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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 November 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

10 highly diverse early Cretaceous fossil feathers found in Koonwarra, Australia

· https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/science/in-a-first-fossil-dinosaur-feathers-found-near-the-south-pole/ar-BBWW7iX

Steep momentum gradients of wind stress & potential temperature play major role in coastal precipitation in Korea

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-steep-momentum-gradients-major-role.html

The Grand Canyon is still forming - geologic history includes now and the future

· https://eos.org/features/will-earths-grandest-canyon-keep-getting-grander

Volcanic outgassing of CO2 & hydrogen sulfide caused deadly accident near Rome, Italy, in 2011

· https://eos.org/articles/lethal-volcanic-gases-at-an-italian-country-club

Barometric pressure and lithology & depth to water table influence migration pathway of natural gas

· https://eos.org/articles/fugitive-gas-abetted-by-barometric-pressure

Software merges ocean color data from SNPP & NOAA-20 satellites to provide gap-free monitoring

· https://eos.org/science-updates/filling-the-gaps-in-ocean-maps

Ship- plus float-based observations provide more accurate measure of Southern Ocean carbon sink

· https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ship-based-measurements-overestimate-southern-ocean-carbon-sink

“Whoopie!” - 50 years ago Pete Conrad made the second Moon landing

· https://www.npr.org/2019/11/19/780602012/50-years-ago-americans-made-the-2nd-moon-landing-why-doesnt-anyone-remember

Global warming alarmists are concerned about current rate of petroleum production

· https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fossil-fuel-production-beyond-climate-goals_n_5dd45cdae4b0fc53f20a2cdd

More global warming hype on Indian Ocean dipole events

· https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/19/global-heating-supercharging-indian-ocean-dipole-climate-system

Interview with Chris Linder – scientific photographer/Expedition Multimedia Specialist at WHOI

· https://www.whoi.edu/news-insights/content/an-eye-for-adventure-chris-linder/

Right whales on their way to extinction – SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund donates

· https://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/14/scientists-warn-right-whales-on-path-to-extinction/

· http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2019/11/14/250059-SeaWorld-Busch-Gardens-Conservation-Fund-Commits-900000-Protect-Critically

Najash rionegrina – Cretaceous legged snakes still had cheekbones

· http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/cretaceous-legged-snake-07829.html

Pairing satellite images with radio telescope data paints whole-planet model of tectonic movements

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-telescopes-satellites-combine-entire-planet.html

· Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GL084915

Life in acidic hot springs responding to transient shifts in hydrothermal vent biogeochemistry

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-life-extreme-conditions-hot-ocean.html

· Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53314-y

Friction makes ice so slippery

· https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191105104416.htm

Wolfe Creek Crater on edge of the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia may be 120,000 years old

· https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191121121811.htm

45-foot high tsunami may have hit Oman about 1,000 years ago

· https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191119105503.htm

· Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322719302154?via%3Dihub

Crew Earth Observatory provides images for variety of studies

· http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Science_around_the_planet_uses_images_of_Earth_from_the_Space_Station_999.html

NASA SMAP soil data to be used by US Military

· http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_soil_data_joins_the_Air_Force_999.html

NASA data being used to assess landslide risk in Rohingya refugee camps

· http://www.terradaily.com/reports/NASA_data_helps_assess_landslide_risk_in_Rohingya_refugee_camps_999.html

Mass spectrometry continues to revolutionize the field of geochemistry

· https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/new-geochemistry-technique-yields-clues-about-earths-earliest-days

Dendrochronology – how tree rings work

· https://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-do-tree-rings-work/

First geothermal energy plant officially opens in Croatia

· http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/first-croatia-geothermal-energy-plant-officially-opens/8538933/

EQs caused by hydraulic fracturing are more common in Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas

· https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/New-study-blames-some-fracking-practices-for-14848922.php

Plate tectonics has had at least 3 major global impacts on climate

· https://eos.org/features/three-times-tectonics-changed-the-climate

Satellite detects massive plume originating from unlit flaring in Korpezhe O&G field in western Turmenistan

· https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/satellite-studying-volcanoes-finds-giant-oilfield-methane-plume-1.1352293

US Army Ammunition Plant disposals register as seismic activity in Oklahoma

· https://www.stripes.com/news/army/army-ammunition-plant-munitions-disposals-register-as-seismic-activity-1.608157

White House plan to accelerate seafloor mapping & explore 11.6M square kilometers

· https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/trump-plan-push-seafloor-mapping-wins-warm-reception

Inside the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

· https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/frozen-realm-inside-east-antarctic-ice-sheet

Rainbow Rare Earths expands mining operations into Zimbabwe

· https://www.mining.com/rainbow-rare-earths-expands-into-zimbabwe/

Non-remote diamond find may create boon for industry

· https://www.mining.com/diamond-sector-battles-crisis-fatigue/

Deep-seated gravitational slope deformation in Switzerland

· https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2019/11/22/piz-dora-deep-seated-gravitational-slope-deformation/

Planetary geology: Global of geologic map of Titan

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-global-geologic-saturn-largest-moon.html

· https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a29848152/titan-geology-map/

Geology of the tunnels of Mumbai, India

· https://indusdictum.com/2019/11/23/the-geology-of-mumbai-journey-through-the-mumbai-metro-tunnels/

The Driftless Area of the Midwest

· https://www.postbulletin.com/life/lifestyles/get-a-degree-in-the-driftless/article_1389531a-04ab-11ea-a02b-f7e03bfbe78c.html

World phosphate deposits and phosphate rock mineralogy

· https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/world-phosphate-deposits/

Noninvasive seismic techniques used to detect abandoned mines can also detect drug-runner tunnels

· https://hayspost.com/posts/5dd70cd3897d147ad4bb1395

Licking stones to determine their “aquosity” – don’t try this at home

· https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-11-21/A-female-geologist-with-a-smart-tongue-LNPIH5i4KI/index.html

Moment of extinction – the K-T boundary in Colorado

· https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/moment-of-extinction-how-a-grand-junction-geologist-got-a/article_c5620344-09c3-11ea-bf09-20677ce07cb4.html

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 November 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

As “Black Friday” & “Cyber Monday” loom – buy less, be happier & build healthier planet

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-happier-healthy-planet.html

World Toilet Day - the global “toilet revolution” will pollute water – too many people & not enough water

· https://www.yahoo.com/news/celebrating-world-toilet-day-globally-193434194.html

· https://www.yahoo.com/news/global-toilet-revolution-underway-polluting-134911650.html

Bushfire conditions get more critical in Australia

· https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/causes-disaster-relief/devastating-bushfire-conditions-to-worsen-in-australia/ar-BBWRSD6

Sounding the alarm about ammunitions dumped into Lake Geneva following WWII

· http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/water-safety_new-fears-surface-regarding-old-ammo-dumped-in-lake-geneva/45388270

Hunter exposed to wild rabbit in Mongolia diagnosed with bubonic plague

· https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/hunter-in-china-catches-bubonic-plague-after-eating-a-wild-rabbit/ar-BBWVowy

Venice, Italy, the city of canals and gondolas, impacted by flooding from high tide – structural barrier riddled with corruption, expensive, and still not completed

· https://apnews.com/c3b7e0b5e98d4743980a74f5b3bd27ae

Report card for Puerto Rico Infrastructure following 2017 hurricanes – near failing in all categories

· https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/puerto-ricos-infrastructure-near-failing-with-d-gpa/

· Report: https://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019-Puerto-Rico-Report-Card-Final.pdf

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) has killed at least 1,800 whitetail deer in Iowa

· https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/disease-has-killed-hundreds-potentially-thousands-of-deer-in-central-iowa/ar-BBWZKS9

Concerns about the use and impacts of illegal African Swine Fever vaccines

· https://www.porkbusiness.com/article/china-launches-investigation-use-illegal-asf-vaccines

$1.25M contract awarded for clearing & de-mucking land for intake canal & stormwater treatment of Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir

· https://www.enr.com/articles/48129-one-step-closer-to-cleaner-water-in-florida

Freshwater supply and quality are declining in Canada – “not a sustainable water society”

· https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-climate-change-and-outdated-water-policy-infrastructure-threaten/

Rapidly falling dam levels & deepening drought prompt Sydney, Australia, to issue tougher restrictions

· https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6504226/new-water-restrictions-for-greater-sydney/

Eat like the Ancient Babylonians – 4,000-year-old recipes

· https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/11/16/779930201/eat-like-the-ancient-babylonians-researchers-cook-up-nearly-4-000-year-old-recip

· Recipes: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/ancient-mesopotamian-tablet-cookbook

Will the few new drugs available to treat antibiotic-resistant microbes lead to more problems?

· https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/11/13/778261164/with-few-new-drugs-to-treat-antibiotic-resistance-how-best-to-deploy-them

Huang long bing (HLB) bacteria has infected 90% of citrus groves in Florida – citrus greening

· https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/floridas-citrus-industry-fighting-its-life.html

Bulgaria planting trees to re-establish riparian forest along Maritza River

· https://www.treehugger.com/conservation/bulgaria-getting-new-forest.html

Video of elusive snow leopard – he does not like the camera!

· https://www.treehugger.com/animals/remarkable-video-ever-elusive-snow-leopard.html

Spain has permits to build giant $1.4B telescope in Canary Islands – efforts to block project in Hawaii since Mauna Kea is sacred to native Hawaiians

· https://apnews.com/9933345fd3ff4a4688eee0467d28df97

Eroded bank leaves Lake Brazos Dam at risk – estimate $5M to repair & reinforce embankment

· https://www.wacotrib.com/news/government/city-eroding-bank-leaves-lake-brazos-dam-at-risk-without/article_146c6953-84af-58d2-9a2a-74836b5fc32a.html

Global GDP is significant – climate impacts estimate at $7.9T by 2050 – “being rich matters”

· https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/climate-impacts-cost-world-79-trillion-2050-doc-1me4832

· Access to report: https://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=climatechange2019

Heliogen claims significant break-through in concentrating solar energy

· https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/company-claims-breakthrough-in-concentrating-the-suns-rays/

Ketogenic diet protects mice from influenza A virus infection

· http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/ketogenic-diet-influenza-a-virus-07817.html

· Paper: https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/4/41/eaav2026

Genetic variants determine human tolerance for certain veggies – eat what tastes good

· http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/genetic-food-choices-07813.html

Dung beetle helps improve understanding of how organisms evolve

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-dung-beetle-discovery-biologists-nature.html

Magnesium deprivation stops the growth of bacterial pathogens

· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-magnesium-deprivation-pathogen-growth.html

Want to live long and prosper? Hope you have more cytotoxic CD4 T-cells

· https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191113101845.htm

· Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/11/11/1907883116

One-third of species of tropical plants in Africa are potentially threatened with extinction

· http://www.terradaily.com/reports/A_third_of_Africas_tropical_flora_threatened_with_extinction_study_999.html

How much energy do we really need?

· http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/How_much_energy_do_we_really_need_999.html

US “missing out” on ocean floor mining – but isn’t it humans who “have no mercy” and not the ocean?

· https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-earth-elements-u-s-on-sidelines-in-race-for-metals-sitting-on-ocean-floor-60-minutes-60-minutes-2019-11-17/

Anticipating 1M people in northwest Arkansas by 2040

· https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/planning-for-the-future-implications-of-population-growth-on-infrastructure/

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 November 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

GAO Report: Irrigated Agriculture – Technologies, Practices & implications for Water Scarcity· https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-128SP· Report: https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/702604.pdf

NOAA to spend another $30M for coastal resilience – grants to restore or expand wetlands, dunes, reefs, mangroves & barrier islands

· http://news.trust.org/item/20191119100913-hm5zp

Coastal precipitation in Korea maintained by steep momentum gradients· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-steep-momentum-gradients-major-role.html

Six essential elements of resilience plans for coastal states· http://blogs.edf.org/growingreturns/2019/11/20/six-elements-resilience-plans-coastal-states/

One reason why cities keep building in flood-prone coastal areas – property taxes· https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/11/one-reason-why-cities-keep-building-in-flood-prone-coastal-areas/

UDDT-style Ranger Toilets will hopefully resolve some problems of coastal contamination· https://phys.org/news/2019-11-hand-building-toilets-papua-guinea-coastal.html

Ever optimistic that someday storm surge barriers will actually work stop natural forces· https://www.wlox.com/2019/11/20/diamondhead-man-proposes-eco-friendly-solution-coastal-storm-surge/

California Coastal Commission approved plan for Pacific Grove Local Coastal program· https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/11/19/coastal-regulators-ok-contentious-pacific-grove-plan/

National Coastal Resilience Fund awards grants to protect marshes and coast from storms & flooding· https://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/18/u-s-officials-grant-29-million-for-coastal-protection/ · https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/dem-wins-k-coastal-resilience-grant-for-quonochontaug-pond/article_af1ba536-0a68-11ea-a05e-ebf222e4b11c.html

Warning issued against water contact in coastal waters due to contamination from urban storm runoff· https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/nov/20/county-warns-against-water-contact-due-to-storm/

Coastal seagrass is “canary in the coal mine”· Part 1: https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/11/submerged-vegetation-mirrors-coasts-health/ · Part 2: https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/11/biologist-seagrass-a-canary-in-coal-mine/

Power-birding with coastal raptors in Ocean Shores· https://www.thedailyworld.com/life/power-birding-with-coastal-raptors/

Workshop focused on advanced coordination of international observations of seagrasses & mangroves· https://eos.org/science-updates/integrating-global-seagrass-and-mangrove-ecosystem-observations

Dead-zone report card for Chesapeake Bay indicates “normal range” of hypoxic water conditions· https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191120175602.htm

Top 10 coastal town in Britain at risk of collapsing into the sea – why not move the towns?· https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/top-10-uk-coastal-towns-17289733 · Interactive map: https://www.confused.com/home-insurance/living-on-the-edge · https://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/camber-s-coastline-could-disappear-in-20-years-1-9150766

Now that Alaskan Way viaduct in Seattle has been “recycled” (i.e., buried) there is a vision the waterfront· https://mynorthwest.com/1610603/alaskan-way-viaduct-demolition-ends/ · Battery Tunnel filled: https://mynorthwest.com/1385066/wsdot-battery-street-tunnel-filled/ · Project plan: https://waterfrontseattle.org/waterfront-projects/alaskan-way