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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 24 August 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Interactive display color codes minerals

• https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/08/nicholas-rougeux-interactive-minerals/ • Interactive website: https://www.c82.net/mineralogy/

Dynamic ice loss from Greenland Ice Sheet – Greenland was ice-free many times

• https://www.axios.com/greenland-ice-sheet-melt-sea-level-0b05defd-4309-42b7-99d6-c71f4b2b51a0.html

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-0001-2.pdf • https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/12/greenland-was-once-ice-free • https://www.usnews.com/news/at-the-edge/articles/2016-12-07/greenland-has-been-nearly-

ice-free-many-many-times-in-the-recent-geological-past-study-says • https://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3350

Productive Cascade Arc volcanoes over last 2.6 million years

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200814142937.htm Facebook quietly abandoned drilling off the coast of Tierra Del Ma, Oregon – permit violation

• https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/08/report-facebook-quietly-abandoned-drilling-gear-off-oregons-coast/

Alfred Wegner and continental drift

• https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/earth-sciences/alfred-wegener-and-the-continental-drift/ Temperature in Death Valley recorded at 130 degrees – not highest ever

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/death-valley-just-recorded-the-hottest-temperature-on-earth/ar-BB183HJY

Firenado erupted out of pyro-cumulonimbus cloud of the “Loyalton fire”

• https://www.newsbreak.com/nevada/reno/news/2042156930862/tornado-of-fire-erupts-from-loyalton-fire-between-lake-tahoe-and-reno

• https://www.plumasnews.com/loyalton-fire-aug-16-update-20000-acres-no-containment/ • https://twitter.com/Tahoe_NF/status/1295340030567710731?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ct

wcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Comprehensive map of land subsidence in Western US due to groundwater mining

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/machine-learning-predicts-subsidence-from-groundwater-pumping

Upper crustal magmas in Main Ethiopian Rift are rich in volatiles leading to diffuse degassing & hydrothermal systems

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/gas-rich-transcrustal-magma-storage-in-the-main-ethiopian-rift

• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019GC008904 Ocean floor mining rush is on – impacts not well understood

• https://theconversation.com/a-rush-is-on-to-mine-the-deep-seabed-with-effects-on-ocean-life-that-arent-well-understood-139833

Examining the chemistry of thermal waters in Yellowstone

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/08/examining-chemistry-yellowstone-national-parks-thermal-waters

Cellular structure of compound eye preserved in 429 myo trilobite

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/429-million-year-old-trilobite-already-had-modern-like-compound-eyes/

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Fossilised_429-mln-year-old_eye_mirrors_modern_insect_vision_999.html

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69219-0 Chinese meteorological satellites Fengyun3 and Fengyun 4 have been deployed

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Meteorological_satellites_keep_eye_on_clouds_999.html

New species of Pliocene crested penguin identified

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/eudyptes-atatu-08753.html • Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.1497

Two sub-species of Pleistocene cave lion identified & cave lion and extant lion are different species

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/two-cave-lion-subspecies-08751.html • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69474-1

Prehistoric woolly rhinos likely went extinct due to climate change after last Ice Age

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813113157.htm • Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)31071-X

Most sensitive climate models overestimate global warming during last 50 years • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818103820.htm • Paper: https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/11/737/2020/

Early Cambrian diversity in marine ecosystems – the role of bioturbation & bioerosion

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200814142952.htm • Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/33/eabb0618

Using seismic signals to measure sediment movement & water level beneath river ice

• https://phys.org/news/2020-08-seismic-river-ice.html • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JF005333

Origin of mud

• https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2020/origin-mud • https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/five-charts-will-change-everything-you-know-

about-mud New animation drains Monterey Bay and its canyon

• https://www.mbari.org/canyon-up-close-new-animation-drains-monterey-bay-to-uncover-the-beauty-of-its-geology/

• Video: https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/a-map-15-years-in-the-making-illuminates-a-grand-canyon-off-californias-coast/

Taal Volcano is active again

• https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/news/taal-volcano-steam-a00304-20200818 Dire warning – how climate change could trigger large landslides and mega-tsunamis

• https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-biggest-waves-how-climate-change-could-trigger-large-landslides-and-mega-tsunamis-115882

Tracking slowly splitting “dent” in magnetic field of Earth – South Atlantic Anomaly

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200817144121.htm Greenland Ice Sheet is losing estimated 500 gigatons of ice each year – not that humans could ever stop it as ice sheets form and melt over geologic time

• https://www.livescience.com/greenland-melt-point-of-no-return.html • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-0001-2.pdf

New Book: “A History of California’s State Geological Surveys 1950-2015”

• https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/24913-california-geological-survey-releases-a-history-of-california-s-state-geological-surveys-1850-2015-hard-copy-book

Small cluster of EQs in Baja California

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/earthquakes-baja-california-san-diego-california-quake-weather-border-mexico-geology

In Memoriam: Dr Rossman F. Giese Jr (1936-2020) – specialist in clay mineralogy

• https://buffalonews.com/obituaries/features/rossman-f-giese-jr-geologist-whose-expertise-saved-the-commercial-slip/article_068e1f3a-dcc1-11ea-b38a-43fb87d83bca.html

In Memoriam: Thomas “Tom” Charles DePew (1925-2020) – mining geologist

• https://dailyjournalonline.com/community/democrat-news/obituaries/thomas-tom-charles-depew/article_acd73b97-20d2-5ec7-8a52-0353791abe00.html

New Viper nickel mineralized zone discovered at Ta Khoa – part of a blind discovery

• https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/base-metals-investing/nickel-investing/blackstone-discovers-new-viper-nickel-zone-at-ta-khoa/

History of Mountain Lake tied to rockslides that dammed shallow gorge in Virginia

• https://roanoke.com/news/local/new-technology-clarifies-picture-of-mountain-lake-and-its-problems/article_f1a72f17-8315-588e-a6db-921803c8fedd.html

“Big One” is part of highly prospective copper targets at Mt Oxide within Mt Isa copper belt

• https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/926984/castillo-copper-pegs-sites-with-approvals-and-logistics-in-place-for-drilling-at-big-one-926984.html

Geophysical survey to be conducted to assess potential carbon storage site in Wyoming

• http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2020/08/geophysical-survey-next-step-in-carbon-storage-study.html

Perspective: time to admit ultimate cost of project at Site C dam due to geological instability

• https://theprovince.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-province-aug-19-2020-time-to-rethink-the-site-c-sinkhole’

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-dam-diverts-peace-river-in-northern-bc-1.5592606

• https://www.policynote.ca/big-fracking-mess/ Cliff collapse in Grand Canyon reveals 313 myo footprints

• https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/cliff-collapse-reveals-313-million-year-old-fossil-footprints-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm

• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237636 Experimental modeling puts age of solid inner core of Earth at 1B to 1.3B years old

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200821155744.htm Analyzing field data on permafrost ice in the vicinity of the oil spill in Norilsk, Russia

• https://tass.com/society/1192213 Paleo-channel of Sabarmati increases seismic risk in western Ahmedabad

• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/paleo-channel-of-sabarmati-makes-citys-western-areas-vulnerable/articleshow/77662819.cms

Rock falls will likely increase along I-70 following Grizzly Creek Fire

• https://www.cpr.org/2020/08/20/grizzly-creek-fire-i-70-damage-glenwood-canyon-colorado-wildfires/

Strain rate is important control on earthquake depth • https://eos.org/editor-highlights/strain-rate-the-overlooked-control-on-earthquake-depth

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 24 August 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Another stupid human got too close & suffered the consequences of impinging on Bison space at Custer State Park in South Dakota --- and at Yellowstone

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bison-rips-off-woman-s-pants-in-violent-attack-at-custer-state-park/ar-BB17Xl73

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-72-gored-bison-yellowstone-after-getting-too-close-photos-n1232496

Updates on wildfires in the West

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/more-wildfires-explode-in-the-west-as-historic-heat-continues/ar-BB18697x

Loyalton Fire causing poor air quality, forcing evacuations, still growing in size

• https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/6975/53337/ Dome Fire burning thousands of acres of Mojave National Preserve

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/08/dome-fire-burning-across-thousands-acres-mojave-national-preserve

• https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/08/17/dome-fire-burns-in-mojave-national-park-as-temps-soar/3383180001/

Heat wave continues to threaten California power grid – rolling blackouts across the state

• https://phys.org/news/2020-08-threatens-california-power-grid-outages.html After many decades, Hawks Nest Reservoir will be lowered in West Virginia to allow inspection of Tunnel

• https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/hawks-nest-tunnel-to-rise-from-the-depths-for-first-time-in-85-years/article_11963af2-f65c-5c6c-aa63-f12b509a98f7.html

Denver transportation plan favors pedestrians and bicycles over cars • https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/denver-future-street-design-bicyclist-

pedestrian-friendly/73-a79e1b56-b2b4-4696-9c00-462217b1141b Michigan plans for road lane dedicated to autonomous vehicles between Ann Arbor & Detroit

• https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/08/14/dedicated-road-lanes-from-detroit-to-ann-arbor-for-autonomous-vehicles-announced/

Toward increased resilience to urban fires – City Resilience Index

• https://www.csemag.com/articles/creating-fire-safety-resilience/ $137M loan from USEPA to Waukesha, Wisconsin, to implement Great Lakes Water Supply Project https://bit.ly/3hpKw53 OpenEEW - New open-source seismology project for seismic monitoring & alerts

• https://www.techrepublic.com/article/open-source-earthquake-alert-system-aims-to-revolutionize-seismic-monitoring/

Rolling blackouts in California – power reserves fall below critical threshold

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-calls-rolling-blackouts-first-020606005.html • https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/coronavirus-complicates-california-s-worst-

power-shortage-in-two-decades/ar-BB181vnH CRS InFocus Report: Klamath River Restoration & Dam Renewal

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11616 • https://www.waterwired.org/2020/08/crs-infocus-report-klamath-river-restoration-and-dam-

renewal.html The cost of electricity to JEA from the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/jea-will-pay-1-million-more-per-year-for-plant-vogtle-electricity-in-meag-settlement/ar-BB180VyQ

“Temporary” storage of nuclear waste canisters at San Onofre in California

• https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2020-08-07/final-canister-of-nuclear-waste-transferred-to-san-onofre-storage-facility

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/readers-react-san-onofre-project-completion-is-no-cause-for-celebration/ar-BB181vRr

Early termination of 2020 Census field operations will hurt Native Americans

• https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/census-bureau-2020-native-american-tribes-undercount-100000923.html

Honolulu, Hawaii, rail costs increase – 2020 risk update – contamination from solvent remediated

• https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/08/honolulu-rail-costs-to-climb-with-dispute-over-airport-section/

• http://hartdocs.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-24025/20200813-top-risk-summary-ctgy-curves.pdf

Palisade Pipeline system to deliver water in West Texas & SE New Mexico to meet industrial demand

• https://www.mrt.com/business/oil/article/New-pipeline-system-will-deliver-water-in-West-15487111.php

River Forest, Illinois, seeking proposals to create stormwater management plan

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/river-forest/ct-rfl-stormwater-plan-tl-0820-20200813-tbzdymnqijheddjnappsa46zci-story.html

Perspective: Impacts of time (and changing time) on our circadian rhythms

• https://www.treehugger.com/once-again-it-s-time-to-consider-cosmic-time-5075003 Proposed USDA rule change could allow poultry with systemic avian leukosis to enter US Food Supply

• https://thepoultrysite.com/news/2020/08/proposed-rule-change-could-see-poultry-with-systemic-diseases-entering-the-us-food-supply

Learning from the blast in Beirut – how to potentially make buildings blast resistant

• https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/products/how-to-make-a-building-blast-resistant_o

$177B plan for expanding transit & toll highways in San Diego including high-speed rail

• https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/transportation/story/2020-08-14/sandag-expand-transit-toll-highways

Updates on high-speed rail projects - $20B in Texas, $10B+ in Florida & $100B in California

• https://www.constructiondive.com/news/high-speed-rail-projects-move-forward-despite-coronavirus/583442/

Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific is a threat but so is plastic waste in the Atlantic - graphic

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/08/18/atlantic-ocean-contains-more-plastic/#ad57d9c3f07c

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17932-9 Low cost method of tracking air pollution of e-waste site in Ghana

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tracking-air-pollution-from-ghanas-e-waste-site • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GH000247

Phosphorus inputs from runoff have long-lasting impacts on aquatic ecosystems

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/the-lasting-legacy-of-phosphorus-buried-in-lakes • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JG005713

Micro-plastics discovered in human tissues – accumulate in the human body

• https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2020/august/micro-and-nanoplastics-detectable-in-human-tissues.html

From over-tourism to under-tourism

• https://www.treehugger.com/from-overtourism-to-undertourism-the-world-just-can-t-get-it-right-5075005

• https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/travel-destinations-suffer-during-covid Perspective: The John Muir Trail

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/08/escaping-coronavirus-pandemic-john-muir-trail Painting eyes on cow butts helps deter predators

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/study-confirms-that-painting-eyes-on-cow-butts-helps-ward-off-predators/

• Project: https://carnivorecoexistence.info/african-carnivore-research-conservation-eye-cow-project/

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01156-0 Death toll rises from landslide in Nepal caused by heavy rains

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Nepal_landslide_toll_rises_to_19_as_hope_fades_for_missing_999.html

Perspective: Do not fill Devil’s Pool with rocks

• https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/devils-pool-wissahickon-swimming-philadelphia-litter-20200818.html

Chicago estimates $8B to $10B cost to replace lead pipes plumbing water into homes

• https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/18/city-set-to-announce-plans-to-replace-lead-water-pipes/

• https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/8/18/21373932/lead-pipes-chicago-water-mains-service-lines-contamination-homes

$7.8M rehabilitation work on downstream side of American Falls Dam is on schedule

• https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/water/american-falls-dam-work-on-track/article_60de1500-e0de-11ea-abf2-67d5f69bcfd1.html

Pantanal in Brazil is largest wetland in the world & 6% has now burned (video)

• https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-fires/brazil-fires-threaten-worlds-largest-wetland-idUKKCN25E2FC

$3B plan for long-term flood mitigation projects on San Jacinto River in Harris & Montgomery Counties TX

• https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/kingwood/news/article/Drainage-plan-identifies-3-billion-in-flood-15484048.php

• San Jacinto Study overview: https://sanjacstudy.org/ US intercepts Venezuela-bound private jet in south Florida loaded with firearms & ammunition & cash

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-intercepts-venezuela-bound-aircraft-211430649.html Federal relief funds for emergency response to derecho damages in Iowa

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-relief-iowa-derecho-damage-185446005.html Michigan rejects Macomb County plan to convert protected waters into open-air sewage treatment lagoon

• https://apnews.com/b419f966cd01511cdde11e52a4e562cb Perspective: Nuclear poison at Los Alamos National Labs

• http://mercmessenger.com/nuclear-poison-at-los-alamos-national-labs/ • Explosion: https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-mexico-nuclear-dump-20160819-snap-

story.html • LAHDRA: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/LAHDRA/

CRS Report: Renewable energy & energy efficiency incentives” – $$$M spent on inefficiency

• https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40913.pdf $600M settlement in Flint water crisis lawsuit

• https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/us/flint-michigan-water-crisis-settlement-reports/index.html Washington DC estimates new tunnels stopped 200M gallons of sewage from flowing into Anacostia River

• https://wjla.com/news/local/tunnel-stops-200-million-gallons-sewage-flowing-anacostia 2020 National Flood Risk Assessment – increased urbanization puts homes at risk in Indiana

• https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2020/08/17/113-000-more-homes-risk-flooding-indiana-report-says/5571932002/

• https://assets.firststreet.org/uploads/2020/06/first_street_foundation__first_national_flood_risk_assessment.pdf

Catastrophic failures raise concerns about mine tailings dams

• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/catastrophic-failures-raise-alarm-about-dams-containing-muddy-mine-wastes

Perspective: on the appreciation of mountain landscapes

• https://theconversation.com/is-it-time-to-stop-climbing-mountains-obsession-with-reaching-summits-is-a-modern-invention-144748

Giant Panda Mei Xiang gives birth at the Smithsonian National Zoo

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/panda-monium-giant-panda-national-231907082.html Pesticides & industrial pollutants in sow atop Arctic glaciers

• https://earthsky.org/earth/pesticides-industrial-pollutants-found-atop-arctic-glaciers More CO2 in the atmosphere? Plants will love it

• https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/23millionyearold-fossil-leaf-reveals-earth-might-see-a-plant-boom-as-co2-rises/

CORONAVIRUS Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics)

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ • https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/

Hydroxychloroquine: A Morality Tale – “unwishful thinking” the hyper-politics of how an inexpensive existing drug became “toxic” – published studies retracted

• https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/hydroxychloroquine-morality-tale “Positivity” rate in California is decreasing – now that test backlog has been sorted out

• https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/14/with-data-backlog-cleared-coronavirus-cases-officially-decreasing-newsom-says/amp/

US-Canada & US-Mexico border restrictions extended into September

• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-agrees-canada-mexico-border-restrictions-september-coronavirus

New advisor – Dr. Scott Atlas – former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford Medical Center

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/amp/Meet-Trump-s-new-coronavirus-advisor-Stanford-15485474.php

Honey bees cannot practice social distancing but stay healthy in close quarters

• https://theconversation.com/honey-bees-cant-practice-social-distancing-so-they-stay-healthy-in-close-quarters-by-working-together-141106

Progressives missed opportunity - Never let a pandemic go to waste

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/progressive-mayors-could-have-remade-cities-during-lockdown-they-didnt_n_5f3d8a2bc5b609f4f673fc05

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 24 August 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Update: Tanker leaking oil off Mauritius has split apart – killing sea life – investigation needed

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ship-leaking-tons-of-oil-off-mauritius-has-split-apart/ar-BB17ZYtI

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ship_that_oozed_oil_off_Mauritius_coast_splits_in_two_999.html

• https://phys.org/news/2020-08-mauritius-oil-potential-failures-expert.html • https://phys.org/news/2020-08-mauritius-copes-japanese-ship-oil.html • Drone footage: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/drone-footage-shows-oil-spill-snaking-

towards-mauritius-coast/vi-BB189lFf Making plans to connect Sicily to mainland via $5.8B tunnel

• http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-08/12/c_139283557.htm 4 Iranian oil tankers seized while sailing for Venezuela – following recent seizure by Iran of oil tanker

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-seizes-four-tankers-carrying-142826011.html • https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/iran-oil-tanker-hormuz-394670

New method potentially effective for desalination

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/turn-seawater-fresh-water-using-180300224.html Developer bypasses coastal protection laws for property in Hawaii

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/hawaii-beach-property-obama-coastal-protection-laws • https://www.propublica.org/article/obama-and-the-beach-house-loopholes

Museum exhibit views storms of the past century that have impacted North Carolina Coast

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/08/museum-exhibit-examines-century-of-storms/ New online resource allows exploration of context & history of 1898 massacre & coup at Wilmington

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/08/online-tool-details-1898-wilmington-coup/ • Online: https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/08/online-tool-details-1898-wilmington-coup/

Russian Pacific Fleet warships held artillery firings at Avanche Bay

• https://tass.com/defense/1190503 Approval for $205M coastal restoration projects to build marshland in upper Barataria Basin

• https://wwl.radio.com/articles/205-million-approved-to-help-coastal-restoration Mayor approved “emergency dismantling” of 50-year-old Pier 58 in Seattle

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-mayor-jenny-durkan-approves-emergency-dismantling-of-downtown-waterfront-pier-58/

Tides are not constant – change due to natural & anthropogenic influences on estuaries, coastlines & near-shore regions

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/the-ups-and-downs-of-tides • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018RG000636

Conservation vs fishing interests in US marine protected areas

• https://www.ehn.org/us-ocean-protected-areas-2646956715.html First map of the causes of change in global mangrove habitats 2000-2016

• https://phys.org/news/2020-08-roots-global-mangrove-loss.html • Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15275

Facebook left 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid off coast of Oregon when abandoning drilling project

• https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/17/21372395/facebook-drilling-fluid-equipment-submarine-cable-oregon-coast

Chinese fishing vessels near Galapagos have turned off tracking systems to avoid monitoring

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/ecuador-says-chinese-fishing-vessels-082059376.html Expedition to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

• https://www.whoi.edu/stellwagen-2020/ Two tropical storms approach US Gulf Coast

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/2-tropical-storms-potential-double-040450469.html • https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/simultaneous-u-landfalls-possible-tropical-

141500046.html