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Geosciences Bulletin Board – 19 September 2016 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
Oklahoma Geological Survey hires Jacob Walter as new State Seismologist
• http://bigstory.ap.org/article/de42f5c2096d42ad89fd9d378942e8e8/oklahomageological-survey-hires-new-state-seismologist
This is why “consensus” is not a good basis for determining scientific perspective…whether it be
‘global warming’ or the now mythologized ‘global cooling’ of past decades
• http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/14/massive-cover-exposed-lying-alarmistsrebranded-70s-global-cooling-scare-myth/
Tropical Storm Julia forms over land – an unusual occurrence
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/14/493933234/rare-tropical-stormforms-over-land-in-northern-florida
Russian mining company (Norilsk Nickel) admits that spill last week caused Daldykan River to
turn blood red
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-mining-giant-blame-eerie-170247956.html
New fault discovered following 5.8M EQ and aftershocks near Pawnee, Oklahoma
• http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/national/article101515987.html
• Wells shut down:
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2016/09/14/426473.htm
Loss of sense of humor (Italian town sues Charlie Hedbo for defamation in satirical cartoon) and
concern the Mafia may become involved in reconstruction following EQ
• http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/09/13/Italian-town-sues-CharlieHebdo-for-defamation-after-cartoon-depicts-quake-victims-as-lasagna/8461473774839/
• http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/mafia-italian-earthquake
Animated map of the largest EQs that have struck since 1900
• http://www.businessinsider.com/map-earthquakes-magnitude-animated-1900-2016-8
Stalagmites offer clues on earthquake history in southern Illinois
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cave-formations-carry-clues-aboutancient-earthquakes-180960419/
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is established in the Atlantic
Ocean
• http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/15/first-u-s-atlantic-ocean-marinenational-monument-is-safe-haven-for-sharks-whales-corals-and-other-marine-life/
Geologic studies will be major focus of upcoming space programs, astronauts get trained
• http://phys.org/news/2016-09-geologic-big-upcoming-space-missions.html
Four peer-reviewed scientific studies found “no observable sea-level effect of anthropogenic global
warming”
• http://cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/4-peer-reviewed-studies-findno-observable-sea-level-effect-man
Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan reveals substantial growing magma reserve
• http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_542585_en.html
• http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/09/13/Scientists-warn-of-magma-buildupinside-Sakurajima-volcano/6881473767606/
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/japanese-volcano-sakurajima-due-major-eruption185314173.html
Ramform Tethys, new seismic ship has increased power and capacity for ocean surveys
• http://www.osjonline.com/news/view,seismic-ship-combines-power-capacity-andredundancy_44568.htm
Déjà vu! New study (again) says full moon may trigger bigger earthquakes on Earth
• http://www.seeker.com/full-and-new-moons-may-be-linked-to-big-earthquakes-timing2004025336.html
• http://www.iflscience.com/environment/moon-triggering-worlds-most-powerfulearthquakes/
After maintenance, Bertha resumes drilling tunnel with 55% of distance remaining
• http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/berthas-back-to-work-aftermaintenance-stop/
Super Typhoon Meranti is stronger than Haiyan, left devastation in Philippines and takes aim at
China & Taiwan
• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/weather/super-typhoon-meranti-earthsmost-violent-storm-since-haiyan-takes-aim-at-taiwan-and-china-20160914-grfwaz.html
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/09/13/7-imagesof-super-typhoon-meranti-the-strongest-storm-on-earth-in-2016/
Perspective: Evolution Just Got Harder to Defend – or perhaps just needs more research
• http://cnsnews.com/commentary/eric-metaxas/evolution-just-got-harder-defend
Info-graphic on history and average temperature since the last major glaciation 22,000 years ago
• http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/graphic-refutation-climate-has-always-beenchanging.html
Lairg on Loch Shin in the Scottish Highlands may have been the site of one of the biggest asteroid
impacts to hit Earth
• https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1026614/one-of-earths-biggestasteroids-may-have-landed-in-the-highlands-1-2billion-years-ago/
• Or is it in Canada? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/crater-chibougamaumistassini-francine-robert-groupe-omegalpha-1.3765780
Down to Earth With: Hydrogeologist Shemin Ge
• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-hydrogeologist-shemin-ge
10 things to know about the Harvest Moon
• http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/10-things-know-about-special-harvestmoon.html
Photo-essay on rising lava lake levels on Kilauea volcano
• http://www.iflscience.com/environment/dramatic-photographs-of-hawaiis-rising-lavalake-levels/all/
EQs can trigger near-instantaneous aftershock on separate faults
• http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=189776&org=GEO&from=news
USGS focused on investigation the fast-moving Fairweather Fault in southern Alaska
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/uncharted-exploring-one-america-s-fastest-faults
Measurements of potassium in lunar & terrestrial rocks disproves leading hypotheses for origin of
the Moon
• http://www.sci-news.com/geology/moon-proto-earths-mantle-04182.html
The Auroras moved to the rhythm of the magnetic field of Earth
• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/THEMIS_sees_Auroras_move_to_the_rhythm_of_E
arths_magnetic_field_999.html
Study reveals the influence of soil on levels of manganese in drinking water wells
• http://phys.org/news/2016-09-reveals-soil-manganese.html
Dust in sediments reveals that Central Asia has been influenced by westerly winds for more than
40 million years
• http://phys.org/news/2016-09-westerly-blown-central-asia-million.html
Perspective: Mudrock cement and the importance of basic research
• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/comment-mudrock-cement-and-importance-basicresearch
A look back at the 8 September 1900 Galveston, Texas, Hurricane
• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-september-8-1900-massivehurricane-strikes-galveston-texas
Werner Herzog provides a different way of looking at volcanoes & impacts of eruptions
• http://lwlies.com/festivals/inferno-first-look-review/
Exploring the Cook Seamount off Hawaii
• http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/09/17/world/science-health-world/scientistsmake-first-visit-deep-sea-volcano-off-hawaii-hot-spot-mysterious-life/
• Video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/16/cook-seamount-first-manned-expedition-to-deep-sea-volcano-revea/
Determining the temperature of the Earth’s crust
• http://www.universetoday.com/65631/what-is-the-temperature-of-the-earths-crust/
What’s the difference between an active and a dormant volcano?
• http://www.universetoday.com/31654/difference-between-active-and-dormant-volcanoes/
Pygmy mammoth skull found on the Channel Islands in California dated at 13,000 years
• http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mammoth-fossil-channel-islands20160915-snap-story.html
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Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board – 19 September 2016 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford
September is National Preparedness Month
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/september-national-preparedness-month-0
Florida fertilizer plant sinkhole leaks 215 million gallons of radioactive water into aquifer
• https://gma.yahoo.com/florida-fertilizer-plant-sinkhole-reportedly-leaks-215-million205305504--abc-news-topstories.html
Does “human ingenuity” really help Earth?
• http://capx.co/seven-ways-in-which-human-ingenuity-helps-the-planet/
Homeland security measures against domestic counterterrorism since 9/11 have cost more than $1
Trillion – are we any safer?
• http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/fearful-americans-helped-fuel-trillion-dollarsspent-on-domestic-counterterrorism-since-911-160911?news=859462
CCHF (Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever) is tick-borne, potentially fatal, and spreading across
Western Europe
• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2105953-travellers-warned-of-fatal-tick-bornedisease-in-western-europe/
Perspective: Zika virus is an STD – Why not call it that?
• http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/11/opinions/zika-should-be-called-an-std/index.html
Route of transmission of “unusual” Zika case in Utah is a mystery….no known risk factors
• https://www.ksl.com/?sid=41461924&nid=148&title=transmission-route-of-unusual-utahzika-case-still-a-mystery
2 possible cases of leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) suspected in Riverside County, California
• http://www.livescience.com/56057-leprosy-california.html
• http://www.pe.com/articles/school-812595-health-duchon.html
New “Emerging Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan” open for public comment
• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/programoverview/ct_national_list_reportable_animal_diseases
• Draft Plan: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/downloads/emerging-disframework-plan.pdf
FDA seeking public comment on Guidance for Industry use of antimicrobials in animal agriculture
• http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm520110.htm
• Guidance:
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AnimalVeterinary/GuidanceComplianceEnforcement/Gui
danceforIndustry/UCM299624.pdf
• Federal Register: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-09-14/html/2016-21972.htm
• Healthy animals, healthy people: http://www.togetherabx.com/
UN FAO releases Action Plan to respond to antimicrobial resistance in food supply chains
• http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54915#.V9qrV_krKM9
• http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/433096/icode/
• Action Plan: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5996e.pdf
Botanical treatments long overlooked by Western medicine may help combat antibiotics crisis
• http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/magazine/could-ancient-remedies-hold-theanswer-to-the-looming-antibiotics-crisis.html
Pesticides are BIG business – Monsanto to be bought by Bayer for $66 Billion
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bayer-monsantomerger_us_57d94020e4b0aa4b722d6efa
Pesticide glyphosate found in samples of honey from various locations in the US
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/fda-finds-monsantosweed_b_12008680.html
Watch video of evolving E. coli and becoming antibiotic resistant
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-ecoli-evolve-your-eyes-180960418/
Report outlines drug-resistance findings from April summit in London
• http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/09/report-outlines-drug-resistancesteps-ahead-un-meeting
• Report: https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/evidence-for-action-on-antimicrobialresistance-wellcome-sep16.pdf
The work of Diana Wall reveals the secrets of life and biodiversity in the soil
• http://www.nature.com/news/secrets-of-life-in-the-soil1.20575?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews
Finding a good balance between raising dairy cattle and reducing soil erosion
• http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/11131685-74/farm-stahls-cattle
Study finds widespread mercury contamination across western North America in air, soil,
sediment, plants & animal life
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/comprehensive-study-finds-widespread-mercurycontamination-across-western-north-america
US BLM receives controversial recommendation to kill or sell almost 45,000 wild horses
• http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/09/14/wild-horses-should-be-killed-or-soldgovernment-board-decides.html
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/blm-kill-wildhorses_us_57d873d4e4b09d7a68806792
USDA announces open database with nutrition details on more than 80,000 branded food
products
• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/164b466
• Database: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/
Humans call them weeds, but these plants were instrumental in stabilizing soil formation
• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/14/earth-weeds-transformed-ancientlandscape-plant-fossils-evolution-life
US Army Corps of Engineers defends Valley Park levee height criticized as being overbuilt and
potentially posing increased flood threat in neighboring communities
• http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/corps-defends-valley-park-levee-height-saysit-s-not/article_c25696bc-15f7-5d88-b997-cae839b9e63b.html
Our homes should provide refuge but often they contain toxic dust
• https://www.nrdc.org/experts/veena-singla/toxic-dust-dangerous-chemical-brew-everyhome
Geomagnetic storms can interfere with the national power grid – risk needs to be mitigated
• http://phys.org/news/2016-09-geomagnetic-storms-nation-electric-power-grid.html
New York is sinking – How are New Yorkers responding?
• http://www.triplepundit.com/2016/09/new-york-city-sinking-no-one-knows/
Humans are rapidly destroying the Earth’s wilderness – 10 percent in two decades
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/catastrophic-wilderness-lossmaps_us_57cde175e4b0e60d31dfccbf
Months after Sea World announcement, California bans keeping & breeding orcas in captivity
•
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/orca-captivity-ban-californiaseaworld_us_57d8c35de4b09d7a68808c30
Did you know that New York City ranks high on the list of “sustainable” cities?
• http://www.theconstructionindex.com/news/view/new-york-named-as-usas-mostsustainable-city
Fighting the fire of terrorism with fire
• http://nypost.com/2016/09/11/sniper-takes-out-isis-executioner-from-a-mile-away/
Where legal action in court fails, the federal government takes unprecedented step to halt pipeline
• http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/federal-intervention-on-oil-pipelineproject-unprecedented/article_25924c9c-3d71-5998-b568-5cbedec220e0.html
• Video: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/295223-obama-administrationorders-nd-pipeline-construction-to-stop
• http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/dakota-access-ceo-companycommitted-to-finishing-project/article_1657f168-ca1d-5af3-a8ff-f8b0c0c91ec4.html
• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/understanding-controversy-behind-dakotaaccess-pipeline-180960450/
• http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/295968-feds-argue-against-pipelineinjunction-support-new-review
California now wants federal tax dollars to pay 1/3 cost (estimated $5B) of Delta diversion tunnel
project
• http://www.modbee.com/news/business/article101796097.html
Development project in Tampa, Florida, to emphasize “healthy living”
• http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/surrounded-by-bloomin-onionsand-checker-burgers-can-tampas-new/2292947
Candidatus "Frackibacter" a never-before-seen genus of bacteria discovered living at bottom of
fracking wells
• http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/never-before-seen-bacteria-discovered-indepths-of-fracking-wells-160913?news=859473
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has partially constructed nuclear plant for sale – minimum bid
$36M
• http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/attention-bargain-hunters-5-billion-nuclearpower-plant-on-sale-for-only-36-million-needs-work-160913?news=859469
Safety wall around Fukushima reactor building is dismantled (video)
• https://www.rt.com/news/359250-fukushima-reactor-wall-dismantle/
Victoria, Australia, copes with heavy rains and landslides – drivers need to be rescued
• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/victoria/victorian-floods-state-battered-with-worstseptember-deluge-in-a-century-20160914-grgijs.html
Which is worse for your health? Saturated fats or sugar? Sugar industry says its saturated fats
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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-food-companies-bias-health-research180960440/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bayer-monsantomerger_us_57d94020e4b0aa4b722d6efa
China developing “sponge cities” to reduce runoff & flooding while increasing recycle/reuse of
excess rain water
• http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-09/13/content_26787024.htm
Perspective: Evolution is true. So what?
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-vognar/evolution-is-true-sowhat_b_11854168.html
Genetic analysis reveal four distinct species of giraffe and may be in need of targeted conservation
• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/genetic-analysis-four-distinct-giraffe-species04179.html