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 – 11 September 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Hurricane Irma – Not a Category 6 storm – that is impossible

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/us/hurricane-irma-florida.html • https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/09/09/hurricane-irma-best-source-for-

updated-storm-path-track/#42110f9d5865 M8.1 EQ in seismic hot spot off the coast of southern Mexico in the Cocos Plate subduction zone

• https://apnews.com/b0d76584fe804fb39c337ad5db7f51b8/The-Latest:-Death-toll-in-Mexico-quake-up-to-5-people

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/world/americas/mexico-earthquake.html • http://www.sfgate.com/earthquakes/article/Magnitude-8-0-earthquake-strikes-near-Tres-

Picos-12182038.php • http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/08/mexico-earthquake-cripples-buildings-leaves-

juchit-n-s-palacio-municipal-in-rubble.html • http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/09/10/mexico-mourns-66-people-killed-

earthquake-hurricane Mexico hit by two natural disasters – EQ followed by Hurricane Katia

• http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-earthquake-20170909-story.html

The world is running out of SAND • http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/world-facing-global-sand-crisis-

180964815/ Hurricane Irma images captured from space

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hurricane-irma-space-video_us_59af4b30e4b0b5e53101dbb3

Storm-tide sensor deployed in advance of Hurricane Irma

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-installs-storm-tide-sensors-along-florida-s-coasts-prior-hurricane-irma-s-arrival-0

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-prepares-hurricane-irma Hurricane Irma being detected by seismometers

• http://mashable.com/2017/09/06/irma-registers-earthquake-equipment-seismometers/#FHUnLv9AGqqg

Prediction for Hurricane Irma for the most accurate weather model

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/heres-what-the-worlds-most-accurate-weather-model-predicts-for-irma/

The weight of floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey caused Houston to sink a couple of centimeters

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/the-weight-of-harveys-floodwater-actually-made-houston-sink-a-little/

Mapping Hurricane Harvey from inside the Category 4 storm using Doppler on wheels

• https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243064&org=GEO&from=news Baleen structures in whales continuously record aspects of their lives and environment

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/history-toothless-whales-180964717/ 2.7-mile long asteroid dubbed “Florence” flew by some 4.4M miles from Earth

• http://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-huge_27mile_long_asteroid_set_for_earth_flyby-rfoxnews

North Korean nuclear test caused collapse earthquake & landslides

• http://english.donga.com/List/3/0502/26/1052599/1 • http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2017/09/06/north-korea-nuclear-weapon-test/

Seismological signature of underground nuclear tests

• http://www.times-standard.com/opinion/20170906/what-seismology-can-tell-us-about-underground-nukes

30 people on the International Seabed Authority will make decisions on seabed mining that will impact the entire ocean floor

• https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/06/seabed-mining-the-24-people-who-could-decide-the-fate-of-the-deep-ocean

The sound of earthquakes is musical

• https://news.vice.com/story/experience-the-hidden-music-of-earthquakes Quantifying the potential for water reuse in Permian Basin oil production

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/uota-sqp090617.php Volcanoes are NOT trash bins

• http://mentalfloss.com/article/504191/would-dumping-trash-into-volcanoes-solve-global-waste

Volcanic ballistics can hit people and property

• http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/sep/05/how-to-protect-people-and-property-from-volcanic-ballistics

Atlantic White Shark Conservancy offering expeditions to study Great Whites off coast of Cape Cod

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/you-can-help-scientists-study-great-white-sharks-coast-cape-cod-180964695/

Sea level “fingerprints” identified and reflect varying responses to continental water & ice masses

• https://phys.org/n ews/2017-09-evidence-sea-fingerprints.html Lake sediments may reveal dramatic environmental changes in the Arctic

• https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/07/unlocking-the-secrets-stored-in-arctic-lake-mud

Book Review: “PaleoArt – Visions of the Prehistoric Past

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-book-beautiful-history-dinosaur-art-180964712/

Northern California is home to cavern, gold nuggets & rock carvings

• http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/09/a-gold-country-getaway-with-the-kids/ New York City is overdue for a major earthquake

• http://nypost.com/2017/09/09/new-york-city-is-overdue-for-a-major-earthquake/ 11th century asteroid impact may have caused huge tsunami along west coast of Britain

• https://uk.news.yahoo.com/britains-west-coast-hit-devastating-tsunami-caused-11th-century-asteroid-strike-100314265.html

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 11 September 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Houston owes its prominence to the very deadly 1900 Galveston Hurricane…and now must cope with the impacts of Harvey

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-century-later-texas-hurricane-remains-americas-deadliest-natural-disaster-180964733/

USGS plays critical role in coping with natural hazards – ready for National Preparedness Month

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-science-leads-way-national-preparedness Hurricane Irma strengthens to Category 5 – preparations begun for landfall in Florida

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

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/06/548891942/here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-hurricane-irma

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/06/evacuations-begin-in-florida-as-hurricane-irma-bears-down-on-puerto-rico-virgin-islands/?utm_term=.9813ddbd1f9b

GIS data continues to change disaster response as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida

• http://inpublicsafety.com/2017/09/hurricane-irma-gis-data-continues-change-disaster-response/

Hurricane Harvey created “epic” floods in Houston

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/01/547992600/early-data-from-harvey-shows-epic-flooding

Health impacts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey include skin infections & respiratory ailments

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/houston-hospitals-see-surge-in-skin-infections-in-harveys-wake/

Collapse of North Korean nuclear test site could spread dangerous radiation across the region

• http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/north-korea-nuclear-test-site-could-collapse-and-spread-radiation-across-region-scientists-say/article/2633440

Wildfires and invasive species increase costs of land restoration efforts

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/wildfire-and-invasive-species-drives-increasing-size-and-cost-public-land-restoration-efforts

The majority of antibiotics are still for livestock – interview with author of “Big Chicken”

• https://www.wired.com/story/antibiotic-brined-chicken-and-other-bad-ideas-from-us-farming Challenges and lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina can now be applied to Houston

• http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2017/sept/houston-we-have-a-problem-challenges-and-lessons

Bio-medical laboratories in Houston also had to cope with Hurricane Harvey

• http://www.nature.com/news/how-labs-are-coping-with-hurricane-harvey-s-devastating-floods-1.22542

Concerns about flooded toxic waste sites in Texas

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/04/548490643/in-texas-concerns-about-damage-to-flooded-toxic-waste-sites

Painful reminder that steps need to be taken before the natural disaster hits

• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-we-wait-natural-disaster-whats-right-painful-dr-rodney-e

What will the recovery process involve for areas stricken by Hurricane Harvey?

• http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/politics/fema-texas-harvey/index.html Chocolate – so good to eat – has intriguing history associated with pharmaceutical medicine

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/unlikely-medical-history-chocolate-syrup-180964779/

Several reasons why there is an expiration date on bottled water – and NO, it is not because the water has expired because, after all, you are drinking dinosaur pee

• http://start.att.net/news/read/article/delish-you_should_pay_close_attention_to_the_expiration_d-rhearst

• https://www.livescience.com/32636-why-do-bottles-of-water-have-expiration-dates-.html

Scouring Africa for the next potentially significant zoonotic disease • https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2017/7/13/pathway-to-peril-whats-the-new-zika.html

Costa Rica remains a premier nation in environmental preservation – including dumping fruit waste

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/costa-rica-let-juice-company-dump-their-orange-peels-forestand-it-helped-180964666/

• https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/08/22/orange-new-green-how-orange-peels-revived-costa-rican-forest

That “recycle” labeled coffee cup may not get recycled and that is bad for the environment

• http://www.care2.com/greenliving/your-paper-coffee-cup-is-an-eco-nightmare.html California legislature strikes again – committee fails to advance California Desert Protection Act that would block pumping groundwater from Mojave Desert

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-water-cadiz/california-lawmakers-block-mojave-water-bill-cadiz-surges-idUSKCN1BC5TM

Book Review: “The Long Shadows. A Global Environmental History of the Second World War”

• http://aquadoc.typepad.com/files/gtm_review_wwii_env_history.pdf 60,000 citizens in Frankfurt, Germany, evacuated after a 4,000 pound WWII bomb discovered

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/frankfurt-evacuates-60000-people-due-unexploded-wwii-bomb-180964741/

“Troubled Waters” – private wells and septic systems are not regularly tested for safety

• http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/investigations/2017/09/06/news-21-wells-and-septics/553222001/

Canada has completed 14,000 mile long coast-to-coast hiking trail

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/canada-connects-its-14000-mile-long-great-trail-180964737/

Natural selection is still happening in the modern human population

• http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/natural-selection-modern-human-populations-05198.html “Solar honey” is just one of the benefits of combining solar power and bee habitat

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/solar-power-and-honey-bees-180964743/ Female cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) are a sneaky little bird

• http://www.nature.com/news/cuckoo-call-adds-another-layer-of-deception-1.22561 How the Federal government handled the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-obama-administration-handled-the-last-crisis-in-the-gulf_us_59a7080ae4b00795c2a37a81

Personal experience as a summer intern with Nature Conservancy

• https://www.treehugger.com/conservation/swapping-classroom-field-my-summer-internship-nature-conservancy.html

The invasion of the “butt flickers” in the Grand Canyon

• http://www.hcn.org/articles/opinion-invasion-of-the-butt-flickers Could Zika virus provide a method to kill brain cancer stem cells?

• http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/zika-virus-glioblastoma-stem-cells-05199.html Bandicoot DNA from Tasmania may help breeding programs

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tasmanian_DNA_to_aid_bandicoot_reboot_in_Victoria_999.html

Bison may soon be roaming the Denver Airport

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/denver-airport-considers-opening-space-bison-180964797/

West Coast Monarch Butterflies are dwindling in number, declined by 97% and may flutter to extinction

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/west-coast-monarch-butterflies-are-close-extinction-180964829/

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 11 September 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford Miami-Dade County, Florida, orders evacuations in anticipation of arrival of Hurricane Irma

• http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article171653142.html Hurricane Irma could change the coastline of Florida

• https://www.livescience.com/60334-hurricane-irma-could-change-florida-coast.html SLOSH map predicts coastal Charleston flooding resulting from direct hit of Hurricanes

• http://www.postandcourier.com/news/what-coastal-charleston-county-neighborhoods-might-look-like-if-a/article_d0140df8-9334-11e7-b7c7-93f0323b3c23.html

Innovative urban design may help coastal cities cope with flooding

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-cities-are-learning-deal-extreme-rains-180964730/

Post-Harvey priorities for improving preparedness and resiliency

• https://www.nrdc.org/resources/post-harvey-priorities-improving-preparedness-resiliency Uninhabited Lakshadweep Island is completely eroded away

• http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uninhabited-lakshadweep-island-vanishes-says-study/articleshow/60390348.cms

Small coastal communities in Texas are slowly receiving relief during recovery from H. Harvey

• http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2017/09/06/463481.htm Fewer Americans in coastal areas buy National Flood Insurance

• http://www.denverpost.com/2017/09/01/flood-insurance-coastal-areas-hurricane-harvey/ Perspective: How Federal Flood Insurance puts homes at risk

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/opinion/flood-insurance-program-.html Government policy exacerbates hurricane impacts

• https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21727898-if-global-warming-were-not-enough-threat-poor-planning-and-unwise-subsidies-make-floods

Coastal development is escalating – may need to slow it down to reduce cost of coastal disasters

• http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/the-cost-of-coastal-living/ The Gulf Coast us uniquely vulnerable to disasters

• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/why-the-gulf-coast-is-uniquely-vulnerable-to-disasters-hurricane-harvey/538374/

Restoring coastal wetlands pays big dividends when hurricanes strike

• https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2017/09/07/the-big-payoff-from-restoring-coastal-wetlands-when-hurricanes-strike

• https://phys.org/news/2017-09-coastal-wetlands-property-losses-hurricanes.html Cities make hurricanes more destructive

• http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/09/04/developing-disasters-cities-making-hurricanes-destructive/

Interview with Gary Griggs, author of “Coasts in Crisis: A Global Challenge”

• http://www.metroactive.com/features/Rising-Coasts-Gary-Griggs-Coasts-in-Crisis-Environment.html