Do you know of a colleague and/or student who would be interested in receiving these Bulletin Board listings? Please forward to them. A quick email to Geosciences-BBoard@att.net with the word “subscribe” in the subject line and the email address will be added to the weekly distribution. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 5 June 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Bogoslof volcano triggers continued high alert for eruption in Alaska

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bogoslof-volcano-eruption_us_592cee74e4b0df57cbfcef3d

Blaming “climate change” (i.e., global warming) for “unprecedented ecological change” in Antarctica – when will they get that climate always changes?

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/antarctica-green-climate-change-moss_us_5923df2ae4b034684b0f492d

3-D model of the 2015-2016 El Niño

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/A_3_D_look_at_the_2015_El_Nino_999.html Time-lapse video of an ocean of fog in the Grand Canyon

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grand-canyon-ocean-of-fog_us_5927cb0ee4b06f6080536e41

June 5-9, 2017, UN Conference on Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

• https://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/shifting-our-gaze-improve-health-worlds-oceans.html

DSeis - Drilling 750-meter hole into fault zone at the bottom of Moab Khotsong gold mine in South Africa to potentially access seismic source

• http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/deep-south-african-gold-mine-scientists-drill-heart-earthquake

Planetary geology: NASA finds new evidence of frost on surface of the Moon

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/nsfc-nof053117.php US spends billions per year to fight wildfires to protect the people who chose to live there and create a wildland-urban interface

• http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-fighting-wildfires-often-fails-and-what-to-do-about-it/ Micro-organisms play crucial role in forming beachrock that protects low-lying reef islands from erosion

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uoq-shf053117.php Nevada Geothermal Utility Company applies to PUC to end business that has served Reno, Nevada, with heat & hot water since 1983

• https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/may/30/geothermal-company-plans-to-cease-service-in-reno/

A precautionary assessment of sulfate aerosols in the atmosphere – end of Ordovician extinction

• https://phys.org/news/2017-05-volcanic-geoengineering-climate-catastrophe-animal.html EPA issues 90-day stay of agency rules limiting methane leaks at O&G drilling sites

• http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/335777-epa-halts-obama-era-methane-regulation

USGS to use UAS (drones) to acquire data on fire intensity and emissions during prescribed burns

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/igniting-a-new-trend-public-safety USGS study shows unconventional O&G production in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana & Texas is not currently a significant source of methane or benzene to drinking water wells

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/unconventional-oil-and-gas-production-not-currently-affecting-drinking-water-quality

“exactViewRT” launched – first global, persistent real-time system for tracking maritime information

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/exactEarth_Launches_Revolutionary_Global_Real_Time_Maritime_Tracking_and_Information_Service_999.html

New insights into the origins of the Archaea group of microorganisms

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_insights_into_the_ancestors_of_all_complex_life_999.html

Possible genetic mechanism may underlie the evolution of dinosaurs to birds

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170529142232.htm Analysis of historical & ice core data show natural level of lead in the atmosphere is essentially zero

• https://phys.org/news/2017-05-14th-century-plague-assumptions-natural.html 40 years ago: First excavations of Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska created 11.93 myo by eruption of Bruneau-Jarbidge volcanic field

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-june-1977-first-excavations-nebraskas-ashfall-fossil-beds

1883 rescue of sail ship informs new model of wind-wave interactions

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/1883-sea-rescue-informs-new-model-wind-wave-interactions

Down to Earth with: Biogeochemist Stephen MacAvoy

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-biogeochemist-stephen-macavoy Deep sea fish has no face

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-dredge-faceless-fish-australia-180963510/

Lots and lots of dire predictions on the Gulf Coast due to “global warming”

• http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Rise-in-sea-level-makes-hurricanes-worse-11181128.php

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 5 June 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Another “the sky is falling” warning…this time for those in California with solar power…the “Great Solar Eclipse” will go dark for about an hour – but what about going dark overnight??!!

• https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/05/31/there-goes-the-sun-solar-powered-california-warned-to-unplug-for-august-eclipse/

On the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Henry David Thoreau – possessions & journal go on display

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/everyday-life-henry-david-thoreau-180963529/

• Morgan Library: http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/thoreau Perspective: Urging that land be viewed as the global commons

• http://www.nature.com/news/govern-land-as-a-global-commons-1.22065 Pulling out of the illogical Paris Climate Accord – and that is a good thing!

• http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-white-house-official-says-trump-is-1496235330-htmlstory.html

• http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-trump_to_announce_decision_on_paris_climate_pact_t-ap

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-America-stacks-up-greenhouse-gas-emissions-180963560/

Photogenic Swiss village of Bergün/Bravuogn bans tourists taking photos

• http://www.travelandleisure.com/photography/swiss-village-bans-photography Multi-state outbreaks of human infections of Salmonella linked to backyard poultry flocks

• https://www.cdc.gov/zoonotic/gi/outbreaks/livepoultry.html Richness of traits among species is a good measure of the health of the ecosystem

• http://www.nature.com/news/biodiversity-moves-beyond-counting-species-1.22079 Sunscreen protects the DNA in your skin from the danger of ultraviolet rays – I’m never without my Neutrogena Ultra Sheer SPF55

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-sunscreen-protects-skins-DNA-180963509/

Species function is as important as counting the number of species

• https://www.nature.com/news/why-function-is-catching-on-in-conservation-1.22058 Perspective: “Haiti would be better off without international aid”

• http://www.euractiv.com/section/development-policy/interview/un-expert-haiti-would-be-better-off-without-international-aid/

Renaissance maps warned those venturing to the Arctic that “hic sun ursi albi”

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/polar-bears-dragons-of-the-north-180963502/

WHO details environmental costs of tobacco beyond the 7M smoking-related deaths each year

• http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/health/tobacco-environment-who-report/ • WHO Report: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/255574/1/9789241512497-eng.pdf • 31 May = No Tobacco Day: http://who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/no-tobacco-

day/en/ How some staph infections have become antibiotic resistant – changes in ribosomes

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/health/how-some-golden-staph-infections-can-defeat-antibiotics-20170529-gwfjiv.html

40 years after partial meltdown, Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to shutter its doors in 2019

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-mile-island-shutter-doors-2019-180963495/

State-of-the-art sea turtle hospital opens at South Carolina Aquarium

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sea-turtle-recovery-center-gives-turtles-second-chance-180963395/

Study links breastfeeding to lower risk of uterine cancer

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/health/breastfeeding-linked-to-lower-risk-of-cancer-of-the-uterus-20170530-gwgqc8.html

Celebrate Native American heritage – do not let it be forgotten

• http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/30/462683809/opinion-my-first-nations-identity-feels-more-like-an-absence

Two approaches to saving bees from dust contaminated with pesticides

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/27/530028003/two-scientists-two-different-approaches-to-saving-bees-from-poison-dust

Toxic algae bloom off southern California likely cause of death of numerous sea birds & marine mammals

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/seabirds-sea-lions-california_us_592e8055e4b055a197ce440a

Komodo dragon has cationic antimicrobial peptides that help it fight off harmful bacteria

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/superbug-treatment-kimodo-dragon_us_592d8e54e4b053f2d2ae52f6

You are what you eat. Perspective on “Time” article on what makes us fat

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/misremembering-what-makes-us-fat_us_592d63e1e4b0a7b7b469ccfa

California woman sues Jelly Belly over sugar-packed jelly beans – what did she think was in them?

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-lawsuit-jelly-belly-sport-beans_us_5927564fe4b0df34c35ad587

Experts warn of localized extinctions & declining populations of platypus

• http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/platypus-experts-warn-of-localised-extinctions-and-declining-population-20170531-gwh29o.html

Black rhino population has begun recovering, but now faces new threats

• https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/animals/salt-caked-black-rhino-striking-apparition/ 12 record-holding trees

• https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/12-tremendous-trees-hold-world-records/

As climate changes and human population increases, the risk of dangerous diseases increases

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-deadly-consequence-of-climate-change-the-spread-of-dangerous-diseases/2017/05/30/fd3b8504-34b1-11e7-b4ee-434b6d506b37_story.html?utm_term=.cf4147e8d303

Maryland is second state to ban routine use of antibiotics in healthy livestock & poultry

• http://www.reuters.com/article/us-maryland-antibiotics-idUSKBN18Q22K With summer soon upon us, the risk of tick-borne diseases includes Lyme disease & Powassan virus

• https://www.wired.com/2017/05/lyme-isnt-disease-ticks-spreading-summer/ Falcons are making a comeback in the state of Virginia after half a century

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-new-breed-of-falcons-soars-back-from-brink-of-extinction-in-virginia/2017/05/30/9ecf34de-3f1a-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html?utm_term=.75b33fe25d16

Vancomycin has been tweaked to be more effective against drug-resistant bacteria – but for how long?

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/05/killer-antibiotic-now-25000x-more-potent-and-resistant-to-drug-resistance/

As CRSPR-Cas9 gene moves into clinical trials, techniques can introduce hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome – “off-target mutations”

• http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/crispr-cas9-mutations-04903.html Disaster risk management helps save lives

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Disaster_risk_management_Science_helps_save_lives_999.html

“On the brink” or “in the midst” of mass extinction

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531133301.htm Dutch toxic landfill site at the Volgermeerpolder near Amsterdam is now developing peat layer in artificial wetland that overlies the landfill site

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170531092248.htm Newly identified microbial process could break down toxic methylmercury in the environment

• https://phys.org/news/2017-05-newly-microbial-toxic-methylmercury.html Natural areas in Tibet, Argentina & West Africa nominated for World Heritage List

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-dredge-faceless-fish-australia-180963510/

Light pollution really is pollution – impacts normal behaviors, reduces mating, causes illness

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/light-pollution-really-pollution-180963474/ Translocation of desert tortoises is disruptive to mating and reproduction

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/safer-digs-desert-tortoises-put-damper-their-love-lives-180963517/

Online database catalogues 20,000 threatened archaeological sites in the Mideast & North Africa

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-online-database-catalogues-20000-threatened-archaeological-sites-180963451/

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 5 June 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Land use forecasts to guide restoration of 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay estuary watershed

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/mapping-chesapeakes-future-todays-land-use USGS finds 28 types of cyanobacteria in 2016 Florida algal bloom

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-finds-28-types-cyanobacteria-florida-algal-bloom 3-year study of California Current found persistent, highly acidified water throughout ecologically critical near-shore habitat with a number of hotspots with low pH

• https://phys.org/news/2017-05-acidified-ocean-widespread-north-american.html California Coastal Commission carrying on a “mad anti-seawall crusade”

• http://www.ocregister.com/2017/05/31/the-california-coastal-commissions-mad-anti-seawall-crusade/

Worst case scenario of sea level rise predicted by NOAA if sea level rises by 2 to 6 feet

• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/sfl-climate-change-map-20170531-htmlstory.html Popularity of sea cucumbers is threatening coastal communities

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170530100201.htm Fate of decommissioned oil rigs in the Coastal Bend region offshore Texas

• http://www.kristv.com/story/35553820/rigs-to-reefs-what-is-it-and-is-it-helping-the-coastal-bend

Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) expected to boost coastal tourism in Kenya

• http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/31/c_136326488.htm State funding being sought to purchase coastal trail in Hawaii

• http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/state-funding-sought-purchase-coastal-trail-kau

Perspective: Looking for constructive debate on Coastal Zone Act in Delaware

• http://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/05/31/where-constructive-debate-coastal-zone-act/358753001/

Coastal erosion in Iceland threatens Viking artifacts

• http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/millions-needed-save-priceless-archeological-remains-coastal-erosion

Yarmouth, Massachusetts Coastal Resiliency Action Committee begins work

• http://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/committee-lays-out-scope-of-work-for-addressing-coastal-resiliency/article_10ec5c49-91ab-5136-a6ae-533689a17d64.html

Perspective: New Jersey needs better approach to water supply planning

• http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/17/05/31/new-jersey-needs-a-better-approach-to-water-supply-planning/