Do you know of a colleague and/or student who would be interested in receiving these Bulletin Boards? 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 listing. Geoscience Bulletin Board – 13 April 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford M4.9 EQ near Anza, California – felt strongly in Palm Springs

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/4-9-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-060445799.html • https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39126079/executive

Scientific discovery in the Wild West – exploits of Muybridge & King

• https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/does-the-american-wild-west-have-unfair-reputation-scientific-breakthrough-discovery-pioneers/

More than 700 aftershocks have occurred following the M5.7 EQ near Salt Lake City, Utah

• https://www.newsweek.com/utah-earthquake-700-magnitude-march-18-1495919 Samples from Kolyma River watershed in Siberia indicate differing sources and ages of carbon

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/organic-matter-in-arctic-river-shows-permafrost-thaw • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JG005511

Magnetic analysis of mineral composition of swamp core reveals 47,000-year monsoon history in Asia

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/chinese-swamp-core-reveals-47000-years-of-monsoon-history

Different types of El Niño have different impacts on North Equatorial Current Bifurcation – adding salt

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/different-el-nino-different-paths-of-north-equatorial-current • https://phys.org/news/2020-04-nasa-salt-el-nio.html

Predictions for 2020 Atlantic hurricane season • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/atlantic-hurricane-season-2020-

forecast_n_5e872c4fc5b63e06281cc417 The April super Pink Moon is special – Moon at perigee

• https://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/heres-why-april-full-pink-moon-special.html Survey of the Great Barrier Reef

• https://theconversation.com/we-just-spent-two-weeks-surveying-the-great-barrier-reef-what-we-saw-was-an-utter-tragedy-135197

Launch of a rocket in 1960 changed the science of meteorology

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/modern-meterology-was-born-60-years-ago-today/ NEODAAS relaunching website & new research focus to support scientific community

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Earth_observation_service_NEODAAS_website_relaunched_999.html

Six decades of change in planktonic communities

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Study_shows_six_decades_of_change_in_plankton_communities_999.html

• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15066 Slip distributions on fault segments may indicate deeper connections & why fault ruptures jump

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-ways-fault-segments.html Adding broad-spectrum halogen light to penetrometer to gauge composition & density of subsoils

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-prototype-gauge-composition-density-subsoils.html New method of correcting systematic “errors” in ocean subsurface data

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-method-systematic-errors-ocean-subsurface.html Sauropod footprints found on roof of Castlebouc Cave in France

• https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/giant-dinosaur-footprints-found-on-the-roof-of-a-cave-in-france/

Symbiotic deep-sea worms & bacteria harvest methane off the coast of Costa Rica

• https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=300350&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 Shelf sediments & freshwater fluvial runoff bring nutrients to Arctic Ocean via Transpolar Drift

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-shelf-sediments-freshwater-runoff-rivers.html Dramatic fluctuations occur in deep-sea animal communities

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-deep-sea-animal-erratically.html • Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064519302905?via%3Dihub

Biogeochemical connectivity between freshwater ecosystems & subglacial marine environment

• https://eos.org/articles/a-subglacial-lake-in-antarctica-churns-out-nutrients

Video: Ice fall at Chenega Glacier

• https://glacierhub.org/2020/04/08/video-of-the-week-ice-fall-at-chenega-glacier/ Geysers & hot springs – news for students

• https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/lets-learn-about-geysers-and-hydrothermal-vents

Landslides in subarctic mountain environment along Denali Park Road

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2020/04/08/denali-national-park-landslides/ DeepGreen Metals exploration rights for deep-sea mining inside Clarion-Clipperton Zone

• https://www.mining.com/deepgreen-makes-run-at-battery-metals-from-seafloor/ Shrouds on the Rhône Glacier

• https://granta.com/the-shrouds-on-the-glacier-du-rhone/ Washington DNR releases new inventory of western Whatcom County landslides

• https://www.dnr.wa.gov/news/dnr-releases-new-inventory-landslides-whatcom-county • https://washingtonstategeology.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/new-landslide-inventory-of-

western-king-county-published/ • Geologic Information Portal: https://geologyportal.dnr.wa.gov/

The Atolia District Tungsten Mines of California

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/great-deposits-the-atolia-district-tungsten-mines-california/

Understanding mineral composition of non-cotetic magmatic rocks

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200402100830.htm Investigating the origins of the central Idaho earthquake – fault not previously mapped

• https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/central-idaho-quakes-likely-stemmed-from-undocumented-fault/article_ae8aa929-8f06-5e42-a750-0eaa93cd2f1a.html

Prospective geology in the Paterson province in eastern Pilbara region in Australia – copper & gold

• https://thewest.com.au/business/public-companies/st-george-gets-sniff-in-the-paterson--c-964622

Dineobellator notohesperus showcased in New Mexico – feathered dinosaur

• https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/paleontologists-identify-feathered-dinosaur-unearthed-new-mexico#stream/0

Video of largest sisonophore – “silly string” creature in the Indian Ocean

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/scientists-find-massive-silly-string-creature-in-deep-sea/vi-BB12hjjQ

Fossil from Brazil hints tanystropheid reptiles may have evolved in southern hemisphere

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/p-nff040120.php

NASA tracking excessive precipitation from Tropical Cyclone Harold

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/nsfc-nct040920.php Meltwater can flow deep below Greenland Ice Sheet in winter

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/uoca-gis040820.php Chidlak Kimberlite Province xenoliths reveal petrography, mineralogy, thermo-barometry

• https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/lost-continent-discovered-150-million-years Influence of diagenetic water on hydrogen isotope of sedimentary N-alkanes

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-diagenetic-medium-hydrogen-isotope-sedimentary.html Existence of magnetic field on Earth beyond 3.5B years is still under debate

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200408142740.htm • Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/15/eaav9634

Drilling for geothermal energy in Uganda may have struck oil

• http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/geothermal-energy-exploration-drilling-in-uganda-may-have-found-oil/8539662/

Virtual geologic tour of Inwood Hill Park in New York City

• https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/join-rangers-virtual-geology-lesson-inwood-hill-park

Investigating CO2 use in oil recovery and underground storage

• http://today.ku.edu/2020/04/09/kansas-geological-survey-investigates-co2-use-oil-recovery-and-underground-storage

The US will mine the Moon

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a32082958/trump-moon-mining-asteroids/ Airborne magnetic survey identifies target structures in Elko county, Nevada, in Rock Creek Project

• https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/airborne-magnetic-survey-identifies-multiple-target-structures-on-rock-creek-project---elko-county-nevada-2020-04-08

Lithium in Qaidam Basin brine lakes comes mainly from hot springs of Hoh Xil

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169136819304925 • http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-04/08/c_138958347.htm

Reykjanes Peninsula volcanic activity in Iceland – last active in 10th century & lasted 300 years

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/awakening-volcanic-region-reykjanes-peninsula-iceland-disruption-centuries

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8208899/Volcanic-activity-escalating-Icelandic-region-cause-disruption-CENTURIES.html

Anak Krakatoa erupting along with three other Indonesian volcanoes

• https://nypost.com/2020/04/11/indonesias-anak-krakatau-volcano-erupts-shooting-ash-and-lava/

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/anak-krakatau-volcano-eruption-news-indonesia-ash-tsunami-island-a9460491.html

• Video: https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-stunning-video-of-krakatoa-erupting-lava-and-ash/

• https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/04/11/anak-krakatau-not-alone-as-three-more-indonesian-volcanoes-erupt.html

• http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-most-active-volcano-merapi-erupts-again-flight-warning-issued

US Army COE reverses position to allow seismic exploration for oil in Big Cypress National Preserve

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/04/army-corps-reverses-position-oil-companys-impacts-big-cypress-national-preserve

Video – Best places to hike in Glacier National Park

• https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/national-parks/best-glacier-national-park-hikes ***********************************

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 13 April 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get State statistics)

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Antibody testing for COVID-19

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/how-far-has-the-coronavirus-spread-this-quick-blood-test-might-provide-some-answers/ar-BB12r6m7

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-antibody-tests-could-be-available-within-a-week-or-so-fauci-says/ar-BB12q4Dm

Test results from Iceland where 10% of population has been tested - ~50% positives are asymptomatic

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/iceland-tested-more-population-coronavirus-081244404.html Asking why is New York City such a hot spot for COVID-19 cases and deaths? Stark contrasts in infection rates based on education & race

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-tragedy-is-unfolding-inside-new-yorks-virus-epicenter/ar-BB12nGnX

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-many-people-have-actually-died-from-coronavirus-in-new-york/ar-BB12qfRd

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/stark-contrast-in-covid-19-infection-rates-based-on-education-race-in-nyc/ar-BB12r4Bh

Doctors in Nevada want Governor to reverse order limiting their ability to practice medicine

• https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-osteopaths-want-rules-loosened-on-chloroquine-2004343/

Nevada Governor directive banning church services is abuse of power

• https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-sisolak-abuses-his-power-with-ban-on-church-services-2003541/

Only 6% of COVID-19 cases are actually detected – confirmed cases dramatically understate true number

• http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/actual-covid-19-cases-08305.html • Paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30243-7/fulltext

Rethinking use of ventilators to treat COVID-19 – alternative treatment using Vitamin C & steroids

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/rethinking-coronavirus-some-doctors-question-how-we-use-ventilators-123733204.html

CDC begins antibody tests for COVID-19 – getting to true numbers of infections

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-begins-blood-tests-undetected-004843923.html Stampede in Kenya to get food aid – many trampled and injured

• https://foxreno.com/news/nation-world/stampede-in-kenya-as-slum-residents-surge-for-food-aid

Perspective: COVID-19 estimates have little meaning – needing a sack of salt

• https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532763-600-estimates-of-the-predicted-coronavirus-death-toll-have-little-meaning/

Perspective: Are we vesting too much power in governments & corporations in the midst of COVID-19?

• https://theintercept.com/2020/04/08/watch-are-we-vesting-too-much-power-in-governments-and-corporations-in-the-name-of-covid-19-with-edward-snowden/

Perspective: Humans need to take responsibility for the coronavirus – “humans have exploited and obliterated natural ecosystems all over the world…contributing to “zoonotic spillover”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/we-have-no-one-to-blame-for-the-coronavirus-but-ourselves/ar-BB12dJ6R

Perspective: The noble lie about masks and coronavirus should never have been told

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/noble-lie-masks-coronavirus-never-104001181.html Synthetic antibodies may prove promising in fight against COVID-19

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/synthetic-antibodies-might-offer-a-quick-coronavirus-treatment-132122036.html

Linking virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-link-virus-spillover-wildlife-extinction.html • Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.2736

Closed National Parks are subject to human trespassing and vandalism

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/trespassing-vandalism-abound-in-national-parks-affected-by-coronavirus/ar-BB12kOX1

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/04/coping-coronavirus-misbehavior-national-parks

Perspective: Why ban on all wildlife trade would not be the right response – need regulated trade

• https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-why-a-blanket-ban-on-wildlife-trade-would-not-be-the-right-response-135746

CDC says death certificate code for disease caused or assumed to have caused or contributed where laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available – death statistics not accurate

• https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/cdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-19-cause-death-even-assumed-caused-contributed-death-lab-tests-not-required/

CRS Legal Sidebar: COVID-19 Webcasting - Copyright implications of remote worship & distance learning

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10440 Most COVID-19 cases in New York resulted from virus in Europe – tracking genomes

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/most-new-york-coronavirus-cases-came-from-europe-genomes-show/ar-BB12m5Rk?ocid=spartandhp

Migrants as victims and vectors of COVID-19

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/coronavirus-finds-fuel-in-a-world-of-migrants/ar-BB12qyCS

Is putting a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator the best thing to do?

• https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-ventilators-some-doctors-try-reduce-use-new-york-death-rate-2020-4

• https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=230110 • https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overused-for-covid-19/

National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility may play role in future pandemics from zoonotic diseases

• https://www.kstatecollegian.com/2020/04/05/what-role-could-nbaf-play-in-future-pandemics/ Estimated manufacturing costs of various potential COVID-19 drugs – relatively inexpensive

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/potential-coronavirus-drugs-may-cost-as-little-as-dollar1-study-says/ar-BB12qTKf

• Paper: http://viruseradication.com/journal-details/Minimum_costs_to_manufacture_new_treatments_for_COVID-19/

Texans begin hoarding chickens during the pandemic

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texans-begin-hoarding-chickens-during-coronavirus-pandemic/ar-BB12ckGI

What if a big earthquake hit southern California right now?

• https://laist.com/2020/04/07/big_earthquake_california_coronavirus_disaster.php Chinese tourists pack locales across the county after coronavirus lockdown ends

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-tourist-sites-packed-as-country-comes-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown/ar-BB12ddZV

Perspective: Releasing prison inmates to society versus crack down on lone surfers is “moral inversion”

• https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/crackdowns-on-lone-surfers-and-paddleboarders-threaten-to-erode-respect-for-law-enforcement-even-further/

Yellow fever epidemic in the US in the 1790s

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/americas-devastating-first-plague-birth-110005164.html CRS Report: Bureau of Reclamation – History, Authorities & Issues for Congress

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46303 Humans have left footprints & impacted Svalbard for fewer than 500 years

• https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/footprints-of-extraction/ Low-cost monitoring & mapping techniques to identify multiple pollution sources to protect human health

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/fresh-approaches-to-protecting-human-health-from-pollution Forest fire burning in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is causing elevated radiation levels – denied by Ukraine

• https://www.euronews.com/2020/04/06/forest-fires-in-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-bring-hike-in-radiation

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ukraine_denies_radioactive_spike_from_Chernobyl_forest_fire_999.html

Watching the evolution of the ozone “hole” over the Arctic – repeating 2011 conditions

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00904-w • NASA Ozone Watch: https://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/monthly/monthly_2019-04_NH.html • https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-ozone-hole.html

Federal judge permanently bans 1990 Kansas “ag-gag” law as unconstitutional

• https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Court-permanently-bans-enforcement-of-Kansas-ag-gag-law-569359611.html

Rethinking urban transportation infrastructure for the future

• https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/rethinking-infrastructure-after-the-pandemic-569401272.html

Brush fire burns 3,500 parked rental vehicles at SW Florida International Airport – toxic smoke (video)

• https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/06/3500-rental-cars-burn-fort-myers-florida-airport-fire/ • https://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2020/04/04/fire-near-southwest-florida-

international-airport-contained/2946972001/ North Carolina DEQ says Chemours Corrective Action Plan for remediation of PFAS in groundwater and soil in Bladen County is insufficient

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/04/deq-says-chemours-plan-needs-big-changes/ • CAP: https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/GenX/consentorder/paragraph-16/FW-CAP-FINAL-12-31-

2019-Corrective-Action-Plan.pdf • Background: https://bladenonline.com/report-chemours-says-dupont-downplayed-

environmental-liabilities/ Kentucky, South Dakota & West Virginia approved new laws to discourage Dakota Access-style protests

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pipeline-protest-laws-coronavirus_n_5e7e7570c5b6256a7a2aab41

Comparing ancient extinction-level events with modern atmospheric emissions – Nature more powerful

• https://eos.org/articles/how-modern-emissions-compare-to-ancient-extinction-level-events • Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15325-6

Domestic cats have small outside home ranges but kill a lot of wildlife – conservation concern as their ecological impact is 2X to 10X greater than native predators

• https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/world/pet-cats-disrupt-wildlife-scn/index.html 12,000 years of societal transformations & resilience in the Arabian Peninsula

• https://www.shh.mpg.de/1665909/societal-transformations-and-resilience-in-arabia-across-12-000-years-of-climate-change

Mountaintop mining pollutants do not stay in stream waters – selenium moves through food web

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-stream-pollution-mountaintop-doesnt.html Low Lake Level Pumping Station construction competed at Lake Mead – can take more water

• https://news3lv.com/news/local/construction-finishes-on-650-million-water-pumping-station-at-lake-mead

App speeds up start of construction in wetlands • https://www.enr.com/articles/49119-wetland-documentation-app-seeks-to-speed-

environmental-evaluations Simulation of naturally occurring (geogenic) groundwater arsenic contamination hot spot in SE Asia

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-river-groundwater-hot-arsenic.html Bikini Atoll was changed from idyllic tropical island to radioactive ship graveyard during the Cold War

• https://eos.org/articles/podcast-paradise-lost The evolution of the color of butterfly wings

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-evolution-team-butterfly-wings-shift.html • Paper: https://elifesciences.org/articles/52187

Toxicity and environmental impacts of cancer drugs

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-environmental-impacts-cancer-drugs.html Clouded leopard cubs born in Zoo Miami

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/cuteness-alert-zoo-miami-shows-110113084.html Critics urge Federal Government to halt Texas bullet train

• https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/transportation/article/Critics-urge-feds-to-pull-plug-on-Texas-bullet-15187648.php

Another bridge collapses in Italy – 2 survivors

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52213898 • https://apnews.com/f969bdea4f95d189584d63d4dd6c6bfe

New study suggests USEPA mercury analysis is “seriously flawed”

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/rftf-nsf040720.php Assessing walkability of cities

• https://www.govtech.com/analytics/Making-Cities-More-Walkable-with-Better-Data-and-Technology.html

West Seattle Bridge developed cracks & closed 23 March – could potentially collapse

• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/west-seattle-bridge-was-on-a-road-to-collapse-engineers-reports-show/

• City Reports: https://sdotblog.seattle.gov/2020/04/07/west-seattle-high-rise-bridge-inspection-reports/

• WSB Report: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bridges-stairs-and-other-structures/bridges/west-seattle-high-rise-bridge-safety-project

Sierra Nevada red fox caught on trail camera in Yosemite National Park – genetically & geographically distinct from all other red foxes

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sierra-nevada-red-fox-yosemite_n_5e8fe2f7c5b6458ae2a667f6

South Carolina responding to high pathogenic H7N3 bird flu in commercial turkey flock

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/industry-scrambles-to-stop-fatal-bird-flu-in-south-carolina/ar-BB12s66L

Another wave of locusts across Africa as spring rains arrive in breeding grounds in Somalia

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/larger-wave-locusts-threatens-millions-075847958.html Extraordinary photographs of ordinary bugs

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/apr/11/extraordinary-portraits-of-ordinary-bugs-in-pictures

Mass planting of trees in peat big in the UK could harm the environment

• https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52200045 Mutant bacterial enzyme discovered in compost heap breaks down plastic bottles in hours

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/scientists-create-mutant-enzyme-that-recycles-plastic-bottles-in-hours

Cocoa farming in Ghana is backbone of economy but has significant environmental consequences

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-ghana-cocoa-production-environment.html

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 13 April 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Managing collateral impacts of channel dredging on nearby structures

• https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/dredging-managing-impact-channel-deepening-357232

North Carolina Land Trust purchases Craven Island

• https://www.newbernsj.com/news/20200407/nc-coastal-land-trust-announces-craven-land-purchase

North Carolina Coast Federation partners to purchase land on Bogue Sound

• https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_2283e0c8-781f-11ea-86df-f7251d2d67ad.html

US Army COE to replace Bourne & Sagamore bridges crossing Cape Cod Canal

• https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20200403/army-corps-to-move-ahead-with-cape-cod-canal-bridge-replacement

Ferry in Solomon Islands ignored storm warning – 28+ passengers swept overboard

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/28-feared-dead-after-solomons-ferry-ignores-storm-warning/ar-BB129kly

Human-induced environmental stressors reduce genetic diversity & resilience of coral reefs in Hawaii

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200403082851.htm Texas extends start date of implementation of new Coastal Building Code until September

• https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2020/04/06/563497.htm Redevelopment application for Newport Beach is postponed

• https://www.thelog.com/local/coastal-commission-postpones-marina-redevelopment-application/

Draft Environmental Assessment addresses increasing launches & recoveries anticipated from Kennedy Space Center & Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida

• https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/april/03/space-launches-could-increase-astronomically-in-coastal-airspace

• Draft EA: https://www.faa.gov/space/environmental/nepa_docs/media/SpaceX_Falcon_Program_Draft_EA_508.pdf

Federal Judge dismisses challenge to ocean setback rules

• https://www.obxtoday.com/top-stories/coastal-review-online-federal-judge-throws-out-challenge-to-states-ocean-setback-rules/

How microbes living in sand on barrier island alter breakdown of organic matter varies over the year

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/microbial-mechanisms-change-with-the-seasons • Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JG005399

Beaches in or near Marine Protected Areas in England have same levels of litter as unprotected areas

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-litter-problem-england-coasts.html Shark fatally mauled Australian wildlife worker on Great Barrier Reef

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/shark-kills-australian-wildlife-worker-043354891.html

Public comment period on status of water quality in Lake Erie extended until mid-June

• https://apnews.com/208c66833493f27643ff8c73caeaf0b3 Harbor seals in Glacier Bay National Park disrupted by cruise ship noise during mating season

• https://phys.org/news/2020-04-harbor-difficult-heard-noise-cruise.html • Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0795

Canadian company files for state & federal authorization to construct 4-mile pipeline tunnel beneath Straits of Mackinac

• https://apnews.com/d88e5161dc395f58d7e72981cba3107c Flooding of historic coastal landfills by sea water could release soluble metals – need better regulations

• https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2020/hss/new-study-shows-that-current-landfill-regulations-are-insufficient.html

Second phase of dredging will start soon to deepen & widen Corpus Christi ship channel

• https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/2nd-phase-of-dredging-to-get-underway-at-the-port-of-cc/503-3db89f3b-462c-4f4e-ba2f-64b119446c4d