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. GeosciencesBulletinBoard–1May2017-compiledbyElaineJ.HanfordOrovilleDamSpillway–Politicalversuswaterchiefperspectives(video)

• http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/04/25/water-chief-oroville-emergency-spillway-worked/AnearlystarttotheAtlanticstormseason

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Atlantic_storm_season_starts_early_putting_energy_industry_on_notice_999.html

LargevolumesofhardrockaddedtostreamchannelsbylandslidesintheHimalayaincreasesfloodriskdownstream

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uoe-hrf042617.phpAnimatedLife:Pangea,Wegener&ContinentalDrift(8-minutevideo)

• https://aeon.co/videos/how-an-earth-science-outsider-finally-put-the-pangea-puzzle-togetherMaritimearchaeologyseekspaleo-landscapesresultingfromeustaticsealevelchange

• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/26/the-first-brexit-submerged-landscapes-of-the-north-sea-and-channel

NewBook:GeologistWalterAlvarezponderingtheimprobabilityoflifeonEarth

• http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/04/25/walter-alvarez-a-geologist-ponders-the-improbability-of-life/

AtlasofSubmarineGlacialLandforms-Seafloorimagesrevealscarscarvedbyicebergs

• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129043-seabed-images-show-the-scars-icebergs-carve-into-polar-sea-floor/

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425092307.htm• Atlas:http://www.submarineglacialatlas.com/

Microfossilsin2.4ByearoldvolcanicrockinSouthAfricamaybeoldestfungallife

• http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-might-have-found-the-world-s-oldest-fungus-buried-under-south-africa

Robustrelationshipbetweensolarflux,solarwindspeed&NorthAtlanticOscillation:day-to-dayandyear-to-yearvariation&inter-decadalresponseofair-seasystemtosolaractivity

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Interdisciplinary_studies_reveal_relationship_between_solar_activity_and_climate_change_999.html

Giantshipworm,Kuphuspolythalamia,was“theunicornofmollusks”butnowfinallyseenalive

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-shipworm-finally-found-after-180962944/PreservationofbodiesinthebogsofEurope

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/“Steve”isnota“protonarc”butisanauroraassociatedgasribbon

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-skywatchers-spot-entirely-new-atmospheric-phenomenon-180963009/

Latestreportsays:“WaterunderOrovillespillwayprobablycausedFebruarycollapse”

• http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-oroville-spillway-20170424-story.htmlMathematicalapproachtocalculatetemperaturedropsinsidetornadoes

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/tallying-temperature-drops-inside-tornadoesDronefootagecapturedpeakstormflowinSanLorenzoRiverwillhelppredictsedimentation,accretion&erosion(video)

• http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/technology/20170420/santa-cruz-commissions-post-winter-storm-drone-footage-of-san-lorenzo-river

Firstfracking-relatedpatentforan“oilwelltorpedo”wasissuedin1865toEdwardRobertswhodevelopedpracticeof“shootingthewell”

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-colonel-invented-fracking-1860s-180962979/

CoseismiccalciteveinsatLomaBlancafaultinNewMexicorevealhalf-millionyearseismicrecord

• https://phys.org/news/2017-04-coseismic-calcite-veins-date-mexico.html•

Coalmininghasaviolenthistoryincludingagunfightin1920

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-matewan-massacre-was-epicenter-20th-century-mine-wars-180963026/

“TheFishonMyPlate”exploresrelationshipbetweenfishconsumption&healthoftheocean

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/24/525111293/what-fish-is-good-for-me-and-the-planet-new-documentary-explores

EQsurveyinSouthAmericacouldhelppredictfutureeventsalongEcuador-Columbiasubductionzone

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/nu-nmc042617.php“Stromboliantype”eruptionswithlavaflowingfromtwonewcratersonNishinoshimaIsland

• http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003662626SubmarineeruptionsnearElHierroinCanaryIslandsin2011-2012wipedoutalllifeformswithin3.5mileradiusmakingwayfornewspeciesThiolaavenerisinthesulfurousenvironment

• http://newatlas.com/venus-hair-bacteria-tagoro-volcano/49193/TheseMesozoichamster-sizedrodentswerenotsocuteandcuddly–theyhadpoisonousspurs

• http://siberiantimes.com/science/others/news/ancient-hamster-that-outlived-the-dinosaurs-found-in-siberia/

OregonHousepassed10-yearbanonfracking-nocurrentoperationalwellsbutpotentialforcoalbedmethanefrackingintheWillametteValley

• http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/25/oregon-house-passes-10-year-fracking-ban/100855204/

NewtheoryexplainshowEarlyEarthbecameoxygenated

• http://www.livescience.com/58827-how-early-earth-got-its-oxygen.html• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Study_Early_organic_carbon_got_deep_burial_in_mantle_99

9.htmlNewlydiscoveredarthropod,Tokummiakatalepsis,reflectsoriginsofmandibulates

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426131024.htmAssessing“climatesensitivity”

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/once-more-with-feeling-climate-models-dont-exaggerate-warming/

StudysuggestsWestVirginiagroundwaterisnotaffectedbyfrackingbutsurfacewateris

• https://nicholas.duke.edu/about/news/west-virginia-groundwater-not-affected-fracking-surface-water

Mappingsurfaceecologicalmarineunits

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/mapping-world-s-ocean-ecosystemsMercury,methylmercury,deepbrinelayerandducksintheGreatSaltLake

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Mystery_of_the_missing_mercury_at_the_Great_Salt_Lake_999.html

4-stepframeworkforassessingifarelationshipexistsbetweenextremeweathereventandclimate

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425182132.htmClimateandoceaniccirculationaffectdistributionofmarinemicro-plastics

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425092245.htmScientistsdidnotbelieveinmeteoritestilltheyfellintownofL’AigleinNormandy,France,in1803

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1803-rain-rocks-helped-establish-existence-meteorites-180963017/

NewtheorysaysEdvardMunch’s“TheScream”wasinspiredbymother-of-pearlclouds

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scream-might-have-been-inspired-rare-kind-cloud-180963052/

WeresometypeofhominidshuntingMastadonsinNorthAmerica130,000yearsago?(video)

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-evidence-human-activity-north-america-130000-years-ago-180963046/

Newstudychallengeslong-heldtheorythattsunamisacquireenergymostlyfromverticalmovementofseafloor

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426164703.htmTheMatterhorn,likeothermountains,presentobstaclesformentoclimb,butsometimestheyfail

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tragic-story-first-ascent-matterhorn-180962998/Newnumericalmodelofthespeedandpathofapropagatingmagmaticdike

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/an-improved-model-of-how-magma-moves-through-the-crust*********************************************

EnvironmentalScienceBulletinBoard–1May2017–compiledbyElaineJ.HanfordBlackbearswillnotbeprotectedinFloridaunderEndangeredSpeciesAct

• http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/bears-under-fire-in-florida-170421?news=860152Decomposinghumancorpsesaltersoilchemistrybyaddingconcentratedelements&pollutants

• https://phys.org/news/2017-04-humans-earth-chemistry-grave.htmlResidentgroundwaterintheupperkilometerofthecrustmaybecomecontaminated

• http://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/study-suggests-ancient-underground-water-sources-not-immune-to-today/article_db923f92-8f98-5763-8268-6d92905a5d52.html

Increasingurbanizationincreasesplantdiversitybutreducesevolutionarydiversityofplants&stabilityofecosystem

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426093154.htmTechnologicalrisk:man-madespacejunkputsastronauts&operationalspacecraftindanger

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Man_Made_Space_Junk_Puts_Astronauts_Operational_Spacecraft_in_Serious_Danger_999.html

200millionchickens,turkeys&cowsarecausinghypoxiaintheShenandoahRiver

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/26/nearly-200-million-chickens-turkeys-and-cows-are-making-a-mess-of-the-shenandoah-river/?utm_term=.96dba67a80ad

“Sudan”thelastmalenorthernwhiterhinoonEarthisnowonTinderandprotected24/7byarmedguards• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sudan-northern-white-rhino-

tinder_us_58ff0d28e4b0288f5dc7a7caNationalBioandAgro-DefenseFacility(NBAF)inKansaswillserveasbufferagainstcatastrophicoutbreaksthatthreatenagricultureandfoodindustry

• http://themercury.com/articles/nbaf-update-the-lab-as-a-buffer-against-catastrophic-outbreaks• NBAF:https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/national-bio-and-agro-defense-facility

ThreesnowleopardssnuggleinfrontofmonitoringcamerainChina(video)

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snow-leopards-snuggle-panthera_us_58feec6fe4b0b6f6014a549c

20houseplantsthataregoodforyourhealth–butmaynotbegoodforyourpetstoeat

• http://www.care2.com/greenliving/20-houseplants-to-clear-toxins-from-your-home.html• http://www.care2.com/greenliving/24-common-plants-poisonous-to-pets.html

UnusualseizureatJFK:Yakmeat,dungpods&seedsfromNepal

• https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/us-customs-and-border-protection-seizes-prohibited-yak-meat-dung

LOL:engineersthinktheycansolvetheproblemsofover-populatedworldaspopulationincreasesfrom7.4to9.7Billion(info-graphic)

• http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/14776/INFOGRAPHIC-Engineering-for-the-Developing-World.aspx

SaltpondsinAustralialooklikeabstractartfromtheair….notsureIwouldcallthat“beautiful”

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/australia-salt-ponds-look-beautiful-abstract-act-above-180962781/

MichiganinvestigatingdeadfishincanalnearLakeSt.Clair–possiblyduetoviralhemorrhagicsepticemiavirus(VHSv)

• http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/249663200-storyJustbecausetheycould,diditmeanthatscientistsshouldhaveusedCRISPR-Cas9tocreateastrainofre-eyedmutantwasps?

• http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/crispr-cas9-red-eyed-mutant-wasps-04796.htmlSummaryofNationalBio-SurveillanceSystemworkshop

• http://www.porknetwork.com/news/industry/workshop-focuses-national-bio-surveillance-systemIncidence&trendsoffood-bornepathogens&surveillancetesting2013-2016

• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6615a1.htmUSDANAHMAwillbegin“AntimicrobialUseonUSFeedlots2017”tomonitor&collectdata

• http://www.hpj.com/livestock/usda-to-launch-new-study-on-antimicrobial-use-on-feedlots/article_65e7220b-7449-564b-aff0-86c40d121835.html

Sixantibioticmythsexplained–reducingneedforantibioticsiskeytopreservingtheiruse

• Part1:http://www.beefmagazine.com/antibiotics/where-we-stand-antibiotic-dilemma• Part2:http://www.beefmagazine.com/antibiotics/6-antibiotic-myths-explained

DiscoveryofnewantibioticresistancegeneinbacteriafromdairycowsmayimpactuseofcephalosporinstofightMRSA

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426123004.htmHowourdietsimpacttheplanet–buttheyshouldalsoconsiderthesheernumberofpeople

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/22/525113726/chew-on-this-for-earth-day-how-our-diets-impact-the-planet

Airpollutionincreasesrespiratoryillnessinhumans…buthowdobacteriarespond?

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-pollution-might-make-dangerous-bacteria-harder_us_58fe256fe4b0f02c3870ecde

Soundingthealarmyetagainoverpotentialforavianflupandemic

• http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/21/congress-who-sound-alarm-over-pandemic-bird-flu-or/

Atleast120,000babiesinAfricawillreceivethefirstmalariavaccineinpilotprogram

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-thousands-babies-receive-worlds-first-malaria-vaccine-180963013/

ProjectFiveThirtyEight:DeathandgeographyintheUSovertime

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-causes-death-change-across-america-180963003/

• InteractiveMaps:https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/mortality-rates-united-states/Nakedmole-ratscangowithoutbreathingfor18minutesusingmetabolicprocessassociatedwithplants

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/naked-mole-rats-can-survive-18-minutes-without-oxygen-180963002/

EnvironmentalDNAisusedtotrackrate&elusivespecies&assistwithconservation

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-teeny-bits-leftover-dna-help-scientists-track-elusive-species-180963011/

Using“digesters”toputcowmanureandgarbagetogooduseinsteadofinalandfill

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/23/524878531/waste-not-want-not-why-arent-more-farms-putting-poop-to-good-use

“TragedyoftheCommons”isapplicabletotheconflictoverlandinNigeria:grazingorfarming?

• http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/04/23/525117431/clashes-over-grazing-land-in-nigeria-threaten-nomadic-herding

Greaterwaxmothcaterpillarscanbiodegradepolyethyleneplastic

• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/wax-moth-caterpillars-polyethylene-04807.htmlNewapproachtogrowingricecouldreduceemission,usehalfthewater&lessfertilizer

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-26/rice-farming-is-a-big-polluter-in-arkansas-farmers-test-a-cleaner-way

Newstudyshowsnano-particlesinvehicularemissions“crossthebarrier”fromlungsintobloodvessels

• http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/deadly-toxic-air-enters-bloodstream-15-minutes-after-cyclists-inhale-a3524466.html

ResidentsalongtheSouthPlatteRiverinColoradoarenothappyaboutimpactsoftoomuchwater

• http://h2oradio.org/SouthPlatte_Highwater.htmlBodysizechangesmorerapidlyasclimatecoolsthanwhenitheatsup

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/cooler-climates-linked-to-rapid-evolution/Youarewhatyoueat–ScientificmethodatworkasWasinkresearchbeingscrutinized

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/the-peer-reviewed-saga-of-mindless-eating-mindless-research-is-bad-too/

Youarewhatyoueat–Cohortstudyclaimslinkbetweendietsodasandstroke&dementia

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/study-claims-a-link-between-diet-sodas-and-stroke-and-dementia/

• http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/consumption-sugary-beverages-brain-04810.htmlLiveaverylongandhealthylife?Maydependonchromosomes4and7

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425102538.htmBenefitsofbeing“firstarrival”toecologicalareamaydependoncompetitivenessoflater-arrivingspecies

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426092349.htm ***************************************

CoastalZoneManagementBulletinBoard–1May2017–compiledbyElaineJ.HanfordResidentsofDamb,smallseasidevillageinIndia,demandcompensationforwaveactionthatdestroyedpartsofthevillagebutnoresponsefromthegovernment

• https://www.dawn.com/news/1329302/govt-stays-silent-as-tides-swallow-up-parts-of-coastal-village

Risingwatertemperaturesincreasenitritesinmarineenvironments,endangeringhealthofcoastalecosystem

• http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/rising-water-temperatures-endanger-health-of-coastal-ecosystems-study-finds/

River-frontrecreationparkproposedforsiteofformerFiskcoal-burningpowerplantinChicago

• https://www.timeout.com/chicago/blog/a-riverfront-park-could-occupy-the-former-fisk-coal-plant-site-042417

WesthamptonBeachpitchingwaterfrontrevitalizationplan

• http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Westhampton-Beach-Surrounding-Areas/516313/Waterfront-Revitalization-Pitched-In-Westhampton-Beach

VirginiaInstituteofMarineScienceturnstocrowd-sourcingtosavebayscallops

• http://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dp-nws-save-the-bay-scallops-20170422-story.htmlMumbai,India:saltpansonceagainclassifiedunderCoastalRegulationZone1

• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/new-coastal-management-plan-safeguards-city-salt-pans/articleshow/57927478.cms

Increasedsedimentconcentrationsinhibitverticaltransferafterhigh-dischargeeventsintheGuadalquivirRiverEstuaryinsouthwesternSpain

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/dam-discharge-events-alter-water-flow-in-an-estuary-in-spainEbeyWaterfrontTrailisopenednearCityofMarysville,WestVirginia,fromEbeyFrontParktoQwulooltEstuary

• http://www.northcountyoutlook.com/story/2017/04/26/opinion/community-celebrates-opening-of-the-ebey-waterfront-trail/11025.html

• http://www.heraldnet.com/news/marysvilles-qwuloolt-trail-opens-this-weekend/BayofPlentypollutedbyE.colibacteriafromlocaldairyfarmsinNewZealand

• http://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/water-fools/story/201841352/water-fools-sacred-pipi-beds-polluted

CoastaldebristhatpollutestheoceanandshorelineisturnedintocolorfulartworkinAfrica

• http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-one-company-in-africa-turns-ocean-pollution-into-colorful-artwork/70001481

Perspective:Onsharedwaterresources

• http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/water-issues-are-people-issues-too/“SavetheSound”and“Soundkeeper”willjoinforcestoprotect&restoreLongIslandSound

• http://www.milfordmirror.com/73567/save-the-sound-soundkeeper-to-join-forces/DevastationcausedbycoastalElNiñoprovideslessonsforfuturedisasterresponse

• http://www.nature.com/news/surprise-el-ni%C3%B1o-causes-devastation-but-offers-lessons-for-ecologists-1.21891

Sinceearly19thcentury,humanshavemeasurably&negativelyimpactedwaterqualityinChesapeakeBay

• https://phys.org/news/2017-04-chesapeake-bay-pollution-early-19th.htmlFundsapprovedforwetland&waterfowlconservation&accesstopubliclands

• https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=secretary-zinke-announces-boost-to-wetland-waterfowl-conservation-a&_ID=36036

PresidentTrumpsignsAmericaFirstOffshoreEnergyExecutiveOrder

• https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-commends-president-trumps-offshore-executive-order

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/27/525959808/trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-offshore-drilling-and-marine-sanctuaries