Geoscience Bulletin Board – 17 June 2024

Underwater noise from ships getting louder and posing increasing threat to marine ecosystems

·???????? https://hakaimagazine.com/features/quieting-the-global-growl/

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Argon geochronology of volcanic eruption in Yellowstone and elsewhere

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/going-going-argon-determining-volcanic-eruption-ages-argon-geochronology

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Texas RR Commission investigating blowout of another abandoned O&G well in Permian Basin

·???????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11062024/texas-permian-basin-oil-well-water-blowout/

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Rock versus mineral – definitions are mostly clear-cut

·???????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/whats-the-difference-between-a-rock-and-a-mineral

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The Great Oxidation Event was spread over 200 million years

·???????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1047735

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Alignment of rock formations within fault zones may help explain why seismic events occur

·???????? https://www.newsweek.com/earthquakes-study-california-sanandreas-brown-university-geology-1910508

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Landslide at Teton Pass, Wyoming

·???????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/teton-pass-landslide-1

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JOIDES Resolution embarks on final research expedition

·???????? https://eos.org/articles/the-joides-resolution-embarks-on-its-final-expedition

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Mechanisms & stresses triggering earthquakes along passive margins & interior of West Africa

·???????? https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ancient-crustal-weaknesses-contribute-to-modern-earthquakes-in-west-africa

·???????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL107614

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Winchcombe meteorite records grain scale brecciation resulting from multiple collisions

·???????? https://eos.org/articles/a-splashy-meteorite-was-forged-in-multiple-collisions

·???????? Paper:? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.14164

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Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise set ablaze by onboard bombs in 1969 fire – catalyst for safety reforms

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navy-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise-was-set-ablaze-due-to-her-own-bombs/ar-BB1o6x5d

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Inner Core oscillates from super-rotating (2003-2008) to sub-rotating (2008-2023) – progression & regression

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-rotation-earth-core.html

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07536-4

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1937 aerial photos expose Antarctic anomaly & challenge modern climate narratives – revealing glacial changes over time along approximately 2,000 km coastline

·???????? https://scitechdaily.com/challenging-modern-climate-narratives-forgotten-1937-aerial-photos-expose-antarctic-anomaly/

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48886-x

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Pink sands composed of garnet crystals (about 590 myo) may reveal timing of subduction of Australian Plate beneath the Pacific Plate & presence of previously unknown Antarctic mountains

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-mountainous-mystery-uncovered-south-australia.html

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01467-8

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Toward improved understanding of aerosols on weather – aerosol-cloud interaction

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-aerosols-affect-climate-previously-thought.html

·???????? https://new.nsf.gov/news/cloudy-chance-climate-predictions

·???????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl5044

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Student storm chasers

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-students-crisscross-tornado-alley-storms.html

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Nature on AI – but does not recognize it as a technological hazard and generated text has already been published in peer reviewed journals – all research should begin with critical human thinking and the null hypothesis

·???????? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01475-5

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History associated with the Cumberland Gap

·???????? https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/06/cumberland-gap-cleft-between-north-and-south

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Sinkhole forces closure of Generals Highway between Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks – cause not identified

·???????? https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/06/update-sinkhole-closes-road-between-sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks

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Rainfall in southern Florida identified as 1,000-year event – residents & local governments still not prepared

·???????? https://scitechdaily.com/1000-year-deluge-floridas-rainfall-shatters-historical-records/

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-miami-preview-future.html

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Haliskia peterseni – previously unknown 100 myo anhanguerian pterosaur found in Queensland, Australia

·???????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/haliskia-peterseni-13016.html

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-60889-8

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Epitornoceras baldisi – enigmatic Devonian ammonoid cephalopod in Argentina redescribed

·???????? https://www.sci.news/paleontology/epitornoceras-baldisi-13005.html

·???????? Paper:? https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/46/7

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Critical look at interpreting drill results:? lies, damn lies & highlights, cutoff grades & equivalents

·???????? https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/lies-damn-lies-and-drill-highlights-a-critical-look-at-interpreting-drill-results/

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Visualizing acreage burned by wildfires in the US in 2023 – California tops the list

·???????? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wildfire-area-burned-by-u-s-state-in-2023/

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Wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton last expedition ship “Quest” to Antarctica found in the Labrador Sea at 1,280-foot depth

·???????? https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/expedition-finds-wreckage-of-ship-on-which-shackleton-made-his-final-voyage/

·???????? https://www.sciencealert.com/wreck-of-quest-shackletons-final-expedition-ship-discovered-at-bottom-of-atlantic

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Deposit of rare earth elements discovered in heart of Fen Carbonatite Complex in Norwegian volcano near Oslo

·???????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/enormous-deposit-of-rare-earth-elements-discovered-in-heart-of-ancient-norwegian-volcano

·???????? Report:? https://rareearthsnorway.com/europes-largest-deposit-of-rare-earth-elements-discovered-at-fen-norway

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Meteo-tsunami caused flooding in Msida, Malta

·???????? https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/environment/meteotsunami-causes-flooding-in-msida/

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Lost age of egg-laying mammals evidenced by Echidnapus

·???????? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/echidnapus-newfound-species-mammal

·???????? Paper:? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753

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Hiker died from fall off cliff on the west side of St Mary’s Glacier in Colorado

·???????? https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/hiker-dies-after-falling-off-cliff-on-west-side-of-st-marys-glacier

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Growing dependence on groundwater for irrigation is depleting groundwater systems – will be choice between slowing down rate of groundwater level declines and food security impacts for over-populated world

·???????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1048230

·???????? Paper:? https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3056003/v1/c4167c9c-7634-4f1d-aed2-5a6045cbc241.pdf?c=1687975294

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Potential drivers of global zinc cycle in the ocean

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-unravel-drivers-global-zinc.html

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Effects of thawing permafrost on topography & periglacial environment of China-Russia crude oil pipeline

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-exploring-effects-permafrost-topography-periglacial.html

·???????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S034181622400331X

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Eleven prolonged cooling events occurred in mid- to late-Holocene – IPCC got it wrong again

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-uncovering-prolonged-cooling-events-holocene.html

Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01380-0

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2021 monitoring of groundwater, surface water & soil at Ammonium Perchlorate Rocket Motor Destruction Facility at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/environmental-monitoring-groundwater-surface-water-and-soil-ammonium-perchlorate

·???????? USGS OFR 2024-1031:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2024/1031/ofr20241031.pdf

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2020 streamflow, water quality & constituent loads and yields in Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/streamflow-water-quality-and-constituent-loads-and-yields-scituate-reservoir-15

·???????? USGS Data Report 1192:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/dr/1192/dr1192.pdf

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Impact of short-duration, high-intensity precipitation as trigger for postfire debris flows in US Southwest

·???????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/rainfall-intensification-amplifies-exposure-american-southwest-conditions-trigger

·???????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-024-00017-8

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Hurricane hunters go into the eye of the storm

·???????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hurricane_hunters_calm_science_pilots_in_eye_of_the_storm_999.html

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Fuego volcano in Guatemala spewing gas & ash in “weak & moderate explosions”

·???????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Volcano_rumblings_prompt_air_traffic_alert_in_Guatemala_999.html

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Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 to hunt and kill 128 fin whales

·???????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Iceland_grants_whaling_license_for_2024_season_999.html

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Working on a plan to “refreeze the Arctic” – such hubris! – of course this will work – what could possibly go wrong?

·???????? https://greekreporter.com/2024/06/10/dutch-startup-plan-refreeze-arctic/

·???????? https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-working-desperate-plan-refreeze-143045184.html

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NOAA forecasts larger than average Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico – estimated 5,827 square miles

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-06-noaa-average-summer-dead-zone.html

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Virginia cuts back regulations for geologists for voluntary professional geologist certification to “eliminate redundancy”

·???????? https://www.whro.org/environment/2024-06-13/certification-rules-for-virginia-geologists-who-help-reduce-environmental-hazards-change

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7 geological features of Appalachia

·???????? https://appvoices.org/2024/06/10/appalachian-wonders/

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