Do you know of a colleague and/or student who would be interested in receiving these Bulletin Boards? 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 listing. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 2 November 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford M7.0 hits Turkey & Greece • https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-strikes-125010038.html • https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000c7y0/executive Gales Creek Fault west of Portland capable of producing M7.1 to M7.4 EQ – also smaller active faults • https://www.livescience.com/earthquake-fault-near-portland.html • https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/besides-the-big-one-closer-faults-could-also-shake- portland/ What triggered the Little Ice Age? • https://sciencenorway.no/climate-geology-ice-age/what-actually-started-the-little-ice- age/1759318 • Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/38/eaba4320 Simultaneous eruptions on Kamchatka Peninsula of Klyuchevsky & Bezymyan – pics & videos • https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/332898-two-volcanoes-just-erupted-in-kamchatka “whaleback” forms at Shiveluch volcano on Kamchatka Peninsula • https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/whaleback-rises-at-a-russian-volcano Hypothesizing the next supercontinent – Pangea Ultima – Novopangea – Aurica – Amasia • https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-next-pangea-what-earths-future- supercontinent-will-look-like New seismic provisions for National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program • https://www.nibs.org/news/531554/Building-Seismic-Safety-Council-Updates-Earthquake- Design-Provisions-for-FEMA.htm • Provisions parts 1 & 2: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/fema_2020-nehrp- provisions_part-1-and-part-2.pdf • Provisions part 3: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/fema_2020-nehrp- provisions_part-3.pdf A better bridge design to resist seismic shaking • https://newatlas.com/architecture/limb-inspired-bridges-earthquake-resistance/ Post-tropical cyclones may influence risk of windstorms across Europe • https://eos.org/editor-highlights/post-tropical-cyclones-influence-on-european-windstorm-risk • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL089853 Improving understanding of marine residence times of iron in upper ocean • https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-long-does-iron-linger-in-the-oceans-upper-layers • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GB006592 Dense seismic network is threatened by wildfires on West Coast • https://eos.org/articles/wildfires-threaten-west-coasts-seismic-network Simulations may help distinguish large-scale atmospheric circulation changes from increased temperature induced changes • https://eos.org/research-spotlights/a-new-way-to-fingerprint-drivers-of-water-cycle-change • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020MS002106 • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020MS002249 Large tidal ranges 400 myo may have initiated evolution of bony fish & land vertebrates • https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Large_tides_may_have_driven_evolution_of_fish_towar ds_life_on_land_999.html Fossils of giant birds in Antarctica had 21-foot wingspans • https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Antarctica_yields_oldest_fossils_of_giant_birds_with_21 _foot_wingspans_999.html • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75248-6 Glacial & interglacial climates reveal irregular frequency over past 2.6 million years • https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Irregular_appearances_of_glacial_and_interglacial_clim ate_states_999.html • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18897-5 Amount of plastic dumped into Mediterranean Sea could double over next 20 years • https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Amount_of_plastic_dumped_in_Med_to_double_in_20_ye ars_report_999.html • Report: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2020-030-En.pdf Understanding when & how slope failures occur on post-wildfire landscapes • https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Post_wildfire_hazards_Toward_an_understanding_of_wh en_and_how_slope_failure_may_occur_999.html • https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Wildfires_can_cause_dangerous_debris_flows_999.html NASA projects to make geosciences data more accessible • https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Funds_Projects_to_Make_Geosciences_Data_M ore_Accessible_999.html Interactive website provides access to 5 decades satellite data related to climate • https://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_website_puts_climate_in_your_hands_999.html • Climate from Space website: https://cfs.climate.esa.int/index.html#/ Presence of Lake Cahuilla overlying southern San Andreas fault may have affected rupture timing • https://phys.org/news/2020-10-ancient-lake-contributed-san-andreas.html • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201026153938.htm Major explosions & paroxysms of Stromboli – an historical catalog & temporal models • https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2020/october/stromboli-volcano.html • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74301-8 Forensic geology: tracing the origins of illegal sand by fingerprinting method • https://phys.org/news/2020-10-source-illicit-sandcan.html Bathurst Mining Camp – one of the oldest base metal mining districts • https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/bathurst-mining-camp-one-of-the-worlds-great-base- metal-districts/ Mapping 11,000 years of the geologic history of Jersey Island • https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2020-10-28/two-jersey-scientists-map-out-11000-years-of- the-islands-geology Why does the Earth exhibit a seismic pulse every 26 seconds? • https://newstechnologyworld.com/the-earth-is-pulsating-every-26-seconds-and- seismologists-dont-agree-why/ Back to the future of climate – polar ice caps had essentially disappeared during the Paleocene • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201027105342.htm Using terrain-hugging drones for aerial prospecting is successful • https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/october/26/unmanned-aerial- prospecting Pingos can explode • https://sputniknews.com/science/202010281080900058-dangerous-pingos-likely-to-explode- as-thawing-permafrost-creates-ticking-time-bombs-/ • Background: https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/more-than-300-sealed-craters-are- ticking-time-bombs-from-a-total-7000-plus-arctic-permafrost-mounds/ NOAA Oral History: Dr Eddie Bernard the “accidental tsunami guy” • https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/look-back-with-tsunami-expert-eddie-bernard The challenges of deep-sea mining – increasing human demand, technology, environmental damage • https://massivesci.com/articles/deep-sea-mining-ocean-industry/ Geologists Bill provides legal framework for training, registration & licensing of geologists in Kenya • https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-10-27-tough-penalties-for-rogue-geologists-quacks-in- proposed-law/ Fracking could affect shared water resources in southern Africa – trans-boundary management • https://www.newsday.co.zw/2020/10/how-fracking-plans-could-affect-shared-water- resources-in-southern-africa/ Geologists simulate soil conditions on Mars in anticipation of mission and growing plants • https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-10/uog-gss102720.php Toward understanding relationship of AMOC and climate • https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/two-new-studies-advance-understanding-of- currents/ • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19050-y • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19049-5 Open Access articles on remote sensing of hazards (2019-2020): geophysical hazards, floods & glacial processes, ground instability, meteorological & climatological processes • https://www.nature.com/collections/ciedddhbhe Open Access articles: Earth Sciences • https://www.nature.com/subjects/earth-and-environmental-sciences/srep Right Whales – plummeting population leading to the verge of extinction • https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/26/metro/their-population-plummets-right-whales- verge-extinction/ Diel vertical migration (DVM) accounts for about 16% of carbon captured by the ocean • http://oceans.nautil.us/feature/625/the-earth-shaping-animal-migration-no-one-ever-sees Ropeless (or buoyless) fishing systems use transducer to acoustically trigger lift bag – safer for whales • https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/10/22/ropeless-fishing- systems-hold-promise-for-fishermen-and-whales ************************************************ Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 2 November 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Legacy of dumping of half a million or more barrels of DDT off the coast of California • https://www.whoi.edu/news-insights/content/whoi-assisted-study-finds-ocean-dumping-of-ddt-waste-was- sloppy/ • https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-coast-ddt-dumping-ground/ FEIR for 800-acre storage reservoir near Patterson, California, approved – concern for seismic risks & impacts on wildlife in Del Puerto Canyon • https://www.modbee.com/news/business/agriculture/article246608388.html • Background: https://www.modbee.com/article238430758.html • Documents: https://www.delpuertocanyonreservoir.com/resources#documents Illegal immigrants cross the border again and again and again • https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigrants-quickly-expelled-trump-try-175951220.html Amsterdam releases 5,000 alien leaf fleas to fight invasive Japanese knotweed • https://www.yahoo.com/news/amsterdam-releases-five-thousand-leaf-162613898.html Those