Geoscience Bulletin Board – 16 May 2022

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 16 May 2022

Glacial ice is a metamorphic rock

·????????https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/did-you-know/is-glacier-ice-actually-rock/

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Landslide buries road outside Lowell Point community near Seward, Alaska

·????????https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/landslide-buries-primary-road-connecting-alaska-resort-community-to-city-of-seward/ar-AAX3bRA

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Book Review:?Geopedia – a quirky look at geological topics

·????????https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/an-encyclopedia-of-geology-thats-less-a-reference-than-a-journey/

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Summer vacations to view fossils

·????????https://www.timesrepublican.com/news/outdoors-today/2022/05/geology-and-fossils-all-great-vacation-destinations/

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Geologic reconnaissance in Val d’Or in Quebec to assess mineral potential

·????????https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/black-tusk-resources-inc-geology-team-reconnaissance-in-val-dor-quebec

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Art exhibit in France focusses on geology of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

·????????https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2022/05/09/jsb-art-exhibit-in-france-connects-european-audiences-with-utahs-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monument/

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Collapse of bridge in Pakistan blamed on glacial lake outburst – but look closely at the poor structural integrity of the bridge before waters wash out footing

·????????https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pakistan-bridge-swept-away-glacier-113424617.html

·????????https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/pakistan-bridge-swept-away-by-glacier-lake-outburst/video/1b001edac123593b68cb7f5783086a11

·????????https://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-glof-floods-gilgit-baltistan-may-2022

·????????Pre-flood photo shows poor structural integrity of bridge:? https://dailyrapidnews.com/eng/2022/05/07/flooding-in-the-shishper-glacier-has-severely-damaged-a-bridge/


Ice jam on Tanana River causes flooding in Manley Hot Springs in Alaska

·????????https://www.yahoo.com/now/disaster-emergency-declared-amid-ice-175631285.html


8 May 2022 Bijie large rockslide in China caught on video

·????????https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/05/10/bijie-landslide/


What if the 7.3m 1886 Charleston Earthquake were to happen again today as seismic frequency in the area has increased?

·????????https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article261257652.html

·????????https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article261249182.html

·????????https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article261239302.html


Porphyry copper deposits may be result of failed volcanic eruptions

·????????https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220509112044.htm

·????????Paper:?https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00440-7


Levels of atmospheric helium may be rising – new technique used to detect helium

·????????https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220509112102.htm


As should be expected, timing of ocean plankton blooms will shift with temperature regime

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-ocean-plankton-blooms-shift-global.html


No surprise here – climate models overestimate future Afro-Asian Monsoon precipitation & runoff

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-latest-climate-tend-overestimate-future.html

·????????https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30106-z


Middle Eocene to early Oligocene pseudo horses were picky eaters

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-eocene-ungulates.html


Glaciers affect the stability and short-term eruption cycle of volcanoes

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-ice-capped-volcanoes-slower-erupt.html

·????????Paper:?https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.868569/full


Moderate earthquake and numerous aftershocks beneath Lake Erie could not be conclusively correlated with changes in lake levels and water loading

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-lake-erie-quakes-triggered-shifting.html


Successful deep-water test of polymetallic nodule collector vehicle is announced

·????????https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/storage/the-metals-company-and-allseas-announce-successful-20220510


US Army CRREL Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility continues to respond to challenges of building on permafrost

·????????https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/3025966/erdc-researchers-investigate-how-climate-change-impacts-permafrost/


45 stolen Burgess Shale fossils recovered by Parks Canada - $20,000 fine levied

·????????https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/canada/parks-canada-recovers-45-fossils-stolen-from-burgess-shale-levies-20-000-fine/ar-AAXc7wI

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Better understanding is needed of glacial processes and changes

·????????https://eos.org/opinions/glacial-knowledge-gaps-impede-resilience-to-sea-level-rise

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Shallow-water oceanic model consistent with satellite observations of atmospheric waves produced by underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai – biggest since Krakatoa

·????????https://eos.org/research-spotlights/modeling-atmospheric-waves-from-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai

·????????https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Hunga_Tonga_volcanic_eruption_confirmed_as_biggest_bang_since_Krakatoa_999.html

·????????Paper:?https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7063

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Understanding “dead pool”

·????????https://theconversation.com/what-is-dead-pool-a-water-expert-explains-182495

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General Mining Law of 1872 has not changed in 150 years

·????????https://www.ehn.org/the-general-mining-act-of-1872-2657314847.html


Deep-sea microbes have special affinity for adhering to plastic debris

·????????https://eos.org/articles/microscopic-hitchhikers-found-on-deep-sea-plastic

·????????Paper:?https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749122005280

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Paradigm shift on the origin of ancient fossil nucleosides

·????????https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_origin_of_life_A_paradigm_shift_999.html

·????????Paper:?https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04676-3

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Primary fluid inclusions in 830 myo halite from Browne Formation contain organic solids & liquids

·????????https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ancient_microorganisms_found_in_halite_may_have_implications_for_search_for_life_999.html


NOAA debuts first imagery from GOES-18

·????????https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Earth_from_Orbit_NOAA_Debuts_First_Imagery_from_GOES_18_999.html

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Exploring the uppermost layer of the ocean – surface of the sea

·????????https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Exploring_the_oceans_thin_skin_999.html

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Ice shards in clouds over Antarctica allow more solar energy transmission to Earth surface

·????????https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=305163&org=GEO&from=news

·????????Paper:?https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021AV000454

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New metric for quantifying amount of waste rock generated by mining for minerals

·????????https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/usgs-apple-develop-new-metric-better-understand-global-mining-impacts

·????????Paper:?https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c07875

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Toward new predictive models for wildfire behavior

·????????https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-federal-partnership-will-advance-predictive-models-wildfire-behavior

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1.3 byo Martian Nakhlite meteorite had limited exposure to water

·????????https://www.sci-news.com/space/martian-meteorite-water-10807.html

·????????Paper:?https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn3044


Using multiple changes in tooth shape to decipher evolution of Tiger Sharks

·????????https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220512121938.htm

·????????Paper:?https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.13668


This megalodon may have had a toothache

·????????https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220512121919.htm

·????????Paper:?https://peerj.com/articles/12775/


Interaction between sea ice and ice shelves in the eastern Antarctic Peninsula

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-sea-ice-antarctic-sheet-stability.html

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Mapping heat flow beneath Greenland – mean heat flow of only 44 mW per square meter

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-beneath-greenland-highlights-geothermal-freak.html

·????????Paper:?https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/2209/2022/

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The need for research to quantify soil heavy meatal risks surrounding mining areas

·????????https://phys.org/news/2022-05-methods-source-apportionment-soil-heavy.html

Christian Erras

Quality System engineer at Harman Automotive Werk Straubing

2 年

I didn't know that: "So the 1872 Mining Law ages further, and no more gracefully, fouling waterways and fleecing taxpayers, all in one fell swoop" ...but i can imagine same story in other country too...

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