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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 21 May 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Kilauea – ash cloud sparks red alert for aviation, new fissures, more eruptions & golfers & selfies https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hawaii-volcano/toxic-gases-add-to-hazards-near-hawaiis-

erupting-kilauea-volcano-idUSKCN1IG2W1 http://www.terradaily.com/reports/

New_fissures_from_Hawaii_volcano_more_eruptions_feared_999.html https://www.livescience.com/62563-hawaii-volcano-eruption-2018.html https://www.10news.com/news/golfers-continue-playing-as-ash-clouds-grows-in-hawaii https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/north-america/giant-rocks-spewing-from-hawaii-

volcano-summit-20180517-p4zfsh.html http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/05/16/561973/Hawaii-Kilauea-volcano- http://people.com/human-interest/people-risking-lives-for-lava-selfies-near-kilauea-volcano/ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/17/611865164/ballistic-blocks-shooting-

from-kilauea-s-crater-usgs-says

Hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 found two 19th century shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean http://museum.wa.gov.au/about/latest-news/19th-century-shipwrecks-found-during-search-

mh370 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/mh370-search-offers-clues-for-19th-

century-shipwreck-mysteries

Video flyover of the 220,000 year old Tswaing Crater in South Africa

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/science/the-most-beautiful-view-of-south- africas-ts_1/

Buoy in Southern Ocean near Campbell Island recorded record-breaking wave height of 78.1 feet (23.8 m)

http://www.metocean.co.nz/news/

Emergence of debilitating coral disease impacts reefs in Florida Keys https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611258056/battered-by-bleaching-floridas-coral-reefs-now-

face-mysterious-disease Iconic offshore oil rig Platform Holly being dismantled in California

https://psmag.com/environment/california-is-dismantling-an-iconic-offshore-oil-rig

180 myo Magyarosuchus fitosi may be “missing link” in crocodile evolution http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/magyarosuchus-fitosi-06002.html

Marsarchaeota is new archaeal lineage living in extreme geothermal environment in Yellowstone National Park & may help explain evolution of Archaea & metals in early life

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/marsarchaeota-06007.html

Ice stream draining part of Greenland Ice Sheet has waxed and waned over past 45,000 years http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/

Ice_stream_draining_Greenland_Ice_Sheet_sensitive_to_changes_over_past_45000_years_999.html

GRACE-FO sensors will directly measure global changes in stored groundwater in aquifers http://www.terradaily.com/reports/GRACE_FO_Will_Help_Monitor_Droughts_999.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180516162536.htm

Bottom trawling wasted 437 million tonnes of fish & reduced long-term revenues https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180515105612.htm

Monitoring vibrations of natural rock arches reveals variation in resonant frequencies that may help predict arch collapse

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180515105710.htm

Europium chemical signature in rocks in Arizona may help explain loss of iron in continental rocks https://phys.org/news/2018-05-europium-continental-mystery.html

Estimating changes in sea level means considering ocean-bottom deformation https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/rising-waters-sink-seafloors

Geologic evidence confirms 405,000-year Milankovitch cycle https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/geologic-evidence-confirms-existence-405000-year-

milankovitch-cycle

Magnetic field of Earth is drifting westward – may be caused by Rossby waves in outer core https://www.livescience.com/62577-earth-magnetic-field-drifts.html

Predicting earthquakes? https://www.livescience.com/62560-how-to-predict-earthquakes.html

Explaining a meteo-tsunami https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/north-america/giant-rocks-spewing-from-hawaii-

volcano-summit-20180517-p4zfsh.html

Eyewitness accounts of the 1946 Dominican Republic tsunami https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180515105622.htm

US States with most active volcanoes https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/us-states-active-volcanoes/

Petrified Forest in Calistoga, California, resulted from 3 myo eruption of Mt St Helena https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/traveling/calistogas-petrified-forest.html

AGU rescinds award to seismologist after ethics investigation https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05171-4

“Active pressure management” may help control induced seismicity https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/ssoa-eap051718.php

Sediment flow to Great Barrier Reef reduced by 97% in test site https://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/great-barrier-reef-sediment-flow-

reduced-by-97-per-cent-at-test-site-20180517-p4zfwb.html

Understanding the unique fauna & flora population of the island of Sulawesi https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/17/sulawesi-alfred-russel-wallace-wallacea-

biologists

Yucca Mountain redux and the nuclear shell game – HR3053 passes and will move to the Senate https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/05/17/yucca-redux-and-the-nuclear-shell-game/

The work of seismologist Kasey Aderhold in Alaska https://mashable.com/2018/05/17/kasey-aderhold-earthquake-seismologist/

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 21 May 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Population overload – in danger of outgrowing our planet (26-minute Roundtable video) https://www.trtworld.com/video/roundtable/population-overload-are-we-in-danger-of-

outgrowing-our-planet/5af459b148573b07fb661a86

Alberta, Canada, creates 4 new parks to protect largest expanse of boreal forest https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canada-now-home-worlds-largest-stretch-

protected-boreal-forests-180969123/

Global biodiversity threatened by “intense” human pressures on protected regions https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-third-worlds-protected-areas-are-

threatened-intense-human-pressure-180969126/ Photo-essay: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-wildlife-idUSKCN1II2LZ

The Catalogue of Risk – an approach to assessing building safety following earthquake damage http://www.iom3.org/materials-world-magazine/news/2018/may/17/catalogue-risk

Yellowstone proposes 4,200 as new goal for bison population – an ecological & sociopolitical balance?

https://yellowstoneinsider.com/2018/05/10/yellowstone-proposes-4200-new-goal-bison- population/

Colistin-resistant E. coli found in commercial poultry farm in China https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180514132453.htm

Professor David Goodall, life-long ecologist, chose voluntary euthanasia at age 104

https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/how-david-goodall-will-spend-his-final-few- hours-b/3411636/

Time-stamping famous photograph “Denali and Wonder Lake” by Ansel Adams using astronomy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/forensic-astronomy-reveals-the-secrets-of-an-

iconic-ansel-adams-photo/

Governor Moonbeam still trying to rally support for twin tunnels to divert Sacramento River waters http://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article210904484.html http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/05/14/water-districts-waterfix-metropolitan-water-district-

delta-conveyance-design-construction-joint-powers-authority/

New Book: “Darwin’s Fossils: Discoveries that Shaped the Theory of Evolution” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-darwins-theory-evolution-

evolved-180968981/

Newly recognized pig coronavirus may be potential threat to humans – cross-species transmission https://news.osu.edu/news/2018/05/14/research-pig-virus/

Miami considering six tunnel concepts under Miami River to help relieve downtown traffic http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/downtown-miami/

article210817944.html

Waiver to terminate construction of Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility at Savannah River http://thestarphoenix.com/pmn/news-pmn/nuke-agency-pitches-plutonium-pits-for-savannah-

river-site/wcm/6734e145-a673-4c16-b926-cb2976a9451a

New study suggests leprosy may have originated in Europe https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/10/new-study-suggests-leprosy-came-from-

europe Paper: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1006997

Can creating hybrid mammoths “fix” the Arctic tundra and stop GHG emissions? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/16/woolly-mammoth-resurrection-scientists

Charlie Russel (1941-2018) naturalist who befriended bears https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/obituaries/charlie-russell-who-befriended-bears-dies-at-

76.html

Migratory Bird Act of 1918 designed to keep feathers on birds and protect them from “fashion” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-

off-hats-180969077/

Removal of Milburnie Dam on the Neuse River in Raleigh, North Carolina, completed (video) https://www.coastalreview.org/2018/05/river-advocates-celebrate-dam-removal/

Atlantic Coast Pipeline continues work despite Federal Court order vacating key environmental permit

http://www.richmond.com/news/federal-appeals-court-nullifies-key-permit-for-atlantic-coast- pipeline/article_c3da09e8-df8d-56d5-a9dd-3499737b1a14.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article211221439.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/federal-appeals-court-orders-halt-to-

work-on-atlantic-coast-pipeline/2018/05/15/5bb5a422-589f-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html

Urban gardens are becoming more common – is it safe to eat food grown there? https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/safe-eat-food-city-gardens.html

Actors paid to support proposed New Orleans East Power Plant – “perversion of our deliberative process” – environmentalists calling for City Council to reconsider permit approval

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/05/entergy_paid_actors_new_orlean.html https://thelensnola.org/2018/05/04/actors-were-paid-to-support-entergys-power-plant-at-new-

orleans-city-council-meetings/

Perspective: the truth about pollution is even worse http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/20180510/editorial-truth-about-pollution-is-even-worse

Europe is demolishing dams to restore river systems – some object & new dams being built https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05182-1

Zambia begins regulating use of groundwater as wells go dry due to population grown & water use http://news.trust.org//item/20180516111628-sjrci/

Recycling industry is breaking down – prices collapse https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/recycling-suffering-system-failure-its-time-system-

redesign.html History: https://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/jargon-watch-design-

disposability.html https://medium.com/disruptive-design/system-failures-planned-obsolescence-and-enforced-

disposability-f0fab3e597f3

Do more trees improve human well-being? http://www.ehn.org/forests-growing-around-world-2567927628.html Paper: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196248

Study shows glyphosate disrupts microbiome “at safe levels” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/16/glyphosate-shown-to-disrupt-

microbiome-at-safe-levels-study-claims

SRI – system of rice intensification gaining popularity – applying concept to cotton in Texas https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/farming-technique-using-drastically-less-water-is-

catching-on_us_5af41876e4b0859d11d0ae35 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180516123652.htm

New limits by ATSDC on PFCs stricter than those issued by US EPA https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2018/05/15/white-house-feared-pr-nightmare-over-

agencys-stricter-chemical-limits-emails-show/

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060081697

Are these really the “World’s Most Eco-Friendly Jeans” or not? https://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2018/05/15/this-san-francisco-brand-claims-to-

have-the-worlds-most-eco-friendly-jeans/#379947644e46

In Appalachia, natural gas boom is accompanied by potholes, landslides & shattered peace https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060081689

CFCs were banned – emissions now increasing & threaten ozone layer https://phys.org/news/2018-05-emissions-ozone-eating-chemical.html

The food chain (i.e., food web) is complex https://www.technology.org/2018/05/16/the-complex-nature-of-the-food-chain-removing-big-

predators-does-not-protect-the-birds/

Early exposure to pollution affects long-term health https://www.technology.org/2018/05/16/latest-research-strengthens-case-that-early-

exposure-to-pollution-affects-long-term-health/

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to construct $135M Westerly Storage Tunnel to help clean up water flowing to Lake Erie

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/05/northeast_ohio_regional_sewer_3.html

Hippo waste causes fish kills in the Mara River in Africa https://phys.org/news/2018-05-hippo-fish-africa-mara-river.html

Skinks have evolved toxic green blood that may help protect against malaria https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-reason-these-lizards-have-toxic-green-

blood-180969103/

Plant Protection & Quarantine released 2017 Annual Report – defend against invasive species https://ipminstitute.org/2018/05/17/plant-protection-and-quarantine-releases-2017-annual-

report/

The Superfund environmental cleanup at Oak Ridge https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/oak-ridge-a-look-into-the-superfund-sites-

environmental-cleanup/51-552401280

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 21 May 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Limestone powder manufacturing facility seeks permit in environmentally protected Delaware Coastal Zone

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/firm-seeks-permit-for-powder-manufacturing-in- coastal-zone/

Legislature approves $566M coastal restoration budget in Louisiana http://www.dailycomet.com/news/20180513/states-annual-coastal-plan-wins-approval

“Understanding Flooding on Reef-lined Island Coasts” workshop held in Hawaii in February 2018 https://eos.org/meeting-reports/challenges-of-forecasting-flooding-on-coral-reef-lined-coasts

11 scenic beaches to visit this summer https://www.coastalliving.com/travel/best-beaches-visit-summer#long-beach-peninsula-

washington

New York EPF announces $350K Hudson River Estuary Grants https://hudsonvalleynewsnetwork.com/2018/05/12/dec-announces-350k-hudson-river-

estuary-grants/

Acres of shellfish smothered by mud in Okura Estuary – runoff discharge from development sites http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/acres-of-shellfish-dead-in-north-

auckland-estuary.html

Plans for Humber to become “Energy Estuary” in the UK https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/business/bold-plans-future-humber-energy-1562330

Canadian Oceans Protection Plan will invest in Squamish River Estuary https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-makes-a-significant-coastal-

restoration-fund-investment-in-the-squamish-river-estuary-through-the-oceans-protection-plan-682693741.html

Balcombe Estuary has its “rakali” – an elusive water rodent that behaves like an otter http://mpnews.com.au/2018/05/07/estuary-alert-for-the-retiring-rakali/ https://platypus.asn.au/rakali/

A better approach to building coastline in Louisiana https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/610957843/louisiana-wants-to-use-the-muddy-mississippi-to-

build-up-its-coast

Demand in Asia results in poaching plants along the California & Oregon coast http://www.terradaily.com/reports/

California_coastline_stripped_of_plants_prized_in_Asia_999.html

Surfrider Foundation sent NOI to Sue letter to US IBWC re: pollution in Tijuana River Valley coastal waters

https://coronadotimes.com/news/2018/05/16/surfrider-sends-notice-of-intent-to-sue-under- clean-water-act-to-address-border-pollution/

Over-drafting has resulted in seawater intrusion into freshwater aquifers for coastal cities in California

http://www.tpgonlinedaily.com/local-seawater-contamination-confirmed/

Puget Sound micro-plastic pollution was “everywhere we’ve surveyed for it” https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2018/05/16/puget-sound-plastic-pollution-study/

612169002/

Project SCRAPbook is aerial patrol of coastal Scotland to identify pollution hotspots & litter sinks https://envirotecmagazine.com/2018/04/23/taking-to-the-skies-to-find-scotlands-coastal-and-

marine-litter-hotspots/

US-Morocco Working Group on Environmental Cooperation creates Plan of Action to reduce coastal pollution, marine debris & mercury contamination and prioritizes other issues

https://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/world-news/14709-u-s-morocco-plan-of- action-promotes-innovation-in-waste-management-and-pollution-mitigation.html