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 Geosciences-BBoard@att.net with the word “subscribe” in the subject line and the email address will be added to the weekly distribution. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 29 January 2018 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 2018 Working Group on Nevada Seismic Hazards to meet 5-7 Feb 2018 Reno NV – I worked on the first one of these 40 years ago!

• http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/Geohazards/Earthquakes/2018SeismicHazardsWorkshop.html • Agenda: http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/_docs/Earthquakes/Agenda_draft_12_11.pdf

An active week along the Pacific Ring of Fire

• https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/24/16924312/earthquake-volcano-mayon-philippines-japan

“Emergency Alert – Tsunami” issued in Alaska following 7.9M EQ near Kodiak Island, Alaska

• http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_official_seek_high_ground_amid_tsunami-ap/category/news

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-did-aks-big-quake-lead-tiny-tsunami-180967922/

• https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2018/01/24/478294.htm Seismic waves from 7.9M Kodiak Island EQ affected water levels in Florida

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/magnitude-79-earthquake-gulf-alaska • https://www.wunderground.com/news/2018-01-24-alaska-earthquake-florida-wells-shaking

Heavy rains may trigger lahars on slopes of Mayon Volcano

• http://www.manilatimes.net/mudflows-threaten-residents-near-mayon/376818/

Series of earthquakes occur along San Andreas Fault system

• https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/910789/California-earthquake-today-map-san-andreas-fault-line-latest-news-big-one

Perspective: Rambling through (geologic) time

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/rambling-through-time.html Keeping the “Ring of Fire” in proper perspective

• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/26/no-the-ring-of-fire-is-not-more-active/

• http://www.ibtimes.com/what-ring-fire-most-popular-area-earthquakes-volcanoes-2646061 Small tremors rock the north coast of New South Wales – 4.2 just offshore

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/tremors-continue-to-rock-the-coffs-coast/3317033/

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/bigger-earthquake-possible-after-swarm-of-quakes-h/3317843/

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/coffs-feels-the-earth-shake-as-42-quake-hits/3317995/

Fragments of Michigan meteorite recovered

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meteor-hunters-recover-fragments-michigans-fireball-180967923/

Drone monitoring landslides along Great Ocean Road – question: was a drone photographing the drone?

• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-20/drones-swoop-in-to-help-maintain-iconic-great-ocean-road/9345876

Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupted debris and volcanic gas

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/23/579966911/philippine-volcano-erupts-causing-56-000-to-flee

• http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15893223.In_Pictures__Dazzling_display_as_Mayon_volcano_spews_lava/

• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/24/mayons-new-eruptions-getting-spectacular/

5 workers missing after explosion at natural gas drilling rig in Oklahoma

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/23/579873766/5-workers-are-missing-after-an-explosion-at-oklahoma-drilling-rig

Former astronaut & petroleum geologist James Reilly nominated to run USGS

• http://spacenews.com/former-astronaut-nominated-to-run-u-s-geological-survey/ • https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-reilly-usgs_us_5a6b89e1e4b0ddb658c651e5

At estimated 512 years old, this Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) qualifies as one of the longest living vertebrate species

• https://www.treehugger.com/animals/512-year-old-greenland-shark.html New report details fault beneath Rodeo Drive & Beverly Hills shopping district

• https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Earthquake-Fault-below-Rodeo-Drive-Beverly-Hills-shopping-district-470896753.html

A consequence of plate tectonics – part of 1.7 byo Canadian Shield found in Australia

• http://calgaryherald.com/news/canada/canadian-rock-found-in-australia-proof-of-ancient-supercontinent-research-says/wcm/7aef1874-795c-4202-b798-27da5639c235

Mineral crystals may facilitate predicting eruptions – evidence from Mount Etna

• https://theconversation.com/volcano-crystals-could-make-it-easier-to-predict-eruptions-90558

The August 2017 “Great American Eclipse” caused a bow wave in the ionosphere

• https://www.technology.org/2018/01/24/the-solar-eclipse-caused-a-bow-wave-in-earths-atmosphere/

Photo-essay: Fossils from the great Ordovician diversification event

• https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/fossils-from-the-great-ordivician-diversification-event/ Underwater sound waves may be key to early tsunami warnings

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/cu-cus012418.php Quantifiable observations of whether cloud seeding works for increased snow production

• https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=244215&org=GEO&from=news Intermediate-sized asteroid will pass Earth on 4 February 2018

• http://www.sci-news.com/space/asteroid-2002-aj129-05649.html Deep-sea mining could damage or destroy marine ecosystems

• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/deep-sea-mining-marine-ecosystems-05654.html European Parliament demands ban on electric pulse fishing in the ocean

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Dutch_shocked_by_call_to_ban_EU_electric_pulse_fishing_999.html

Pentagon strategy drops climate change as a national & international security threat – global warming alarmists are probably not happy

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Pentagon_strategy_drops_climate_change_as_a_security_threat_999.html

Separation of the core and mantle was a complex disorderly process

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-earth-core-mantle-disorderly-fashion.html

Glacial archaeology in the Jotunheimen and surrounding mountain areas of Oppland • https://phys.org/news/2018-01-frozen-glacial-archaeology-roof-norway.html

Explanation for deadly mega-glacier avalanche in Tibet in 2016

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-mystery-mega-avalanches-tibet.html Recognizing discrepancies between GRACE satellite and global model estimates of water storage in river basins

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-discrepancies-satellite-global-storage.html Past, present & future of 100th meridian – dividing line between arid & more humid regions of the US

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/dividing-line-past-present-and-future-100th-meridian Down to Earth with: wildfire meteorologist Craig Clements

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-wildfire-meteorologist-craig-clements No Ghaggar-Hakra River meant no flooding for ancient settlements – so what caused Indus Civilization decline?

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/no-river-meant-no-floods-ancient-indus-settlements Seabirds remove 3.8 million metric tons of nitrogen from the ocean each year

• http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/bird-poop-brings-38-million-metric-tons-nitrogen-out-sea-each-year

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02446-8 Rethinking Late Heavy Bombardment theory about intense asteroid storm on Earth 4 billion years ago

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01074-6 • https://www.wired.com/story/35-billion-year-old-fossils-challenge-ideas-about-earths-start/

Glaciers are not “behaving badly” – just doing what glaciers do, sometimes advancing, sometimes ablating

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/many-glaciers-letting-rivers-run-low-others-are-falling-apart/

New theory on the increase in elevation of the central Turkish plateau & location of volcanic activity

• https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/new-theory-explains-geological-mystery-of-turkeys-elevation-1.5627228

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 29 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Can the Earth provide enough food for 10 billion people? We will soon find out whether Paul Ehrlich was right about the Population Bomb even if his time estimate was wrong – perspectives of William Vogt & Norman Borlaug

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/charles-mann-can-planet-earth-feed-10-billion-people/550928/

• http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/17/fifty-years-on-from-paul-ehrlichs-the-population-bomb-so-how-come-were-not-all-dead-yet/

Cloning monkeys – can cloning humans be far behind? Moral & ethical issues abound

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01027-z • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/01/24/researchers-

clone-the-first-primates-from-monkey-tissue-cells/?utm_term=.bcb0b6444ef9 FSMA Draft Guidance on Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Animal Food

• https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm593059.htm Need for more landslide risk mapping – as long as politics & greed do not get in the way

• https://theconversation.com/deadly-california-mudslides-show-the-need-for-maps-and-zoning-that-better-reflect-landslide-risk-90087

Marmots live longer when they are anti-social

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/marmots-live-longer-when-they-are-antisocial-180967888/

Some humans are capable of doing really stupid things – call for ban on Tide® pods

• http://fortune.com/2018/01/25/tide-pods-challenge-eating-laundry-video/ • https://www.aier.org/blog/ban-tide-pods-would-epitomize-nanny-state

World Economic Forum releases 2018 report with results of global risk perception survey

• https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-risks-report-2018 • Report: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GRR18_Report.pdf

Will $1B reward proposed for new antibiotics result in drugs that will not promote antibiotic resistance?

• http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2018/01/1-billion-reward-proposed-new-antibiotics

Despite all these efforts, there is no way to predict what viruses will become zoonotic

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-to-stop-next-animal-borne-pandemic-180967908/

Efforts will be made in Florida to minimize impact of bridge construction over Wekiva River designated as a National Wild and Scenic River

• http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-wekiva-river-new-bridge-20180105-story.html Posing question of animal welfare as first genetically engineered horse is expected along with unintended consequences

• http://www.thehorse.com/articles/40198/welfare-implications-for-genetically-engineered-horses

Deliberately breached fence allowed Yellowstone Bison to roam – 52 still being sought

• https://yellowstoneinsider.com/2018/01/25/park-staff-continue-search-escaped-yellowstone-bison/

7.9M Alaskan EQ causes seismic waves which cause seiche which cause pupfish to spawn in Devils Hole

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/endangered-desert-pupfish-spawn-wake-alaskan-earthquake-180967961/

11B pieces of plastic debris are causing disease in Asia-Pacific coral reefs

• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/plastic-junk-coral-disease/551495/ You are what you eat – link between sugar and Alzheimers dementia

• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimers/551528/

Avian malaria parasites found in 5 of 15 species of mosquitoes from 11 sites throughout Mississippi

• http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15097093.htm Like language, our sense of smell is more robust when connected to the environment

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lifestyle-ability-odors-180967900/

Another sighting of rare big cat in New South Wales, Australia

• https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/one-in-a-million-big-cat-sighting-near-gympie/3318084/

Earth Biogenome Project wants to genetically sequence all life on the planet

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoc--ebp012318.php Too many kangaroos in Australia? To cull or not to cull? Americans hopping mad

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/nsw/kangaroo-conundrum-when-to-cull-for-conservation-20180119-h0l9mv.html

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/kangaroo-a-love-or-hate-story-shocks-and-impresses-america-with-cull-imagery-20180124-h0npc1.html

Perspective: What does “living well” mean in our modern culture and environment?

• https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/01/21/562805068/living-well-now-what-does-it-take Closure of massive garbage dump in Brazil – future uncertain for trash-pickers

• https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/01/20/579105943/as-a-massive-garbage-dump-closes-in-brazil-trash-pickers-face-an-uncertain-futur

This tricky caterpillar uses mimicry as protection – looks like a feather (video)

• https://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/readers-photos/photo-tricky-caterpillar-disguises-self-feather/

Getting serious about addressing the impact of plastics in the environment

• https://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/finally-world-talking-about-plastic-pollution.html

Perspective: “Neglected tropical diseases” are often diseases afflicting those living in poverty

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-the-world-ignores-diseases-of-poverty_us_5a57ae31e4b0a57f282c6568?section=us_science

Sudden volcanic eruption of Mount Kasatsu-Shirane rained ash on slopes & triggered avalanche at ski resort – Self-Defense Force members missing and injured during training exercise

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/23/579871853/several-injured-after-volcanic-eruption-at-japanese-ski-resort

• https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/tremors-reported-at-japan-s-kusatsu-volcano-a-day-after-soldier-died-in-eruption-at-mount-motoshirane-1.508280

Greenpeace submarine video reveals biodiversity on Antarctic seafloor

• https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/01/24/Watch-Greenpeace-submarine-video-reveals-Antarctic-seafloor-carpeted-with-life/4841516804826/

Small hydroelectric dams are increasing globally with little research or regulation

• https://www.technology.org/2018/01/24/small-hydroelectric-dams-increase-globally-with-little-research-regulations/

Streams stay cool with riparian buffer zones – but geology may be more important

• https://phys.org/news/2018-01-streams-cool-buffer-geology.html Lake Erie provides natural laboratory to study algae blooms

• http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2018/01/22/Scientists-leading-algae-fight.html Hackensack River in New Jersey is a toxic stew – dozens of toxic contaminants in river bed

• https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/editorials/2018/01/22/hackensack-river-simmering-toxic-stew/1050163001/

Perspective: The right way to dispose of asbestos

• https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/asbestos-disposal/ Humans are not the only species to use tools

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/making-tools-gives-crows-a-big-food-boost/ Mercury and other chemical pollution in the Great Lakes

• https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2018/january/the-big-picture-of-great-lakes-mercury-pollution.html

A question of ethics: when do we stop “creating” with CRISPR Technology

• http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/first-stem-cells-crispr-technology-05645.html Research suggests humans may have evolved to live longer

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/How_did_we_evolve_to_live_longer_999.html Collateral impact of ISIS in Iraq – putrefying corpses are polluting Mosul

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Jihadist_corpses_poison_life_in_Iraqs_Mosul_999.html Going cold turkey after geoengineering efforts to modify climate may also be disastrous

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_engineering_once_started_would_have_severe_impacts_if_stopped_999.html

Heavy doses of pre-plant fumigants make growing strawberries year-round in California toxic

• https://theconversation.com/healthy-to-eat-unhealthy-to-grow-strawberries-embody-the-contradictions-of-california-agriculture-86907

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 29 January 2018 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Conservation practices championed by Maine lobstermen help make the lobster fishery resilient

• https://www.gmri.org/news/news-archive/new-study-industry-conservation-ethic-proves-critical-gulf-maine-lobster-fishery

Coastal community residents confused by distinctions between tsunami warning, advisory and watch following 7.9M Alaskan earthquake

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/what-happened-is-it-over-alaska-quake-rattles-coastal-communities-in-washington/

• http://katu.com/news/local/tsunami-watch-scares-coastal-communties Cities vying for title of “Happiest Seaside Town”

• http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/virginia/eastern-shore/cape-charles-in-running-for-coastal-livings-happiest-seaside-town/511125703

• https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2018/01/23/vero-beach-finalist-coastal-livings-named-best-little-beach-towns-florida-list-coastal-living-magazi/1057086001/

Six coastal Louisiana parishes seek part of $92M federally funding for resilience-building projects

• http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/01/projects_proposed_for_parishes.html Estimate 20-year lifecycle for rebuilt coastal marshes

• http://wrkf.org/post/sustaining-rebuilt-coastal-marshes These villages pop-up each year for smelting

• https://www.coastaljournal.com/2018/01/23/smelt-run-creates-pop-villages-ice/

“Zero Day” approaching faster than predicted for Cape Town, South Africa, to run out of drinking water

• http://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-cape-town-running-out-of-water-12-2018-1 Leaked Pentagon report includes details of Russian “doomsday torpedo” to destroy coastal cities

• http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/01/22/russia-doomsday-torpedo-pentagon/ Storm near northern Vancouver Island created massive coastal waves along Washington & Oregon coasts

• http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/the-incredible-scenes-from-thursdays-massive-coastal-waves

Dana Beach – founded Coastal Conservation League and was environmental advocate for South Carolina coast for almost 3 decades

• https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/a-champion-for-coastal-conservation/article_d410eab0-fd70-11e7-abc8-238fa1adf1a1.html

Researchers hope to deliver water-soluble nutrients to reduce high aquaculture mortality rates

• https://www.foodbev.com/news/us-researchers-hope-reduce-high-aquaculture-mortality-rates/

Concerns increase about crumbling coastline on Cyprus

• http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/01/27/pissouri-appeals-state-save-crumbling-coastline/