Geoscience Bulletin Board – 23 September 2024

Roaring Mountain in Yellowstone

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/mountain-roared

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Perspective:? Another nonsensical oceanic carbon capture non-solution

·?????? https://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/16/another-day-another-nonsensical-oceanic-carbon-capture-non-solution-this-time-italian/

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Slow moving landslides pose significant threats when humans impose dense settlements on them that increase triggering mechanisms

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/slow-moving-landslides-a-growing-but-ignored-threat-to-mountain-communities/ar-AA1qJpo7

·?????? Paper:? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004830

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Pink tourmaline

·?????? https://www.igi.org/all-about-colored-stones-pink-tourmaline/

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Using SandAI to rewrite Earth history

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/rewriting-earths-past-ai-uncovers-secrets-buried-in-sand-for-millions-of-years/

·?????? SandAI:? https://github.com/michaelhasson/SandAI

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The Florida Current has remained stable for the past 4 decades

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/how-the-florida-current-has-defied-changes-for-40-years/

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51879-5

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Intense wildfires in California making their own weather – pyrocumulus (aka flammagenitus) clouds

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/see-how-californias-intense-wildfires-are-making-their-own-weather/

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September 2023 landslide on margin of Dickson Fjord in Greenland

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/dickson-fjord-landslide-1

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July 2024 landslides in Gofa Zone of Ethiopia induced by precipitation

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/gofa-zone-3

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033424000790

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Failure mechanism of December 2017 Santa Lucía landslide in Chile

·?????? https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/santa-lucia-landslide-1

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Scottish origin of the Altar Stone at Stonehenge

·?????? https://eos.org/articles/from-sandstone-basin-to-stonehenge-altar

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07652-1

Using deep learning model for prediction of recurrent caldera collapse events

·?????? https://eos.org/editor-highlights/forecasting-caldera-collapse-using-deep-learning

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Project to develop detailed mapping & model of magma system of Kīlauea

·?????? https://eos.org/science-updates/an-unprecedented-experiment-to-map-kilaueas-summit-magma-system

·?????? Paper:? https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/237/3/1339/7633450?login=false

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The age of the Inner Core?

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/the-earth-s-inner-core-is-a-total-mystery-here-s-how-we-re-starting-to-solve-it

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Superionic iron hydride key to ultralow-velocity zones at Core-Mantle Boundary

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058065

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The challenge of gathering & analyzing precipitation data over the Tibetan Plateau

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058064

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Complex dynamics of 2024 M7.6 Noto Hanto earthquake sequence – long-lasting swarm & foreshocks

·?????? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1058062

·?????? Paper:? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467024000587?via%3Dihub

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Average global temperature of Earth has varied widely over 485M years – but graphs do not support correlate with atmospheric CO2 levels & show significant Cenozoic temperature decline

·?????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Study_Highlights_How_Earths_Temperature_Has_Shifted_Over_485_Million_Years_Due_to_Carbon_Dioxide_999.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk3705

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Greenpeace warning that deep sea mining by Norway will cause “irreversible” harm

·?????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Norway_deep_sea_mining_to_cause_irreversible_harm_Greenpeace_999.html

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How homogeneous is the Mantle? – analysis of hotspot lavas

·?????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_study_suggests_Earths_mantle_is_more_chemically_uniform_than_previously_thought_999.html

·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01538-7

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Holostic approach to understanding Earth System behavior

·?????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Holistic_Approach_to_Understanding_Earth_System_Science_999.html

·?????? Abstract:? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11430-024-1409-8

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Landsat 7 mission takes final images

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/end-era-historic-landsat-7-mission-takes-final-images

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Peak streamflow trends and changes in Iowa from 1921-2020 water years

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/peak-streamflow-trends-iowa-and-their-relation-changes-climate-water-years-1921-2020

·?????? USGS SIR 2023-5064:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5064/c/sir20235064c.pdf

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Facies variation in outcrops of Middle to Upper Triassic Shublik Formation in NE Alaska – major hydrocarbon source rock and largest know Triassic phosphate accumulation

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/facies-variation-within-outcrops-triassic-shublik-formation-northeastern-alaska

·?????? USGS PP 1814:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1814/h/pp1814h.pdf

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Historic & recent geomorphic change along Caulks Creek, Missouri – simulated hydrologic & hydraulic response scenarios

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/publications/geomorphic-change-hydrology-and-hydraulics-caulks-creek-wildwood-missouri

·?????? USGS SIR 2024-5079:? https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5079/sir20245079.pdf

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Nearly complete fossil of extinct North American porcupine provides clues on evolution of species

·?????? https://theconversation.com/rare-florida-fossil-finally-ends-debate-about-how-porcupine-jaws-and-tails-evolved-234976

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We just past another Equinox – the reasons for the seasons are all about the tilt

·?????? https://theconversation.com/why-cant-it-always-be-summer-its-all-about-the-earths-tilt-236929

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What happened to Late Pleistocene megafauna on island of Cyprus? - dwarf hippopotamus (Phanourios minor) and dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes)

·?????? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240917195402.htm

·?????? Paper:? https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0967

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Fossils reveal 12 ancestral plant species from Early Eocene polar rainforest in East Gondwana, Tasmania

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/fossils-from-lush-53-million-year-old-south-pole-rainforest-discovered-in-tasmania

·?????? Paper:? https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.16398

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Globidens alabamaensis – Late Cretaceous marine Mosasaur with giant globular teeth lived in Texas reaching lengths of up to 20 feet

·?????? https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/80-million-year-old-sea-monster-jaw-filled-with-giant-globular-teeth-for-crushing-prey-discovered-in-texas

·?????? Paper:? https://zenodo.org/records/13324299

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