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 [email protected] with the word “subscribe” in the subject line and the email address will be added to the weekly distribution. Geosciences Bulletin Board – 5 September 2016 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 5.6M EQ in north-central Oklahoma on margin of injection area felt from North Texas to Iowa • https://www.yahoo.com/news/earthquake-shakes-swath-midwest-missouri-oklahoma- 121854867.html • https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/only-a-fraction-of-oklahomas-disposal-wells- shut-down-after-quake/2016/09/04/f5e62906-72d5-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html Aftershocks of the 6.2M Earthquake in Italy to be studied by international team • http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scientists-to-study-aftershocks-after- deadly-italy-quake-1-4218126 • No precursor events: http://www.nature.com/news/italian-scientists-shocked-by- earthquake-devastation-1.20513 Sentinel-1 provides space-borne radar mapping of area impacted by 6.2M EQ in Italy • http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Sentinel- 1_provides_new_insight_into_Italy_s_earthquake Marie Tharp produced maps to help prove continental drift • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seeing-believing-how-marie-tharp-changed- geology-forever-180960192/ Want to walk in and buy a map at CGS in Menlo Park? No, you can’t because of security reasons 1 • https://www.usgs.gov/news/menlo-park-map-store-changes-walk-policy The dynamics of double tropical cyclones Madeline and Lester as they approached Hawaii • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/science-behind-hawaiis-double-hurricane- 180960310/ You’ve heard of appeasing the gods, but in Iceland they worry about angry elves while cleaning up a landslide!! • https://www.yahoo.com/news/iceland-unearths-rock-appease-angry-elves- 195326271.html NSF & NOAA joining forces to forecast & research hurricanes • http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=189617 Torrential monsoons bring lightning, heavy rains and flooding to India • http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Torrential_monsoon_rains_bring_Indian_capital_to _halt_999.html Video of the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon, Utah • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/utahs- otherworldly-landscapes_1/ Fisheries in the South China Sea on the verge of collapse amidst conflicting territorial claims • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/wildlife-south-china-sea-overfishing- threatens-collapse/ New research on tectonics and the evolution of the crust • http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/26/9/pdf/i1052-5173-26-9-4.pdf Movement of sea ice linked to changes in salinity of the southern ocean • http://phys.org/news/2016-09-freshening-southern-ocean-linked-sea.html Predicting storm tracks is a bit more complicated • http://phys.org/news/2016-09-climate-war-scientists-storm-tracks.html Are melting glaciers causing sea level to change, earthquakes, volcanic activity, and shift in the axis of the earth? • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/melting-glaciers-are-wreaking-havoc- earths-crust-180960226/ Planetary geology: Proposed ESA moon mission could reveal details of the journey of Earth around the Milky Way • http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/moon-mission-story-earths-journey-milky-way- 04154.html USGS and University of Colorado research shows risk of human-induced EQs associated with drilling can be reduced • https://www.usgs.gov/news/preventing-human-caused-earthquakes 2 Lightning strikes are also dangerous (deadly) for wildlife • https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-300-reindeer-killed-lightning-norway- 095020805.html Update on leaning Millennium Tower of San Francisco (video) • http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Troubles-Plaguing-Leaning-Sinking-Millennium- Tower-Could-Have-Been-Avoided-New-Documents-Show-391468911.html Two moderate earthquakes shake Katla volcano in Iceland & may be precursors to eruption • http://news.trust.org/item/20160829132417-kodr4/ Humpback whales help protect other whale species from Orca attacks • https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/whale-of-a-problem-why-do-humpback-whales- protect-other-species-from-attack Mechanical inefficiencies, not the fracking process itself, are being suggested as responsible for BTEX contamination in Texas in Eagle Ford shale region • http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/146389/BLOG_Focus_on_Greater_Efficiency_ Can_Address_Fracking_Concerns 3.7B year old stromatolite fossils provide evidence of ancient life on Earth • http://www.nature.com/news/claims-of-earth-s-oldest-fossils-tantalize-researchers- 1.20506 • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/scientists-think-theyve-found-earths- oldest-fossil-180960307/ Four biggest milestones in the evolution of life on Earth • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/achenblog/wp/2016/09/01/the-4-biggest- milestones-in-the-history-of-life-on-earth/ Previously unknown Late Cretaceous small-bodied, toothless azhdarchid pterosaur found in Canada • http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/small-bodied-pterosaur-canada-04148.html The “Minden Monster” is now a member of a previous unknown genus of Mid-Jurassic dinosaurs • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160901093008.htm Perspective: on mantle plumes • http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geologic-column-notion-mantle-plumes Mountain town of Valemount, British Columbia, may become first geothermal village in Canada • http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/carol-linnitt/canada-geothermal-village_b_11784480.html University of Utah site at Milford & Sandia National Laboratories site at Fallon, Nevada, vie for FORGE $$$ for underground geothermal laboratory • http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865661429/Utah-emerges-as-1-of-2-candidates-for- underground-geothermal-lab.html 3 Eruptions of carbon dioxide in Lake Nyos (a maar) in the Cameroon Volcanic Line of east Africa are potentially deadly • http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/08/31/the-killer-lakes-of-africa-a-rare- but-dangerous-volcanic-phenomenon/#4a4496f13e85 Salton Sea to be studied to assess salinity impacts on wildlife and geothermal potential (video) • http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/08/31/obama-lake-tahoe-salton- sea/89658022/ Examining the relationships among ocean floor sediments, methane hydrates & release of gas • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160831102853.htm Need a vacation? Consider the new cruise safari around the volcanic Galapagos Islands • http://www.express.co.uk/travel/cruise/705780/Galapagos-Islands-volcanic-archipelago- new-cruise-safari Exploring a bit of geology at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument • http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/exploring-newest-gift-america-katahdin-woods- and-waters-national-monument Facts about cesium and cesium-bearing minerals • http://www.livescience.com/37578-cesium.html Trekking the Grand Canyon (pics & video) • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/grand-canyon-development- hiking-national-parks-pictures/ *************************************** 4 Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board – 5 September 2016 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Millions of bees die of acute pesticide poisoning in South Carolina as collateral deaths following aerial spraying for mosquitoes that may carry Zika virus • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/01/like-its-been- nuked-millions-of-bees-dead-after-south-carolina-sprays-for-zika-mosquitoes/ Perspective: On the “unsuccessfulness of experiments” and need to curb cheating in science • http://www.nature.com/news/stop-ignoring-misconduct-1.20498 WHO revises health advice as syphilis, gonorrhea & chlamydia become more antibiotic resistant • https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/30/stds-gonorrhea-who-guidelines/ • http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2016/08/who-releases-new-treatment- guidelines-for-chlamydia-gonorrhoea-and-syphilis.aspx Fungal infections are becoming more and more drug resistant: cryptococcus and pneumocystis fungi can be deadly • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fungal-infections-are-getting-worse-they- become-drug-resistant-180960283/ • https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/27/millions-at-risk-as-deadly-fungal- infections-acquire-drug-resistance Perspective: a better approach to antibiotic resistance • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniela-quaglia/the-answer-to-antibiotic- _b_11711124.html 5 Assessing the ecological consequences of amphetamine pollution in streams in urban areas • http://www.technology.org/2016/09/01/ecological-consequences-amphetamine-pollution- urban-streams/ ICUN holds World Conservation Congress in Hawaii September 1-10, first time meeting in the US • http://www.terradaily.com/reports/US_to_host_worlds_largest_conservation_meeting_ 999.html Perspective: Fuel subsidies are the dumbest policies in the world • https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-01/fossil-fuel-subsidies-are-the- world-s-dumbest-policy-editorial Thunderstorm activity brings mercury pollution since thunderstorms have 50% higher concentrations of mercury than other storms • http://phys.org/news/2016-08-thunderstorms-mercury-pollution.html US Army Corps of Engineers ignores EPA, Dept of Interior, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation & Sioux concerns to approve Dakota Pipeline • https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082016/dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock- sioux-army-corps-engineers-approval-environment Washington State plans to kill entire pack of endangered gray wolves because of livestock