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. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 23 October 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 5 easy(ish) steps to becoming a geologist – very punny • https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/geologist-career-how-to After forming in the eastern Atlantic and pushed by the jet stream, Hurricane Ophelia and its remnants brought heavy rains, wind gusts and red haze to Europe • http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-ophelia-path-europe-spain-ireland-2017-10 • http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/16/hurricane_ophelia_s_remnants_have_st ruck_ireland_as_the_strongest_storm.html • http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-41609332 • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-ex-hurricane-hit-ireland-and-turned- skies-red-180965301/ “Geostorm” is the result of the federal government taking aggressive action against climate change – sounds like an ominous warning against messing around with Mother Nature • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-behind-geostorm-newest- weather-fueled-doomsday-flick-180965303/ Remnants of 94 ancient tectonic plates reside in the mantle of Earth • https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/scientists-release-an-atlas-of-the-underworld/ Synthesizing magneto-telluric and geodetic studies to map electrical properties of rocks and minerals throughout the Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand • https://eos.org/research-spotlights/imaging-the-underlying-mechanics-of-new-zealand- earthquakes
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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. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 23 October 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 5 easy(ish) steps to becoming a geologist – very punny
• https://www.siliconrepublic.com/advice/geologist-career-how-to After forming in the eastern Atlantic and pushed by the jet stream, Hurricane Ophelia and its remnants brought heavy rains, wind gusts and red haze to Europe
skies-red-180965301/ “Geostorm” is the result of the federal government taking aggressive action against climate change – sounds like an ominous warning against messing around with Mother Nature
Remnants of 94 ancient tectonic plates reside in the mantle of Earth
• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/scientists-release-an-atlas-of-the-underworld/ Synthesizing magneto-telluric and geodetic studies to map electrical properties of rocks and minerals throughout the Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand
Weddell polynya is part of long-term natural variability
• https://phys.org/news/2017-09-antarctica-weddell-polynya-kiel-climate.html Video of a tidal bore during the Mid-Autumn Festival on the Qiantang River in China
• https://www.usgs.gov/news/get-ready-shakeout-october-19 Volcanic eruptions may have contributed to the fall of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt – “civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice”
Rocks beneath nuclear testing site in North Korea may have been fractured & perforated due to repeated nuclear tests
• https://sputniknews.com/asia/201710191058359072-dprk-nuclear-test-site-crumbling/ “Big Dark” and atmospheric river of moisture stretching from China to British Columbia will drop large amounts of precipitation in the Pacific Northwest
Using satellite images to produce annual maps to track freshwater use for agriculture
• https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243386&org=GEO&from=news Creating a 50,000 lake database for the Northeast and Midwest regions of the US
• https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243391&org=GEO&from=news Understanding gas hydrates
• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Understanding_rare_earth_emulsions_999.html Study suggests less cause for concern for warming due to brown carbon aerosols from wildfires
These extinct kangaroos, Balbaroo fangaroo, had fangs
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171016092719.htm Dung from dinosaurs, like any large animal, fertilized the planet
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171016124412.htm Jakobshavn Isbræ ice stream in West Greenland retreated under a cold climate of the Younger Dryas
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171019100802.htm Evidence found in Karoo Basin in the remnants of the Gondwanides reveal details of mass extinction
• https://phys.org/news/2017-10-ancient-lost-mountains-karoo-reveals.html Source of the largest mud eruption in the World is identified
• https://phys.org/news/2017-10-scientists-source-world-largest-mud.html Why is there a geoid low in the Indian Ocean?
Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 23 October 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Perspective: unprecedented transformation and ecological decline caused by human activities since 1950 as ecological footprint greatly exceeds carrying capacity of Earth
They have allocated $1.25B to create a model smart city along the waterfront in Toronto, Canada, described as a “sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity”
Perspective: California state data shows twin tunnel project will harm life in the San Francisco Bay estuary and increase frequency of toxic cyanobacterial blooms
More rats (the 4-legged kind) in Washington DC necessitate recruiting cats – New York City uses terriers
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/09/feral-cat-washington-dogs-rat-control/ Virtually visit Quttinirpaaq National Park in Canadian Territory of Nuavut to see high Arctic landscape
FERC gives approval to Atlantic Coast & Mountain Valley pipelines, with one dissent based on environmental impacts
• https://apnews.com/510be29a825648f4920acad3aa836d6b Cleanup initiated after almost 9,350 barrels of oil spilled into Gulf of Mexico from LLOG Exploration Company pipeline
Lessons learned from failed structures during the EQ that hit Mexico City on 19 September 2017
• https://www.enr.com/articles/43128-lessons-from-the-sept-19-mexico-earthquake Roughly 2 million people may be exposed to naturally occurring arsenic in their drinking water wells
Dozens of contaminants found with protected areas of Congaree National Park in South Carolina, including pharmaceutical drugs, insect repellant, flame retardants & detergent metabolites
King tides are garnering more attention – flooding being blamed on “global warming” but must also consider coastal subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal
1500-tires-and-plastics-off-newport-beach-coast-is-being-removed-after-decades/ Shipwreck in Pappy’s Lane in Pamlico Sound identified as WWII troop transport
• https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/10/rodanthe-shipwreck-idd-wwii-transport/ Maryland plan for “water pollution trading” which means polluters win and Chesapeake Bay loses