Geoscience Bulletin Board 19 June 2017 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 19 June 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

California Division of Safety of Dams orders assessments some 50 dams that may have design flaws  http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article155806069.html

Assuming it is pristine (which it is not), who controls the Antarctic Ocean?  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/who-owns-antarctica-pristine-ocean- 180963659/

Reconstruction of spillway at Oroville Dam is ahead of schedule  http://www.kcra.com/article/oroville-dam-primary-spillway-reconstruction-ahead-of- schedule/10019633

Another surge in hydraulic fracturing increases demand for water management solutions  http://csengineermag.com/surge-hydraulic-fracturing-drives-water-management-spend- toward-12-billion/

Hot springs are HOT! Man badly burned after falling into hot spring in Yellowstone  https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/17031.htm

Badass, toothy hermaphroditic green-eyed lizard fish found in the ocean deep  https://www.treehugger.com/animals/badass-toothy-hermaphrodite-found-deep-blue- sea.html

Newberry National Volcanic Monument has cones, caves, craters, lava-cast forest  http://www.seattletimes.com/life/travel/lava-lands-add-geologic-wow-to-bends-big- attractions/

Where is the most dangerous place in America? Where natural disasters strike  http://www.popsci.com/natural-hazard-risk

8th wonder of the world – Pink Terraces – may have been found again after 1886 eruption  http://www.iflscience.com/environment/eighth-wonder-world-found-again-after-lost-131- years/

IODP drilling project in South China Sea makes discoveries  http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1051532.shtml

Volcanic gas emissions – what the data show  https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-much-co2-does-a-single-volcano-emit- bbc045be015d

Snakes predicted earthquake in Turkey  https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170613-snakes-predicted-turkish-earthquake/

De-extinction of species may be technically possible, but raises legal issues  https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/06/if-we-resurrect-the-mammoth-can-it-be-patented/

Re-writing the family tree for elephants  http://www.sci-news.com/biology/symphy-new-tree-of-life-framework-symbiomes- 04947.html

Monsoon rains & landslides kill at least 134 in Bangladesh  http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Heavy_rain_landslides_kill_at_least_134_in_Banglades h_999.html

NASA GPM satellites provide visualization & measurement of extreme precipitation across Florida  http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_satellites_image_measure_Floridas_extreme_rai nfall_999.html

The inter-decadal variability of the Afro-Asian summer monsoon system  https://phys.org/news/2017-06-scientists-unravel-interdecadal-variability-afro-asian.html

Understanding multi-decade changes in rates of global temperatures  https://phys.org/news/2017-06-multi-decadal-global.html

CO2 took different paths into the deep sea during different periods of the last major ice age  https://phys.org/news/2017-06-team-temperature-ice-age.html “The Himalaya Connection” explores Indo-Australian-Eurasian plate collision – to air on PBS  https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/himalaya-connection-telling-story-geoscientific- exploration-film

Travels in Geology: tracking animals & deranged drainages in the Kalahari  https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/travels-geology-tracking-african-animals-and- deranged-drainages-across-kalahari

Competition between species was not the main driver of the evolution of horses  https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/horses-evolved-get-along-competition-between- species-not-main-evolutionary-driver

68 oil companies report proved reserves declined in 2016  http://www.technology.org/2017/06/13/reporting-oil-companies-proved-reserves-in-2016- decline-for-second-consecutive-year/

Drought and over-use by humans have “shrunk” the Colorado River  https://www.livescience.com/59479-climate-change-is-shrinking-colorado-river.html

Seven buildings that could (theoretically) withstand a big earthquake as they are “earthquake proof”  https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/earthquake-resistant-buildings/

************************************************* Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 19 June 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Humans create millions & millions of tons of trash – what is it and where is it?  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/second-opinion/not-all-trash-created-equal-180963476/

CRS Insight: Implementation of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Amendments (PL 114-182)  https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IN10713.pdf

You are what you eat – that includes millions and millions of microbes  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/you-are-what-you-eat-and-what-you-eat- millions-microbes-180963656/

Humans have re-shaped the world – not necessarily in a good way and just can’t stop themselves from doing more – and yet they blithely talk of “sustainability”  http://www.businessinsider.com/giant-infrastructure-projects-around-the-world-2017-6

Deer antlers are much more than “fighting & impressing” the does  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/antlers-are-miraculous-face-organs-could- benefit-human-health-180963635/

Henry David Thoreau strongly influenced by Charles Darwin & “The Origin of Species”  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7658/full/546349a.html

Wolves (and dogs) have a sense of fairness  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wolves-and-dogs-both-have-sense-fairness- 180963638/

Living with good micro-organisms is good for our health – dogs can help with that  http://www.canberratimes.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/are-we-too-clean-for-our- own-good-dogs-to-the-rescue-20170606-gwlwt5.html

What happens when business & government put a price tag on the environment?  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/second-opinion/can-you-put-price-tag-nature-actually-yes- 180959678/

Seven books that might influence how you think about conservation  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/second-opinion/seven-books-read-about-changing- conversation-about-climate-change-180963522/

Soil Survey Manual, USDA Handbook No. 18, available to download in pdf – in whole & by chapter  https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/ref/?cid=nrcs142p2_054262

EPA releases “Green Infrastructure in Parks: Guide to Collaboration, Funding & Community Engagement”  http://csengineermag.com/epa-releases-green-infrastructure-parks-guide/  Guide: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017- 05/documents/gi_parksplaybook_2017-05-01_508.pdf

EuPC survey on use of recycled plastic materials content in Europe  https://waste-management-world.com/a/eupc-survey-on-the-use-of-recycled-plastic- content-in-europe

EU Commission pursues legal action against member states for failure to comply with environmental & waste management obligations  https://waste-management-world.com/a/eu-commission-pulls-up-member-states-over- waste-to-energy-landfill-regulations

Perspective: Recycling the material from dredging & minimizing landfill  https://waste-management-world.com/a/blog-stop-dredging-being-a-drudge-recycle-the- treasure

NY court denies “human rights” to chimps  http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/animals/chimpanzees-are-not-persons-us- appeals-court-says-20170611-gwoxbs.html

Is Zika virus still a problem in the Florida and the Caribbean? CDC lifts travel warning  http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/12/531949066/is-zika-still-a-problem-in- florida-and-the-caribbean

Light pollution is not good for urban trees  https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/city-trees-suffer-poor-health-not-enough- sleep.html  http://www.cantechletter.com/2017/05/investing-urban-forests-makes-economic-sense- finds-study/

100 popsicles made with trash- and sewage-filled water meant to shock people into awareness  https://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/polluted-popsicles-project.html

Prototype of new portable system to allow restoration of communications in wake of disasters  https://phys.org/news/2017-06-disaster.html

Where you walk in the city helps determine your level of exposure to toxic air pollutants  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/14/side-street-routes-avoid-city- pollution-cut-exposure-by-half

Study says factories are built near borders so neighboring states receive pollution  https://weather.com/science/environment/news/factories-borders-states-air-pollution

Antibiotic (colistin) resistance in farm animals around the world  https://www.nature.com/news/resistance-to-last-ditch-antibiotic-has-spread-farther-than- anticipated-1.22140 Spraying of contaminated herbicide damages soil and stunts crop growth in Victoria, Australia  http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/chemical-crop-contamination-damaged- soil-stunting-killing-livelihood/news-story/6471e22bb8aca1c5e5e3fb7ce4c5c06d

EPA begins sampling in Minden, West Virginia, to assess impacts and PCB contamination levels  http://www.register-herald.com/news/epa-begins-sampling-but-minden-residents-remain- distrustful/article_8e0ed062-0cec-5b8d-af53-58ff2f380aa5.html

Heat wave on the US East Coast comes with a side of smog  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-13/smog-is-unwelcome-companion-to- heat-wave-sweeping-east-coast

Bats are global reservoir for deadly coronaviruses – can we predict when they will jump to people?  http://www.nature.com/news/bats-are-global-reservoir-for-deadly-coronaviruses-1.22137

US District Judge orders additional environmental review of Dakota Access Pipeline  http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/337863-court-dakota-access-pipeline-needs- further-environmental-review

Critically endangered (<50 in the wild) Balkan Lynx kitten caught in photo for first time in a decade – population decimated by habitat loss, hunting & revenge killings by farmers  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/endangered-balkan-lynx-kitten-photographed- first-time-decade-180963709/

Estimate of $1B cost for repairs needed for locks & dams on Mississippi River  http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Locks-and-Dams-Have-1-Billion-in-Repair-Backlog- 428607103.html

Akron, Ohio, plans to replace under-used highway with “temporary forest” and public space  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/what-do-you-do-highway-no-one-wants- anymore-180963602/

*************************************** Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 19 June 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

7 Years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, oyster farming takes hold in the South  http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/10/532102196/7-years-after-bp-oil-spill-oyster- farming-takes-hold-in-south

California Coastal Commission denies expansion of oyster farm in Humboldt Bay  http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/california-coastal-commission-denies-oyster-farm- expansion-1/532418317

NOAA, USGS & partners predict larger “dead zone” for Chesapeake Bay  https://www.usgs.gov/news/noaa-usgs-and-partners-predict-larger-summer-dead-zone- chesapeake-bay?qt-news_science_products=3#qt-news_science_products

“Mountain of garbage” dumped off the coast of Beirut sparks outrage  http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Garbage_dumped_in_sea_off_Lebanon_sparks_outrage _999.html

Islands & coastal regions are threatened the most by species introduced by human activity  https://phys.org/news/2017-06-islands-coastal-regions-threatened.html

“Lack of leadership” blamed for government coastal flooding plan in Wales  http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40251071

Massive amount of dead fish wash up on shore in Matagorda, Texas  http://www.wideopencountry.com/texas-town-overloaded-with-dead-fish-in-river/ Marine fisheries survey being conducted in North Carolina  https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/06/anglers-may-receive-marine-fisheries-survey/

“Sticker shock” may hit coastal homeowners seeking to repair damage from Hurricane Matthew  http://savannahnow.com/hurricane-guide/news/2017-06-10/hurricane-season-can-mean- big-deductibles-chatham-county-homeowners

5 coastal wonders to see in the United Kingdom before they “go away”  http://theconversation.com/five-uk-coastal-wonders-to-see-before-they-go-the-way-of- maltas-azure-window-79152