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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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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Role of silica in Yellowstone – rhyolite, geyser cones, petrified tress & algae

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/hot-and-cold-journey-silica-begins-yellowstones-rhyolite-and-ends-geyser 

Analysis of seismic waves provides insight into material convective flow in lowermost mantle

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/seismology-helps-us-understand-how-material-flows-in-earths-deepest-mantle 

Seismic shear along major lineament of Sikkim Himalaya diagonal to main thrusts

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/a-seismogenic-shear-zone-diagonal-to-the-main-himalayan-thrusts 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GC011363

Reactivation of El Kherba landslide in 2020 by M4.9 Mila earthquake

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/el-kherba-landslide 

Watershed scale may be more significant in determining timing of alpine flooding than topography

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-watershed-scale-mountainous-river-topography.html

Core sampling of sediments in Salmon River estuary to assess geologic history of tsunamis

• https://www.opb.org/article/2024/06/27/all-science-no-fiction-oregon-coast-diatoms-fossils-soil-cores-marshland-tsunamis/ 

Retrospective on 1974 Quebrada Blanca landslide in Colombia

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/quebrada-blanca-landslide 

Massive avalanche near Kedartha Dham, near Chrabari glacier in India

• https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/massive-avalanche-near-kedarnath-dham-none-hurt-6004959 

Increase in seismic swarm activity on Kilauea – no signs of imminent eruption – alert level raised

• https://kauainownews.com/2024/06/30/big-islands-kilauea-rocked-by-500-plus-quakes-with-escalation-of-sesmic-unrest/ 
• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kilauea/news/245736/Kilauea-volcano-Hawai-i-alert-level-raised-as-new-seismic-swarm-occurs-under-upper-East-Rift-zone.html 

Recent seismic activity of Mount St Helens

• https://mynorthwest.com/3963290/mount-st-helens-seismic-activity-brewing-350-earthquakes-februrary/

Sinkholes emerging in Turkey

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-sinkholes-turkey-parched-breadbasket.html 
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Sinkholes_spread_fear_in_Turkeys_parched_breadbasket_999.html 

Lewotobi Laki-Laki and Mount Ibu volcanoes both erupt twice in same day in Indonesia

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Indonesias_Lewotobi_Laki-Laki_volcano_erupts_twice_in_a_day_999.html

Computational method using surface mapping & GPS to map subsurface features – “deformation imaging”

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-imaging-technique-earth-warped-surface.html 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl4264 

Humans played key role in extinctions of megafauna during last 50,000 years – only 11 of 57 species survived

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/humans-megafauna-extinctions-13068.html 
• Paper:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/latequaternary-megafauna-extinctions-patterns-causes-ecological-consequences-and-implications-for-ecosystem-management-in-the-anthropocene/E885D8C5C90424254C1C75A61DE9D087 

“Snowball Earth” provided environmental conditions for evolution of multicellular organisms

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/snowball-earth-multicellularity-13063.html 
• Paper:  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2767

Prehistoric rock art is hidden throughout the Grand Canyon

• https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/prehistoric-rock-art-lies-hidden-throughout-the-grand-canyon 

Argyle Mine in NE Western Australia produced 191 tons of rough diamonds during 37 years of operation

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/argyle-mine-earths-treasure-trove-of-pink-diamonds-born-during-a-supercontinents-break-up 

Green River “Labyrinth Canyon” viewed from space

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/earth-from-space-green-river-winds-through-radioactive-labyrinth-of-shadows 

Moosehead Lake in Maine owes orgins to geology – ice & volcanoes

• https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/07/03/special-sections/guide_to_moosehead_region_2024/moosehead_lake_owes_everything_to_geology_ice_and_volcanoes-0vzoa9n507wn-2/ 

Book Release:  “Geology of the Lake Tahoe Basin”

• https://yourtahoeguide.com/2024/06/book-exposes-secrets-of-tahoes-geologic-past/

Toadstool Geological Park in NW Nebraska

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/karthikagupta/2024/07/01/prehistoric-exploration-comes-to-life-in-nebraska/ 

Plate tectonics may explain why we are alone in the universe

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/07/03/this-new-theory-on-why-we-are-alone-in-the-cosmos-may-surprise-you/ 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54700-x

Dog-sized sea scorpions were top predator 400 myo

• https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dog-sized-sea-scorpions-roamed-060420800.html 

Tourmaline records geologic history

• https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2024/July/Tourmaline 

Hadrosaur remains found in Mississippi

• https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2024/07/02/dinosaur-bones-82-million-years-old-found-in-ms-what-was-it/74243898007/ 

Exploring earthquake history at Skilak Lake, Alaska

• https://www.usgs.gov/centers/whcmsc/news/unveiling-earthquake-history 

Present is the key to the past & and vice versa – what happened 56 myo in the Southern Pyrenees of Spain?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/geological-archives-may-predict-our-climate-future/ar-BB1oQVe4 

Fountains of diamonds erupt from the crust

• https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/geological-event-earth-crust-diamonds-2668651944 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06193-3 

Two new minerals discovered at largest rare earth mine in northern China – niobium-scandium minerals named Oboniobite and Scandio-fluoroeckermannite 

• https://pune.news/international/chinese-geologists-unearth-novel-minerals-at-worlds-largest-rare-earth-mine-197273/ 

Complex glacial history shaped the St Croix Valley near Osceola, Wisconsin

• https://www.stcroix360.com/2024/06/geologists-uncover-new-clues-about-how-glaciers-shaped-the-st-croix-valley/ 

Exploration drilling focused on shallow gas projects in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa

• https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1050875/kinetiko-energy-gas-exploration-drilling-in-south-africa-reveals-strong-gassy-geology-1050875.html 

Pilbarra gold mine project placed in receivership – collapsed under debt despite record-breaking gold market

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-03/warrawoona-gold-mine-calidus-resources-recievership/104052630 

Retrospective on Ridgecrest earthquakes of 5 years ago

• https://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/ridgecrest-earthquakes-first-responders-and-seismologists-reflect-5-years-later 

Paper:  Island of Palawan in Philippines not quite seismically stable 

• https://temblor.net/temblor/earthquakes-rattle-palawan-philippines-stable-region-16264/ 

Looping networks exhibited in deltas – “Goldilocks fluctuations”

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1050334 

Palos Verde landslides – movement accelerated by heavy rains – exploratory boreholes to locate pockets of water

• https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/rainfall-accelerating-land-movement-in-rancho-palos-verdes 
• https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/palos-verdes-landslide-drilling-operation-could-hit-a-geyser-of-water-next-week 
• https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/rancho-palos-verdes-takes-first-big-step-towards-possibly-slowing-portuguese-bend-slide 
• https://patch.com/california/palosverdes/local-emergency-extended-due-unprecendented-land-movement

Resources, reporting & fraud at Red Pine Exploration

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/what-went-wrong-at-red-pine-resources-reporting-and-fraud-in-mining/ 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Human obsession with growth is killing the planet

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/04/our-obsession-with-growth-is-killing-the-planet-un-report/ 
• https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/obsession-with-growth-is-enriching-elites-and-killing-the-planet-we-need-an-economy-based-on-human-rights-olivier-de-schutter 
• Report:  https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g24/069/70/pdf/g2406970.pdf?token=xV57KqwCiuT93NCCUY&fe=true 

APHIS enforcement summaries for 2023

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/mission/enforcement-summaries 

Baltimore files lawsuit & declares epidemic of “toxic litter” targeting plastic makers & packaging – getting into water supply & puts residents at risk of ingesting toxic chemicals found in plastic

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062024/baltimore-lawsuit-targets-plastic-maker/

Tractor Supply eliminating DEI activism & will focus on selling its products & focusing on “rural America priorities” such as ag education, animal welfare & veteran causes – more companies likely to follow 

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/28/tractor-supply-drops-dei-apologizes-following-customer-feedback/ 

Wait a minute, aren’t they proclaiming that EVs are non-polluting?  Tesla orders by Bay Area AQMD to correct ongoing air quality violations – “frequent, recurring emissions”

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/28/tesla-gets-order-to-stop-polluting-excessively-in-california-112-notices-of-violation-since-2019/ 

Colorado announces Dark Sky Month – but what is needed is not just a month but very long-term reduction in light pollution or else this will be as effective as “Earth Hour” & “Earth Day” in reducing human degradation and impacts on the environment

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/30/colorado-aims-to-reduce-light-pollution-with-dark-sky-month/ 

“Plastic Free July” is waste of time if only some consumers participate

• https://theconversation.com/plastic-free-july-is-a-waste-of-time-if-the-onus-is-only-on-consumers-233436

Natural immunity in humans to covid is real – despite what Fauci & others proclaimed!

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-are-some-people-seemingly-immune-to-covid-19-scientists-may-now-have-an-answer/ar-BB1oO510 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x

Las Vegas municipal water is “safe” but “hard”

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-las-vegas-hard-alarm.html 

Benzodiazepines (tranquilizers) & anti-chololinergic (neurotransmitter blockers) drugs linked to higher dementia risk & memory problems – proscribed for many conditions

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/two-popular-classes-of-drugs-linked-to-higher-dementia-risk-and-memory-problems-possible-alternatives/ar-BB1iBv7i 

US FDA has history of approving dangers & deadly drugs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/these-are-some-of-the-most-dangerous-and-deadly-drugs-the-fda-has-ever-approved/ar-BB1lu0v9 

Despite known adverse side effects & relative low virulence of the virus, CDC pushing yet another vaxxing booster along with flu shots

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cdc-recommends-americans-get-new-covid-shots-here-s-what-to-know/ar-BB1pemqX

USFS to begin mechanical forest thinning for fuels reduction on West Shore of Lake Tahoe

• https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/mechanical-forest-thinning-project-to-begin-on-the-west-shore/ 

US Government to pay Moderna $176M to develop bird flu mRNA vaxx – prepping for the next plandemic that they will try to once again force upon the country

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/the-us-will-pay-moderna-176-million-to-develop-an-mrna-pandemic-flu-vaccine/ar-BB1phvI1

Visualizing the most endangered animals in the world

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-endangered-animals-in-the-world-ranked/ 

Six tonnes of illegal ‘drug precursors’ from China are seized in Italy – street value exceeds 630M euros

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Italy_says_seizes_six_tonnes_of_drug_precursors_from_China_999.html 

US DOI rejected proposed 221-mile Ambler Road across federal lands to mineral mining areas – ROD chose no-action plan from Final Supplemental EIS

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/department-of-interior-rejects-ambler-access-project-in-alaska 
• EIS document links:  https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018002/510 

Use of laser & sonar technology reveals less reservoir capacity in California since 1960 due to sedimentation

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-laser-sonar-technology-northern-california.html 

Impact of 4th of July fireworks on air quality

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-fireworks-impact-air-quality.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883292724000118 

What motivates people to watch disaster & extreme weather footage

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-explores-people-footage-disasters-extreme.html 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2324058 

Significant flaws found in current climate risk assessment techniques

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-crucial-gaps-climate-methods.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48820-1 

China Three Gorges Renewables Group plans $11B expansion of solar & wind

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-three-gorges-invests-11-billion-in-desert-power-projects-1.2090680

Proposed nuclear power plant expansion at Hanford Site near Richland, Washington – 12 reactors

• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/30/more-nuclear-power-in-the-tri-cities-northwest-ene/ 

New York City – traffic congestion (worst in the world) – congestion pricing in Manhattan – pause?

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/nyc-has-the-world-s-worst-traffic-congestion-costing-9-billion
• https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-judge-rejects-arguments-against-manhattan-congestion-pricing-plan
• https://www.amny.com/transit/congestion-pricing-federal-report-hochul-manhattan-tolls/ 
• https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/mta-board-vote-confirms-hochul-congestion-pricing-pause/ 

Technological hazard:  Excessive energy demand of data centers will overwhelm US power grid

• https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/30/failure-to-meet-surging-energy-demand-will-jeopardize-economic-growth-utility-execs-warn.html 

SCOTUS decision to overturn Chevron doctrine puts law-making clearly back in the hands of Congress

• https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/mta-board-vothttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-decision-upends-biden-administration-s-rules-for-evs-and-emissions/ar-BB1piX89 

Aftermath of covid pandemic – hopefully lessons will be learned from lockdowns & pressuring to accept experimental vaxxing

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/03/the-aftermath-of-covid-four-years-later/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=act_eng&seyid=7179 

Perspective:  California is self-destructing – Newsom portrayal of state is remarkably misleading – turned $98B surplus into $45M deficit, rising crime, homeless capital, businesses closing

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/03/california-is-self-destructing/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=act_eng&seyid=7179 

Book Review:  “The True Believer: The Psychology of Mass Movements” – interchange allegiance to ideologies – “too easy for people to be misled and for totalitarian politics to take hold”

• https://humanjourney.us/development/our-digital-world/the-true-believer/ 

In California Public Safety Power Shutoffs begin - shutting off power to residents in northern counties in high fire risk

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/california-shuts-off-power-to-thousands-of-people/ar-BB1pmi01 

FDA to no long allow use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food products – was not on GRAS list

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-fda-will-no-longer-allow-this-potentially-harmful-additive-found-in-some-sodas/ar-BB1pib9b 

Testing for covid exercise in futility since “symptoms” could be caused by many illnesses– false positives can result

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/are-false-positve-covid-tests-common-doctors-explain/ar-AA1gBVjD 

You are what you eat – diet high in sugar & low in fiber increases risk of colon cancer for those under age 50

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/deadly-diet-combo-theory-behind-colon-cancer-rise-in-young-people/ar-BB1nz29n 

Courtesy of Biden open-border policy – in just the month of June US confiscated enough fentanyl to kill 27M – equal to the combined population of CA, TX, FL, NY & PA 

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/04/u-s-confiscated-enough-fentanyl-to-kill-population-of-5-biggest-states-just-in-june/

Resolutions passed against expansion of Seneca Meadows Landfill in Finger Lakes Region of New York

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02072024/new-york-town-resolutions-opposing-landfill-expansion/

Average American spends $1,200 on prescription medications every year including painkillers, anti-nausea, diabetes & cholesterol, hypertension, arthritis & infections – drugs can change your moods and behaviors

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-medications-that-change-who-we-are/ar-AA1lZ3hp 

Man-made global warming is more like a fringe theory

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/04/is-it-right-to-call-anthropogenic-climate-change-a-theory/ 

Another bridge – the 10th bridge in 14 days - collapses in Bihar, India

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/another-bridge-in-bihar-collapses-10th-in-a-fortnight/articleshow/111500037.cms 

Lake Livingston Dam in Houston under repair as “failure watch” ordered by Trinity River Authority continues

• https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/07/03/492621/lake-livingston-dam-repairs-underway-amid-failure-watch/ 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Human obsession with growth is killing the planet

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/04/our-obsession-with-growth-is-killing-the-planet-un-report/ 
• https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/02/obsession-with-growth-is-enriching-elites-and-killing-the-planet-we-need-an-economy-based-on-human-rights-olivier-de-schutter 
• Report:  https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g24/069/70/pdf/g2406970.pdf?token=xV57KqwCiuT93NCCUY&fe=true 

APHIS enforcement summaries for 2023

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/mission/enforcement-summaries 

Baltimore files lawsuit & declares epidemic of “toxic litter” targeting plastic makers & packaging – getting into water supply & puts residents at risk of ingesting toxic chemicals found in plastic

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24062024/baltimore-lawsuit-targets-plastic-maker/

Tractor Supply eliminating DEI activism & will focus on selling its products & focusing on “rural America priorities” such as ag education, animal welfare & veteran causes – more companies likely to follow 

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/28/tractor-supply-drops-dei-apologizes-following-customer-feedback/ 

Wait a minute, aren’t they proclaiming that EVs are non-polluting?  Tesla orders by Bay Area AQMD to correct ongoing air quality violations – “frequent, recurring emissions”

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/28/tesla-gets-order-to-stop-polluting-excessively-in-california-112-notices-of-violation-since-2019/ 

Colorado announces Dark Sky Month – but what is needed is not just a month but very long-term reduction in light pollution or else this will be as effective as “Earth Hour” & “Earth Day” in reducing human degradation and impacts on the environment

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/30/colorado-aims-to-reduce-light-pollution-with-dark-sky-month/ 

“Plastic Free July” is waste of time if only some consumers participate

• https://theconversation.com/plastic-free-july-is-a-waste-of-time-if-the-onus-is-only-on-consumers-233436

Natural immunity in humans to covid is real – despite what fauci & others proclaimed!

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-are-some-people-seemingly-immune-to-covid-19-scientists-may-now-have-an-answer/ar-BB1oO510 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x

Las Vegas municipal water is “safe” but “hard”

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-las-vegas-hard-alarm.html 

Benzodiazepines (tranquilizers) & anti-chololinergic (neurotransmitter blockers) drugs linked to higher dementia risk & memory problems – proscribed for many conditions

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/two-popular-classes-of-drugs-linked-to-higher-dementia-risk-and-memory-problems-possible-alternatives/ar-BB1iBv7i 

US FDA has history of approving dangers & deadly drugs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/these-are-some-of-the-most-dangerous-and-deadly-drugs-the-fda-has-ever-approved/ar-BB1lu0v9 

Despite known adverse side effects & relative low virulence of the virus, CDC pushing yet another vaxxing booster along with flu shots

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cdc-recommends-americans-get-new-covid-shots-here-s-what-to-know/ar-BB1pemqX

USFS to begin mechanical forest thinning for fuels reduction on West Shore of Lake Tahoe

• https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/mechanical-forest-thinning-project-to-begin-on-the-west-shore/ 

US Government to pay Moderna $176M to develop bird flu mRNA vaxx – prepping for the next plandemic that they will try to once again force upon the country

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/the-us-will-pay-moderna-176-million-to-develop-an-mrna-pandemic-flu-vaccine/ar-BB1phvI1

Visualizing the most endangered animals in the world

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-endangered-animals-in-the-world-ranked/ 

Six tonnes of illegal ‘drug precursors’ from China are seized in Italy – street value exceeds 630M euros

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Italy_says_seizes_six_tonnes_of_drug_precursors_from_China_999.html 

US DOI rejected proposed 221-mile Ambler Road across federal lands to mineral mining areas – ROD chose no-action plan from Final Supplemental EIS

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/department-of-interior-rejects-ambler-access-project-in-alaska 
• EIS document links:  https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2018002/510 

Use of laser & sonar technology reveals less reservoir capacity in California since 1960 due to sedimentation

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-laser-sonar-technology-northern-california.html 

Impact of 4th of July fireworks on air quality

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-fireworks-impact-air-quality.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0883292724000118 

What motivates people to watch disaster & extreme weather footage

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-explores-people-footage-disasters-extreme.html 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2324058 

Significant flaws found in current climate risk assessment techniques

• https://phys.org/news/2024-07-crucial-gaps-climate-methods.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48820-1 

China Three Gorges Renewables Group plans $11B expansion of solar & wind

• https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-three-gorges-invests-11-billion-in-desert-power-projects-1.2090680

Proposed nuclear power plant expansion at Hanford Site near Richland, Washington – 12 reactors

• https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/30/more-nuclear-power-in-the-tri-cities-northwest-ene/ 

New York City – traffic congestion (worst in the world) – congestion pricing in Manhattan – pause?

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-25/nyc-has-the-world-s-worst-traffic-congestion-costing-9-billion
• https://www.freightwaves.com/news/federal-judge-rejects-arguments-against-manhattan-congestion-pricing-plan
• https://www.amny.com/transit/congestion-pricing-federal-report-hochul-manhattan-tolls/ 
• https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/mta-board-vote-confirms-hochul-congestion-pricing-pause/ 

Technological hazard:  Excessive energy demand of data centers will overwhelm US power grid

• https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/30/failure-to-meet-surging-energy-demand-will-jeopardize-economic-growth-utility-execs-warn.html 

SCOTUS decision to overturn Chevron doctrine puts law-making clearly back in the hands of Congress

• https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/06/26/mta-board-vothttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-decision-upends-biden-administration-s-rules-for-evs-and-emissions/ar-BB1piX89 

Aftermath of covid plandemic – hopefully lessons will be learned from lockdowns & pressuring to accept experimental vaxxing

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/03/the-aftermath-of-covid-four-years-later/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=act_eng&seyid=7179 

Perspective:  California is self-destructing – Newsom portrayal of state is remarkably misleading – turned $98B surplus into $45M deficit, rising crime, homeless capital, businesses closing

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/03/california-is-self-destructing/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=act_eng&seyid=7179 

Book Review:  “The True Believer: The Psychology of Mass Movements” – interchange allegiance to ideologies – “too easy for people to be misled and for totalitarian politics to take hold”

• https://humanjourney.us/development/our-digital-world/the-true-believer/ 

In California Public Safety Power Shutoffs begin - shutting off power to residents in northern counties in high fire risk

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/california-shuts-off-power-to-thousands-of-people/ar-BB1pmi01 

FDA to no long allow use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food products – was not on GRAS list

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-fda-will-no-longer-allow-this-potentially-harmful-additive-found-in-some-sodas/ar-BB1pib9b 

Testing for covid exercise in futility since “symptoms” could be caused by many illnesses– false positives can result

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/are-false-positve-covid-tests-common-doctors-explain/ar-AA1gBVjD 

You are what you eat – diet high in sugar & low in fiber increases risk of colon cancer for those under age 50

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/deadly-diet-combo-theory-behind-colon-cancer-rise-in-young-people/ar-BB1nz29n 

Courtesy of Biden open-border policy – in just the month of June US confiscated enough fentanyl to kill 27M – equal to the combined population of CA, TX, FL, NY & PA 

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/04/u-s-confiscated-enough-fentanyl-to-kill-population-of-5-biggest-states-just-in-june/

Resolutions passed against expansion of Seneca Meadows Landfill in Finger Lakes Region of New York

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02072024/new-york-town-resolutions-opposing-landfill-expansion/

Average American spends $1,200 on prescription medications every year including painkillers, anti-nausea, diabetes & cholesterol, hypertension, arthritis & infections – drugs can change your moods and behaviors

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-medications-that-change-who-we-are/ar-AA1lZ3hp 

Man-made global warming is more like a fringe theory

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/04/is-it-right-to-call-anthropogenic-climate-change-a-theory/ 

Another bridge – the 10th bridge in 14 days - collapses in Bihar, India

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/another-bridge-in-bihar-collapses-10th-in-a-fortnight/articleshow/111500037.cms 

Lake Livingston Dam in Houston under repair as “failure watch” ordered by Trinity River Authority continues

• https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/07/03/492621/lake-livingston-dam-repairs-underway-amid-failure-watch/ 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 8 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

 “Amerigo Vespucci” – stunning Italian tall ship with 26 traditional canvas sails in Port of Los Angeles

• https://www.dailynews.com/2024/06/28/most-beautiful-italian-tall-ship-open-for-tours-next-week-in-port-of-la/ 

Pier Road rehabilitation connects Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine, to Bickford Island

• https://www.wgme.com/news/local/kennebunkport-town-leaders-say-climate-change-threatens-important-causeway-governor-janet-mills-maine-global-warming 

Sharks in East Coast waters – Tybee Island, Georgia – attacks in Florida - Massachusetts

• Tybee Island:  https://www.wjcl.com/article/tybee-island-georgia-shark-sighting/61428082 
• https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-recovering-shark-bite-florida-coast-states-attack-111563451 
• https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/accident/2024/06/28/shark-attacks-man-in-floridas-nassau-county/74249232007/   
• https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/06/25/shark-species-massachusetts-cape-cod 

CCC approval given for multi-million-dollar 1.25-mile coastal trail connecting Morrow Bay & Cayucos 

• https://www.ksby.com/morro-bay/a-multi-million-dollar-coastal-trail-connecting-morro-bay-and-cayucos-has-been-approved-for-construction \

North Carolina DEQ warning issued to Oak Island beachgoers to avoid pumped floodwaters in North Carolina

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/07/oak-island-beachgoers-urged-to-avoid-pumped-floodwaters/ 

Latest episode in the on-going saga of the train tracks and the bluffs at Del Mar, California – alternate routes – California has already designated $300M for project planning & deign

• https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/plans-to-move-train-tracks-off-the-coastal-bluffs-in-del-mar-may-hit-legal-snag/3554800/

Recognizing that coastal environment of Cape Cod is dynamic – using new technology to monitor

• https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/very-dynamic-coastal-environment-new-technology-used-track-cape-cod-beach-erosion/XPSWKYWEW5GRFOJMXZHP5KPB5Q/ 

Perspective:  Optimistically suggesting that reforming landmark California Coastal Act could restore balance between housing & environment 

• https://www.marinij.com/2024/06/30/reforming-californias-landmark-coastal-law-can-restore-balance-between-housing-and-environment/ 

Corpus Christi issues notice of potential impacts of Saharan Dust 

• https://news.cctexas.com/news/saharan-dust-expected-in-coastal-bend-this-weekend 

Flying lots and lots of flags on the Jersey Shore

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/style/jersey-shore-flags.html 

Two rare sea otters spotted near Cannon Beach in Oregon

• https://www.kptv.com/2024/06/29/conservation-volunteers-spot-rare-sea-otters-near-cannon-beach/ 

Greece prosecutes Kazahk charter yacht passengers for “moral complicity in arson” for wildfire on Hydra Island

• https://maritime-executive.com/article/greek-prosecutors-charge-kazakh-oligarchs-in-megayacht-fire-scandal 

Studying sting ray behavior in California coastal waters

• https://undark.org/2024/07/02/step-forward-stingray-science/ 

Rip currents can be deadly in US coastal waters

• https://nypost.com/2024/06/26/us-news/fifth-tourist-in-4-days-dies-in-waters-off-panama-city-beach/ 
• https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/missouri-woman-dies-vacation-panama-city-beach/63-cfa5aee7-9842-4aff-afda-aa4d314cf99c 
• https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/jun/26/lifeguard-saves-seven-rip-current/

Sand boil develops on Main Beach on Gold Coast of Australia

• https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/world-news/mysterious-hole-opens-up-on-australian-beach/ 

New historical marker commemorating early colonization of North Carolia coastal region

• https://www.wtkr.com/news/in-the-community/virginia-beach/virginia-historic-highway-marker-unveiled-on-shore-dr 

Potential impact of tsunamis on structures

• https://www.structuremag.org/?p=27521 

Growth of “green hydrogen” in Magallanes of Tierra del Fuego, Chile, poses high risk to bird sanctuaries & ecosystems – in general wind farms lack planning on gigantic scale

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072024/south-america-hydrogen-plan-threatens-bird-sanctuary/ 

Damages to fishing fleet in Barbados from Hurricane Beryl

• https://www.africanews.com/2024/07/04/more-than-26-boats-sink-due-to-hurricane-beryl-in-barbados/ 
• https://time.com/6994896/hurricane-beryl-impact-damage-photos/ 

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"Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkegaard (quoted in @CanadaFP via @TheWeek)

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 1 July 2024

Hurricane Beryl is the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season. Glad I left Honduras in mid-May. 

 Read about it here.

 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 1 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

“Beachball” earthquake focal mechanisms at Yellowstone

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/earthquake-focal-mechanisms-lifes-a-beachball 

Future asteroid strike – limited readiness to prevent impact – methods to inform the public not fully developed

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-predicts-an-asteroid-has-a-72-percent-chance-of-hitting-earth-here-s-when/ar-BB1oOcpG 

New interpretation & mapping off offshore sedimentary basins of New Zealand reveal clues to continental evolution

• https://eos.org/articles/sedimentary-basins-tell-zealandias-ancient-story 

Tracing anthropogenic radionuclides in helps reveal pathways & timing of mingling of Atlantic & Arctic currents

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/radioactive-isotopes-trace-hidden-arctic-currents 

• Paper:   https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JC020813 

Distinguishing atmospheric and oceanic tsunami waves from 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/dual-tsunami-generation-from-atmospheric-and-oceanic-sources 

Experimental model may explain volcanic processes that carbonatite could transport green metals upward to the surface of the Earth in magmatic sulfide systems

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mantle-crust-green-metal-mystery.html 

• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl3127

Magnitude of horizontal & vertical displacements in December 2020 Petrinja earthquake in Croatia

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-magnitude-displacements-december-petrinja-earthquake.html 

• Paper:  https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/12/2112 

Toward improved understanding of dust source in Gurbantunggut Desert in Junggar Basin in China

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-gurbantunggut-source.html 

• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921818124001292 

Reservoir of dissolved organic matter in the ocean

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-explore-vast-reservoir-dissolved.html 

Large plume of Saharan Desert dust to reach the Atlantic Coast

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-cloud-of-saharan-dust-is-set-to-reach-the-us-this-week/ar-BB1oOEzt 

Oil-sands production in Canada among most carbon-intensive sources of oil

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/forget-shale-canada-s-oil-sands-are-having-their-moment/ar-BB1oQSlw 

Suggesting that Tunguska event was caused by black hole but evidence is lacking

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/atom-bomb-sized-blast-in-russia-may-have-been-caused-by-a-black-hole/ar-BB1oW68T 

2D hydraulic model for Chain of Lakes on Fox River in McHenry County, Illinois

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/two-dimensional-hydraulic-model-chain-lakes-fox-river-near-mchenry-illinois 

• USFS SIR 2024-5056:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5056/sir20245056.pdf

Predicting depth to bedrock in Delaware River Basin using noisy data on multiscale performance

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/a-spatial-machine-learning-model-developed-noisy-data-requires-multiscale-performance 

• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815224001853 

Dissolved arsenic concentrations of upper Klamath River Basin waters in Oregon & California

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/dissolved-arsenic-concentrations-surface-waters-within-upper-portions-klamath-river 

• USGS SIR 2024-5029:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5029/sir20245029.pdf 

Impact of seamounts on ocean circulation due to intense turbulence

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-underwater-mountains-impact-ocean-circulation.html 

Direct measurement (using fluorescent dye) of cold deep water upwelling via turbulent mixing along slope of submarine canyon in Atlantic Ocean - observed rate was 10,000+ times the predicted global average 

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ocean-paradox-gallons-fluorescent-dye.html 

• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07411-2

Active eruption cycle on Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland may continue for decades

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-iceland-volcano-eruptions-decades.html 

• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ter.12733 

New model of “missing” aerosols and cloud condensation nuclei

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-aerosol-cloud-condensation-nuclei.html 

• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07547-1

Water transport in subduction zones includes nominally anhydrous minerals (NAMs) and water-bearing minerals – stishovite (SiO2) may retain large amounts of water but has limited stability deep in the mantle

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-high-pressure-silica-mineral-deep.html 

• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X24002231 

New method for visualization & prediction of sedimentation in soft-ground drilling

• https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-method-visualization-sedimentation-soft-ground.html 

• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024005280?via%3Dihub 

100-foot diameter sinkhole opens up beneath soccer field in Alton, Illinois– video

• https://weather.com/news/video/massive-sinkhole-swallows-part-of-illinois-soccer-field 

Deformation on Mauna Loa

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/news/volcano-watch-beyond-lava-mauna-loas-deformation-story 

Heap leach landslide at Eagle Mine in Canada

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/eagle-gold-mine-1

Possible causes of Sorte debris flow in Switzerland

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/sorte-debris-flow-2 

Upwelling mantle plume created ocean basin in Mongolia 410 myo

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/boiling-rocks-from-earths-crust-tore-an-ocean-into-mongolia-410-million-years-ago 

• Paper:  https://danielpastorgalan.com/publication/2024-zhu-grl/2024-ZHU-GRL.pdf 

Why the US has so many tornadoes – all about convergence & contrast

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tornadoes-earth-scientist.html 

Reconstruction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049726 

• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2408502121 

Ammonites were not in decline prior to Late Cretaceous event

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1049643 

• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49462-z 

Growth mechanism for golf ball & even grapefruit size hail

• https://theconversation.com/hail-the-size-of-golf-balls-and-even-grapefruit-the-science-of-how-tiny-ice-crystals-grow-dangerously-large-231587

“Expert” opinions on the global methane budget

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-fifty-experts-global-methane.html 

• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004234 

Planetary geology:  lower-temperature hydrothermal vents could create conditions that support if on “ocean worlds” in the Solar System

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hydrothermal_Vents_on_Ocean_Worlds_Could_Support_Life_UC_Santa_Cruz_Study_Finds_999.html 

• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JE008202 

Klondike gold rush history from Seattle, Washington, to Skagway

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/06/seeking-gold-rush-history-seattle-skagway 

Exceptionally well-preserved assemblage of Cambrian trilobites in High Atlas of Morocco

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cambrian-trilobites-13054.html 

• https://www.sciencealert.com/never-before-seen-trilobite-anatomy-preserved-by-pompeii-like-ash-in-morocco 

Geomyth - debunking popular claim that Protoceratops inspired legend of the Griffin

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/protoceratops-griffin-link-13039.html 

• 1989 Paper:  https://www.academia.edu/531069/Paleocryptozoology_A_Call_for_Collaboration_between_Classicists_and_Cryptozoologists 

• Paper:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03080188241255543 

Visualizing Saudi Aramco oil reserves

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-saudi-aramcos-massive-oil-reserves/ 

Yeah, this is a brilliant idea:  $60M scheme to pump carbon to bottom of the ocean to “solve” non-existent climate crisis

• https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-a-radical-plan-to-pump-carbon-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean 

El Niño forecast for 18 months using physics-based model – explainable predictability

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-el-nio-months-physics-based.html 

Inbreeding did not cause extinction of Wooly Mammoth – lack of genetic evidence to support inbreeding concept

• https://www.sciencealert.com/inbreeding-not-to-blame-for-wooly-mammoth-extinction-surprising-study-finds 

• Paper:  https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00577-4 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 1 July 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Targeting pests with pesticides using RNA – that’s like forcing mRNA vaxx on people – what could possibly go wrong?!  No such thing as a “perfect pesticide” as there will be collateral damages

• https://www.science.org/content/article/perfect-pesticide-rna-kills-crop-destroying-beetles-unprecedented-accuracy

SCOTUS to hear case on States rights to prohibit use of puberty blockers & hormones for teens

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-decide-states-may-134325707.html 

Wyoming announces move forward on multi-phase contract to deploy small-scale nuclear reactors

• https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyoming-takes-another-step-toward-nuclear-energy/article_757419c8-2f46-11ef-8055-db9161a558f9.html 

South Korea plans to create small modular nuclear reactor industrial hub in Gyeongsang Province

• https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Korea-plans-SMR-industrial-complex 

Large-scale underground infrastructure project in Summerlin completed as Las Vegas sprawl increases

• https://csengineermag.com/platinum-contracting-completes-major-underground-infrastructure-project-for-summerlin-west-expansion/ 

Romancing the River:  Back to Basics?

• https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-back-to-basics/

Third bridge collapse in Bihar, India, in past week – police are investigating

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/third-bridge-collapses-in-bihar-in-one-week/articleshow/111213019.cms

Colorado law bans sales of dental floss, clothes & household products containing PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/new-colorado-law-ban-sales-dental-floss-clothes-household-products-containing-toxic-forever-chemicals/ 

Lawsuits challenge EPA rule that limits PFAS forever chemicals in drinking water

• https://www.wfae.org/2024-06-21/the-epas-new-limits-on-pfas-in-drinking-water-face-legal-challenges 

Rapidan Dam resulted in downstream flooding in Minnesota – full failure imminent as debris accumulates

• https://www.fox9.com/weather/live-updates-rapidan-dam-suffers-partial-failure-home-danger 
• https://www.startribune.com/dam-near-mankato-in-danger-of-imminent-failure/600375733/ 
• https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/rapidan-dam-fails-evacuation-blue-earth-county/ 

At least 22 killed by explosion and fire in lithium battery factory in South Korea

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/22-workers-killed-after-single-malfunctioning-lithium-battery-sets-off-disastrous-chain-reaction/ar-BB1oNeqi 

Carbon offsets are not a solution – they are part of the larger problem of setting bad policy for all the wrong reasons

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-analysis-uncovers-major-problem-with-companies-climate-contributions-we-can-t-offset-our-way-to-a-safe-climate-future/ar-BB1oNOw7

Perspective:  Pitting “clean” energy & conservation against each other is a zero-sum game – balance is not possible – battle for lithium also occurring in Argentina where water is critical resource

• NV:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/pitting-clean-energy-and-conservation-against-each-other-is-a-zero-sum-game/ar-BB1oNcal 
• Argentina:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/battle-lines-redrawn-as-argentina-s-lithium-mines-ramp-up-to-meet-electric-car-demand/ar-BB1oRpnH

17 commonly used PFAS forever chemical are absorbed through human skin – dermal bioavailability

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-chemicals-absorbed-human-skin.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024003581 

Widespread flooding prompts Dubai to commit to $8B plan for stormwater runoff system

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-dubai-bn-stormwater-runoff.html 

Man found guilty of diverting national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan - probation

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/man-found-guilty-of-diverting-national-park-river/ar-BB1oURDk 

Since 1980s particulates from burning fossil fuels have offset (i.e., reduced) warming caused by GHG – now as air pollution is slashed, warmer temperatures result – “inadvertent geoengineering” produces substantial heating

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/we-ve-been-accidentally-cooling-the-planet-and-it-s-about-to-stop/ar-BB1oQVS3 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01442-3 

Ironic:  new book “Proven Climate Solutions…How to Accelerate Change” as “inadvertent geoengineering” consequences are now being acknowledged (see above listed paper) – messing around with forces beyond their ability to grasp 

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/24/proven-climate-solutions-a-new-book-on-accelerating-change/ 

California may provide up to $14,000 in incentives (i.e., subsidies) for low-income EV buyers

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/25/california-could-provide-up-to-14000-in-incentives-for-low-income-ev-buyers/ 

Buyer Beware:  “gas certification” is greenwashing to promote premium price for low-carbon fuel

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25062024/low-emission-gas-certification-is-greenwashing-climate-advocates-conclude-in-a-contested-new-report/ 
• Report:  https://earthworks.org/resources/certified-gaslighting-how-gas-certification-has-gained-a-policy-foothold-even-as-it-fails-to-prove-it-can-accurately-detect-emissions/ 

Audacious scheme in India to re-route number of streams to build a mega-river – no transparency for the river-linking project as data is state secret - how could that possibly go wrong?!

• https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-audacious-scheme-to-reroute-indias-water/ 

Gas emissions from many municipal landfills contain PFAS forever chemicals

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-landfill-burps-airborne-pfas.html 

New analysis suggests Rapa Nui (Easter Island) supported a small resilient population – but then why did they disappear?

• https://theconversation.com/rocks-on-rapa-nui-tell-the-story-of-a-small-resilient-population-countering-the-notion-of-a-doomed-overpopulated-island-232935 

No big surprise! 20% (177,000) of almost a million immigrants released in the US cannot be found again – terrorism threats heightened

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/feds-can-t-find-foreign-nationals-released-into-us-as-terrorism-threats-heightened/ar-BB1oSWrG 

 

Illegal immigrants crossing our Northern Border also pose significant threat to America

• https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/24/1300-increase-northern-illegal-migrant-crossings-reported/ 

Technological hazard:  Large chunk of debris from SpaceX rocket landed in North Carolina 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-s-spacex-debris-narrowly-misses-hikers-as-nasa-confirms-it-s-re-entry-in-nc/ar-BB1oVWXM 

The Yakima Nation & the Goldendale “green energy” project – need to protect sacred spiritual teachings

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-a-push-for-green-energy-one-federal-agency-made-tribes-an-offer-they-had-to-refuse/ar-BB1oUPi6 

Campaign donations under Biden reap huge profits (billions of dollars) for Arizona solar company

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-signature-biden-law-aimed-to-boost-renewable-energy-it-also-helped-a-solar-company-reap-billions/ar-BB1oVnCS 

Charges of unethical conduct & inappropriately aggressive response to probe of East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment – report says sensors failed

• https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/25/norfolk-southern-east-palestine-investigation-00164840 
• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4738815-east-palestine-ohio-train-crash-rail-sensors-failed-national-transporation-safety-board/ 

SCOTUS to consider reviving critical approval for railroad project to transport crude oil & boost fossil fuel production in eastern Utah

• https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-utah-uinta-basin-railway-oil-d6dfb030e7176d8bfed30906ad839981 

Lifespan of a nuclear power plant?  Average worldwide is 32 years & has never reached 60

• https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/24/coalition-nuclear-policy-peter-dutton-power-plants-100-years-run-time 

$87M in funding approved by Migratory Bird Conservation Commission to conserve, restore or enhance 316M acres of critical wetland & associated upland habitat

• https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-more-87-million-wetland-conservation-projects-and 

San Antonio River Authority will re-introduce freshwater mussels into the river – more to come

• https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/05/17/sara-reintroduces-freshwater-mussels-in-first-in-texas-conservation-effort/ 

More federal subsidies for solar power through WAP and LIHEAP programs

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/27/bridging-the-solar-energy-gap-through-federal-assistance-programs/ 

EPA formally asked US Army to sample & test Kendaia & Reeder Creeks for PFAS chemicals that may have migrated from decommissioned Seneca Army Depot into Seneca Lake in New York

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26062024/seneca-new-york-epa-army-pfas-testing/ 

Technological hazard:  transportation cybersecurity over the past decade

• https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/summer-2024/01 
• Cybersecurity language:  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/73792 
• US DOT research program:  https://www.its.dot.gov/research_areas/cybersecurity/ 

Another $375M in federal subsidies committed to renewable “clean energy” projects - PACE

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4741588-biden-administration-puts-375-million-toward-rural-renewables/ 

Brigham City, Utah, applied “Lace Guard Oxy” treatment to Mantua Reservoir to kill algal bloom – hydrogen peroxide-based algaecide – questions about impacts on birds, bees & insects

• https://www.fastcompany.com/91145726/utah-toxic-algal-blooms-lakeguard-oxy 

Life is what happens when you are offline

• https://www.fastcompany.com/91146404/gallup-emotions-report-2024-happiness-internet 
• Global Emotions Report link:  https://www.gallup.com/analytics/349280/gallup-global-emotions-report.aspx 
• Global Happiness Report summary & link: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2024/happiness-of-the-younger-the-older-and-those-in-between/ 

Connecticut starting the reverse trend – abandoned requiring all new cars sold to be EVs – other states will likely soon follow

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-hybrids/connecticut-reverses-course-on-new-ice-car-ban-after-2035/ar-BB1p0tmp 

Tourons learn the hard way – need to leave the grizzly bears & other wild animals alone!

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tourist-learns-the-hard-way-never-to-approach-a-grizzly-bear-for-photos-no-matter-how-cute-it-looks/ar-BB1oZHpZ 

Scientists injected radioactive chips into live rhino horns in attempt to curb poaching – yeah, right, “the best idea I’ve ever heard”

• https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-scientists-make-live-rhino-horns-radioactive-to-fight-poaching-in-south-africa 

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BOEM gives final approval for Construction & Operation Plan for 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore project

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/25/924-megawatt-sunrise-wind-project-receives-final-approval-from-u-s-department-of-the-interior/ 

Harpswell harbor master looking toward steps to dispose of whale carcass floating offshore

• https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/life/animals/wildlife/dead-whale-carcass-harpswell-bailey-island-orrs-island-wills-gut-floating-offshore-harpswell-maine-disposal-wildlife/97-153babcf-c304-4172-9d14-7041f8522344 

Multi-well drilling program in Block 50 off coast of Oman competed 

• https://www.offshore-energy.biz/jack-up-rig-sets-the-seal-on-drilling-campaign-offshore-oman/

Presence of glauconite may preclude one-third of Massachusetts offshore wind site from construction

• https://franklinobserver.town.news/g/franklin-town-ma/n/265042/report-says-13-key-offshore-wind-site-may-be-unbuildable 

Merger of interests in Nigerian deepwater oil site to produce light to medium sweet crude

• https://www.offshore-mag.com/business-briefs/company-news/article/55091027/africa-oil-btg-agree-to-nigerian-deepwater-merger 

Conflict between enforcing laws to protect marine life and the Eastern Shore Jubilee in Alabama

• https://1819news.com/news/item/coastal-alabama-lawmakers-want-fishing-laws-to-change-during-jubilees-after-man-arrested-by-game-warden 

Questioning logic of groin bill on Bald Head Island – costs & impacts on marine life

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/06/bald-head-island-conservancy-questions-groin-bill-logic/ 

Dolphins in SE US have elevated mercury levels – highest concentrations found in Florida between St Joseph & Choctawatchee Bay – dolphins are “sentinel species”

• https://www.earth.com/news/elevated-mercury-levels-discovered-in-dolphins/ 
• News release:  https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/06/research-finds-dolphins-elevated-mercury-levels-florida-and-georgia 
• Paper:  https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/12/5/327 

Comprehensive & precise mapping of coastal dunes for conservation – “coastal squeeze” phenomenon

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-dunes-decoded-comprehensive-precise-coastal.html 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01431161.2024.2354135 

Lifeguard “pirate” death caused by shark attack off Iaekahana Beach on Oahu, Hawaii

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/pirates-caribbean-actor-dies-shark-102833957.html

University of Maine designed floating wind turbine failed to advance in US DOE “FLOWIN Prize” competition – UMaine received $7.1M federal grant via 2009 Recovery Act & $10M grant to study offshore wind structures – wasted money

• https://www.themainewire.com/2024/06/umaines-floating-wind-turbine-scheme-fails-to-advance-in-biden-admin-offshore-wind-contest/

Reintroduction of Eastern indigo snakes in Conecuh National Forest in Alabama may result in improvement of coastal species range 

• https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/eastern-indigo-snakes-alabama-reintroduction-forest/ 

Connections between tourism industry & coastal ports in Oregon

• https://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/news/oregons-coastal-ports-pillars-of-our-tourism-ecosystem/article_e43d2e36-26c0-5e9a-96bd-647e617bc11f.html 

New multi-billion-dollar coastal Calabar-Lagos highway in Nigeria is modeled after PCH in California – only one of the problems – mired in controversy

• https://www.fastcompany.com/91142139/nigeria-coastal-highway-modeled-after-californias-pch-thats-only-one-of-its-problems 

Estimated surface-water flows using gradient-related discharge in Everglades network

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/representation-surface-water-flows-using-gradient-related-discharge-everglades-network 
• USGS SIR 2024-504:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5041/sir20245041.pdf 

Chesapeake Bay Program failing in progress toward 2025 cleanup goals under 2014 Watershed Agreement

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26062024/chesapeake-bay-program-flunked-2025-cleanup-goals/ 
• Paper:  https://www.eli.org/sites/default/files/files-pdf/54.10470.pdf
• 2014 Agreement:  https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/what-guides-us/watershed-agreement 

Icon of the Seas – Newly-delivered, largest cruise ship sustained fire & lost power in port at Costa Maya, Mexico

• https://maritime-executive.com/article/small-fire-breaks-out-aboard-world-s-largest-cruise-ship

Sewage treatment plants release wastewater into swamps in Louisiana that drains into Lake Pontchartrain & the Gulf – rely on “wetlands assimilation” to treat wastewater

• https://www.nola.com/news/environment/dozen-louisiana-sewage-plants-discharge-to-swamps-does-it-help-or-hurt/article_eb1b4248-29b3-11ef-b44d-e74746210bcd.html 

Panama Canal Authority (ACP) warns waterway will continue to face water shortage

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Panama_Canal_agency_warns_water_shortage_is_not_over_999.html 

UNESCO issues urgent call for Australia to protect Great Barrier Reef

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Urgent_for_Australia_to_protect_Great_Barrier_Reef_UNESCO_999.html 

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 198 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/ 

$16.7M in funding available for technologies & partnerships focused on coastal resilience

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/27/16-7-million-for-marine-technology-innovation-through-the-inflation-reduction-act/ 

Lots of gray whales are swimming into San Francisco Bay – at least 71 different whales confirmed

• https://www.times-standard.com/2024/06/25/wildlife-mystery-why-are-gray-whales-are-swimming-into-san-francisco-bay-in-increasing-numbers/ 

Falkland Islands began public consultation of environmental impact of Sea Lion Field Northern Development Area based on floating production storage & offloading vessels

• https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/falkland-islands-begins-environmental-consultation-on-sea-lion-field/ 

Engineers crafting $34B plan to protect Galveston coastline & Houston from the next big hurricane – right, structural controls will work this time

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/galveston-texas-plan-stop-next-big-storm-hurricane-ike-180984487/ 

North Carolina coast starts summer with 150+ rip current rescues, alligator scare & shark bite report

• https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/summer-starts-at-nc-beaches-with-150-water-rescues-a-shark-bite-report-and-a-scary-alligator/

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"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 24 June 2024

Elaine is solely responsible for the following:

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 24 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Another geothermal model for super deep hot dry rock 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/geothermal-model-gives-key-insights-into-extracting-renewable-energy-from-superhot-super-deep-rock/ar-BB1oaRDG
• Paper:  https://geothermal-energy-journal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40517-024-00288-4 

US lost 2 nuclear-powered submarines:  USS Thresher sank in 1963 & may have been sunk by own torpedo & USS Scorpion lost under mysterious circumstances in 1968

• https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-nuclear-submarine-might-have-been-sunk-its-own-torpedo-211457 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-navy-freaked-a-nuclear-submarine-was-shattered-into-5-pieces/ar-BB1onbmd 

Merging architectural history and geology in Rome, Italy

• https://magazine.holycross.edu/stories/all-roads-lead-rome 

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory 2023 Annual Report

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/yvo-2023-annual-report-has-hit-streets 
• USGS Circular 1524:  pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1524/cir1524.pdf

Weather is always changing – everyone everywhere says “if you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes”

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/crazy-weather-week-coming-us-172803064.html 

New Mexico debating what to do with produced water

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16062024/new-mexico-oil-produced-water-deabte/ 

Most of the largest marine protected areas have inadequate protections – “paper parks”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17062024/largest-marine-protected-areas-have-inadequate-protections/ 

Seismic retrofit of bridges in Seattle, Washington, in advance of the next big earthquake

• https://mynorthwest.com/3962530/upcoming-construction-sdot-to-prepare-bridges-for-next-big-earthquake/#// 

Retrospective:  Tragedy of the K-27 nuclear submarine (1958-1981) – underwater Chernobyl

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sir-the-reactor-is-leaking-a-russian-submarine-became-an-underwater-chernobyl/ar-BB1ospQT 

Largest lahar evacuation drill & the geology of Mount Rainier

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/preparing-volcano-hazards-where-worlds-largest-lahar-evacuation-drill-held 
• https://geology.com/usgs/rainier/ 

Causes of rock topple at Furnas Reservoir in Brazil

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

Weather conditions can trigger earthquake swarms

• https://scitechdaily.com/mit-uncovers-weathers-role-in-triggering-earthquake-swarms/ 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado1469 

Satellite data may provide new technique for detecting early signs of impending earthquakes

• https://scitechdaily.com/space-detection-of-earthly-anomalies-groundbreaking-new-technique-unveils-early-earthquake-signs/
• Paper:  https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/jag-2024-0024/html?lang=en 

Maps of “extreme” and “exceptional” drought and groundwater depletion in Mexico

• https://scitechdaily.com/groundwater-depletion-maps-reveal-depths-of-extreme-and-exceptional-mexican-drought/ 

Tailings dam failure at Chinchorro TSF near Peñablanca, Chile

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/the-13-june-2024-tailings-dam-failure-at-the-chinchorro-tsf-at-penablanca-in-chile 

Ring fractures and ice doughnuts in Antarctic ice – flexures and fractures

• https://eos.org/articles/antarctic-ice-doughnuts-may-hold-the-key-to-shelf-collapse 
• Paper:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/observed-meltwaterinduced-flexure-and-fracture-at-a-doline-on-george-vi-ice-shelf-antarctica/EAAD863418F572E9F5DF781FF85EFD77 

Spillover of tropospheric ozone may be affecting stratospheric measurements

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/what-happens-in-the-troposphere-doesnt-stay-in-the-troposphere 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023AV001154 

Post-war reconstruction may have caused elevated thallium levels in Baltic Sea maintained by low-oxygen high sulfide conditions

• https://eos.org/articles/toxic-metal-on-the-rise-in-the-baltic-sea

New theory links formation of cratons to weathering of first land masses that concentrated radioactive minerals

• https://eos.org/articles/radioactive-sediments-may-have-built-earths-cratons
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07307-1 

Visualizing the top ten hottest & coldest countries based on average temperature in 2022

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/10-hottest-and-coldest-countries-in-the-world-map/ 

British Geological Survey updates online tool for validating geotechnical data

• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/update-to-bgss-ags-file-utilities-tool-released/ 

Much of the methane released from damaged Nord Stream gas pipeline has remained in Baltic Sea waters

• https://scitechdaily.com/pipeline-peril-the-mystery-of-nord-streams-methane-after-the-explosion/ 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63449-2 

Lokiceratops rangiformis – new species of centrosaurine dinosaur from Judith River Formation, Montana – curving blade-like horns on back of frill

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lokiceratops-rangiformis-13036.html 
• Paper:  https://peerj.com/articles/17224/ 
• Video:  https://www.sciencealert.com/newly-found-dinosaur-lokiceratops-had-insane-horns-unlike-any-other 

Goronia traquairi – “Elgin Marvel” fossil in Hopeman Sandstone Formation near Elgin, Scotland

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/elgin-marvel-fossil-13027.html 
• Paper:  https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae065/7694288?login=false 

Nothosaurs - Oldest sea-going reptile from the southern hemisphere found in New Zealand 

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/new-zealand-nothosaur-13024.html

Planetary geology:  “Popcorn Rocks” found on Mars, suggesting water flowed in Jezero Crater

• https://www.sciencealert.com/perseverance-finds-strange-popcorn-rocks-on-mars-suggesting-past-water-flow 

How to stay safe during lightning storms – 37M lightning strikes per year in the US

• https://theconversation.com/how-to-stay-safe-during-lightning-storms-summer-is-the-highest-risk-season-231997 

Sharks are among the most endangered animals – Global FinPrint Project

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/a-scientific-mission-to-save-the-sharks/
• Project:  https://globalfinprint.org/ 

Earthquake with estimated magnitude of 7.5 or 8 rerouted Ganges River around 2,500 years ago – coastal avulsion

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earthquakes/huge-earthquake-2500-years-ago-rerouted-the-ganges-river-study-suggests 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47786-4 

Potential megaquake & tsunami on Cascadia Subduction Zone

• https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/61993/20240613/pacific-megaquake-potential-earthquake-tsunami-underwater-fault-threatens-lives-10.htm 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl3198#abstract 

Parvosuchus aurelioi – small Mid- to Late-Triassic crocodile-like reptile found in Southern Brazil

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-small-ancient-crocodile-reptile-brazil.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63313-3 

New AI algorithm for analyzing microfossils

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ai-algorithm-microfossils.html 

Remnants of primordial crust found near Perth, Australia

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-groundbreaking-discovery-remnants-earth-primordial.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01469-6

2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake- initial rupture led to multiplex fault ruptures

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-noto-peninsula-earthquake-quiet-rupture.html 
• https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109224 

Problems with climate scenarios – only suggest what could happen (SSPs) – IPCC not concerned with reality

• https://theconversation.com/the-problems-with-climate-scenarios-and-how-to-fix-them-230141 

In Memoriam:  David Ballantyne Rowley (1954-2024) – notable research on age of initiation of India-Asia plate tectonic collision and formation of the Himalaya

• https://news.uchicago.edu/story/david-b-rowley-geologist-who-overturned-conventional-wisdom-about-earths-surface-evolution 

USGS to conduct low-level helicopter flights to image geology & collect geophysical data of SW Colorado

• https://arkvalleyvoice.com/u-s-geological-survey-flights-slated-to-begin-in-june/ 

Swarm of small earthquakes like signal recharge of magma beneath Mount St Helens

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo/news/mount-st-helens-seismicity-elevated-within-range-background-levels-february 

Largest prospective nickel deposits discovered in Alaska

• https://techround.co.uk/other/alaska-energy-metals-uses-power-of-geology-and-technology-to-discover-one-of-americas-largest-nickel-deposits/ 

USGS officially recognizes High Falls, Middle Falls & Lower Falls on Genesee River in New York

• https://www.whec.com/top-news/rochesters-high-middle-and-lower-falls-gain-national-recognition-from-u-s-geological-survey/ 

Geochemical sampling completed of basil till for nickel-copper-cobalt-chrome-platinum group element-gold on Consolidated Shebandowan Property in NW Ontario, Canada

• https://www.streetinsider.com/Accesswire/Sky+Gold+Completes+Basal+Till+Geochemical+Sampling+Program+%26+Identifies+Historic+Gold+Occurrences+for+Further+Exploration+on+Its+Consolidated+Shebandowan+Property%2C+Northwestern+Ontario/23369484.html 

Satellite images of 200-mile-long dust storm crossing over New Mexico

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/giant-200-mile-long-dust-storm-blowing-across-us-is-visible-from-space/ar-BB1oFBk9 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 24 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Audit suggests government agencies mishandled at least $1.7 billion in covid funds – isn’t “mishandled” a nice euphemism for fraud and government waste?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/audit-11-washington-agencies-potentially-mishandled-1-17-billion-in-covid-aid/ar-BB1ofAYn 
• https://www.propublica.org/article/how-remote-work-ai-impact-fraud-local-government 

SCOTUS upholds law requiring deportation of foreign national who illegally entered the US – combined cases of three illegal aliens who entered US in 2001, 2005 and 2016 each violated Southern Border

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-ruling-upholds-immigration-law-and-deportation-process/ar-BB1oibwk

Big surprise – climate information passes through a political filter for your “protection”

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/16/climate-change-information-is-sanitized-for-your-protection/ 

Pandemic policies during pandemic were worse than the disease – cost without benefit

• https://brownstone.org/articles/how-did-a-small-group-do-this/  

Liberty County School System banning cell phones for middle & high school students in the classroom

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/06/13/liberty-county-schools-ban-cell-phones-during-class/ 

Grolar Bear hybrids are extremely rare – only 8 confirmed 

• https://www.iflscience.com/grolar-bear-hybrids-are-extremely-rare-with-just-8-confirmed-individuals-74652 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-024-01359-1 

“Corpse Flower” bloomed in Kew Gardens, England – one of smelliest plants on the planet

• https://www.iflscience.com/extraordinary-corpse-flower-blooms-in-kew-gardens-and-we-were-there-to-see-it-74649 

Touron gets jail sentence & fined for trespassing into “dangerous geothermal area” in Yellowstone & banned from National Park for two years – punishment for willfully breaking rules

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/yellowstone-tourist-sentenced-7-days-003700841.html

Rare white grizzly and her two cubs fatally struck by two separate vehicles along Trans-Canada Highway

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/national-park-crews-said-to-be-devastated-after-rare-white-grizzly-bear-cubs-killed-in-separate-traffic-collisions/ar-BB1omLDs

Initiative gathering signatures to attempt to stop Washington state phase out of natural gas 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/initiative-to-stop-natural-gas-phase-out-would-turn-back-the-clock-in-wa/ar-BB1olRnt 

Irony:  Granting “human rights” to “protect” humans who have caused all the destruction & pollution 

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17062024/un-special-rapporteur-human-rights-astrid-puentes-riano-peru/ 

Illinois DNR claims public has no right to most waterways in the state contravening federal law & clashing with state public doctrine under Illinois Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act

• https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/05/02/illinois-department-natural-resources-dnr-public-no-right-waterways-maggie-bruns 

Wishful thinking:  “Goodbye Big Oil, Hello Big Solar” – most solar is highly subsidized & cause significant environmental degradation and impacts

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/16/goodbye-big-oil-hello-big-solar/ 
• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/21/world-getting-120-new-1gw-nuclear-fusion-power-plants-this-year-or-something-like-that/ 

Local & State opposition to renewable energy projects is “widespread & growing” – significant litigation

• https://www.utilitydive.com/news/local-opposition-renewable-energy-projects-growing-sabin-report/718817/ 
• https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2024/06/11/developments-in-opposition-to-renewable-energy-facilities-through-december-2023/
• Report download link:  https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/226/ 

The good, the bad, and the ugly of $1.6B highway in Lake County, Florida, across Wekiva River – spawning more development in fragile environment

• https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/06/16/will-a-1-6-billion-highway-save-central-floridas-wekiva-river-or-doom-it/ 

Retrospective on 2022 coal mining disaster in Lost Creek, Kentucky – lawsuit alleges pollution of drinking water & failure to properly restore strip-mined mountain above community

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/45-minute-tidal-wave-of-contaminated-water-devastates-community-now-residents-are-fighting-back-in-court/ar-BB1onCO7 

7.4M illegal immigrants on “non-detained docket” plus 1.9M+ got-aways crossed our Southern Border under Biden – no security for the US and all Americans – “jaw-dropping numbers” include unvetted criminals, spies, terrorists & gang members – illegal arrested in NY for rape of 13-year-girl

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/17/report-the-biden-regime-has-released-7-4-million-migrants-into-the-country-as-part-of-catch-and-release-program/ 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-border-surge-means-nearly-9-million-more-immigrants-cbo-says/ar-BB1osuJB  
• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/gma/migrant-taken-custody-person-interest-134200135.html 

Biden outsourcing energy policy decisions to unelected bureaucrats in California – policies that have not worked well in the state and will not work well for the country

• https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/16/biden-epa-california-carb-waiver-key-policy/ 

Great Lakes cities designated as urban heat islands despite moderating effects of lake waters

• https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/urban-heat-islands-great-lakes-and-toll-human-health 

China constructing 27 nuclear reactors using high-tech approach & extensive government financing

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-many-15-years-behind-china-nuclear-power-report-says-2024-06-17/ 

India approves proposal to construct $746M Rithala-Narela-Kundli metro rail project – 26.km rail and 21 stations to be built over next 4 years

• https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/indian-government-approves-major-rail-project/8037748.article 

Hundreds of “approved” renewable energy projects have not yet been built in Midwest States – similarly, 11,000+ solar, wind & battery storage projects not completed across the country

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17062024/midwest-renewable-energy-project-delays-power-grid/ 
• Report:  https://emp.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Queued%20Up%202024%20Edition_R2.pdf 

Are mega-projects worth the costs? - mega-dollars over short distances, construction congestion & delays

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/map-shows-upcoming-road-megaprojects-in-the-us/ar-BB1oo0kd 

Major international media outlets highlight concerns regarding Biden health – tripping, freezing, forgetting

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/tripping-freezing-forgetting-foreign-media-says-distracted-biden-getting-worse-ahead-of-2024-election/ar-BB1op82Q 

Some facts, information & conjecture that did not arise from Fauci congressional testimony & draconian lockdowns, vaxxing & mandates – covid was fairly highly infectious but not that virulent

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-the-real-covid-failure/ar-BB1osoCO 

Fudging numbers to claim success of “clean energy” production in California – 15-minute+ supply

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/california-achieves-incredible-new-milestone-with-its-power-supply-it-is-the-new-reality/ar-BB1oqWSC 
• Energy costs:  https://www.solarinsure.com/average-cost-of-electricity-per-month-in-california 

Biden allocates $900M subsidy for small modular reactor development – how much will Bill Gates get for project in Wyoming?

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/biden-administration-allocates-900-million-for-small-modular-reactor-development/ 

EU has formally adopted Nature Restoration Law focused on rejuvenation of natural ecosystems

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/eus-sweeping-nature-restoration-law-passes-european-council-restoring-ecosystems-by-2050/ 

Canadian National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan aims to conserve 30% of land and marine areas while prioritizing Indigenous-led conservation

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/canada-unveils-comprehensive-biodiversity-strategy-to-combat-nature-loss/ 

US Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, may have driven silver Infiniti FX3

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/secret-agent-robbed-gunpoint-during-001409861.html 

Perspective:  San Diego County must carefully regulate battery energy storage installations

• https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/06/18/opinion-county-must-carefully-regulate-battery-energy-storage-installations/ 

Apex predators often neglected in ecological research – case in point:  wolves

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19062024/missing-apex-predators-often-neglected-in-ecological-research/ 
• Paper:  https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae034/7687410 

Remember when talking about natural immunity to covid was censored as disinformation? – now they are studying natural immunity to try to mimic it to fight infections

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/study-sheds-light-on-why-some-people-do-not-get-covid-19/ar-BB1owhGU 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07575-x 

Big Tech & air conditioning gobbling up massive amounts of energy & hungry for much more

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/global-warming-and-tech-the-growing-battle-for-energy-resources/ar-BB1nP8Mt 

Climate activists have no respect for iconic Stonehenge on the eve of the summer solstice – absolutely no sound logic between spraying orange paint and stopping use of fossil fuels

• https://www.npr.org/2024/06/19/nx-s1-5012595/climate-activists-arrested-stonehenge 

In war-torn Darfur, cemeteries are being enlarged due to consequent malnutrition & disease

• https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/sudan-politics-hunger-graves/

World is drowning in plastic – advanced plastic recycling is not a solution but exacerbates the problem

• https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis 

Microsoft criticized for cybersecurity failures resulting from failure to respond to warnings

• https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-cybersecurity-house-homeland-security-hearing 
• https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-solarwinds-golden-saml-data-breach-russian-hackers 

Non-lethal (for the bears) interactions between ranchers & grizzly bears in Blackfoot Valley, Montana

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/usda-usfws-state-partners-find-non-lethal-answers-to-grizzly-bear-interactions-on-montana 

There is no perfect method to prevent hail damage to solar panels

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20062024/inside-clean-energy-solar-farms-defend-against-hail/ 

Oldest known burial site in the world was created by Homo naledi – tree-climbing Stone Age hominid – pre-dates Homo sapiens by at least 100,000 years

• https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-known-burial-site-in-the-world-wasnt-created-by-our-species 

Federal Courts ruled against Biden Title IX policies which gut due process & impose fringe sexual politics on schools – Biden regime redefines “sex” to include same-sex orientation & ‘gender identity”

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/21/title-ix-victory-and-home-as-multiple-courts-rule-against-biden/ 

$72,000 illegal immigrants smuggling routes to the US using charter flights – America at further risk

• https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/migration-usa-smuggling/ 

Nature Medicine still pushing the narrative to make avian influenza the next plandemic & covid falsehoods

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03106-3 

US Senate passed measure to bolster nuclear power sector by “streamlining” licensing process & cut fees

• https://thehill.com/homenews/4728514-senate-nuclear-power-package-biden/ 

Plant Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 will likely be last large-scale nuclear power plant in the US

• https://reneweconomy.com.au/why-the-newest-large-nuclear-plant-in-the-us-is-likely-to-be-the-last/ 

US Army COE releases new flood control plan for Jackson, Mississippi – estimated cost up to $655M

• https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2024/06/18/jackson-ms-one-lake-pearl-river-flood-control-project-latest-plan/74133994007/ 
• Pearl River Basin Plan:  https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Programs-and-Project-Management/Project-Management/Pearl-River/FileId/390792/ 

US Army COE funding $1.5M flood control project in central Flagstaff, Arizona, post Museum Fire of 2019

• https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-06-18/army-corps-of-engineers-is-funding-a-flood-control-project-in-central-flagstaff 

Want to be healthier?  Go outside and play in nature

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/21/go-outside-people-who-play-in-green-spaces-are-healthier/ 

Pending energy shortages in portions of the US this summer

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/21/some-u-s-regions-at-risk-of-energy-shortfalls-in-extreme-summer-conditions/

Technological hazard:  HALEU which is critical component of Bill Gates-backed small nuclear reactors can easily be weaponized

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nuclear-tech-like-bill-gates-terra-power-can-be-easily-weaponized/ar-BB1nL41k 
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1046755

Before & after street renovation in Egypt – loss of vegetation & park habitat & more pavement increases heat island effect

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/citizen-shares-frustrations-with-before-and-after-photos-after-city-expands-roadways-how-do-urban-planners-and-city-designers-not-understand-this/ar-BB1nEw8W

$10B expansion of highways through downtown Houston, Texas – mistakenly thinking one more lane will fix everything, this time

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/photo-of-proposed-10b-highway-expansion-in-houston-sparks-debate-online-almost-as-if-they-want-our-cities-to-fail/ar-BB1oH3MS 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 24 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Coastal & ocean economy topics – training, data & economy

• https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/topics/economy.html 

Lawsuit against USFS for failing to protect threatened coastal martens from destructive off-road vehicle acticity in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

• https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-seeks-to-protect-coastal-martens-from-off-road-vehicles-at-oregon-dunes-2024-06-11/ 

Finnish Defence Forces renewing coastal artillery system

• https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/06/finland-looks-for-new-mobile-coastal-artillery-systems/ 

Coastal flood risk for several Alaskan communities

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-coastal-alaska-communities.html 
• https://eos.org/articles/more-than-a-third-of-coastal-alaska-structures-may-be-at-risk-of-flooding-by-2100 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58270-w 

California Coastal agreement provides for more public access to Big Sur views

• https://www.courthousenews.com/big-sur-views-to-be-more-publicly-accessible-thanks-to-coastal-commission-agreement/ 

Human development prevents barrier islands from naturally responding to changing environment

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-qa-barrier-islands-dunes-coastlines.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61741-9 

Deepwater Horizon spill restoration projects in Florida

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/16/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-restoration-projects-continue-in-florida/ 
• https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/florida 

Perspective:  Report says California Coastal Commission often uses land-use authority to block low-income housing and ‘climate-friendly’ transportation projects

• https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/06/18/has-the-coastal-commission-made-housing-and-climate-crises-worse-its-offended-at-even-the-suggestion/ 
• https://www.circulatesd.org/a_better_coastal_commission
• Report:  https://assets.nationbuilder.com/circulatesd/pages/7468/attachments/original/1718240891/A_Better_Coastal_Commission_Report_-_FINAL.pdf?1718240891 

Philippine & Chinese ships collide near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/philippine-chinese-ships-collide-near-hotspot-reef/ar-BB1ol1TV 

US District Judge orders BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400M to Swinomish Tribe for intentionally trespassing when it ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across sensitive coastal marine environments on the reservation

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-orders-railway-to-pay-washington-tribe-nearly-400-million-for-trespassing-with-oil-trains/ar-BB1oomT3 

Battle over engineered wetlands waters in Florida – buffer to Lake Okeechobee or water for the Everglades?

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18062024/everglades-wetlands-toxic-algae-pollution/

Suggesting “green hydrogen” could rescue stranded offshore wind resources

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/20/green-hydrogen-to-rescue-stranded-offshore-wind-resources/ 

Greece turning abandoned airport into $8B smart city to include first skyscraper in the country along Aegean Sea & regenerating two-mile coastal frontage

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/greece-turning-abandoned-airport-8-104301351.html 

Texas, Louisiana & Mississippi suing to block Biden proposed BOEM rule requiring offshore O&G industry to provide $7B in financial assurances to dover cost of dismantling old infrastructure

• https://www.reuters.com/legal/states-sue-us-block-rule-requiring-oil-industry-pay-dismantling-old-wells-2024-06-17/ 

Geologists press examining alternatives for disposal of mineral extraction by-product along shoreline of Tzeelim Bay 

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/geologists-press-dead-sea-works-to-prevent-creation-of-salt-mountain-as-tall-as-masada/ 

Warning that attempts to geoengineer climate in California using MCB could intensify heatwaves in Europe – in the 1950s Hollywood warned of tinkering with forces beyond their ability to grasp

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/climate-engineering-off-us-coast-could-increase-heatwaves-in-europe-study-finds/ar-BB1oDNvK 

Fahmarnbelt undersea tunnel will link Denmark to northern Germany to replace 45-minute ferry ride by 2029 at estimated cost of 55.1 billion kroner (€4.8 billion) – will decide toll charge later

• https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/06/19/underwater-rail-tunnel-linking-denmark-and-germany-to-replace-45-minute-ferry-with-7-minut 

Precipitation & stream discharge vary over time in the Coastal Plain of Virginia

• https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/06/18/watershed-study-shows-designs-must-account-for-increased-rainfall 
• Paper:  https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-6114 

Tybee Island, Georgia, exploring options to address water insecurity

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/06/18/tybee-seeks-solution-to-its-water-insecurity/ 

Attempting to define “affordable” housing in coastal Georgia

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/06/07/defining-affordable-housing-in-coastal-georgia/ 

Gas discovery at Ferdinand Nord prospect in Brents Sea offshore of Norway – estimate up to 0.7M cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalent

• https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/aker-bp-gas-barents/ 

"There are no great men. There are only great challenges which ordinary men are forced by circumstance to meet." - Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey quoted in @Forbes, via @TheWeek.  

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 17 June 2024

The items/opinions compiled below are those of Elaine J. Hanford

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 17 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Underwater noise from ships getting louder and posing increasing threat to marine ecosystems

• https://hakaimagazine.com/features/quieting-the-global-growl/ 

Argon geochronology of volcanic eruption in Yellowstone and elsewhere

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/going-going-argon-determining-volcanic-eruption-ages-argon-geochronology

Texas RR Commission investigating blowout of another abandoned O&G well in Permian Basin

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11062024/texas-permian-basin-oil-well-water-blowout/ 

Rock versus mineral – definitions are mostly clear-cut

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/whats-the-difference-between-a-rock-and-a-mineral 

The Great Oxidation Event was spread over 200 million years

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1047735 

Alignment of rock formations within fault zones may help explain why seismic events occur

• https://www.newsweek.com/earthquakes-study-california-sanandreas-brown-university-geology-1910508 

Landslide at Teton Pass, Wyoming

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/teton-pass-landslide-1 

JOIDES Resolution embarks on final research expedition

• https://eos.org/articles/the-joides-resolution-embarks-on-its-final-expedition 

Mechanisms & stresses triggering earthquakes along passive margins & interior of West Africa

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ancient-crustal-weaknesses-contribute-to-modern-earthquakes-in-west-africa 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL107614 

Winchcombe meteorite records grain scale brecciation resulting from multiple collisions

• https://eos.org/articles/a-splashy-meteorite-was-forged-in-multiple-collisions 
• Paper:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.14164

Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise set ablaze by onboard bombs in 1969 fire – catalyst for safety reforms

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise-was-set-ablaze-due-to-her-own-bombs/ar-BB1o6x5d 

Inner core oscillates from super-rotating (2003-2008) to sub-rotating (2008-2023) – progression & regression

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-rotation-earth-core.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07536-4

1937 aerial photos expose Antarctic anomaly & challenge modern climate narratives – revealing glacial changes over time along approximately 2,000 km coastline

• https://scitechdaily.com/challenging-modern-climate-narratives-forgotten-1937-aerial-photos-expose-antarctic-anomaly/ 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48886-x 

Pink sands composed of garnet crystals (about 590 myo) may reveal timing of subduction of Australian Plate beneath the Pacific Plate & presence of previously unknown Antarctic mountains

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mountainous-mystery-uncovered-south-australia.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01467-8

Toward improved understanding of aerosols on weather – aerosol-cloud interaction

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-aerosols-affect-climate-previously-thought.html 
• https://new.nsf.gov/news/cloudy-chance-climate-predictions 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl5044 

Student storm chasers

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-students-crisscross-tornado-alley-storms.html 

Nature on AI – but does not recognize it as a technological hazard and generated text has already been published in peer reviewed journals – all research should begin with critical human thinking and the null hypothesis

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01475-5 

History associated with the Cumberland Gap

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/06/cumberland-gap-cleft-between-north-and-south 

Sinkhole forces closure of Generals Highway between Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks – cause not identified

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/06/update-sinkhole-closes-road-between-sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks 

Rainfall in southern Florida identified as 1,000-year event – residents & local governments still not prepared

• https://scitechdaily.com/1000-year-deluge-floridas-rainfall-shatters-historical-records/ 
• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-miami-preview-future.html 

Haliskia peterseni – previously unknown 100 myo anhanguerian pterosaur found in Queensland, Australia

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/haliskia-peterseni-13016.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-60889-8 

Epitornoceras baldisi – enigmatic Devonian ammonoid cephalopod in Argentina redescribed

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/epitornoceras-baldisi-13005.html 
• Paper:  https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/46/7 

Critical look at interpreting drill results:  lies, damn lies & highlights, cutoff grades & equivalents

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/lies-damn-lies-and-drill-highlights-a-critical-look-at-interpreting-drill-results/ 

Visualizing acreage burned by wildfires in the US in 2023 – California tops the list

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wildfire-area-burned-by-u-s-state-in-2023/ 

Wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton last expedition ship “Quest” to Antarctica found in the Labrador Sea at 1,280-foot depth

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/expedition-finds-wreckage-of-ship-on-which-shackleton-made-his-final-voyage/ 
• https://www.sciencealert.com/wreck-of-quest-shackletons-final-expedition-ship-discovered-at-bottom-of-atlantic 

Deposit of rare earth elements discovered in heart of Fen Carbonatite Complex in Norwegian volcano near Oslo

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/enormous-deposit-of-rare-earth-elements-discovered-in-heart-of-ancient-norwegian-volcano 
• Report:  https://rareearthsnorway.com/europes-largest-deposit-of-rare-earth-elements-discovered-at-fen-norway 

Meteo-tsunami caused flooding in Msida, Malta

• https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/environment/meteotsunami-causes-flooding-in-msida/ 

Lost age of egg-laying mammals evidenced by Echidnapus

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/echidnapus-newfound-species-mammal 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753 

Hiker died from fall off cliff on the west side of St Mary’s Glacier in Colorado

• https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/hiker-dies-after-falling-off-cliff-on-west-side-of-st-marys-glacier 

Growing dependence on groundwater for irrigation is depleting groundwater systems – will be choice between slowing down rate of groundwater level declines and food security impacts for over-populated world

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1048230 
• Paper:  https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3056003/v1/c4167c9c-7634-4f1d-aed2-5a6045cbc241.pdf?c=1687975294 

Potential drivers of global zinc cycle in the ocean

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-unravel-drivers-global-zinc.html 

Effects of thawing permafrost on topography & periglacial environment of China-Russia crude oil pipeline

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-exploring-effects-permafrost-topography-periglacial.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S034181622400331X 

Eleven prolonged cooling events occurred in mid- to late-Holocene – IPCC got it wrong again

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-uncovering-prolonged-cooling-events-holocene.html 

Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01380-0 

2021 monitoring of groundwater, surface water & soil at Ammonium Perchlorate Rocket Motor Destruction Facility at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/environmental-monitoring-groundwater-surface-water-and-soil-ammonium-perchlorate 
• USGS OFR 2024-1031:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2024/1031/ofr20241031.pdf 

2020 streamflow, water quality & constituent loads and yields in Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/streamflow-water-quality-and-constituent-loads-and-yields-scituate-reservoir-15 
• USGS Data Report 1192:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/dr/1192/dr1192.pdf

Impact of short-duration, high-intensity precipitation as trigger for postfire debris flows in US Southwest

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/rainfall-intensification-amplifies-exposure-american-southwest-conditions-trigger 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-024-00017-8 

Hurricane hunters go into the eye of the storm

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_hunters_calm_science_pilots_in_eye_of_the_storm_999.html

Fuego volcano in Guatemala spewing gas & ash in “weak & moderate explosions”

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Volcano_rumblings_prompt_air_traffic_alert_in_Guatemala_999.html 

Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 to hunt and kill 128 fin whales

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Iceland_grants_whaling_license_for_2024_season_999.html 

Working on a plan to “refreeze the Arctic” – such hubris! – of course this will work – what could possibly go wrong?

• https://greekreporter.com/2024/06/10/dutch-startup-plan-refreeze-arctic/ 
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-working-desperate-plan-refreeze-143045184.html 

NOAA forecasts larger than average Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico – estimated 5,827 square miles

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-noaa-average-summer-dead-zone.html 

Virginia cuts back regulations for geologists for voluntary professional geologist certification to “eliminate redundancy”

• https://www.whro.org/environment/2024-06-13/certification-rules-for-virginia-geologists-who-help-reduce-environmental-hazards-change

7 geological features of Appalachia

• https://appvoices.org/2024/06/10/appalachian-wonders/ 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 17 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Birth of rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills Lakota prophecy portending better times but also signals more must be done to protect Earth and animals

• https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/white-buffalo-calf-born-at-yellowstone-national-park https://time.com/6987690/reported-birth-rare-white-buffalo-calf-in-yellowstone-park-fulfills-lakota-prophecy/ 
• https://apnews.com/article/white-buffalo-calf-lakota-prophecy-yellowstone-c7c77fb2791c2ccc271222bd0174aa99 

Devastating consequences of using tranq

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/tranq-turns-more-illicit-drug-users-into-amputees/ar-BB1nTnT7

Massive reticulated python ate woman in Indonesia

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/python-swallows-woman-whole-indonesia-165250920.html

Pandemic was plagued by egregious state & federal policies that caused people to die

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cuomo-finally-forced-to-tell-whole-truth-about-covid-19-decisions-that-cost-thousands-of-lives/ar-BB1nWkPV 

Paper:  Long-lasting, biochemically modified mRNA and its frameshifted recombinant spike proteins in human tissues and circulation after vaxxing

• https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prp2.1218 

Making it sound like public drinking water supply is that much better than a private well – false assumption, just ask the people of Jackson, Mississippi, or Flint, Michigan

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10062024/thousands-in-alabama-live-without-public-water/

Perspective:  human nature cannot be forever fooled - hyperinflation, spiking staple & gas prices, racial & tribal chauvinism, dangerous streets, an emasculated & politicized military, and wars abroad

• https://victorhanson.com/the-left-knows-leftism-doesnt-work/ 

Consequences and suffering are direct result of Biden open-border policies – violent crimes, murders, rapes, deadly drugs – latest Biden executive order will end these problems

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/ohio-sheriff-fed-crime-stemming-090055358.html 

Technological hazard:   Large language models such as ChatGPT are some of the most energy-guzzling technologies – “guzzling resources at planet-eating rates”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-ugly-truth-behind-chatgpt-ai-is-guzzling-resources-at-planet-eating-rates/ar-BB1niVbN 

Europeans realizing that “green” and “renewable” policies are too burdensome and expensive 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe-turns-its-back-on-green-policy-and-embraces-the-right/ar-BB1nYh3w

Unsanctioned DC Pride events leave piles of garbage in Dupont Circle

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dupont-circle-park-littered-with-garbage-during-pride-festivities/ar-BB1nZ9br 

BLM preferred alternative site reduces proposed large-scale Lava Ridge wind farm by 40% & moves closest turbine 7 miles further from Minidoka National Historical Site 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bureau-of-land-management-shrinks-proposed-size-of-controversial-idaho-wind-farm-project/ar-BB1nZoFh 
• Final Environmental Review:  https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-issues-final-environmental-review-proposed-lava-ridge-wind-project 

Construction begins on next-generation nuclear power plant in Wyoming – Bill Gates has finger on the button and his motivation really is to make lots of money – problem:  fuel is produced in China & Russia

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bill-gates-terrapower-ventures-into-advanced-nuclear-plant-construction-aiming-to-combat-climate-crisis-i-ve-been-waiting-for-this-day-for-nearly-20-years/ar-BB1nZMNN
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/gates-backed-nuclear-plant-breaks-ground-without-guarantee-it-ll-have-fuel/ar-BB1o2Q5T 

High-speed rail:  California “wasting stupefying sums of money” & not a single mile of installed track after spending estimated $11.2B with total projected cost now at $128B – will Texas repeat that debacle?

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/12/will-texas-repeat-californias-bullet-train-debacle/

Environmental Working Group report suggests at least 2.5M North Carolinians drinking water contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals

• https://www.ewg.org/research/state-forever-chemicals-spotlight-north-carolinas-drinking-water-contamination 
• https://www.wral.com/story/new-report-shows-public-drinking-water-systems-in-nc-contaminated-with-pfas/21467917/ 

India designates Nagi Bird Sanctuary & Nakti Bird Sanctuary as wetlands of international importance

• https://www.malaysiasun.com/news/274396826/india-names-two-new-wetlands-of-international-importance-on-world-environment-day 

Call for revamping federal farming subsidies in drought-ridden Colorado River Basin

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4708391-colorado-river-basin-federal-farming-subsidies-drought-climate-change-report/ 
• Report Overview:  https://www.ewg.org/research/hotter-drier-colorado-river-region-usda-programs-dont-help-farmers-tackle-climate-crisis 

FarmHQ being touted as cost-effective cellular technology to manage irrigation agriculture

• https://www.futurefarming.com/crop-solutions/farmhq-building-the-internet-of-irrigation/ 

Photo project to help document history of T Plant at Hanford Nuclear Reservation where plutonium was extracted from uranium fuel rods

• https://www.energy.gov/em/articles/photo-project-help-document-hanfords-historic-t-plant 

Loss of topsoil in agricultural lands – difficulties of predicting the future

• https://eos.org/articles/agricultural-lands-are-losing-topsoil-heres-how-bad-it-could-get 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0341816224002716

Another problem for EV charging stations – theft of charging cables

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thefts-of-charging-cables-pose-yet-another-obstacle-to-appeal-of-electric-vehicles/ar-BB1o3LwG 

“Megaconstellations” composed of remnant aluminum oxide particles from old satellites (space junk) burn up in the atmosphere may pose risk to the ‘ozone hole’ by causing ozone depletion

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-satellite-megaconstellations-jeopardize-recovery-ozone.html 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280 

Meanwhile, chlorofluorocarbon chemicals (CFCs) are declining in the atmosphere as Montreal Protocol phase out continues

• https://theconversation.com/the-last-ozone-layer-damaging-chemicals-to-be-phased-out-are-finally-falling-in-the-atmosphere-232045 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02038-7  

 

Nitrous oxide emissions from human activities increased from 270 ppb in 1750 to 336 ppb in 2022 with 40% increase from 1980 to 2020 – but lets hype CO2 from fossil fuels despite N2O being 265X more potent GHG

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-human-nitrous-oxide-emissions-grew.html 
• Paper:  https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/2543/2024/

 

Not just covid - Fauci & NIAID approved plans to engineer (gain-of-function) enhanced version of Monkeypox (MPXV) & lied to Congress about the plan

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/could-spark-an-epidemic-house-committee-report-alleges-fauci-and-niaid-concealed-plans-to-engineer-enhanced-monkeypox-virus/ar-BB1o 

 

Update:  FERC granted permission for Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline to begin operation

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/mountain-valley-pipeline-finally-gets-federal-approval-to-start-service/ar-BB1o64F8 

In Congressional testimony Cuomo still does not care about the deaths he caused by sending covid infected patients into nursing homes & exposing vulnerable population to the virus

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/andrew-cuomo-ripped-as-he-repeats-infamous-who-cares-response-to-nursing-home-covid-deaths-in-congressional-interview/ar-BB1o8JCM 

Nature on AI – but does not recognize that it is a technological hazard and that AI generated text has already been published in peer reviewed journals – all research should begin with critical human thinking

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01475-5 

Court ruling in Georgia on property seizure of business involved in catalytic converter “recycling”

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/06/12/georgia-supreme-court-rules-against-countys-property-seizure-from-catalytic-converter-recyclers/ 

How NRDC manages watershed and dams in Nebraska

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/nrcs-dams-time-and-weather-tested 

Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia poised to become the tallest building in the world – a dubious honor

• https://daily.jstor.org/the-race-to-be-the-tallest-building-in-the-world/ 

Insane threshold of EV subsidies means you are paying for them – hordes of tax rebates & credits = $1B+

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/taxpayer-subsidies-for-other-people-s-evs-have-reached-an-insane-threshold/ar-BB1obQ04 

California governor more than doubled number of National Guard troops along Southern Border to grapple with border encounters, smugglers, and illegal drug trade

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gavin-newsom-doubles-national-guard-troops-at-california-border/ar-BB1obJr8 

Wind farms threated birds and bats – need to consider all wildlife

• https://www.dailynews.com/2024/06/10/wind-farms-wildlife-clean-energy/ 

Visualizing illegal immigrant population by state based on 2021 estimates – numbers are higher now

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-unauthorized-immigrants-by-state/ 

Why rate of loss of wetlands in the US is described as accelerating

• https://theconversation.com/the-us-is-losing-wetlands-at-an-accelerating-rate-heres-how-the-private-sector-can-help-protect-these-valuable-resources-226870 

Efforts to conserve seals & ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

• https://theconversation.com/scientists-and-indigenous-leaders-team-up-to-conserve-seals-and-an-ancestral-way-of-life-at-yakutat-alaska-228487 

Biden could not even control his dog Commander when it attacked on 3 separate occasions of the 24 times the dog bit Secret Service agents

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/have-a-safe-shift-biden-reportedly-stood-by-as-his-dog-attacked-secret-service-agents/ar-BB1oc5jg 

Lifetime reproductive characteristics of wolves

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/lifetime-reproductive-characteristics-gray-wolves
• Paper:  https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jmammal/gyae042/7666723 

Method to calculate carbon credits (and offsets) to “protect” forests is flawed

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Carbon_credits_protecting_forests_use_flawed_calculations_study_999.html 

Unsecured tanker hatch spilled gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philadelphia in 2023 – human error

• https://apnews.com/article/i95-highway-collapse-philadelphia-bb9c0faa6dbedf4a67f70872f5b3ffab

BLM announces availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for Greenlink West Transmission Project Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments – begins 30-day protest period

• https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2017391/510 
• Final EIS:  https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/2017391/200514145/20113681/251013672/1_Final%20EIS%20Proposed%20Resource%20Management%20Plan%20Amendments.pdf 

275 so-called “green” fuel refineries *biofuel & ethanol manufactures in the US) used federal regulation loopholes to release 12M tons of toxic materials to the air that adversely impact human health

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/green-fuel-plants-are-releasing-millions-of-pounds-pollutants-yearly/ar-BB1ob2BJ 

Hog farming is big business (9M hogs) in North Carolina – BCBS declines screening “The Smell of Money”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13062024/blue-cross-north-carolina-cancels-hog-farm-documentary-screening/ 

NIH scientists raked in $710M in royalties from Big Pharma during the Pandemic late 2021 through 2023 - $690M of that went to Fauci led NIAID

• https://nypost.com/2024/06/02/opinion/nih-scientists-made-710m-in-royalties-from-drug-makers-a-fact-they-tried-to-hide/ 

Future of lightning bugs? And the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival – might it have something to do with humans destroying their habitat and using prolific amounts of pesticides? But blame “climate change”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15062024/firefly-populations-climate-change-threat/ 

Tribunal puts Mountain Valley Pipeline on trial – violation of the rights of nature and the rights of Indigenous people

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15062024/mountain-valley-pipeline-tribunal-north-carolina/ 

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 Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 17 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Removal of Glines Canyon Dam in 2013 on Elwha River released “centuries worth” of sediment that flowed downstream bringing nutrients to the Washington coast

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/scientists-uncover-lasting-impact-of-monumental-dam-removal-project-you-can-change-the-marine-ecosystem/ar-BB1nW6hv 
• https://hakaimagazine.com/news/will-undamming-rivers-be-the-oceans-undoing-or-renewal/ 

Outside investors & rampant development threaten coastal environment & aquifers in Baja

• https://hakaimagazine.com/features/buying-baja/

Now we are supposed to blame “climate change” for saturated sand pockets on the beach!?

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/woman-swallowed-quicksand-while-enjoying-191827356.html 
• Some info on quicksand:  https://www.earthdate.org/episodes/caught-in-quicksand 

Tropical Cyclone Ilsa killed thousands of birds on Bedout Island, Australia, in 2023 – happened before & will happen again but must be attributed to intensifying storms due to “man-made global warming”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11062024/tropical-storms-threaten-seabirds/ 

Super-large diameter slurry tunnel boring machines launched for drilling Jintang subsea tunnel

• https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/tbms-launched-for-world-s-longest-subsea-high-speed-railway-tunnel/8037566.article 

$22M Phase II of restoring beach on 14-mile-long Dauphin Island in Alabama – but it is a barrier island that naturally erodes

• https://csengineermag.com/restoring-dauphin-islands-beach-just-in-time-for-summer/ 

Proposed $980M addition to first liquid propane gas (LPG) export terminal at Prine Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

• https://www.enr.com/articles/58788-canadas-first-liquid-propane-export-site-will-build-980m-addition 

New model intended to help ships avoid potential shipping accidents in ports and harbors

• https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/article/2024/06/11/new-model-helps-ships-recognize-avoid-potential-port-accidents 
• Paper:  https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/AJRUA6.RUENG-1190

Louisiana has committed $230+M for port infrastructure projects in Port of New Orleans

• https://wgno.com/news/louisiana/orleans-parish/port-of-new-orleans-gets-230m-for-infrastructure-projects/ 

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal to be “epicenter” of renewable wind energy in New York

• https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/06/10/wind-energy-hub-set-for-south-brooklyn-marine-terminal 

UNESCO heritage site of Delos, Greece, may succumb to weathering & erosion

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ancient-greek-sanctuary-slowly-aegean.html 

Lost utopia in the Caribbean – Eleutheria

• https://daily.jstor.org/eleutheria-a-lost-utopia-in-the-caribbean/ 

3 of top 10 most polluted beaches are located in California - Imperial Beach is the worst & has been closed for more than 2 years – also Linda Mar Beach & Avila Beach

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-beach-is-nation-s-most-polluted-study-says-people-are-getting-sick-left-and-right/ar-BB1o4SMG 

Censors to be installed off the coast of Hull to monitor marine conditions

• https://www.hulltimes.com/ht-online/2024/5/30/sensors-to-be-installed-off-hulls-coastline-to-collect-data-monitor-sea-level-rise 

If you build it, they may not come - 1.7M square-foot RaDD life science center in San Diego, California

• https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/06/13/few-signs-of-life-at-life-science-city-on-san-diego-bay/ 

Rainfall in southern Florida identified as 1,000-year event – residents & local governments still not prepared

• https://scitechdaily.com/1000-year-deluge-floridas-rainfall-shatters-historical-records/ 
• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-miami-preview-future.html 

$2.7B plan to “protect” Miami, Florida, from storm surge flooding

• https://secretmiami.com/miami-dade-storm-surge-protection-plan/ 
• https://www.floridaoftomorrow.com/post/the-2-7-billion-plan-to-protect-miami-real-estate-from-catastrophic-storm-surge-is-close-to-finishe 

Puerto Rico restores power after massive blackout during heat wave

• https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-power-outage-luma-029e3452bfe5910ce0a6f02d028c5cde 

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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 10 June 2024

Water - MDPI: Most Notable Articles (March–May 2024)

Water Quality and Contamination Transport of Floating Plastics through the Fluvial Vector: The Impact of Riparian Zones Manousos Valyrakis et al.		Water and Climate Change Enhancing Peak Runoff Forecasting through Feature Engineering Applied to X-Band Radar Data Julio Álvarez-Estrella et al.
Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Adapting Water Resources Management to Climate Change in Water-Stressed River Basins—Júcar River Basin Case Clara Estrela-Segrelles et al.		General In a Good Way: Braiding Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Understand and Restore Freshwater Systems Samantha Mehltretter et al.
Water Quality and Contamination Water Quality of Roof-Harvested Drinking Water Tanks in a Rural Area near a Gold and Copper Mine: Potential Health Risk from a Layer of Metal-Enriched Water and Sediment Ian A. Wright et al.		Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Decolonizing Indigenous Drinking Water Challenges and Implications: Focusing on Indigenous Water Governance and Sovereignty Margot Hurlbert et al.
Water Use and Scarcity Are Non-conventional Water Resources the Solution for the Structural Water Deficit in Mediterranean Agriculture? The Case of the Segura River Basin in Spain Almudena Gómez-Ramos et al.		Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Enhancing Transboundary Freshwater Security: From Online Learning to Global Knowledge Exchange Platform Yumiko Yasuda et al.
General Water Colour Changes in High-Elevation Alpine Lakes during 2017–2022: A Case Study of the Upper Orco Valley Catchment Erica Matta et al.		Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Using Bacteriophages to Treat Resilient Bacteria Found in Produced Water Ramon Sanchez-Rosario et al.

Enjoy!

The items below are posted by Elaine J. Hanford: 

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 10 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

McDermitt Caldera – one of the oldest complexes in the Yellowstone series

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/mcdermitt-caldera-early-caldera-yellowstone-hotspot-track 

Modern intertidal stromatolites on Sheybarah Island on the NE shelf of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia

• https://phys.org/news/2024-05-vestiges-life-earth-saudi-arabia.html 
• https://thedebrief.org/new-study-says-life-on-earth-may-have-originated-in-saudi-arabia-3-48-billion-years-ago/ 
• Paper:  https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/52/5/347/634859/Discovery-of-modern-living-intertidal 

Greece was part of lost continent “Greater Adria” more than 200 myo

• https://greekreporter.com/2024/05/31/greece-part-lost-continent-greater-adria/ 

World Meteorological Organization predicts 50/50 chance of neutral or La Niña conditions this year

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-la-nia-year.html 

Toward improved understanding of the process of snow sublimation in alpine regions

• https://phys.org/news/2024-05-scientists-gains-mystery.html 
• Paper:  https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/aop/BAMS-D-23-0191.1/BAMS-D-23-0191.1.xml?tab_body=pdf 

Mud at Unbound Gravel 2024 in Lyon County presents dangers for cyclists – “north mud is different than south mud”

• https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/why-is-unbound-gravel-mud-so-bad-how-can-racers-cope-and-can-we-predict-where-the-worst-sections-will-be-in-2024/  

A model of significant drop in CO2 levels and continental erosion caused Snowball Earth during Sturtian Ice Age

• https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/08/geoscientists-discover-what-turned-snowball-earth-sturtian-ice-age-earthbyte.html 
• Paper:  https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/52/4/292/633748/Duration-of-Sturtian-Snowball-Earth-glaciation 

Climate divisions now defined in Hawaii by temperature & precipitation

• https://eos.org/articles/finally-hawaii-gets-its-own-climate-divisions 
• Paper:  https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/aop/BAMS-D-23-0236.1/BAMS-D-23-0236.1.xml?tab_body=pdf 

Reduced dust in parts of Asia may be linked to rising Arctic temperatures impacting wind & precipitation patterns

• https://eos.org/articles/dust-declines-in-parts-of-asia-may-be-caused-by-the-warming-arctic 
• Paper:  https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317444121

Sediment core samples from West Antarctica of likely river delta or estuary during the Eocene

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-core-sediment-samples-west-antarctica.html
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn6056 

Swiss Seismological Service using seismic events to detect suspected landslides

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/switzerland-seismic-1 

Satellite imagery of 2024 tailings failure at Siana in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

• https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/siana-3 

Assessment of potential for undiscovered conventional O&G resources in layers stratigraphically younger than late Aptian salt in West-Central Coastal Province of Africa

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/assessment-undiscovered-conventional-oil-and-gas-resources-postsalt-reservoirs-west
• USGS Fact Sheet 2024-3011:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2024/3011/fs20243011.pdf 

Pineapple-sized hail stone in Texas will likely be new state record

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-hail-stone-size-pineapple-texas.html 

Seismic upgrading early-warning system in California & Pacific Northwest in advance of the Big One

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-faster-california-megaquakes-early-major.html 

Evidence of conditions on Earth found in 4 byo zircon crystals from Jack Hills in Western Australia

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/freshwater-earth-ancient-crystal-years

Juvenile T. rex fossil was discovered in Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota by kids

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kids-discover-tyrannosaurus-rex-fossil-in-north-dakota-180984470/ 

NASA creates interactive global map of sea surface temperatures – short-term view of long-term cycles

• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/MYD28M 

Improved understanding of impact of ocean basin geometry on climate

• https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-uncover-unexpected-impact-of-ocean-floor-geometry-on-climate/ 

“History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions” – just look at the data and realize why the whole “man-made global warming” concept is just myth – if CO2 emissions were causing “global warming” then the temperature graph would also reflect that 182X increase

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/06/the-history-of-carbon-dioxide-emissions/ 

Latest hype on “man-made global warming” 

• https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-rate-of-human-caused-global-warming-at-all-time-high/ 
• https://www.earth-system-science-data.net/about/news_and_press/2024-06-05_indicators-of-global-climate-change-2023-annual-update-of-large-scale-indicators-of-the-state-of-the-climate-system-and-human-influence.html 

Visualizing acres burned by US wildfires since 1983 – acreage does not correlate with number of wildfires

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/four-decades-of-u-s-wildfires-1983-2024/ 
• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/40-years-of-u-s-wildfires-in-one-chart/ 

Pachystropheus rhaeticus – enigmatic Late Triassic sea lizard behaved like an otter and moved on land

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/pachystropheus-rhaeticus-12995.html 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2350408 

Parvodus ominechonensis – new Late Triassic hybodontiform freshwater shark in Momonoki Formation in Japan

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/parvodus-ominechonensis-12990.html 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2024.2322749 

Jurassic pterodactyl fossil found in Kimmeridge Clay Formation near Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England, had wingspan up to 12.3 feet - one of the largest known 

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/abingdon-pterosaur-12989.html 

British Geological Survey releases 8,000 technical reports from 1950-2000 on its website

• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/8000-technical-reports-released-by-bgs/ 

Landslide forces closure of highway to Teton Pass

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/catastrophic-landslide-closes-critical-mountain-highway-between-wyoming-and-idaho/ar-BB1nSDxk
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/massive-chunk-of-wyoming-s-teton-pass-crumbles-unclear-how-quickly-the-road-can-be-rebuilt/ar-BB1nSHip 

British Geological Survey issues UK Minerals Yearbook 2023 (with link to download)

• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/uk-minerals-yearbook-2023-now-available-to-download/ 

Largest dinosaur track site in America along Picketwire Canyon Trail in SW Colorado

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/explore-the-largest-known-dinosaur-track-site-in-america-on-this-historic-colorado-hike/ar-BB1mFmZu

“The Geological Story of the Corps of Discovery in Montana” in the ‘footsteps’ of Lewis & Clark

• https://mtech.edu/news/2024/06/new-montana-bureau-of-mines-and-geology-video-follows-corps-of-discovery-journey-with-attention-to-geologic-history.html 
• Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rLKfufpT-Q&t=26s 

Geology of the San Jacinto Mountains above Coachella Valley, California

• https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2024/06/08/san-jacinto-mountains-palm-springs-area/74014880007/ 

Geological survey for East Kellogg expansion project in Kansas

• https://www.kake.com/story/50876007/east-kellogg-expansion-project-undergoes-geological-survey

Perspective:  “Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice” – value of geosciences

• https://www.idahostatejournal.com/opinion/columns/opinion-geology-and-civilization/article_db58ec16-2468-11ef-a112-b7c2eaeae4d1.html 

Geological character of the Denali Fault in Alaska

• https://studyfinds.org/alaska-denali-fault/ 

Geological history and formations of Florida

• https://floridadep.gov/fgs/geologic-topics/content/floridas-geologic-history-and-formations 

Water in the crust of the Earth

• https://www.worldatlas.com/geology/how-much-water-is-in-earth-s-crust.html 

Alarming versus catastrophic – Cascadia mega-fault section

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/the-difference-between-alarming-and-catastrophic-cascadia-megafault-has-1-especially-deadly-section-new-map-reveals
• https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/06/08/cascadia-subduction-zone-one-of-earths-top-hazards-comes-into-sharper-focus/ 
• Paper:  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl3198 
• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1046895 

Washington Office of National Forest System now oversees lands, minerals & geology

• https://www.fs.usda.gov/inside-fs/leadership/lands-minerals-geology-now-under-one-umbrella 

Perspective:  Carbon sequestration – green windfall or hot air?

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/carbon-sequestration-green-windfall-or-hot-air/

“Visible Geology” – free gaming-style web application to teach earth science

• https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/05062024/science-meets-gaming-seequent-launches-app-to-combat-global-shortage-of-earth-scientists/ 

The Anthropocene did not get approved but the Meghalayan did and represents that last 4,250 years since start of mega-drought - Holocene now includes Greenlandian (Early), Northgrippian (Middle) and Meghalayan (Late) Ages

• https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/apos-living-geologic-age-meghalayan-194806105.html 

Traces of the first rain on Earth

• https://universemagazine.com/en/scientists-find-traces-of-the-first-rain-on-earth/ 

Top 10 mining schools in the World

• https://miningdigital.com/top10/top-10-mining-schools-in-the-world 

How feasible is it to convert Rough gas storage facility to hydrogen storage?

• https://geoexpro.com/hydrogen-storage-in-a-depleted-gas-reservoir-how-easy-is-that/ 

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 10 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

What if humans created no waste? (6-minute video)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWbL7Mv2MFw 

Proposed legislation presents counterpoint to 2022 Rosemont decision regarding mining on federal lands

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31052024/congress-bill-federal-land-mining-rights/ 

Santee Sioux Nation in northeast Nebraska has been under no-drink order since 2019 – manganese exceeding EPA health advisory levels by about 10X – federal government has not responded with help

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26052024/santee-nebraska-manganese-drinking-water/ 

System Conservation Pilot Program is just another federal subsidy – when will politicians understand that subsidies do not work?  For Colorado River costs & “sacrifices” outweigh the “savings”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062024/colorado-river-upper-basin-conservation-program/ 

Self-imposed consequences for decision to “stroll” along Natisone River during dangerous flood levels also put rescue service personnel at grave risk

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/three-friends-filmed-final-embrace-122646229.html 

Tire pollution from EVs needs to be recognized – a significant threat (at least 26% more than gasoline-powered vehicles) to health & the ecosystem

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-hidden-environmental-price-of-going-electric/ar-BB1jU2xA

Congressional hearing trying to get some truth from Fauci – Fauci is not a hero

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/fauci-set-for-fiery-hearing-with-house-gop/ar-BB1ntLp4 
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/anthony-fauci-is-not-a-hero/ar-BB1nKZcu 

Contrary to politically driven moves against fossil fuels, report found methane emissions from natural gas decreased by 37% while production increased by 40% from 2015 to 2022 – used EPA data

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/green-orgs-new-study-challenges-rationale-behind-one-of-biden-s-biggest-crackdowns-on-major-energy-sector/ar-BB1nHoEd 
• Report:  https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31103518/oil-gas-benchmarking-2024.pdf 

NASA updates estimates of methane emissions from US landfills

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/nasa-says-official-us-methane-estimate-is-wrong/ar-BB1nH8Sm 

Largest floating solar plant at Omkareshwar Dam in India damaged by storm

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/storm-damages-worlds-biggest-floating-solar-plant/articleshow/109231119.cms

Duck Curve for power production & use in South Africa – most (78.5+ %) power still produced from fossil fuels while solar contributes just 4.3%

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/05/south-africa-gets-a-duck-curve/

How to deceive with statistics on EV sales – sell 5 more EVs than 10 sold last quarter is a 50% increase!!  OMG!!!

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/02/good-graph-for-people-misinformed-about-us-ev-sales-growth/

Skyscrapers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region to increase by 34% over next 6 years – already has population of 21+M with more than half of population living in slums

• https://www.deccanherald.com/business/mumbais-vertical-boom-mmr-to-see-34-growth-in-skyscrapers-with-40-floors-over-next-six-years-3046103 

EPA plan for long-term health & water monitoring at East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site may not be enough – US District Court likely to approve settlement – indoor air quality testing program “inadequate”

• https://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2024/06/03/epa-settlement-norfolk-southern-east-palestine-train-derailment/stories/202406010059
• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05062024/east-palestine-train-derailment-settlements/ 

Be careful what you wish for – significant drop in CO2 levels led to Snowball Earth

• https://earthsky.org/earth/what-caused-snowball-earth-drop-in-greenhouse-gas/ 
• https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/08/geoscientists-discover-what-turned-snowball-earth-sturtian-ice-age-earthbyte.html 

Over-use and abuse of antibiotics created antibiotic resistance – now looking to famous Roman Baths for the next “panacea”

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1046556
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950194624000426 

Despite massive cost over-runs (2+ X original budget) & years of schedule delays Georga Governor calls for another expansion of Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant 

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/05/31/kemp-calls-for-another-vogtle-expansion/ 
• True Cost Report:  https://thecurrentga.org/2024/05/31/kemp-calls-for-another-vogtle-expansion/ 

Biden finally issues executive order on illegal immigrants and limits to “asylum” seekers – too little, too late

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-reality-for-migrants-at-u-s-mexico-border-as-biden-asylum-ban-takes-effect/ar-BB1nHmVA 

What will new lawsuits targeting plastic pollution do?  Just like the climate lawsuits they will keep lots of attorneys employed! – but will likely not even begin to solve the real problem

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05062024/lawsuits-targeting-plastic-pollution-pile-up-as-frustrated-citizens-and-states-seek-accountability/ 

How to influence human behavior – science communication that backfires despite “best intentions”

• https://theconversation.com/messages-can-trigger-the-opposite-of-their-desired-effect-but-you-can-avoid-communication-that-backfires-230844 

Consequences of Biden having sold off (and not replaced) nearly 50% of Strategic Petroleum Reserve

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-sold-off-nearly-50-of-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-is-that-a-problem/ar-BB1nJGzD 

Sounding the alarm on pharmaceutical pollution – long overdue

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-alarm-pharmaceutical-pollution-crisis.html 

The impacts of toilet paper on the environment – can demand for wood pulp and chemical contamination be reduced? - $107B annual sales

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/toilet-paper-takes-a-surprising-toll-on-the-environment-but-eco-friendly-alternatives-are-rolling-out/ar-BB1nctuB 
• https://aidenvironment.org/publications/tissue-paper-report/ 
• Report:  https://aidenvironment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-04-Final-Less-than-15-MB-version-Worlds-Tissue-Paper-Companies.pdf 

Some species are more tolerant of urbanization

• https://theconversation.com/cities-contain-pockets-of-nature-our-study-shows-which-species-are-most-tolerant-of-urbanization-231042

Understanding the heat index – humans are acclimated to air conditioning & not the real world

• https://theconversation.com/heat-index-warnings-can-save-lives-on-dangerously-hot-days-if-people-understand-what-they-mean-229174 

Why cocaine was taken out of Coca-Cola

• https://daily.jstor.org/who-took-the-cocaine-out-of-coca-cola/ 

Assessing potential environmental impacts of mining uranium & other elements in Grand Canyon region

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/balancing-natural-resource-use-and-extraction-uranium-and-other-elements-grand-canyon
• USGS Fact Sheet 2024-3003:  https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2024/3003/fs20243003.pdf 

Irrigation with treated wastewater & sewage sludge introduces tire chemical additives into food supply

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-irrigation-wastewater-sewage-sludge-additives.html 
• Paper:  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1384506/full 

UN predicts surpassing 1.5 Celsius-degree Paris Accord climate target in next 5 years – Guess what?  It has already happened and the Earth has not ‘boiled’

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-agency-degree-celsius-limit-surpassed.html 

Can economic growth & protecting the environment be merged in Africa?

• https://theconversation.com/africa-doesnt-have-a-choice-between-economic-growth-and-protecting-the-environment-how-they-can-go-hand-in-hand-228529 

Yolo County Superior Court issued ruling on environmental challenges to siting new largest water reservoir in California – appeals likely to follow 

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-california-largest-reservoir-decades-environmental.html 

Habitat loss in migration zone “ruled out” as cause of monarch butterfly population decline

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/monarch-butterfly-decline-mystery-scientists-rule-out-habitat-loss 

First diagnosis of sexually transmitted fungal ringworm in the US

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/sexually-transmitted-fungal-infection-detected-185018109.html 

SCOTUS agrees with Native American tribes with regard to cost of health care

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/supreme-court-sides-with-native-american-tribes-in-health-care-funding-dispute-with-government/ar-BB1nKoBk 

Temperatures warming up in ski fields in Australia – will change tourism economy

• https://www.snowsbest.com/australia-climate-change-ski-season/ 
• Report:  https://protectourwinters.org.au/our-changing-snowscapes/ 

“Environmentally friendly” termite control uses naturally occurring pinene to draw insects to insecticide-treated areas as opposed to old fumigation techniques

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/eco-friendly-termite-control-harnessing-natures-attractants/ 

Visualizing declining birth rates in 6 most populous countries over last 7 decades

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-declining-birth-rates-in-the-most-populous-countries-1950-today/ 

Visualizing top 10 deadliest animals for humans - other humans cause more deaths than next 8 animals

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-top-10-deadliest-animals-for-humans/ 

Rules changed at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Texas after giraffe lifted toddler from bed of pickup truck – people not allowed to ride through park in truck beds

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/drive-thru-wildlife-park-changing-rules-after-giraffe-incident/ar-BB1nOuG2

Rattlesnake roundups and slaughters are “barbaric, misguided events” – thousands slaughtered for entertainment

• https://e360.yale.edu/features/rattlesnake-roundups 
• https://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/rattlesnake-roundups/

 Do carbon offsets really work? – the simple answer is NO - they are just a scheme to make beaucoup money – millions of offsets were “worthless” which explains why federal government is now involved

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/06/do-carbon-offsets-really-work/

Nepal clean-up drives to save the Himalayas – total of 119 tonnes of waste (including human excrement), 14 human corpses and skeletal remains – average 5 tonnes per year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nepal-removes-tonnes-of-rubbish-corpses-and-a-skeleton-from-mount-everest/ar-BB1nRjVj 

Celebrating 100 years of the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-mexico-celebrates-100-years-of-gila-wilderness-preservation/ar-BB1nw1er 

Recycling rate for glass varies from state to state ranging from 24% up to 63% and averaging only 33%

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/only-33-of-glass-containers-are-recycled-in-the-u-s/ 
• Fact Sheet:  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/627984b2cdcbb67e97f838e7/t/663cfce6fdd7b72abcd4c6e3/1715272937675/2023+GRF+Impact+Report+vfinal.pdf

“History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions” – just look at the data and realize why the whole “man-made global warming” concept is just myth – if CO2 emissions were causing “global warming” then the temperature graph would also reflect that 182X increase

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/06/the-history-of-carbon-dioxide-emissions/ 

Latest hype on “man-made global warming” 

• https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-rate-of-human-caused-global-warming-at-all-time-high/ 
• https://www.earth-system-science-data.net/about/news_and_press/2024-06-05_indicators-of-global-climate-change-2023-annual-update-of-large-scale-indicators-of-the-state-of-the-climate-system-and-human-influence.html 

Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants list results in first arrest within hours – part of broader initiative to enhance public safety – criminals wanted for aggravated sexual assault, smuggling & burglary

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/greg-abbott-s-10-most-wanted-illegal-immigrants-list-finds-first-target/ar-BB1nP7LK 

1.26M acres per year of irrigated cropland abandoned in US – Ogallala Aquifer drying out due to over-pumping – about 53% reverted to grassland & pasture, 8.4% reverted to wetlands – less than 20% enrolled in USDA Conservation Reserve Program

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tens-of-millions-of-acres-of-cropland-lie-abandoned-study-shows/ar-BB1nRkYI 
• Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2d12/pdf 

Proposed lithium mine in Nevada poses threat of extinction to unique endangered Tiehm’s buckwheat

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07062024/nevada-lithium-mine-threatens-endangered-wildflower/ 

“Net Zero carbon is highly unlikely outcome” and will be very expensive in trying to achieve 2050 goal

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-green-energy-transition-is-simply-not-happening-nor-will-it-happen-soon-or-cheaply/ar-BB1nQoIQ 
• Report:  https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/halfway-between-kyoto-and-2050.pdf 

“Fossil fuels industry isn’t the enemy.  The emissions are” if one believes the myth of man-made CO2 global warming

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-the-world-may-be-identifying-the-wrong-enemy/ar-BB1nQbYl 

Celebrity doctors promoted vaxxing on primetime UK television shows without disclosing they had been paid by AstraZeneca

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/celebrity-doctors-promoted-covid-vaccine-without-declaring-payments/ar-BB1nRGcG 

Louisville, Kentucky, takes first public step toward cleaning up “Gully of the Drums”

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07062024/louisville-kentucky-gully-of-the-drums-cleanup/ 

WHO Pandemic Treaty draft versus International Health Regulations – NO Treaty without Senate Approval Acts – States opposing Treaty proposals to give sovereignty to WHO

• https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/global-pandemic-treaty-be-concluded-by-2025-who-says-2024-06-01/ 
• https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/05/24/g-s1-882/negotiators-for-the-global-pandemic-treaty-couldnt-meet-their-deadline 
• https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/444
• https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1425 
• https://governor.nebraska.gov/press/gov-pillen-joins-23-states-opposing-who-pandemic-treaty-proposals 
• Letter to Biden:  https://governor.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/press/5-22-24-Final-Joint-Letter-WHO-Pandemic-Treaty.pdf 

A “sacrifice zone” created by chemical plants in Alabama

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09062024/alabama-town-living-and-dying-in-shadow-of-chemical-plants/ 

9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules mRNA vaxx is not a vaccine – therefore cannot be forced upon people – lawsuits over workers’ rights may proceed

• https://mustreadalaska.com/linda-boyle-ninth-circuit-appeals-court-rules-the-covid-19-shot-is-not-actually-a-vaccine/ 

Micro-plastics in blood linked to human blood clots

• https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-found-in-blood-clots-in-heart-brain-and-legs
• Paper:  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(24)00153-1/fulltext 

Importing “workers” and printing money is terrible policy – makes conditions worse

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/i-employed-huge-numbers-of-migrants-and-i-now-realise-the-damage-terrible-mass-migration-has-done/ar-BB1nTauA 

Still hyping man-made global warming – temperatures in Pakistan approach 120 degrees Fahrenheit – but that is not unusual

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062024/pakistan-heat-wave-emergency/
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-temperatures-cross-52-degree-celsius-amid-severe-heatwave/articleshow/110487704.cms 
• 2018:  https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/scorching-heat-in-pakistan-may-have-set-world-record.htm 
• Records:  https://www.plantmaps.com/en/pk/climate/extremes/c/pakistan-record-high-low-temperatures 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 10 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

New law in Florida requires disclosure of certain aspects of flood history of property as part of real estate transaction – addressing growth & development in areas of risk

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01062024/florida-homebuyers-flood-history-law/ 

Systematic analysis of 50 representative estuarine cities in search of the elusive concept of “sustainability”

• https://phys.org/news/2024-06-tidal-coastal-urban-sustainability.html 

Ndayane Port to be constructed in Senegal will be largest in West Africa – estimated cost $1B for new shipping channel, 300-hectare container termina, new 840-meter quay

• https://constructionreviewonline.com/construction-projects/construction-of-the-mega-1-billion-ndayane-port-in-senegal-enters-its-implementation-phase-west-africas-largest-port/ 

Design for offshore wind turbines intended to survive severe storms

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/04/how-do-wind-turbines-survive-severe-storms/ 
• Design risks:  https://www.abs-group.com/Knowledge-Center/Insights/Hurricane-Force-5-Natural-Hazards-Risks-Affecting-Offshore-Wind-Structure-Design/ 

British Broadcaster missing after departing on lone coastal walk on Greek island of Symi

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/british-broadcaster-missing-greece-after-lone-coastal-walk-2024-06-06/ 

Rubio’s Coastal Grill closes 48 California locations after filing for bankruptcy due to state wage policy

• https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-06-03/rubios-coastal-grill-citing-rising-business-costs-abruptly-shuts-down-48-restaurants-in-california 

Ogeechee Riverkeeper filed letter of intent to sue US Army COE over deficiencies in permits for Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan County, Georgia, to fill or disturb wetlands

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/06/04/ogeechee-riverkeeper-to-sue-over-hyundai-site-permits/ 
• Permit Decision:  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24732664-usace-404-permit-decision-document-hyundai-megasite 

Impacts of terrorist attacks in coastal region of Kenya 

• https://theconversation.com/between-witchcraft-and-terrorism-how-social-fears-in-coastal-kenya-impact-religious-expression-229190 

White sand beaches in the Caribbean are “choking” with Sargassum fueling ‘economic & public health crisis’

• https://theconversation.com/sargassum-is-choking-the-caribbeans-white-sand-beaches-fueling-an-economic-and-public-health-crisis-230954 

Billion Clam Initiative in Indian River Lagoon – using drones to deploy clams

• https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/coastal-conservation-association-florida-duke-energy-and-others-continue-indian-river-lagoon-billion-clam-initiative

Coastal Gateway Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama, facing long delay – no funding to begin construction

• https://mynbc15.com/news/local/coastal-gateway-community-park-facing-years-of-delay 

Coastal habitat conservation in the Mekong Delta – with link to download report

• https://reliefweb.int/report/viet-nam/mekong-delta-coastal-habitat-conservation-envi 

Constructing illegal lodges on the sea that damage ecosystem in coastal areas of Turkey

• https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/coastal-lodges-spark-legal-environmental-debate-197099 

Collapse of a 6th house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 4 years constitutes a coastal erosion crisis – should assume the risk of building along the coast

• https://www.axios.com/2024/06/03/beach-house-collapse-erosion-sea-level-rise-climate-change 

Federal protection given to habitat of threatened coastal martens on 1.2M acres in northern California & southern Oregon

• https://www.opb.org/article/2024/06/02/oregon-california-coastal-marten-gains-federal-protection-threatened-species/ 

Projected sea-level change and high-tide flooding at Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve in Florida

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/projected-sea-level-rise-and-high-tide-flooding-timucuan-ecological-and-historic 
• USGS Fact Sheet 2024-3008:  pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2024/3008/fs20243008.pdf 

Understanding wetland science was critical to success of Operation Overlord Normandy Landings on D-Day

• https://theconversation.com/d-days-secret-weapon-how-wetland-science-stopped-the-normandy-landings-from-getting-bogged-down-230743 
• Paper:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13157-024-01820-9 

Overview of expected significant environmental impacts from global expansion of LNG infrastructure

• https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/lng-expansion-sparks-debate-on-environmental-costs/ 
• Report:  https://assets.takeshape.io/17e2848c-4275-4761-9bf5-62611d9650ae/dev/f28f429c-3c56-40da-a246-20044dcf32bd/Anything%20But%20Natural%20Liquefied%20Natural%20Gas%20(LNG)%20Infrastructure%20Expansion%20Threats%20to%20Coastal%20and%20Marine%20Ecosystems.pdf 

North Korean ship transporting troops capsized & sank in river due to overloading – 90 of 130 onboard died

• https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/overloaded-north-korean-vessel-carrying-troops-capsizes-killing-90-of-130-personnel-onboard/ 

Back-to-back shark bites force closure of waters off Walton County, Florida

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/back-back-shark-bite-incidents-021514353.html 

“Eco-friendly” off-shore wind power being considered for Mack Point Terminal

https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/06/eco-friendly-off-shore-wind-for-mack-point-terminal-under-consideration/

“Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice” - Will Durant