-4af4-9d53-2db77a4f9133 

Swarms of dragonflies hit coast of Rhode Island – some beachgoers enchanted, others “terrified”

• https://patch.com/rhode-island/across-ri/some-enchanted-others-terrified-swarms-dragonflies-hit-ri-shore 

Vietnam & Philippines conduct joint military training

• https://gcaptain.com/vietnam-sends-coast-guard-ship-to-philippines-for-joint-training/ 

Oysters washed up on Chinese beaches by Typhoon collected by residents – may be from aquaculture farms & may be contaminated 

• https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202408/1317179.shtml

New Jersey DEP investigating lead contamination along Keyport Bayshore – warning issued over high levels of arsenic as slag cleanup continues

• https://abc7ny.com/post/clusters-containing-lead-wash-beach-keyport-njdep-investigating/15100442/ 

Bangkok, Thailand, initiated feasibility study to potentially relocate Bangkok Port in Klong Toey District in effort to reduce traffic congestion & air pollution while boosting local economy

• https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/transport-ministry-begins-study-on-bangkok-port-relocation-468028

Hurricane Debby washed 25 packages of cocaine worth estimated $1+ million onto beach in Florida Keys

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-hurricane-debby-mn-cocaine-florida.html

Mapping toxic flood vulnerability in Galveston Bay and Houston

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-toxic-vulnerability-nature-based-solutions.html 
• Website:  https://createnbs.org/ 

High concentrations of fiberglass (GRP) particles in marine life near active boat yards

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/08/fiberglass-pollution-in-marine-life-raises-alarm-for-boating-industry/ 

Projected sea-level change & high-tide flooding at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/projected-sea-level-rise-and-high-tide-flooding-big-cypress-national-preserve-florida
• USGS Fact Sheet:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2024/3022/fs20243022.pdf 

New hydrogen-powered catamaran passenger ferry MV Sea Change added to San Francisco Bay – can transport 75 passengers – free weekend for 6 months – hydrogen cells exponentially more expensive

• https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/15/the-worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-passenger-ferry-is-free-to-ride-for-6-months
• https://sanfranciscobayferry.com/news/worlds-first-entirely-hydrogen-powered-ferry-welcomes-passengers-july-19-san-francisco-bay 

Bridge failure & collapse in India over Kali River near Karwar in Uttara Kannada District

• https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/karnataka/bridge-collapse-on-nh-66-disrupts-traffic-between-goa-and-karwar-1814774 

NOAA  data shows coastal towns along Gulf of Mexico are sinking due to extraction of water, oil & natural gas resulting in increased flooding

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/research-points-to-growing-threat-putting-coastal-cities-at-risk-in-southern-us-it-s-only-going-to-accelerate/ar-AA1om6PO 
• https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-coastal-flooding 
• EPA Report:  https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-07/climate_indicators_2024.pdf 

DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against FERC approval for LNG export terminal & pipeline in Brownsville, Texas – insufficient analysis of environmental impacts on local communities, wildlife & environment

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/court-rules-against-lng-terminal-and-pipeline-project-at-port-of-brownsville/ar-AA1oqn4o
• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09082024/federal-appeals-court-reverses-approval-south-texas-lng-plants/ 
• Ruling:  https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/9DF892B8A431C64785258B710051F9BD/$file/23-1174-2068430.pdf 

“Hottest oceans in 400 years” cited as potentially dangerous to Great Barrier Reef – seems like a lot of hype

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0ngx130kxo 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07672-x

But, after trillion tons of CO2, Great Barrier Reef hits record coral cover for 3rd year in a row – “60% of man-made CO2 emissions have occurred since 1985 but today corals are healthier than ever”

• https://joannenova.com.au/2024/06/after-a-trillion-tons-of-co2-the-great-barrier-reef-hits-record-coral-cover-third-year-in-a-row/ 

Seagrasses in coastal urban ecosystems can significantly reduce human bacterial pathogens

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-seagrasses-filter-human-pathogens-marine.html 

NOAA predicts fewer high-tide coastal flood days through April 2025

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/NOAA_predicts_fewer_high-tide_coastal_flood_days_for_this_year_next_999.html 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 5 August 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Despite all the media hype, man-made CO2 has essentially no impact on the climate – peer-reviewed paper reaffirms “the madness bestowed upon humanity by a despicable cohort of greedy souls”

• https://thehighwire.com/editorial/new-peer-reviewed-study-co2-has-zero-impact-on-climate-change/ 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666496823000456 

Rhinopteraspis dunensis - Devonian jawless fish were likely filter feeders

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/early-jawless-fish-from-the-age-of-fishes-were-likely-filter-feeders/ar-BB1lzzHH 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2258 

North American megafauna went extinct due to rapidly changing climate and spread of human population

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/dire-wolves-camels-and-other-extinct-giant-mammals-that-used-to-live-in-north-america/ar-AA1jVU3z 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618221002421 

Perucetus colossus – massive whale lived 39 myo, weighed up to 340 tonnes – not as large as blue whale

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/whale-that-lived-39-million-years-ago-changes-what-we-thought-about-evolution/ar-AA1eH4md 
• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/perucetus-colossus-mass-12733.html 
• Paper:  https://peerj.com/articles/16978/ 

Oldest fossilized forest in the US in Green County, New York

• https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240229-the-surprising-us-region-thats-home-to-the-worlds-oldest-forests 
• https://www.earth.com/news/worlds-oldest-forest-discovered-close-to-new-york-city/ 

The 23 July 2024 hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/july-23-2024-hydrothermal-explosion-biscuit-basin

Complex life existed 2.1 byo coincident with major geologic upheaval in Francevillian sub-basin in SE Gabon

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3geyvpxpeyo 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301926824001669 

Laboratory evidence for growth of dolomite crystals – “the dolomite problem”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-dolomite-problem-has-baffled-scientists-for-2-centuries-and-now-they-ve-solved-it/ar-BB1hcxee 

Evolution of birds following the Chicxulub Impact 65 myo

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/we-were-very-wrong-about-birds/ar-BB1kTCRf 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319506121
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07323-1 

The 280 myo reptile fossil discovered in the Alps in 1931 was a forgery

• https://explorersweb.com/280-million-year-old-fossil-forgery/ 

Carboniferous was Age of Giant Insects

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/what-was-earth-like-in-the-age-of-giant-insects/ar-AA1iTI2u 

Seismic reflection data sets provide insight into geometry of offshore section of Palos Verdes fault near Los Angeles

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-imaging-surface-reveals-los-angeles.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023AV001155 

SW Tianshan Mountains contribute majority of the Kyzylkum desert sand & dust – fluvial-aeolian action

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-southwest-tianshan-mountains-contribute.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL108951 

Limited predictability of oceanic mesoscale eddy tracks in the South China Sea

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-limit-oceanic-mesoscale-eddy.html 

Formation of blue sapphires in volcanoes

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-blue-miracle-eifel-sapphires-volcanoes.html 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-024-02136-x 

Fossil record reveals possible manifestation of seasonal & regional temperature changes in Europe

• https://eos.org/articles/fossilized-shells-reveal-the-seasonality-of-a-warmer-climate
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl6717 

Can one rule predict fault deformation & earthquake cycle across wide range of conditions?

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/law-and-order-for-friction-and-faults-one-law-to-rule-them-all 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023AV000972 

Need to rethink atmospheric oxygen levels during the Great Oxidation Event

• https://eos.org/science-updates/how-great-was-the-great-oxidation-event 

Remnants of Typhoon Gaemi triggered 28 July 2024 landslide at Yuelin, China

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/yuelin-landslide-1 

Forecasting the probability of aftershocks

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/aftershock-forecasting 
• Paper:  https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-earth-040522-102129

Phase-equilibria experiments illustrate & quantify complexities of shallow magma storage for Earthquake Flt Pyroclastics in Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/shallow-storage-explosive-earthquake-flat-pyroclastics-magma-body-okataina-volcanic 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-024-02151-y 

Fossil evidence for separation of South America & Africa and initiation of the South Atlantic Ocean

• https://scitechdaily.com/unparalleled-insight-ancient-fossil-discovery-shows-how-south-america-and-africa-drifted-apart/ 
• Paper:  https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/SP543-2022-301 

Praearcturus & Brontoscorpio – giant 400 myo scorpions were probably crustaceans

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/carcinosomatoid-eurypterids-13137.html 

First land animals likely evolved in warm tidal nursery pools

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/euthycarcinoids-13132.html 

Nuucichthys rhynchocephalus – first soft-bodies finless torpedo-shaped vertebrate discovered in Utah

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/nuucichthys-rhynchocephalus-13130.html 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240350 

Visualizing the largest silver producing countries

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/dp/si01-ranked-largest-silver-producing-countries/ 

Visualizing the global demand for oil from 2022 to 2045

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/rfh01-oil-demand/

Asiatyrannus xui – new species of Late Cretaceous deep-snouted tyrannosaurid discovered in China

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/asiatyrannus-xui-13131.html
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66278-5 

Methane-burping microbes discovered in hot springs in Yellowstone 

• https://www.sciencealert.com/whole-new-group-of-methane-burping-microbes-discovered-in-yellowstone-springs 

Rethinking theories about the origin and early history of the Moon

• https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-challenges-established-theories-about-moons-early-history 
• Paper:  2407.09701 (arxiv.org) 

“X” and “C” shaped structures identified in the ionosphere

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-have-spotted-unexpected-x-and-c-shaped-structures-in-the-atmosphere-they-are-struggling-to-explain-them/ar-BB1r4Oob 

Rare small shallow M2.9 earthquake near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

• https://www.wqow.com/news/wisconsin/2-9-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-near-sturgeon-bay/article_2698d0c4-de76-56bd-a5b5-7a875641378f.html
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000nhkd/executive 

We are in the Holocene inter-glacial so tropical alpine glaciers should be small

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03082024/andes-tropical-glacier-retreat/ 
• https://scitechdaily.com/cryospheric-collapse-andean-glaciers-retreat-unseen-in-over-11700-years/ 

New theory on “cause” of Pleistocene Ice Ages

• https://scitechdaily.com/fundamentally-altering-earths-glacial-cycles-antarctic-ice-sheet-growth-triggers-mid-pleistocene-climate-shift/ 

Glacial geology shaped Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island – US Army COE channel created Great Salt Pond from once freshwater pond

• https://scitechdaily.com/hidden-wonders-a-piece-of-rhode-island-in-the-atlantic/ 

Rain-induced landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, India

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/wayanad-kerala-1 

Shishania aculeata – Cambrian spiny slug reveals origins of mollusks

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052715 

Large uncertainties prevent accurately predicting “tipping points” for AMOC, polar ice sheets, tropical rainforests

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052809 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl4841 

Humans may be influencing ozone levels in upper troposphere

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053371 
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c01289 

Role of groundwater in recharging lakes

• https://theconversation.com/groundwater-plays-an-invisible-role-supporting-lakes-235825 

Factors that influence fate and transport of PBDEs from soils at e-waste recycling sites

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-decoding-contaminant-mobility-transient-pollution.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772985024000267 

Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanazania erupting very viscous (<25% silica) carbonatite lava as the volcano is sinking

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/volcano-in-tanzania-with-weirdest-runniest-magma-on-earth-is-sinking-into-the-ground 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL107673 

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Texas & Missouri lawsuit results in Final Judgement by US District Court ruling that Biden and federal government must finish building the Southern Border Wall - to protect US against invading illegal aliens. Note from MEC: President Trump promised to build the Southern Border Wall and get Mexico to pay for it. Neither happened on his watch.   

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-administration-gives-up-on-texas-border-suit-ordered-to-finish-wall/ar-BB1r3m6f 

“Border crossings spiked to 1,734,686 in Biden's first year in office, more than quadrupling the previous year and more than doubling the worst year on Trump's record” – “apprehensions continued to rise, hitting 2.4 million in 2022 and 2.5 million in 2023. The CBP is on track to hit a similar number for 2024, having already made 1.8 million apprehensions with three months remaining in the fiscal year”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/border-data-shows-how-biden-harris-admin-stacks-up-against-trump-on-immigration/ar-BB1r4smo 

Report of fraud forces Biden-Harris to put program of flying up to 30,000 illegals to the US each month on hold.

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-admin-freezes-controversial-migrant-flight-program-after-fraud-revelations/ar-BB1r5LKK 

Biden-Harris record on climate action:  committed hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize “clean energy” & EVs – all meaningless & unachievable goals for 2030 or beyond, long after he will be gone from office

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/01/tracking-progress-climate-action-under-the-biden-administration/ 

Biden-Harris commit to paying $400M to farmers in 11 states to reduce water consumption – program will encourage fraud without addressing over-allocation & excessive groundwater withdrawal

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4806507-biden-administration-pay-farmers-water-conservation/ 

Fish species living closer to urban areas have more micro-plastics in their bodies than those in rural areas

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-zealand-fish-closer-cities-ingest.html
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00288330.2024.2365272#d1e158 

Wild boars in Czechia Bohemian Forest National Park have high levels of PFAS forever chemicals – 5X safe limit

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/researchers-make-concerning-chemical-discovery-after-assessing-national-park-animals-deeper-investigation-is-needed/ar-BB1qI4Nn 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724013263
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723006435 

Toxic PFAS forever chemicals absorb through the skin & enter the blood stream – dermal absorption & bioavailability

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-sound-alarm-over-news-about-absorption-of-forever-chemicals-we-are-coating-ourselves-in-this-stuff/ar-BB1qAjBB 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024003581 

Micro-plastic polymers found in uterine endometrial issue of women who had multiple miscarriages

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-discover-highly-toxic-material-in-human-uterus-samples-here-s-why-it-s-concerning/ar-BB1qvvBX

Six species of wild cats in North America:  bobcats, pumas, ocelots, Canadian Lynx, Jaguars & Jaguarundis

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/discover-the-6-wild-cat-species-in-north-america/ar-BB1qLuWO 

Parallel evolution in leaf-nosed bats toward bigger sizes of the Solomon Islands archipelago

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bats-are-going-through-a-rare-evolutionary-phenomenon/ar-AA1nwHP5
• Paper:  https://academic.oup.com/evolut/article/78/6/1183/7624587 

Polystyrene packaging material could contribute to mental health issues

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S01604120https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scientists-find-evidence-of-common-packaging-material-contributing-to-mental-health-issue-their-impact-on-human-health-is-of-particular-concern/ar-AA1nK606 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024001296 

To address micro-plastics in the Great Lakes we need to reduce consumption - Plastic Pollution INC-4

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/to-address-the-growing-issue-of-microplastics-in-the-great-lakes-we-need-to-curb-our-consumption/ar-BB1qCBnL 
• INC-4:  https://sdg.iisd.org/events/plastic-pollution-inc-4/ 

NPS estimates 31,000 bison in North America – population had been deliberately slaughtered to near extinction with population of about 1,000 – pure bison DNA hard to find – new “Epic Plan” to save the species from extinction

• https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2024/07/11/de-extinction-company-working-with-tribes-to-bring-bison-back-strong/74333784007/ 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/31-000-bison-are-left-in-america-scientists-have-an-epic-plan-to-save-them-from-extinction/ar-BB1q0SKS 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-more-than-a-century-of-conservation-efforts-why-can-t-we-recover-america-s-buffalo/ar-AA1iUTgM 
• https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian/essays/buffaloc.htm 
• https://libguides.sdstate.edu/c.php?g=1358402&p=10030696 

PFAS forever chemical increasing in US pesticides – contaminating waterways & posing health hazards

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pesticides-may-contain-an-alarming-amount-of-forever-chemicals-study/ar-BB1qzXs0 
• Paper:  https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP13954 

Biden-Harris administration will leverage federal property at Hanford Nuclear Reservation for “clean” power

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/28/u-s-doe-announces-cleanup-to-clean-energy-project-at-hanford-site/ 

Monotremes - Egg-laying mammals are unique

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/study-shows-egg-laying-mammals-are-unique-inside-and-out/ar-BB1quBm9 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsob.240071

In Nature, there is no distinction between ‘native’ and ‘invasive’ species – functional traits are important

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nature-doesn-t-care-where-a-species-is-from/ar-BB1hFL0s

Humans exterminated the dodo bird in 1662 – now planning to resurrect the species – de-extinction using edited DNA from real dodo specimens & genomes from closely related species to create new dodo-like species

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/human-interference-led-to-the-extinction-of-the-dodo-bird-by-1690-but-now-a-genetic-engineering-company-is-working-to-revive-this-bird-species-and-return-it-to-its-original-habitat/ar-AA1ngwhI 

Common acid reflux medications linked to 33% increased risk of dementia

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/common-over-the-counter-medicine-linked-to-increased-dementia-risk/ar-AA1f5MUy 

Nano-plastics & PFAS forever chemicals disrupt biomolecular structures & functions – cause host of negative impacts on health & human development

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240711132144.htm 

20 last known images of animals that human activities drove to extinction (27-minute video)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8adGs---ugA 

Cases of Valley Fever diagnosed in 5 people who attended music festival in Kern County, California, in May at Buena Vista Lake – not contagious

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/valley-fever-strikes-attendees-of-kern-county-music-festival/ar-BB1qRfap 

India intends to build total of 12 new industrial smart cities - $1.15B for first year - 8 industrial cities under construction – all while more than 81% of the population lives in poverty earning less than $5 per day

• https://www.rcrwireless.com/20240729/industry-4-0/india-designates-12-new-smart-industrial-cities-to-take-total-to-2 
• https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/100-smart-cities-india-governing-human-impact/1012966/ 

Carbon credits have no value but present a risk to companies targeting “net-zero”

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-carbon-credits-ineffective-corporate-climate.html 

Visualizing the most visited US National Parks

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-most-visited-u-s-national-parks/ 

Optimistically predicting that new class of dual-action antibiotics could make it 100 X more difficult for bacteria to evolve resistance – synthesized macrolones derived from older antibiotics 

• https://www.sciencealert.com/new-dual-target-drug-could-make-antibiotic-resistance-100-million-times-harder 

Illegal immigrants will cost Massachusetts taxpayers another $1B over each of the next two years

• https://www.sciencealert.com/new-dual-target-drug-could-make-anhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/migrant-crisis-projected-to-cost-massachusetts-taxpayers-1-8-billion-over-next-two-years/ar-BB1qZmfI 
• Report:  https://cis.org/Report/Massachusetts-Case-Study-Mass-Immigration-and-Welfare-State 

Construction begins in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on 4th-generation nuclear reactor demonstration project will use TRISO fuel pebble bed design with molten fluoride salt as coolant - $303M subsidy – molten salt with impurities often corrode metals leading to cracks, weakened strength and failure

• https://interestingengineering.com/energy/hermes-us-fourth-gen-nuclear-reactor
• https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/kairos-power-starts-construction-hermes-reactor 
• molten salts:  https://news.mit.edu/2024/future-nuclear-power-reactors-could-rely-molten-salts-what-about-corrosion-0321 

North Carolina environmental regulators not resolved on addressing PFAS forever chemicals even though testing showed levels exceed federal limits in 300+ water systems & up to 233X federal limits in water at elementary school 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01082024/north-carolina-forever-chemicals-water-rules/ 

“Pure Water” multi-billion-dollar effort in San Diego, California, to recycle wastewater into drinking water

• https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/07/30/were-about-to-drink-toilet-water-why-thats-a-good-and-safe-thing-to-do/ 

Update:  Temporary halt negotiated by Arizona Governor to transport uranium across Navajo lands

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082024/navajo-nation-condemns-uranium-hauling-arizona-governor-negotiates-pause/ 

Impacts of government policies & AI on economy – Intel given $8.5B in federal subsidies before layoffs

• https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/your-money/jobs-report-recession/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-forecasts-third-quarter-revenue-below-estimates-cut-15-jobs-2024-08-01/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-growth-misses-expectations-july-unemployment-rate-rises-43-2024-08-02/ 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/intel-s-massive-job-cuts-come-after-it-received-8-5-billion-in-taxpayer-money/ar-AA1obQUo 

Changing weather patterns mean more reported tornadoes in Wisconsin – but of course they need to blame “climate change” despite a lack of long-term data

• https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2024/07/29/why-is-wisconsin-getting-so-many-tornadoes-this-year-in-2024-climate-change/74544377007/ 
• https://www.weather.gov/grb/WI_tornado_stats

Have we ever had balanced resource allocation? And the need for NEPA

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/02/battery-minerals-a-common-fight-over-uncommon-things/ 

Three facilities identified as contributing 60% of chemical air pollution in Houston, Texas

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30072024/three-facilities-contribute-half-of-houston-chemical-air-pollution/ 

Global metal pollution may be worse than thought – lead & arsenic found in tampons at levels “within the FDA safe food intake recommendations” – need to consider total exposure levels not just in one product

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03082024/lead-in-tampons-study-global-metal-pollution/ 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024004355 

Minnesota settles “deceptive environmental marketing” lawsuit – Walmart & Reynolds Consumer Products will refrain from selling certain plastic bags for two and a half years & to pay $216,670 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03082024/minnesota-recycling-plastic-bags-lawsuit/

Imagine the noise of hundreds of audible “thumps” from a whole array of reversed wind turbines!!  Just one more source of pollution from “green energy”

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/03/flipping-the-script-on-traditional-wind-turbine-technologies/ 

Still trying to devise a new plan to continue over-allocating (consuming, banking & trading) waters of the Colorado River

• https://www.usu.edu/today/story/new-collaborative-research-generates-lessons-for-more-adaptive-lake-management
• Paper:  https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-5893 

Big surprise:  Fauci caught in lies to Congress about use of personal email to support taxpayer-funded research

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/covid-cover-up-dr-anthony-fauci-accused-of-lying-to-congress-about-personal-emails-report/ar-AA1oaZfa 

“Cap and trade” never works – allowance prices for GHG emissions in California

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/02/california-cap-and-trade-price-of-carbon-allowances-fell-in-latest-auction/

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 5 August 2024 - compiled by E.J. Hanford 

Sri Lanka anticipates offshore natural gas development will help economy - $2.9B IMF subsidy & restructuring plan

• https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/sri-lankas-underappreciated-asset-offshore-lng/

Major French energy company withdrawal from offshore natural gas block off South Africa

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/totalenergies-says-will-quit-south-african-offshore-gas-block-2024-07-29/ 

Morocco begins construction process for offshore wind farm – 6GW by 2030

• https://constructionreviewonline.com/construction-projects/morocco-commences-construction-process-of-africas-largest-offshore-wind-farm-first-of-its-kind-in-africa/

New interactive map tracking offshore wind developments in US coastal waters

• https://www.windpowerengineering.com/new-interactive-map-tracks-offshore-wind-developments-in-us/
• Offshore Wind Power Hub:  https://offshorewindpowerhub.org/ 

Offshore wind farm survey completed in Polish sector of the Baltic Sea

• https://www.oedigital.com/news/515548-ocean-infinity-wraps-up-offshore-wind-survey-in-polish-baltic-sea 

US BOEM cancels offshore Proposed Sale Notice for portion of Gulf of Mexico due to lack of competitive interest – considers new bids

• https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/us-boem-cancels-offshore-wind-tender-and-mulls-new-bids-gulf-mexico.html

BOEM released final EIS on proposed offshore wind project off coasts of Maryland & Delaware

• https://www.wboc.com/news/final-environmental-impact-statement-issued-on-u-s-wind-offshore-project/article_7b997e16-4df4-11ef-85d3-6780ce8bb61d.html 
• Final EIS:  https://www.boem.gov/renewable-energy/state-activities/maryland-offshore-wind-final-environmental-impact-statement-eis 

Update:  failure of offshore wind turbine that sent large debris pieces washing up on Nantucket Island 

• https://www.enr.com/articles/58977-massachusetts-offshore-wind-project-seeks-recovery-after-blade-break 

Does Bali really need a $20B subway? – and that is just the cost of the first 2 of 4 phases

• https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/work-on-us-20bn-indonesia-subway-project-to-start-soon/8038413.article 

Long Island Sound suffers from passenger transport, fish & cargo vessels – environmental degradation that varies on a daily basis – chemical & nutrient pollution, algal blooms & hypoxia lead to mass die-offs & eutrophication

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-york-island-acidifies-droughts.html 
• Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1398087/full 

Offshore wind farms connected by future underwater power grid? – at least 30% federal subsidy for upfront costs

• https://theconversation.com/offshore-wind-farms-connected-by-an-underwater-power-grid-for-transmission-could-revolutionize-how-the-east-coast-gets-its-electricity-230532 
• Report Summary:  https://www.nrel.gov/wind/atlantic-offshore-wind-transmission-study.html 
• Report:  nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88003.pdf 

Billion Oyster Project in New York Harbor – oysters are functionally extinct in the Harbor – not increasing populations of oysters for consumption 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082024/new-york-harbor-oyster-reefs/ 

Variability in mercury concentrations & bioaccumulation dynamics across the Mississippi River Estuary

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/mercury-concentrations-seaside-sparrows-and-marsh-rice-rats-differ-across-mississippi
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10646-024-02789-1

Cleaning up estimated 34,440-gallon oil spill in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana – investigating cause – oil flowed through open valve in secondary containment area around storage tank & then flowed to bayou

• https://www.nola.com/news/business/operator-error-named-in-probe-of-bayou-lafourche-oil-spill/article_8293e08e-4f9e-11ef-8bb0-9b38d9ca3f59.html 
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-oil-spill-raceland-lafourche-kills-wildlife-water-conservation-notice/ 

US Army COE committed to “forever” Sisyphean task of “renourishing” beaches and you pay for it – CSRM spent $3B just since 2010

• https://www.eenews.net/articles/why-a-century-old-beach-building-program-could-last-forever/ 

Restoring sea urchins to the Caribbean reefs

• https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-very-hungry-urchins/ 

“Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average – Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-gulf-mexico-dead-zone-larger.html 
• GHAP:  https://www.epa.gov/ms-htf/hypoxia-task-force-action-plans-and-goal-framework 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 29 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Small crater formed during minor hydrothermal explosion in April 2024 at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone 

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/a-small-hydrothermal-explosion-norris-geyser-basin \

Hydrothermal explosion in Biscuit Basin in July in Yellowstone

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/07/update-hydrothermal-explosion-rocks-corner-yellowstone-national-park 
• https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ground-just-exploded-in-front-of-tourists-at-yellowstone-heres-why 
• Explanatory Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8K1STQijrM 
• Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbdZujDCgnQ 
• Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO199yyfNoU 

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion is likely not indicator of larger eruption

• https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/media-center-blog/2024/07/25/expert-pitch-wvu-geologist-says-yellowstone-hydrothermal-explosion-is-not-an-indicator-of-a-larger-eruption 

Enhanced geothermal requires use of the same fracking technology used for O&G drilling – includes use of toxic chemicals that can contaminate groundwater

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/fracking-geothermal-energy-plant-technology/ 

Food for thought:  Does Adventist Flood Geology Make Sense?  Part 2:  Can a flood explain geological results? And Part 3:  Of YEC & Miracles

• Part 2:  https://atoday.org/does-adventist-flood-geology-make-sense-part-2-can-a-flood-explain-the-geological-results/ 
• Part 3:  https://atoday.org/does-adventist-flood-geology-make-sense-part-3-of-yec-miracles/ 
• Part 1:  https://atoday.org/does-adventist-flood-geology-make-sense-part-1-the-two-small-ark/

Applying machine learning to early Plate Tectonics

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-machine-secrets-early-plate-tectonics.html 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405160121

First map of Te Riu-a-Māui (Zealandia) 

• https://www.indy100.com/news/earth-lost-continent-zealandia-2668788237 
• Paper:  https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/289178116.pdf 

Search for missing geologist Daniel Robinson still not resolved after three years

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13621239/missing-geologist-daniel-robinson-arizona-disturbing-theories.html 

US DOE completed outdoor shake table testing of pair of full-scale dry storage cask systems for spent nuclear fuel – part of above-ground consolidated interim storage facility project 

• https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-completes-earthquake-testing-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-systems
• interim storage:  https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/department-energy-moves-forward-consolidated-interim-storage-facility-project-spent 

Seeking the future of geothermal energy in Iceland – Iceland Geothermal Conference

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/magma-and-hot-rocks-iceland-seeks-the-future-of-geothermal-energy 

Re-writing the evolution of snakes – Hibernophis breithaupti – new Early Oligocene species found in Wyoming

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/hibernophis-breithaupti-13121.html 

Electroscincus zedi – 99 myo mid-Cretaceous newly-discovered species of skink found in Burmese Amber

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/electroscincus-zedi-13119.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66451-w

Late Cenozoic fossil record in East African Rift System adds to record of human evolution

• https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/hominin-evolution-eastern-africa-13124.html 

Deadly mudslides in Ethiopia triggered by heavy rains

• https://www.dailynews.com/2024/07/23/mudslides-have-killed-more-than-200-in-ethiopia/ 

Eruption of Mt Etna prompted closure of Catania Airport in Sicily

• https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/sicilys-catania-airport-closed-after-etna-volcano-in-southern-italy-began-spewing-ash-lava/3283354 

History of earthquakes in Dallas County in Texas

• https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/largest-earthquakes-felt-in-dallas-after-texas-quake-rattles-region-19927237 

Destruction of Pompeii in AD 79 due to catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius & massive earthquake

• https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/07/18/pompeii-skeleton-discovery-earthquake 
• https://www.science.org/content/article/two-pompeii-victims-survived-first-wave-eruption-then-earthquake-hit 
• Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1386960/full 

Swarm of nearly 40 earthquakes centered beneath Lake Tahoe along Stateline Fault

• https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/two-score-temblors-rattle-middle-of-lake-tahoe/ 

Rocks preserve climate details at time of carbonate formation

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240723123338.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703724001984 

Saharan dust regulates hurricane precipitation – dust as condensation nucleii

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052188 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn6106 

Investigating impact of wind turbines on intensity of lightning – Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE)

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/when-lightning-strikes-check-wind-turbines 
• Abstract:  https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2212177&HistoricalAwards=false 

El Niño forecasts extended to 18 months in advance using XRO model

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/scientists-extend-el-nino-forecasts-18-months 

New geochronology technique now places age of Hamersley iron deposits in Australia at 1.4 and 1.1 byo

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240722175859.htm 

Mining sites worsen risks from wildfires by releasing arsenic

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240723123513.htm 
• Paper:  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad461a 

Giant armadillo-like mammals butchered by humans in Argentina 21,000 years ago during Last Glacial Maximum

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717162440.htm 
• Paper:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304956 

Systematic changes in tectonic stress state & reduction in fault reactivation potential near salt walls in Paradox Basin

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/faults-along-salt-walls-are-less-stressed-in-the-paradox-basin 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JB028891’’

Raindrops grow with turbulence in clouds – rain formation bottleneck

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-raindrops-turbulence-clouds-weather-climate.html 

Major earthquake (M7 – M8) around 2,500 years ago caused significant shift in course of Ganges River delta – seismites – liquefaction & avulsion

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-earthquake-changed-ganges-river 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47786-4 

Magnetite and methane-producing bacterial abundant in sediment cores in South China Sea

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/microbes-likely-form-magnetite-in-the-south-china-sea 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JB028312 

July 2024 landslides in Gofa Zone, Ethiopia

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/gofa-zone-landslide
• Update:  https://eos.org/uncategorized/gofa-zone-ethiopia-2 

Low frequency of rock avalanches in NE Baffin Island

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/baffin-island-1 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10346-024-02315-8 

Assessing potential risk to worldwide mineral commodity supplies from seismic activity

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/first-study-quantify-global-earthquake-risk-mineral-supplies 
• USGS OFR 2024-1028:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2024/1028/ofr20241028.pdf 

Global variability of composition & temperature at the 410-km discontinuity

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/global-variability-composition-and-temperature-410-km-discontinuity-receiver-function 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X24003224 

Vesicularity influence on grain morphology in basaltic pyroclasts from Mauna Loa & Kīlauea

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/influence-vesicularity-grain-morphology-basaltic-pyroclasts-mauna-loa-and-kilauea 
• Paper:  https://appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13617-024-00145-w 

Integrating gaging station data with image archives for remote sensing of river bathymetry

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/integrating-depth-measurements-gaging-stations-image-archives-spectrally-based-remote 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024WR037295

Whale falls concentrated off the coast of Los Angeles, California

• https://hakaimagazine.com/news/more-whale-falls-found-off-los-angeles-than-in-the-rest-of-world-combined/ 

LANDSAT views of the pits of the Telfer Gold Mine in the Great Sandy Desert of Australia

• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153079/peering-into-the-pits-of-telfer-mine

Last Sunday was “hottest day in all recorded history” – unless you consider the geologic history of Earth which shows it was relatively cool

• https://apnews.com/article/hottest-day-climate-change-heat-wave-warming-71e3e9d1fbfdc8503ef36eabec9390bd 

Elsevier investigation Geoscience Frontiers journal for allegations of “peer” review by frequent co-authors

• https://retractionwatch.com/2024/07/23/elsevier-investigating-geology-journal-after-allegations-of-pal-review/ 

Next “big one” could hit New Madrid area in the central US – USGS estimates 25-40% chance of >6.0 in next 50 years & 10% chance of repeat of 1811-1812 earthquake sequence – preparedness has begun

• https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/the-central-u-s-is-up-for-a-major-earthquake-and-no-ones-really-ready/ 

Stable mantle chemistry dates back to early geologic history of Earth and continued over prodigious evolution

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051883 

Solar radiation linked to activity in deep interior of Earth

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052225
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50337-6 

Lake Kivu is saturated with CO2 & methane at depth – potential for imminent limnic explosion

• https://whttps://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/lake-kivu-the-ticking-time-bomb-that-could-one-day-explode-and-unleash-a-massive-deadly-gas-cloud/ar-BB1qGpJd 
• Lake Nyos disaster:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster 

M5.1 earthquake in West Texas

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/magnitude-5-1-earthquake-strikes-texas-the-second-in-less-than-a-week/ar-BB1qGZtl 
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2024ophu/executive 

Tis the season for the time-honored field camp experience at Montana Tech 

• https://mtech.edu/news/2024/07/students-learn-hands-on-skills-have-lots-of-fun-in-montana-techs-field-geology-course.html 

Size of dinosaurs should be population based rather than using a single fossil specimen – Just how big was T. rex?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-jurassic-park-got-wrong-study-finds-the-t-rex-was-much-bigger-than-we-first-thought/ar-BB1qxBb0 
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240724123027.htm 
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.11658 

Record winter snowfall events cannot counteract human-induced declining groundwater levels in Western US

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-make-troubling-discovery-while-studying-effects-of-record-snowfall-in-drought-affected-region-i-expected-that-would-really-help/ar-BB1qKj7k
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL107913 

Odaraia alata - Taco-shaped mandibulate from the Burgess Shale

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/odaraia-alata-13129.html 
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/odaraia-alata-fossil-1.7271424 

Note the headline is wrong – clues to disappearance of megafauna in North America around 10,000 to 15,000 years ago

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/clues-to-mysterious-disappearance-of-north-america-s-large-mammals-50-000-years-ago-found-within-ancient-bone-collagen/ar-BB1npfzp 
• Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/mammal-science/articles/10.3389/fmamm.2024.1399358/full 

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Despite all the media hype, man-made CO2 has essentially no impact on the climate – peer-reviewed paper reaffirms “the madness bestowed upon humanity by a despicable cohort of greedy souls”

• https://thehighwire.com/editorial/new-peer-reviewed-study-co2-has-zero-impact-on-climate-change/ 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666496823000456 

EV sales dropped 4.7% to 36.2% for various car brands in California

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/19/tesla-sales-drop-17-in-california/ 

Biden administration finally recognizes plastic pollution “crisis” and wants phase out of single-use plastics by 2035 – too little, too late

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19072024/biden-administration-acknowledges-plastic-pollution-crisis/ 

Some realities of the Hyundai Metaplant in Georgia – promises already broken

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/07/18/as-workers-train-hyundai-metaplant-salary-picture-takes-shape/ 

Commemorating the 1979 Church Rock spill nuclear disaster in New Mexico – uranium mill tailings dam failed & contaminated Navajo Nation with 94M gallons of radioactive waer & 1,100 tons of uranium waste

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072024/new-mexico-walk-commemorates-navajo-nation-nuclear-disaster/ 

Warning:  dozens of illnesses and possible death linked to “microdosing” of gummies & chocolate bars

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/dozens-of-illnesses-across-28-states-are-now-linked-to-a-company-s-microdosing-gummies-and-chocolate-bars/ar-BB1qmryz

Idaho agriculture pumping massive amounts of water from East Snake River Plain Aquifer & causing water shortages – Idaho issuing red curtailment notices to pumps – 2016 mitigation plan calls for managing river & groundwater aquifer as one entity

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072024/idaho-snake-river-aquifer-water-shortages/ 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, outlining rules for redeveloping site containing 46,000 tons of coal ash – 2013 draft cleanup plan failed to adequately protect the public from arsenic, cobalt & other toxic metals – Brownfields site

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21072024/north-carolina-chapel-hill-toxic-coal-ash/ 

Enhanced geothermal requires use of the same fracking technology used for O&G drilling – includes use of toxic chemicals that can contaminate groundwater

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/fracking-geothermal-energy-plant-technology/ 

Relocated “nuisance” beavers restore wetlands and watersheds – beavers are foundation species that produce and maintain habitats

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nuisance-beavers-relocated-1.7268057 

125,000-gallons of raw sewage spilled & entered Lake Tahoe – forces closure of two beaches

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/2-tahoe-beaches-close-after-85-000-gallon-sewage-spill-at-carnelian-bay/ar-BB1qrrNn

US District Court orders sales of O&G leases to proceed – BLM failed to adequately link tie environmental impacts to decision to hold auction – BLM has until 25 Jan 2025 to finalize environmental assessment

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22072024/wyoming-public-land-oil-gas-leases-to-proceed/ 

Variation of excess all-cause mortality during the pandemic 2020-2023 – biological stress due to draconian mandates, medical interventions & vaxxing

• https://correlation-canada.org/covid-excess-mortality-125-countries/ 
• Report:  https://correlation-canada.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-19-Correlation-ACM-World-125-countries-Rancourt-Hickey-Linard.pdf 

Global Technological Hazard:  CrowdStrike software caused Microsoft Windows to crash

• https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/40066-worldwide-transportation-chaos-after-widespread-software-crash 

EPA announces it will throw another $4.3 Billion into “climate” projects – all in the name of the mythical “man-made global warming”

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/07/22/biden-epa-local-climate-projects/ 

Outbreak of Nippah virus in India

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/if-it-passes-easily-from-human-to-human-we-are-in-for-a-big-problem/ar-BB1qxhhl

Azerbaijan calling for $1B contributions from at least 10 countries & corporations to Climate Finance Action Fund to address “man-made global warming” – a joke? A “distraction” from COP29 – “climate washing”

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/23/azerbaijan-calls-for-1-billion-fund-to-address-global-warming-is-this-a-joke/ 

US DOE completed outdoor shake table testing of pair of full-scale dry storage cask systems for spent nuclear fuel – part of above-ground consolidated “interim” storage facility project 

• https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-completes-earthquake-testing-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-systems
• interim storage:  https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/department-energy-moves-forward-consolidated-interim-storage-facility-project-spent 

Is cleaning up bacteria in the Seine River for the Olympics a model for cleaning up other urban rivers?

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-23/how-paris-cleaned-up-the-seine-ahead-of-2024-olympics-and-where-to-swim 

Fire is necessary for Sequoias seeds to sprout but megafires resulting from human fire suppression are killing mature trees

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23072024/california-sequoia-groves-impacted-by-wildfires/ 
• Paper:  https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecs2.4789
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112724002287 

Fire ants are invading Montecito, California

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-true-california-hot-spot-fire-ants-invade-town-loved-by-celebrities/ar-BB1qvN4X

USEPA opens investigation into ASPECT failures in East Palestine, Ohio – delayed use and misuse

• https://whistleblower.org/press/epa-opens-investigation-into-aspect-failures-in-east-palestine/ 

Norwegian company blames milder temperatures for 4% drop in Q2 profits

• https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/equinor-has-seen-a-fall-in-q2-profit-2/?cf-view 

Cattle painkiller diclofenac, vulture population & human deaths in India

• https://www.sciencealert.com/shift-in-indias-vulture-population-linked-to-half-a-million-human-deaths 
• Paper:  https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BFI_WP_2022-165.pdf

Inflation driving up home prices – visualizing salary needed to buy a home in 50 US Cities in 2024

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-salary-needed-to-buy-a-home-in-50-u-s-cities/ 

Deforestation to curb illegal drug activities threatens many resident & migratory species of birds

• https://theconversation.com/counter-drug-strategies-in-central-america-are-worsening-deforestation-threatening-many-species-of-birds-232368 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01365-z 

Visualizing the resting heart rates of 15 different animals

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-resting-heart-rates-of-15-different-animals/  

Visualizing countries with the highest adult obesity rates in 2022 – US is number 15

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-countries-with-the-highest-adult-obesity-rates/

Understanding the complex processes that make cheese – a living, fermented food

• https://theconversation.com/cheesemaking-is-a-complex-science-a-food-chemist-explains-the-process-from-milk-to-mozzarella-230829 

4 other ways humans can get pregnant:  

• https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-can-get-pregnant-through-bizarre-ways-here-are-4-of-them 

Understanding the chemical process of removing caffeine from coffee (or tea) – 3 common methods

• https://theconversation.com/retaining-flavor-while-removing-caffeine-a-chemist-explains-the-chemistry-behind-decaf-coffee-233196 

14 cases of West Nile virus confirmed in Clark County, Nevada, so far this year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/14-west-nile-virus-cases-found-in-clark-county-so-far-in-2024/ar-BB1qySOB 

Hantavirus is endemic to the United States – typically fatal in about 36% of cases

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/officials-issue-health-warning-over-incurable-rodent-disease/ar-BB1qyAKO 

Reality TV contestant killed and ate a weka (Maori hen) which is a protected species

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rare-bird-killed-and-eaten-on-reality-tv-show-by-contestant/ar-BB1qxNJA 

Hydrothermal explosion of Biscuit Basin geyser in Yellowstone is little known hazard in the National Park

• https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/surprise-yellowstone-geyser-eruption-highlights-hazard-popular-park-112237859 

National flood risk models are not very reliable at predicting local scale impacts

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052490 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004549 

Older adults want to cut back on medication – de-prescribing since many older adults are over-medicated

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1052488 

Ford loses $47,600 on every EV – Company on track to lose $5B by end of this year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ford-loses-50-000-on-every-electric-car/ar-BB1qBrG8 

100-year-old reservoir east of Evergreen Way in Everett, Washington, to be replace by two smaller ones – concrete cover is sinking & concerns exist over collapse during potential earthquake – estimated cost $80M

• https://www.heraldnet.com/news/with-looming-earthquake-threat-everett-breaks-ground-on-80m-reservoirs/ 

Book review:  “After 1177 BC – The survival of civilizations”

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/1177-bc-bronze-age-societies-review 

WHOI releases strategy for addressing harmful & toxic algal blooms that threaten human health, economies, marine & freshwater ecosystems as well as inland waters – blaming climate change for Lake Erie

• https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/habs-report-2023/
• Strategy report:  https://hab.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HARRNESS-2024-online-1.pdf 
• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072024/lake-erie-harmful-algal-blooms-climate-change/ 

OCED awarded $27.5M for Pacific NW Hydrogen Hub – part of $7B federal subsidies

• https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/072424-pacific-northwest-hydrogen-hub-awarded-275-mil-to-begin-projects-first-phase

What is wrong with this picture?  Squatter sentenced to 40 years in prison for taking over condo in Florida but illegals who stampeded US Border were released

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/squatter-gets-40-years-illegally-210526878.html 
• https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-migrants-accused-border-stampede-released-el-paso-judge-easter-sunday 

Texas WDB authorized $3+B for water & wastewater projects including expanding reservoir in Brazoria County

• https://theconstructionbroadsheet.com/texas-officials-award-b-to-state-water-projects-p1825-175.htm 

Klamath Dam Removal project ahead of schedule

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/klamath-dam-removal-19585388.php 

10-year $1.9B Westchester County Water Tunnel project begins construction – Kensico-Eastview Connection

• https://patch.com/new-york/pleasantville/10-year-1-9b-westchester-county-water-tunnel-project-breaks-ground 

New federal rule requires safety measures for storm drain openings – people were getting sucked in

• https://www.propublica.org/article/new-hud-rule-storm-drain-safety-flooding 

Biden administration increases subsidies by $371M to accelerate permitting of 20 high-voltage interstate transmission projects  

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/25/biden-harris-administration-invests-371-million-in-20-projects-to-accelerate-transmission-permitting-across-america/ 

Perspective:  US should pay for & help build nuclear power plants in other countries – ADVANCE Act permits exporting US nuclear technology to countries not on “123 Agreements” list

• https://www.iwf.org/2024/07/22/america-should-emulate-south-korea-on-nuclear-energy/

Efforts to repeal BLM Conservation Priority Land Rule

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072024/western-states-industry-groups-unite-to-block-blm-land-policy/ 

Oh, No!  Federal government wants to get involved in efforts to “safeguard” groundwater supplies

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25072024/federal-safeguards-for-dwindling-groundwater-supplies/ 

Main stream media created all the “man-made global warming hype” forcing therapists to develop “climate psychology” to address “eco-anxiety” & address distorted cognition

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072024/eco-anxiety-is-rational-response-climate-psychology/ 

US Bureau of Reclamation Draft Environmental Assessment says Salton Sea lake bed is not a source of significant environmental pollution

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27072024/california-salton-sea-exposed-lakebed/ 
• Draft EA:  https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g2000/envdocs/IID/00_FinalDraftEAIID_508ADAFinal.pdf 
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajae.12472 

Technological hazard:  impending cyber apocalypse

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/27/the-cyber-apocalypse-may-be-just-one-software-update-away/ 

Add stupid humans to the ‘perfect storm” conditions in California and massive wildfires erupt

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/california-s-fire-luck-just-ran-out/ar-BB1qJxXw 

Flooded water cistern in Houston collapsed beneath luxury housing development plaza – homes evacuated

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/luxury-homes-evacuated-as-large-crater-emerges/ar-BB1qLBOX?\ 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 29 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Memorializing WWII Port Chicago Naval Magazine disaster along shores of Suisun Bay, California, & role it played in civil rights movement as segregated workers non-violent civil disobedience – Thurgood Marshall Regional Park & calls for exoneration of workers who were court-martialed & convicted of mutiny 

• https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/07/17/port-chicago-disaster/

Promoting more structural “control” to “protect” nuclear power plants from tsunamis & severe flooding

• https://www.neimagazine.com/analysis/protection-from-tsunamis-and-flooding/ 

Cocaine in coastal waters near Rio de Janeiro, Argentina, may be changing behavior of sharks – enters waters through discharge of human urine and feces by sewage outfalls, from illegal drug labs or dumped overboard by smugglers

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/22/cocaine-sharks-throng-brazilian-waters-drug-in-ecosystem/ 
• https://www.science.org/content/article/cocaine-sharks-found-waters-brazil 
• https://www.sciencealert.com/cocaine-sharks-discovered-in-brazil-raise-alarm-over-ocean-pollution 

Sunset Beach in Port Waikato, New Zealand, closed “until further notice” due to coastal erosion

• https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/sunset-beach-port-waikato-closed-until-further-notice-due-to-coastal-erosion/WH7PHGH34JCH5J22GJHI2AVFNE/

Concern increases as blue land crabs sighted along South Atlantic coast in Georgia, South & North Carolina

• https://www.wtoc.com/2024/07/23/sighting-blue-land-crabs-cause-concern-coastal-georgia/ 

Increasing demand of sand fuels lucrative & dangerous illegal industry – coastal sand mining destroys complex ecosystems, affects water quality & depletes groundwater

• https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-07-23/coastal-restoration-saving-sand/ 

Sandy beaches succumbing to coastal erosion in Tunisia

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-tunisia-sandy-beaches-eaten-coastal.html 

Monster oyster weighing 5.5 pounds harvested off coast of Mersea Island, Essex

• https://www.kulr8.com/news/national/monster-oyster-weighing-over-5-pounds-harvested-off-coast/article_85134e08-0d05-509c-bda3-456339d9a262.html 

NWS conducting study to improve understanding of coastal flooding in Tampa Bay, Florida

• https://www.aol.com/news/study-aims-analyze-coastal-flooding-031426124.html 

Residents debate impacts of planned offshore wind port on Sears Island in Maine

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/wind/offshore-wind-port-siting-stirs-debate-among-coastal-mainers 

Proponents of $3B Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project to restore part of SE Louisiana coastline tout expected economic benefits – legal disputes have disrupted construction

• https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-coastal-renovation-project-e772d9ef5e9c8bdb842fd4ed469eaac0 
• Study:  https://mississippiriverdelta.org/diversionconstructionreport2024/ 

Proposal to relocate capital city away from flooding, overcrowding, garbage & poorly managed Monrovia, Liberia, 

• https://www.voanews.com/a/flooding-drives-liberia-to-mull-capital-city-move/7707654.html 

Yes, there are marshes in New York City but they are plagued by sewage runoff & lack of sediment

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24072024/new-york-city-marshes-threatened-by-sea-level-rise-storm-surges/ 
• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24072024/new-york-city-marshes-plagued-by-sewage-runoff-lack-of-sediment/ 

Ongoing restoration of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/07/brick-brick-prism-prism 

British Geological Survey coastal erosion data

• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-bgs-coastal-erosion-data/ 

Oyster sanctuaries and restoration of Chesapeake Bay

• https://scitechdaily.com/biological-beacons-how-oyster-sanctuaries-are-guiding-ecological-restoration-in-chesapeake-bay/ 

MT Terra Nova tanker carrying 1,400,000 liters (370,000 gallons) of fuel capsized in Philippines causing massive oil spill

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/oil-tanker-capsizes-spilling-1-400-000-litres-sparking-fears-of-environmental-disaster/ar-BB1qAsIT 

Media scare tactics predicting “vanishing islands” not based in reality – growth of islands has been recognized for a number of years contrary to media hype – but “fact checkers” disagreed in support of climate change agenda

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/researchers-stunned-after-analyzing-nearly-1-000-vanishing-islands-i-m-not-sure-we-really-knew-what-we-would-find/ar-BB1pUnui 
• 2018:  https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html 
• 2018 Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-02954-1 
• 2020:  https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/06/asia/pacific-islands-growing-intl-dst-hnk/index.html 
• 2021:  https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/pacific-islands-getting-bigger-despite-sea-level-rise/13035520 
• 2022 fact checkers:  https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32F42UX 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 22 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Total electron content data in Yellowstone part of network monitoring Coronal Mass Ejections

• https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/total-electron-content-data-three-gps-stations-yellowstone-national-park 

Groundwater flow model for the Des Moines River alluvial aquifer in Iowa

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/groundwater-flow-model-des-moines-river-alluvial-aquifer-near-des-moines-iowa
• USGS SIR 2024-5059:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5059/sir20245059.pdf 

Paleostress modeling of Andean Plateau over 20 million years

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tracing-millions-of-years-of-geologic-stress-in-the-andean-plateau 

Discovery of the “Pontus Plate” 

• https://www.good.is/geologists-stunned-at-discovery-of-earths-ancient-mega-plate-they-didnt-know-about-at-all 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X23002617 

Crocodile species reveals coastal living in Nevada during the Middle Triassic

• https://www.earth.com/news/benggwigwishingasuchus-eremicarminis-new-triassic-crocodile-species/ 

Volcanic loads and flexure of the Pacific Plate at the Hawaiian Ridge – but no magmatic underplating

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/a-strong-pacific-plate-bends-under-the-hawaiian-volcanic-chain 
• Paper 1:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JB027218 
• Paper 2:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JB028118 

Impacts of 13 July 2024 landslide in Ha Giang in Vietnam

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/vietnam-roads-1 

Impacts of 12 July 2024 landslide in Simaltal in Nepal

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/simaltal-1 

Drone footage of 6 July 2024 landslide in unlicensed gold mine at Tulabolo in Sulawesi

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/tulabolo-landslide-1 
• Paper:  https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/18/6774 

Areal extent of Great Salt Lake impacts precipitation – 25% decrease in area translates to 10% decrease in total precipitation during storm event

• https://eos.org/articles/the-size-of-the-great-salt-lake-affects-storm-precipitation 

Ash from 2022 eruption of Hunga decimated slow-moving species on seafloor

• https://eos.org/articles/the-tonga-eruption-left-deep-sea-life-buried-in-ash 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01411-w 

BRICS roundtable on geology held in Moscow, Russia – Iran attended

• https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/501262/Iran-attends-BRICS-roundtable-on-geology 

Food for thought:  Does Adventist Flood Geology Make Sense?  Part 1:  The Too-Small Ark

• https://atoday.org/does-adventist-flood-geology-make-sense-part-1-the-two-small-ark/ 

Solvang Library free workshop focus on understanding the field of geologic map reading – Thomas Dibblee & historic mapping of the Santa Barbara, California, area terrain

• https://www.noozhawk.com/plot-your-course-to-understanding-the-field-of-geologic-map-reading/ 

Global ecosystems could be threatened by declining groundwater levels – mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems on a global scale

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051597 
• Interactive map:  https://codefornature.projects.earthengine.app/view/global-gde 

Improved understanding of river dynamics & cutoff regimes

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051607 

Will geologic hydrogen become a viable alternative energy source?

• https://gritdaily.com/geologic-hydrogen-energy-addresses-climate-change/

Largest methane leak ever recorded in an oil well located in Karaturun East field in Kazajistan

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-largest-methane-leak-oil.html 
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00399

Ground surface conditions impact speed & distance of leaking methane from underground pipelines

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-ground-surface-conditions-impact-distance.html 
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00039

UNESCO Geopark assessment of the Niagara Region

• https://www.thoroldtoday.ca/local-news/regions-geology-showcased-to-unesco-geopark-evaluators-9234680 

Geologists searching for fragments of woolly mammoth bones along Buzău River valley in Romania

• https://www.romania-insider.com/geologists-look-mammoth-bone-fragments-romania-buzau-river-valley-2024

Does “climate change’ (i.e., the mythical man-made global warming) play a noticeable role in affecting the rate of Earth rotation and length of day?  AI algorithms suggest it is an “unprecedented” rate – yeah, right, it will exceed the 2.40 milliseconds per century due to changes in lunar gravitational forces 

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_melting_icecaps_impacts_the_rotation_of_Earth_999.html 
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Oh_my_long_days_Melting_ice_caps_slow_Earths_spin_999.html 

The Moon continues to increase orbital distance from Earth, slowing Earth rotation & increasing hours in a day – 1.4 byo a day lasted just over 18 hours & will increase to about 25 hours in another 200 million year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-moon-is-slowly-drifting-away-from-earth-and-it-s-beginning-to-impact-us/ar-BB1qm6Yp 

Probabilistic assessment of post-fire debris-flow inundation relative to forecasted precipitation

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/probabilistic-assessment-postfire-debris-flow-inundation-response-forecast-rainfall 
• Paper:  https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/2359/2024/ 

66 million years of mammalian diversity reflected in the fossil record of North America – functional diversity

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240717121128.htm 

Gravity waves sparked pair of perfect cloud ripples above uninhabited Crozet Islands in 2023

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/earth-from-space-gravity-waves-spark-pair-of-perfect-cloud-ripples-above-uninhabited-islands 

New Jersey salt marsh sediments evidence history of hurricanes to the 1500s

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051875 
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3622 

Sulfur may have key to the first water on Earth

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sulfur-key-first-water-earth 

Nördlingen, Germany, is built over and from material, including diamonds, in the Nördlinger Ries crater

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-13636443/german-town-covered-diamonds-asteroid-nordlingen.html 

If geology were easy, anyone could do it!  Visible Geology online tools aim to help students understand “geological ideas, like stratigraphic stuff”

• https://magazine.cim.org/en/news/2024/online-educational-tool-aims-to-simplify-geology-en/ 

OMG!  I always thought geologists were scientists – now, to find out someone is saying white supremacy is embedded in geology and paleontology!!!  All I can say to that author is: get a real life and get over yourself but first, apologize to all geologists!

• https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-supremacy-embedded-in-geology-pale-ontology-professor/ 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 22 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

UN now says world human population will peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s – that is not a good thing as it will be 10 times the carrying capacity for humans on Earth

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/UN_says_world_population_to_peak_at_103_billion_in_the_2080s_999.html 
• https://sdg.iisd.org/news/global-population-to-peak-this-century-world-population-prospects-2024/ 
• https://www.un.org/en/UN-projects-world-population-to-peak-within-this-century 

Holocene flooding & sedimentation history of the Nile River focused human society

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01499-x 

History of Santa Susanna Field Lab in California with partial meltdown of nuclear reactors in 1959

• https://www.dailynews.com/2024/07/12/activists-mark-65-years-since-partial-meltdown-at-santa-susana-field-lab/ 

FDA underreported adverse side effects of covid vaxxing to prevent ‘vaccine hesitancy’ – pushed false “safe & effective” narrative – mRNA “never should have been mandated”

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/12/former-cdc-director-says-fda-underreported-adverse-side-effects-of-covid-injections-to-prevent-vaccine-hesitancy/ 

Some truths about the very expensive ($42.45B) federally funded Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program – funds delayed and hijacked for other projects

• https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2d39xkexn1gy9gmppxjwg/industry-voices/the-5-uncomfortable-truths-of-the-broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-program-bead 
• https://www.mackinac.org/blog/2024/why-government-funded-internet-isnt-happening-again 

20 Starlink satellites put into wrong orbit will become space junk falling back to earth

• https://www.dailynews.com/2024/07/12/spacex-rocket-accident-leaves-companys-starlink-satellites-in-wrong-orbit-2/ 

Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and the endangered species list may help battle proposed lithium mine in Nevada

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072024/nevada-community-fights-lithium-mine-near-wildlife-refuge/ 

New York enacted Green Amendment in 2021 to protect the environment – took Supreme Court judge to say “complying with the Constitution is not optional for a state agency”- battle over Seneca Meadows landfill

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15072024/new-york-climate-activists-march-for-green-amendment/ 

Kentucky allows self-driving vehicles on the road – will that be a good thing or a bad thing as a legislative framework for the future?

• https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article289862749.html 

Groundwater may be “forever” tainted by PFAS chemical contamination – 4 major hot spots correlate with areas of high population density, groundwater use & specific industrial activities

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/07/groundwater-at-risk-as-pfas-pollution-spreads-west-virginia-university-finds/ 
• Paper:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299789 

Holistically approaching mounting waste challenges in India

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/07/holistic-waste-management-india/ 

Illegal wildlife trade is booming – threatens biodiversity & balance of ecosystems

• https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/1198910180/animals-illegal-wildlife-trade-trafficking 

Should you worry about invasive Juro spiders across the East Coast?

• https://www.npr.org/2024/06/14/1198910262/joro-spiders-invasive-species-east-coast 

Romancing the River:  The Desert River

• https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-the-desert-river/

6 people in Grand Hyatt hotel in Bangkok found dead of cyanide poisoning

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/six-people-found-dead-hotel-141325137.html 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-police-say-cyanide-killed-6-foreigners-bangkok-hotel-2024-07-17/ 

Significant number of college students lack even rudimentary grasp of American history & political system

• https://www.goacta.org/2024/07/acta-releases-alarming-new-survey-showing-dangerous-level-of-civic-illiteracy-among-college-students/ 
• Survey:  https://www.goacta.org/resource/losing-americas-memory-2-0/ 

Humboldt County, California, animal shelter is “out of space” & reducing adoption fees

• https://www.times-standard.com/2024/07/16/im-out-of-space-humboldt-county-animal-shelter-cuts-adoption-fees/ 

Ongoing California war on solar – restrictions on community & rooftop solar – NEM 3.0 

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/16/california-continues-its-war-on-solar-to-please-investor-owned-utilities/ 

Technological hazard – possible design “mess up” when high rise window bursts & falls from 13th floor in Boston – to report on cause and plans for repairs

• https://whdh.com/news/civil-engineer-says-someone-may-have-messed-up-on-design-installation-after-boston-window-falls/ 

Dubai plans 40-mile-long “High Line” filled with 1M trees – Dubai Green Spine

• https://www.fastcompany.com/91154458/dubais-plans-for-a-40-mile-long-high-line-will-transform-the-desert-city-into-something-much-more-livable 

Alerts on “imminent failure” of 90-year-old Nashville City Reservoir Dam in Illinois – residents evacuated

• https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/nashville-dam-failure-cause-revealed-illinois-top-water-official/63-cfceb0dc-0cb1-4bfd-b907-ffac837382d1 

IAEA conference on nuclear knowledge management & human resources development

• https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/sustainability-through-capacity-building-iaea-hosts-conference-on-nuclear-knowledge-management-and-human-resources-development

Planned mining for chert in Alabama is already impacting bald eagles

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072024/alabama-lake-guntersville-unexpected-chert-mine/ 

The social costs of carbon credits in Senegal – not a good thing

• https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-social-cost-of-carbon-credits/ 

Native American Tribes & environmental activists hoping to stop uranium mining near the Grand Canyon & prevent transportation on state and federal roads across Navajo Nation lands

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072024/arizona-activists-press-officials-to-stop-uranium-mining-near-grand-canyon/ 

Enduring legacy of pulling out of Paris Accord which supports myth of man-made global warming & rolling back more than 100 regulations that allowed government over-reach 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072024/trump-environmental-impact/ 

For past 100+ years has been illegal to swim in the Seine due to health concerns – now trying to cleanup for Olympic swimmers by cutting bacterial content by 75%

• https://theconversation.com/for-a-century-its-been-illegal-to-swim-in-the-seine-will-pariss-clean-up-make-the-river-safe-for-olympic-swimmers-231705 

Hidden health costs of replacing lead pipes with cheaper plastics in urban water supply systems

• https://theconversation.com/lead-water-pipes-created-a-health-disaster-in-flint-but-replacing-them-with-cheaper-plastic-as-some-cities-are-doing-carries-hidden-costs-232252 

Comparing additional taxes versus water quotas to manage agricultural consumption of water in agriculture in Guadalquivir River Basin in southern Spain

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-additional-taxes-quotas-consumption-agriculture.html 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11269-024-03865-1

Deep carbon storage in Montana is not without controversy

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072024/montana-deep-carbon-storage-controversies/ 

Dragonflies help improve understanding of source & environmental fate of mercury pollution

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-local-dragonflies-expose-mercury-pollution.html 
• Paper:  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c02436

Global apparel industry leaks millions of tons of plastic pollution into environment every year

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-apparel-industry-leaks-millions-tons.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49441-4 

Biden administration announces $325M housing subsidy to build 6,500 housing units & impose rent controls that are a “counter-productive policy idea that ultimately harms renters by distorting market pricing, discouraging new construction & degrading the quality of rental housing”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/map-shows-where-joe-biden-wants-to-build-more-houses/ar-BB1q6tdJ 

Nepal recovering more bodies from 12 July 2024 landslide in Simaltal in Nepal

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Nepal_retrieves_more_bodies_from_buses_swept_away_by_landslide_999.html 
• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/simaltal-1 

US F&W seeking public comment on Alliant Wind Interstate Wind Project Habitat Conservation Plan

• https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2024-07/seeking-public-comment-alliant-wind-interstate-wind-project-habitat 

Once again, the fully vaxxed & boosted gets covid & tests positive – gives him reason to hide in the basement!

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-joe-biden-tests-positive-221548982.html 

8th Circuit Court one-sentence ruling blocked the entire “SAVE” student-loan repayment plan – need to repay entire loans & not have loans forgiven – they have a moral & legal obligation to repay loans

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/a-federal-court-has-now-blocked-biden-s-new-student-loan-repayment-plan-in-full-prohibiting-borrowers-from-getting-cheaper-payments-and-debt-cancellation/ar-BB1qemrw 

Impact of marijuana on drivers should not be underestimated

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-crash-that-killed-6-teens-ntsb-chief-says-people-underestimate-marijuana-s-impact-on-drivers/ar-BB1qdIpY 

US DEA began probe of allegations that drug cartels financed campaign of Mexican President Lopez Obrador -  shut down by US AG Eric Holder – evidence of high-level corruption 

• https://www.propublica.org/article/mexico-amlo-dea-probe-cartel-campaign-donations 

Government quandary:  loss of fuel tax revenues is a global issue

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/17/replacing-fuel-tax-a-government-quandary/

HALT Act aimed at reducing drunk driving

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/17/as-we-recognize-40-year-anniversary-of-drinking-age-law-usdot-must-act-on-lifesaving-auto-tech/ 

Mining & processing lithium for EV batteries & storage projects depletes & contaminates surface waters

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072024/lithium-crital-to-energy-transition-at-expense-of-water/ 

Technological hazard:  Global tech outage grounds airline flights & disrupts businesses & emergency services

• https://www.reuters.com/technology/global-cyber-outage-grounds-flights-hits-media-financial-telecoms-2024-07-19/ 

Removing hydroelectric dam at Fooses Reservoir near Salida, Colorado – too expensive to maintain

• https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/xcel-energy-removing-hydroelectric-dam-at-fooses-reservoir-near-salida 

Wadsworth landfill fire south of Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, Nevada, may burn for days

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wadsworth-landfill-fire-may-burn-for-days/ar-BB1qfrY0 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 22 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Scientists from WHOI want to dump 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide (lye) into ocean off Cape Cod – “safe”– messing round with forces beyond their ability to grasp – all in the name of mythical man-made global warming promise to "operate within a pH range considered safe for aquatic life (and) maintain strict environmental monitoring protocols"

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-cape-cod-scientists-dump-gallons.html 

Oceanic upwelling is driven to seafloor topographic features

• https://www.newsgram.com/research/2024/07/11/globally-significant-upwelling-is-driven-by-topographical-features-on-seafloor 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07411-2 

Debris recovery team mobilized on Nantucket beaches to survey for recovery of debris from offshore Vineyard Wind turbine damage incident - Nantucket beaches shut down by fiberglass debris washing ashore – now under federal investigation & suspension order

• https://renews.biz/94549/vineyard-wind-mobilises-debris-recovery/ 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ruined-by-negligence-dave-portnoy-blasts-nantucket-wind-farm-after-broken-blade-shuts-down-beaches/ar-BB1qc7K2 
• https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/07/17/nantucket-beaches-reopen-after-vineyard-wind-debris-removal-feds-issue-suspension-order-for-wind-energy-company/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/vineyard-wind-incident-was-not-first-time-ge-vernova-wind-turbine-came-apart-2024-07-18/ 

US Coast Guard says ships losing power/control are not uncommon – documented more than 200 just since 26 March – more than 100 in Chesapeake Bay since 2010 – not all incidents recorded

• https://wjla.com/features/i-team/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-chesapeak-bay-bridges-cargo-ship-ships-power-control-repairs-us-coast-guard-ntsb-investigation-dali-records-operations

The complex task of rebuilding coastal communities after hurricanes – the important questions is WHY rebuild in hurricane prone area? – throwing good money after bad & changing character of place

• https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-idalia-florida-rebuilding-coastal-communities-ffefd72ade9706f70f2941aee08cf866 

Plan to triple aquaculture production needs sustainable phosphorus management in Norway

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/07/norways-phosphorus-predicament-balancing-sustainability-and-growth-in-aquaculture/

Land subsidence in coastal cities can significantly reduce value of homes - video

• https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/07/11/sinking-land-could-cost-some-us-homeowners-8point1percent-of-their-home-value.html 

7 unforgettably scenic coastal road trips in the US

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/7-unforgettable-coastal-road-trips-in-the-us-121205905.html 

Seldovia Village Tribe first in Alaska to get tsunami preparedness certification – located in southern Kenai Peninsula on Kachemak Bay

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/seldovia-village-tribe-becomes-first-in-alaska-to-get-tsunami-preparedness-certification 

Baby bull sharks thriving in bays of Texas & Alabama 

• https://theconversation.com/baby-bull-sharks-are-thriving-in-texas-and-alabama-bays-as-the-gulf-of-mexico-warms-228353 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54573-0 

“Beach Report Card” for Southern California Beaches indicates 38 M gallons of raw sewage flowed in the Pacific 

• https://www.dailynews.com/2024/07/17/heal-the-bays-2024-beach-report-card-highlights-link-between-rain-ocean-health/ 
• https://healthebay.org/water-quality-at-california-beaches-dips-in-2023-24/ 

Construction begins on Long Island Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm to have 84 turbines to generate 924 MW– will it be completed? On-time? On-budget?

• https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/long-island-offshore-wind-farm-sunrise-wind-orested-smith-point-park/ 

Science of tides was crucial for D-Day invasion

• https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/1198910140/d-day-ocean-tides-floods-climate 

Testing effectiveness of reactive barriers in preventing nitrate in groundwater from entering the Atlantic

• https://eos.org/articles/reactive-barriers-could-keep-nitrate-out-of-the-atlantic
• Abstract:  https://agu.confex.com/agu/hydrology24/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1501676 

Projecting new $1B Port of Baltimore Terminal at Sparrows Point will have $1.54B economic impact

• https://www.ttnews.com/articles/baltimore-terminal-impact
• https://www.ttnews.com/articles/tradepoint-terminal-maryland 

Principal environmental approval by Northern Territory EPA in Australia for massive Powell Creek solar project, new battery storage project & HVDC transmission via 800 km of overhead transmission lines to Darwin and 4,300 km submarine cables to Singapore – approval allows to “progress the development, commercial & engineering activities to advance project to final investment decision, targeted for 2027”

• https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/07/17/major-australian-solar-project-2671-mile-undersea-cable-singapore-gains-environmental 

Houston, Texas, power grid & lessons learned this time from Hurricane Beryl – fossil fuel microgrids kept power on at critical facilities

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/distributed-energy-resources/houstons-post-beryl-outages-highlight-benefits-of-distributed-energy 

Tijuana River set all time flow of contaminated water laced with raw sewage – 44B gallons in 2023 – more in 2024

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/tijuana-river-sewage-flows-last-year-broke-all-records-since-2000-it-s-on-track-to-do-it-again/ar-BB1qeItN 

Technological Hazard:  Global vulnerability of submarine cables

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/19/global-vulnerability-to-the-disruption-of-undersea-cables-exposed/

"The strong do what they can and the weak do what they must" - Thucydides (heard @FareedZakaria with @carlbildt)

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management -15 July 2024

All items below this are obtained by Dr. Hanford.

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Wyoming State Geological Survey issues new pamphlet on geology of the South Pass area

• https://county10.com/new-wsgs-pamphlet-shares-geology-of-south-pass-area/ 
• Pamphlet:  https://www.wsgs.wyo.gov/products/wsgs-2024-ip-24.pdf 

Kansas Geological Survey assessing potential for new sources of critical minerals

• https://news.ku.edu/news/article/kansas-geological-survey-assesses-potential-for-critical-minerals-in-eastern-kansas 

Drill core samples help reveal geologic & climate history of Antarctic Ice Sheet beginning about 34 myo with expansion toward West Antarctic coast about 7 myo

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-recovery-unique-geological-samples-formation.html 

Planetary geology:  impact flux on the Moon

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049975 
• Paper:  https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0148

Role of seawater in the formation of gold deposits

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-treasures-beneath-ocean-floor-seawater.html 

New NSHM map shows probability of damaging earthquakes in the next 100 years

• https://www.snexplores.org/article/where-earthquakes-most-likely-us-risk-map 
• Paper:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/87552930231215428 

Paper:  Automated rock image classification & feature visualization 

• https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1364209/full 

All about sinkholes

• https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/what-are-sinkholes 

Subsurface deformation imaging using surficial mapping data

• https://scitechdaily.com/deformation-imaging-revolutionizing-our-view-of-earths-subterranean-mysteries/ 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl4264 

The “Pearlette volcan ash” in Kansas and Nebraska represented multiple eruptions in Yellowstone:  the Huckelberry Ridge Tuff, Mesa Falls Tuff & Lava Creek Tuff

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/solving-mystery-pearlette-volcanic-ash 

Micro-stratigraphy of pedogenic carbonates helps determine age of fossil soils via U-Pb dating

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/unlocking-earths-terrestrial-sedimentary-record-with-paleosols
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GC011488

Guide to fossil hunting on the coast of Maine

• https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/fossil-hunter-s-guide-coastal-maine-s-ancient-offerings/183677 

Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert – some moments in history

• https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-06-23/giant-rock-a-century-of-stories-in-the-mojave-desert 

New Zealand has open-access essentially complete database of fossil record dubbed FRED

• https://eos.org/articles/new-zealand-has-a-unique-fossil-record-named-fred
• FRED:  https://www.gns.cri.nz/data-and-resources/fred-the-fossil-record-electronic-database/ 

Anisotropic tomography using P-waves provides glimpse of inner structure of Mount Etna

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/improved-imaging-offers-new-insight-into-mount-etna 
• Paper:   https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL108733

Application of distributed fiber optic sensing for detection of soil desiccation cracking behavior & soil crack breathing

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/new-observations-provide-insight-into-soil-desiccation-cracking
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JF007318

310 fatal landslides have killed 2,315 people as of 30 June 2024 – most in Northern Hemisphere summer monsoons

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/2024-fatal-landslides-june-update 

Aerosols increase size of cloud cells & cause greater radiative cooling under polluted conditions

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-aerosols-shown-size-cloud-cells.html
• Paper:  https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/24/6455/2024/

Quaternary geochronological study using electron spin resonance & paleomagnetism analysed oldest sedimentary levels at Galeria Complex in Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos), Spain

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-geochronological-ancient-sedimentary-galera-site.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871101424000797 

Carbonate compensation depth adjusting to ocean acidification

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-ocean-surfaces-acidify-deep-sea.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322723001330

AI analysis of zircons from Australia suggest Plate Tectonics began more than 4 byo

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-ai-analysis-zircons-australia-earlier.html
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405160121

Evolution of damage in large rock slope failures – La Praz Landslide in France

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/la-praz-landslide
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2024GL109139

Antigorite (type of serpentine) that may be main carrier of water into deep subduction zones – polysomatism may affect volume of water and affect distribution of intermediate depth earthquakes

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1050394 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2023JB028060

Planetary geology:  Debate on existence of garnet in the lunar mantle

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1050382 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X24002255

Sediment cores from Nile Delta reveal precipitation & flooding record from about 9,200 to 8,600 years ago

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1050343
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01471-9

Giant salamander-like Gaiasia jennyae was top predator in late Paleozoic ice age on Gondwana

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049937 

Living during the 6th mass extinction event

• https://particle.scitech.org.au/people/living-in-a-mass-extinction/ 

Perspective on studying origins of life on Earth

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/UC_Riverside_Study_Offers_Insights_into_Early_Life_on_Earth_999.html 

Incompletely rifted micro-continent identified between Greenland & Canada 

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-incompletely-rifted-microcontinent-greenland-canada.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X24001023

A reminder that we are living in an inter-glacial time of limited duration

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-issue-stark-day-after-tomorrow-warning-after-major-change-in-gulf-stream/ar-BB1pNhLk 

Assessment of undiscovered conventional O&G resources in the Black Sea area

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/assessment-undiscovered-conventional-oil-and-gas-resources-black-sea-area-2023 
• USGS Fact Sheet 2024-3018:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2024/3018/fs20243018.pdf 

Sangay Volcano in central Ecuador spews ash cloud

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ecuador_volcano_rumbles_spews_ash_cloud_999.html 

Documentary film on Baffin Bay Deglacial Experiment team investigating changes in Greenland Ice sheet over 15,000 years ago towards the end of the last Ice Age

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/new-film-baffling-baffin-bay 
• Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUsbDKFs7Og 

Toward improved understanding of how marine life adapted to varying environmental conditions

• https://new.nsf.gov/news/deep-sea-discovery-opens-ocean-potential 

Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis – new species of crocodile relative discovered in Triassic Favret Formation in Nevada – coastal representative from Panthalassan Ocean

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240710195436.htm 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0136 

Freeze-dried 52,000-year-old scrap of woolly mammoth skin reveals 3D structure of genome

• https://www.livescience.com/animals/mammoths/52000-year-old-scrap-of-woolly-mammoth-skin-reveals-3d-shape-of-its-dna-for-1st-time-ever
• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/drying-woolly-mammoth-dna-3d-glass 
• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00642-1

Trees descended from Gondwana being protected as a “living seed bank” in Australia

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/rainforest-of-super-trees-descended-from-lost-supercontinent-gondwana-being-created-in-australia 

Thick sea ice flowing from Arctic Ocean shortened ice-free shipping season in Northwest Passage 2007-2021

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1050634
• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-thick-sea-ice-arctic-ocean.html
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01477-6 

The geological origins & formation of Red Rocks Amphitheatre 

• https://kdvr.com/denver-guide/places-to-visit/red-rocks-geology-how-the-worlds-only-natural-amphitheater-was-formed/

New relative geological dating technique based on paleomagnetism used to date hominids in Iberia

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-geological-dating-techniques-european-hominids.html
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282522400182X

Evidence of 3 July eruption of Kilauea Southwest Rift Zone

• https://bigislandnow.com/2024/07/11/hawaiian-volcano-observatory-geologists-revisit-eruption-site-discover-cracking-more/ 

Origin of the “Dragon’s Eye” in rocks along the NW coastline of Norway

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/norways-dragons-eye-the-fantastical-pothole-that-emerged-from-ice-16000-years-ago 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Peer-reviewed study concludes that all cause deaths were higher for the vaxxed than the un-vaxxed – hazard ratios increased with increasing vaxxing/boosters

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/05/peer-reviewed-study-shows-all-cause-death-risks-higher-for-vaccinated-vs-unvaccinated/
• Paper download link:  https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/12/7/1343 

Such hubris!  To think it a “right” to a stable climate!!!  Montana High Court to make ruling – need to remember that stable or static conditions are not the norm for Nature & humans do not have any ability to control climate

• https://www.nature.chttps://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072024/montana-supreme-court-youth-climate-change-lawsuit/om/articles/s43247-024-01477-6 

Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs won Olympic medals

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/world-aquatics-confirms-us-government-232006215.html 

BLM plans to roundup 1,373 wild horses & 356 burros on Blue Wing Complex near Lovelock, Nevada – will use helicopters – will release most to adoption & sales programs in Nevada & Utah

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/blm-plans-to-gather-more-than-1-300-horses-in-new-gather/ar-BB1phYXl 

Ten cases (2 in intensive care) of botulism near Fresno, California, traced to home-canned nopales

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/2-california-sisters-icu-botulism-225813971.html

Public free-market rejects EV mandates – Virginia exits mandates issued by unelected California ARB:  “unworkable and out of touch with reality”

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/06/the-free-market-rejects-ev-mandates/

Landslide election of Labor Party in Britain will have huge impact on policy and spending – “voters have rejected anti-net zero rhetoric and chosen cheaper, cleaner, more secure energy” – will be interesting to see whether “green economy” works out for them

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/07/labour-and-climate-celebrate-big-wins-in-uk/ 

Is “repurposing coal power plants” just another mythology in the making?

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/08/demystifying-coal-repurposing-in-the-global-energy-transition/ 

“Clean energy” manufacturing surge in Georgia is product of at least $87B in federal subsidies

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/09/georgias-clean-energy-manufacturing-surge-is-a-by-product-of-federal-investments/ 

Technological hazard:  2021 Executive Order established Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) to probe SolarWinds cyberattack - CSRB never conducted probes

• https://www.propublica.org/article/cyber-safety-board-never-investigated-solarwinds-breach-microsoft 

The $7.5B half-million EV charger charade – if actually built would cost $400B

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/09/the-nationwide-500000-ev-charger-charade/

Perspective:  Politics may not be the world’s oldest profession but it is the dirtiest – aided by persistent media gaslighting

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/09/they-lied-to-you/ 

Technological hazard:  Social media echo chamber in which social media algorithm favor singles viewpoint (i.e., censoring) – half of all adults get their “news” from social media 

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/07/03/are-you-trapped-in-a-social-media-echo-chamber/

Average global temperature has warmed 1.64 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels exceeding Paris Accord limit – now changing conditions for breach of Paris Accord since the Earth has not boiled – Accord ‘target’ – current excursion driven in part by recent El Niño – what happened to CO2 emissions & man-made global warming? 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072024/average-global-temperatures-above-pre-industrial-levels-for-12-months/ 

Nigeria announces transition from asphalt to concrete in highway construction due to longer life-span

• https://dailypost.ng/2024/07/05/nigerian-govt-transitioning-from-asphalt-to-concrete-in-road-construction-minister-umahi/ 

Half-mile long pilot project on Tribal lands near Phoenix, Arizona, will construct solar cover over canal – Casa Blanca installation

• https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/the-us-is-about-to-get-its-first-solar-covered-canal 

Refurbishing existing building much more affordable & effective than building new “green” structures

• https://www.businessnhmagazine.com/article/green-building-becomes-more-affordable-and-more-common 

Now you, too, can buy insurance for damage caused by “underground climate change”

• https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/07/09/324807.htm 

How humans recognized how to begin undoing the damage they caused to the ozone layer – the 1987 Montreal Protocol and impacts of CFCs – but that does not apply to the presence of CO2 in the atmosphere

• https://nautil.us/how-we-solved-the-hole-in-the-ozone-695664/ 
• Recovery:  https://scitechdaily.com/unprecedented-recovery-ozone-layer-heals-ahead-of-schedule/ 

Multiple PFAS forever chemical contamination hot spots in the US

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-multiple-chemical-contamination-hot.html 
• Paper:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299789

PFAS forever chemical contamination hots spots in Wisconsin identified by testing foams & water surface microlayers

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-lake-river-foams-reveals-high.html 

PFAS forever chemicals contaminate drinking water in Europe

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-europe-contaminated-chemical-ngos.html 

Lithium-ion batteries used in EVs and electronics are growing source of PFAS forever chemical pollution

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-lithium-ion-batteries-source-pfas.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49753-5 

Monsoon floods in NE India drowned 6 threatened rhinos & other wildlife in Kaziranga National Park

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-india-swamp-national-rhinos.html 

Developer likely caused Barn Pond & surrounding wetlands to become a mud flat in Twin Lakes, Colorado

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-beloved-colorado-mountain-pond-mud.html

Bullock County Commissioners approved water & sewer services & well mitigation program – 4 wells will draw 6.625M gallons/day from Floridan aquifer – Hyundai Plug Power green hydrogen plant will use 1.1M gallons/day

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/06/28/bulloch-oks-hyundai-related-water-agreements-despite-public-concerns/ 

Dingo fossil found on Balmoral Beach in Australia – DNA shows descended from ancient dogs & wolves of China & Tibetan Plateau, arriving in Australia between 3,000 & 8,000 years ago

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/09/modern-day-dingoes-already-established-across-australia-thousands-of-years-ago-research-finds 

WEF created coalition to suppress & demonetize conservative views – censoring the media

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/10/house-judiciary-committee-report-reveals-how-global-advertiser-cartel-colludes-to-censor-and-demonetize-conservative-influencers/
• Testimony:  https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/collusion-global-alliance-responsible-media 

Solar power is relatively young industry but already having to thing about re-powering old systems

• https://www.powerengineeringint.com/solar/the-story-isnt-over-for-legacy-solar-repowering-is-the-next-era-of-clean-energy/ 

Technological hazard:  Bitcoin mines consume massive amounts of power 24/7 threatening to “crash” the Texas electrical grid & cause excessive noise pollution that impacts human health

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10072024/texas-bitcoin-mining-threatens-power-grid/ 

“Nukey Poo” – portable nuclear reactor contaminated Antarctica – designated Historic Site & Monument

• https://theconversation.com/remembering-antarcticas-nuclear-past-with-nukey-poo-99934 

Man caught smuggling 104 snakes into China in pockets of his pants – included snakes native to Texas

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/man-stopped-customs-100-live-094707212.html

Seneca Nation sues City of Olean after wastewater treatment plant overflowed into Allegheny River for second time this year

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/seneca-nation-sues-city-for-wastewater-overflow 
• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/seneca-nation-waters-flooded-with-wastewater-from-nearby-city 

A reminder that we are living in an inter-glacial time of limited duration

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-issue-stark-day-after-tomorrow-warning-after-major-change-in-gulf-stream/ar-BB1pNhLk 

US House passes SAVE Act to prevent non-citizens (i.e., illegal aliens) from voting – no-brainer that it should apply to all federal, state and local elections

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/10/u-s-house-passes-save-act-to-prevent-non-citizens-from-voting-in-federal-elections-with-198-dems-voting-against/ 

Touron trampled to death by elephant after leaving vehicle to take pictures of the breeding herd in Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Spanish_tourist_killed_by_elephants_in_South_Africa_999.html 

Colorado confirms human case of plague (Yersinia pestis) which is now endemic in the mountains of the West – was introduced in 1900 by infected rats aboard ships

• https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/plague-strikes-person-in-colorado 
• https://county.pueblo.org/public-health-department/public-health-officials-confirm-first-human-plague-case-pueblo-county 
• CDC Map & Stats:  https://www.cdc.gov/plague/maps-statistics/index.html 

Switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel poses health risks – could result in more than 600,000 premature deaths per year 

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051089 
• Paper:  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5d07 

FEMA finalized rule mandating projects built must take into account local future flood risk

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/07/10/biden-administration-raises-fema-bar-for-flood-resilience/ 

FEMA finalized rule mandating projects built must take into account local future flood risk

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/07/10/biden-administration-raises-fema-bar-for-flood-resilience/ 

 Biden administration announces yet another federal subsidy of $1.7B for EVs – this time it is $1.7B

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/11/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-2-billion-to-support-american-auto-workers-convert-facilities-for-electric-vehicles/ 

COP28 growth of renewables will not be achieved at current average growth rate of 10% for 2017-2023 due to  14% jump in 2023

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/11/tripling-renewables-by-2030-requires-a-minimum-of-16-4-annual-growth-rate/ 

Current under-construction high-speed rails projects are over-budget & behind schedule but planning on yet another project connecting to Las Vegas – High Desert Corridor High Speed Rail engineering challenges – pushing for 4-year $200B American High-Speed Rail Act to subsidize boondoggles

• https://www.ktnv.com/news/another-high-speed-rail-project-would-connect-las-vegas-to-additional-california-stops 
• https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/bright-side-brightline-and-nations-first-high-speed-rail-line 

Warning that H7 bird flu could put Black Swans in “significant peril” in Western Australia (podcast)

• https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/iconic-black-swan-at-risk-of-significant-peril-/104088926 
• https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/01/avian-flu-could-decimate-australian-black-swans
• Paper:  https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-022-02838-0

Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) killing owls and other wildlife in rural & urban areas in Australia – banned in Canada, US & EU

• https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/conservation/common-product-banned-around-the-world-is-killing-our-owls-20240710-p5jslp.html

Cause for concern:  US EIA still does not know how much electricity is used by cryptocurrency miners as major (and rapidly growing) consumer – use estimated at up to 2.3% of all electricity per year

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072024/us-energy-information-agency-bitcoin-mining-electricity-usage-data/ 

EU Court of Justices rules economic reasons (e.g., preventing loss of livestock) are not enough to allow wolf hunting

• https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/economic-reasons-not-enough-to-allow-wolf-hunting-says-eu-court-of-justice/ 

US BLM sued for failing to protect endangered species by allowing illegal livestock grazing along Big Sandy River in western Arizona

• https://esconservsite.org/esa40/ 

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Migratory birds face habitat loss due to development, predation & human disturbance on Harbor Islands of NY

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06072024/new-york-harbor-islands-heron-habitat-loss/ 

Louisiana wants to line its entire Gulf shore with segmented rocks – geology and natural forces limit effectiveness – not consistent with state “science-based” Coastal Master Plan

• https://www.fox8live.com/2024/07/09/louisianas-top-coastal-official-wants-rock-coast-mississippi-texas/ 

Philippines receives coastal surveillance radar system from Japan under Official Security Assistance 

• https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/09/2368895/philippines-receive-coastal-surveillance-radar-system-japan

Homeless forced out of encampments in woods along Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

• https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2024/07/08/during-major-housing-crisis-homeless-forced-to-leave-rehoboth-woods/74208735007/ 

Population of Pilosocereus millspaughii tree cactus declining in Key Largo due to habitat destruction due to development, saltwater intrusion, hurricanes, soil depletion & herbivores – 6 salvaged for cultivation

• https://www.earth.com/news/sea-level-rise-claims-its-first-coastal-plant-victim-in-the-u-s/ 

Daiichi Meta Maru launching ceremony – coastal tanker uses methanol fuel and automated handling systems

• https://safety4sea.com/mol-introduces-ai-and-iot-enhanced-methanol-fueled-coastal-tanker/ 

Rising construction costs causing an average 15% increase in coastal home insurance premiums in Maine

• https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2024/07/09/maine-insurance-surge-coastal-storms-home-costs-drive-up-premiums/74322622007/ 

Deaths of federal listed sea turtles in canal leading to Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant cooling system intake prompted govern review – one turtle transferred to Rescue & Rehabilitation Center

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/07/sea-turtle-deaths-lead-to-federal-review-for-nuclear-plant/ 

North Carolina DEQ Division of Coastal Management accepting public comments on proposed NOAA amendments to North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

• https://islandfreepress.org/fishing-report/state-coastal-agency-accepting-public-comments-regarding-noaas-proposed-amendments-to-the-north-atlantic-right-whale-vessel-strike-reduction-rule/

• Proposed Amendment links:  https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/amendments-north-atlantic-right-whale-vessel-strike-reduction-rule 

Hurricanes prune mangroves in Gulf of Mexico – down tallest trees & stunt growth of others

• https://eos.org/articles/hurricanes-may-prune-gulf-mangroves 

• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969724024276

Complicated explanation of who has access to coastal areas of Nova Scotia

• https://www.dal.ca/news/2024/07/09/expert-coastal-access-nova-scotia.html

Model quantifies polar amplification of global climate variability caused by Milankovitch cycles during hyper-thermals - Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (~56 Ma) & Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (~54 Ma)

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-polar-underestimated-climate-million-year.html 

• Paper:   https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/1303/2024/

Status of pending, under construction, cancelled & not yet in commercial operation US offshore wind farms – 30% cancelled

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/09/us-offshore-wind-farm-progress-chart/ 

Court ruling could permit construction of new reservoir to feed water into Panama Canal locks

• https://apnews.com/article/panama-canal-new-reservoir-drought-shipping-restrictions-cd037f15bc52c23e19b0b5a0f15330fc

Cleaning up Narragansett Bay

• https://thepublicsradio.org/possibly-podcast/how-did-the-narragansett-bay-get-so-much-cleaner/ 

• https://www.golocalprov.com/news/2-Billion-Investment-Cleaning-Up-Narragansett-Bay-Hits-Milestone 

Centuries-old traditional whale hunt in Faroe Islands versus animal rights activists

• https://hakaimagazine.com/features/blood-in-the-water-food-on-the-table-protestors-on-the-shore/ 

Caution:  dig safely when building sand castles – collapsing sand holes can be deadly

• https://theconversation.com/dig-safely-when-building-sandcastles-and-tunnels-this-summer-collapsing-sand-holes-can-cause-suffocation-and-even-death-224704 

Impacts of stormy weather in Cape Town region of South Africa – maritime rescue & carbo ship abandonment

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Stormy_weather_wreaks_havoc_in_SAfricas_Western_Cape_999.html 

Construction slated to begin on first phase of $2.3B South Shore of Staten Island (SSSI) project to add interior drainage areas, seawalls & other stormwater infrastructure

https://theconstructionbroadsheet.com/triumph-set-to-start-m-staten-island-coastal-risk-project-p1814-175.htm

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