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Geosciences Bulletin Board – 14 December 2015 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Exhibition of digitally enhanced photos of the 1916 Shackleton & Hurley Antarctic expedition
• http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/The+Enduring+Eye+The+Antarctic+Legac
y+of+Sir+Ernest+Shackleton+and+Frank+Hurley.htm
GeoSHM technology will monitor infrastructure and surrounding soil conditions
• http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/12/the-project-to-monitor-at-risk-infrastructurefrom-space-is-growing/
Can the “Shazam” concept work with using microearthquakes to predict major seismic events?
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/stanford-scientists-create-analgorithm-that-is-shazam-for-earthquakes-180957510/
Explanations of behavior of mantle materials below 621 miles…but why is the boundary there?
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151210144707.htm
New geophysical data help map the topography of the subducting Sumatran plate
• http://phys.org/news/2015-12-downgoing-plate-topographythe-sumatraearthquake.html
Chemical zonation in the ocean more than 520 million years ago
• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/scp-spa121115.php
“Metamorphous” is a 200-ft long sea wall that protects Vancouver, but is also a tactile piece of
artistic sculpture
• http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/12/seawall-proves-strong-infrastructure-can-bepretty/419379/
Hydrogeology of the rapidly infiltrating basin at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware
• http://www.dgs.udel.edu/publications/b21b-hydrogeology-rapid-infiltration-basinsystem-ribs-cape-henlopen-state-park-delawar
• Report: http://www.dgs.udel.edu/sites/dgs.udel.edu/files/publications/B21B.pdf
USRC earthquake building rating system
• http://www.bdcnetwork.com/new-earthquake-rating-system-released-us-resiliencycouncil
• http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/12/prweb13105935.htm
New age dating of sediments suggest revisions to the timeline for dinosaurs
• http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/12/08/New-sediment-dating-changesdinosaur-timeline/2401449584387/
• http://phys.org/news/2015-12-dinosaur-relatives-dinosaurs-previously-thought.html
Mapping the Bentley Subglacial Trench in the West Antarctic Rift System
• http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/antarctic-glacial-underbelly-scanned-first-time-hintingvolcanoes-magma-blowtorch-1532531
• http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/Antarctic-seismic-survey.aspx
Standing stones at Stonehenge on the Salisbury Plain - sarsen came from local Wiltshire rocks
but bluestones came from Wales
• http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/625193/Stonehenge-built-Wales-excavationWales
Construction of precedent-setting groin considered for Sea Island…do engineered structures
really work or do they create yet more problems?
• http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-12-08/precedent-setting-groin-considered-seaisland
NCAR developing wildland fire prediction system for Colorado to predict wildfire behavior
• http://phys.org/news/2015-12-ncar-wildland-colorado.html
Sulfur particles from volcanic eruptions in Iceland reduce water droplet size in clouds
• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/uow-ive120915.php
Medieval Warm Period was likely not a global phenomena
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151204145919.htm
Mineral resource of the month: lime
• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/mineral-resource-month-lime
Sediment core from Santa Barbara Basin reveals ultra-high resolution record of paleoclimate
• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Dissecting_paleoclimate_change_999.html
Lidar used to map 15,000 year fluvial history of the Willamette River
• http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/lidar-cartography-willamette-river-dancoe.html
Solving Munk’s enigma….Earth has slowed one millisecond as ice has melted
• http://news.yahoo.com/climate-change-making-earth-wobble-200121952.html
New species of toothy pterosaur is native of Texas with closest relative in England
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151208133620.htm
Anatomy of a volcano…from vents to magma chambers to parasitic cones
• http://phys.org/news/2015-12-volcano.html
Listen to the newly discovered sound made by humpback whales
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/humpback-whalesounds_5666237ce4b072e9d1c75ab2
ICC revises building code for schools in tornado-prone areas based on assessments of the
Joplin Tornado
• http://cenews.com/post/7890/first-code-improvements-adopted-based-on-nistjoplin-tornado-study
USS Zumwalt, the newest and largest Navy destroyer, embarks on sea trials
• http://news.yahoo.com/largest-destroyer-built-navy-headed-sea-testing144549669.html
Australia may take Japan back to World Court over new whaling operations
• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/japan-whale-hunttensions-to-flare-as-australia-considers-court-action-20151207-glhag4.html
7.2M EQ in Tajikistan results in at least two deaths; epicenter 22 km from EQ-formed Lake
Sarez
• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/At_least_two_dead_in_earthquake_in_Tajikista
n_999.html
Blood vessels found in 80 million year old hadrosaur fossil
• https://news.ncsu.edu/2015/12/schweitzer-vessels/
This newly discovered fossil in Japan is mosasaur that lived 72 million years ago \
•
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/phosphorosaurus-ponpetelegans-newmosasaur-species-03498.html
What if Earth had no Moon? (video)
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-earth-would-be-like-without-themoon_5660b819e4b072e9d1c5675a
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Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board – 14 December 2015 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Please help by taking the Conserve to Enhance survey from the folks at U of Arizona
• https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0IFq0AdsRr7dNA1
Many policy reports are not read….maybe that is not necessarily a bad thing except for the
resources used to produce them
• http://www.nature.com/news/sustainability-map-the-evidence-1.18962
Given how many dogs are euthanized at shelters every year…are in vitro (IVF) puppies really
necessary?
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-baby-beagles-are-first-dogsborn-vitro-fertilization-180957499/
Getting to a “final draft” climate deal in Paris….but will it really matter?
• http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35079532
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-hansen-paristalks_566c48dce4b011b83a6b7acc
In Japan, centuries of natural disasters have impacted their culture
• http://nautil.us/blog/is-japanese-culture-traumatized-by-centuries-of-natural-disaster
Since more antibiotics are used on animals than humans, UK report recommends
international targets for reducing antibiotic use in animals
• http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/12/international-targets-recommended-forreducing-animal-antibiotic-use/#.Vmm3lUorKM8
• Report: http://amrreview.org/sites/default/files/Antimicrobials%20in%20agriculture%20and%20the%2
0environment%20-%20Reducing%20unnecessary%20use%20and%20waste.pdf
Human freshwater footprint surges across the world…dams & irrigation raise consumption
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151204000252.htm
Three key actions in new global framework announced with goal of eliminating rabies
• http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/eliminate-rabies/en/
Most food-borne illness in the US are related to contaminated fresh produce
• http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/12/report-fresh-produce-responsible-for-mostfoodborne-illness-outbreaks/#.Vmm4iUorKM8
Study to examine the links between humans and freshwater quality in streams and lakes
• http://www.technology.org/2015/12/09/researchers-to-use-grant-to-examinelinkages-between-humans-and-freshwater-quality/
Diagnoses of ADHD are up 43% since 2003….why?
• http://www.cbsnews.com/news/adhd-diagnoses-skyrocket-among-u-s-kids/
Teens are not protected from nicotine poisoning, pesticide exposure & heat illness when
working on tobacco farms
• http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/human-rights-us-government-failing-kids-workingtobacco-farms-1532515
Pride of lions featured in BBC “Big Car Diary” series poisoned in Masai Mara Reserve in
Kenya: 2 dead, 5 being treated, 1 missing
• http://www.africadaily.net/reports/Lions_made_famous_on_television_poisoned_in
_Kenya_999.html
Porous pavement which allows infiltration helps to protect water quality at nearby beaches
• http://www.asce.org/magazine/20151006-porous-pavement-helps-protect-beachwater-quality/
Air pollution control policies are resulting in decreased downwind airborne mercury from
power plants
• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/uomc-apc120815.php
Data from 80 dryland sites across the world showing increase in aridity & decrease in
microbial diversity
• http://phys.org/news/2015-12-aridity-microbial-diversity.html
Study to examine relationships among soil, water use by crops, and drought
• http://www.technology.org/2015/12/09/studying-soil-to-understand-drought/
Park Service to use satellites to track feral hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and
Big South Fork National River Recreation area
• http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/1207/Parks-service-plan-to-usesatellites-to-track-feral-pigs
High mercury levels in dolphins have implications for human health
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151130135126.htm
Arsenic used in copper mining in Chile being found in Antarctica
• http://phys.org/news/2015-12-arsenic-chilean-antarctica.html
New RiskInsight U.S. Earthquake Reference Model is released based on latest USGS
earthquake hazards assessment
• http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2015/12/08/267481.htm
• https://cas.confex.com/cas/annual14/webprograms/Handout/pape3584/KarenClark_
CAS_Nov2014.pdf
The impact of megacities on municipal water supplies
• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Quenching_the_water_demands_of_todays_me
gacities_999.html
U.S. House of Representatives passes measure to ban microbeads in personal care products
• http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/12/house-just-voted-ban-those-tinypiecse-plastic-your-toothpaste
Increasing amounts of uranium are being found in Central California drinking waters
• http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_29217367/5-things-know-abouturanium-found-central-california
• http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_URANIUM_IN_THE_WATER_THING
S_TO_KNOW_CAOLPhotographer needed, apply to National Park Service…follow in the footsteps of Ansel Adams
and do the tedious tasks
• http://www.popphoto.com/national-park-service-is-currently-hiring-forphotographers-dream-job
Pillow fights resulted in severe injuries and are now banned at West Point
•
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/west-point-bans-pillow-fights-after-atleast-30-injured-151206?news=857978
Qurrent is planning 8,000-square-meter theme park to be powered by wind
• http://inhabitat.com/ride-a-wind-turbine-in-this-crazy-wind-farm-amusement-park/
Air pollution in China prompts first ever red alert in Beijing
• http://news.yahoo.com/beijing-declares-first-ever-red-alert-pollution-114450041.html
The emotional side of natural disasters….teaching individuals to be selfish to survive
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/saving-normal/201512/we-should-livesurviving-after-catastrophic-death
Cases of tularemia (rabbit fever) are on the increase in four Great Plains states
• http://news.yahoo.com/rabbit-fever-rise-us-cdc-says-151500192.html
Perspective: Managing forests in Oregon for multiple future benefits
• http://www.nrtoday.com/news/opinion/19506561-113/guest-column-oregons-forestsshould-be-managed
Petrochemical industry in Baytown, Texas (SE of Houston) continues to expand…good for the
economy, but what are the environmental consequences?
• http://www.chron.com/jobs/article/Demand-for-petrochemical-industry-jobscontinues-6680206.php
A call for a moratorium, but not a complete ban, on inheritable gene editing in humans
• http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/world-scientists-call-for-moratorium-butno-ban-on-inheritable-gene-editing-of-humans-151207?news=857982
• http://www.nature.com/news/global-summit-reveals-divergent-views-on-humangene-editing-1.18971
U.S. House of Representatives Panel seeking to get information on data behind the NOAA
report used by the current administration to justify carbon legislation
• http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/House-panel-seekinggood-science-not-science-6676435.php
In Australia, cats are officially listed as an invasive species…but how did they get there?
• http://www.treehugger.com/animals/how-did-cats-get-australia.html
Photographic tour of 50 best state parks in America
• https://www.yahoo.com/travel/50-best-state-parks-america-115049549.html
Solar energy use by large US corporations has increased 183% in fewer than 5 years
• http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/adoption-rate-solar-energy-top-usbusinesses-grows-183-four-years.html
Block Island Wind Farm completes first construction season for offshore turbine platforms
• http://cenews.com/post/7896/block-island-wind-farm-caps-off-successful-firstoffshore-construction-season
For children, exposure to pesticides is as bad as second-hand smoke
• http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/kids-pesticide-exposuredecreases-lung-function-similar-secondhand-smoke.html
Slight reduction in man-made GHG emissions reported for 2015
• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/climate-change/good-news-forearths-climate-greenhouse-gas-pollution-dropped-this-year-20151207-glhtuc.html
A new climate agreement in Paris? Will it be significant or not? Is it necessary or not?
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paris-cop21-week2_5665c3afe4b08e945ff02634
• 25 easy steps: http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2015/11/cop21-parisfrance-climate-change-united-nations
“Wild Yellowstone” premiered 6 December on NatGeo Wild channel
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wild-yellowstone-celebrates-americas-firstnational-park_56642930e4b079b2818ef7c8
Time-lapse images of Lyell Glacier in Yosemite showing changes since 1883
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3349869/The-changing-landscapeAmerica-Incredible-image-shows-Lyell-Glacier-lost-nearly-80-surface-area-1883.html
Eliminating sugar from diet of children results in significant improvement in their
health…sugar is toxic
• http://www.treehugger.com/health/sugar-free-diet-rapidly-improves-childrenshealth.html