"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

Live from the ocean research vessel Atlantis [Media Advisory, National Science Foundation (NSF) ; December 6, 2018] https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?org=NSF&cntn_id=297386&preview=false AGU 2018 Remote Participation Link   December 11 - 13, 2018 2:30 - 3:30 EST : M - W  AGU 2018 http://bit.ly/ECS_AGU2018 Website: R/V Atlantis [ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) ] http://www.whoi.edu/main/ships/atlantis

Web Documentary The Pesticide Generation:  Children on the Front Line  ( Ségolène ALLEMANDOU  and  Guillaume GUGUEN,   France 24 ; Octobre et Novembre 2018) https://webdoc.france24.com/france-pesticide-generation-children-front-line-glyphosate-monsanto/ Also... 'Troubling allegations' prompt Health Canada review of studies used to approve popular weed killer (Gil SHOCAT, CBC News ; November 11, 2018) https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/monsanto-roundup-health-canada-1.4896311 Sick Couple Pushes to Fast-Track RoundUp Cancer Trial (Helen CHRISTOPHI, Courthouse News Service ; November 7, 2018) https://www.courthousenews.com/sick-couple-push-to-fast-track-roundup-cancer-trial/ N. B.:    More information regarding the Bayer Monsanto herbicide Glyphosate may be perused in "Blog Archives" of my  Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly blog   under the following blog post dates: 9/15/2015 10/16/2015 10/25/2015 12/...

Climate Science Special Report:  Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4)  Volume I:  Physical Science Assessment [WUEBBLES et al. (eds.), 2017] https://science2017.globalchange.gov/ Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II:  Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States {REIDMILLER et al ., (eds.), 2018] https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

New Study: Nature Could Absorb One-Fifth of Greenhouse Gas Pollution in U.S. : Making simple improvements to how we use, protect and restore our lands would be like removing pollution from all cars in the United States. (Newsroom, The Nature Conservancy ; November 14, 2018) Featured Publication : Natural climate solutions for the United States (FARGIONE  et al. , 2018) http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/11/eaat1869/tab-pdf Supplementary Materials for "Natural climate solutions for the United States" (FARGIONE e t al. , 2018) http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/suppl/2018/11/09/4.11.eaat1869.DC1/aat1869_SM.pdf

Green mango peel: a slick solution for oil contaminated soils (Press Release, University of South Australia ; September 26, 2018) Featured Research Article: Green mango peel-nanozerovalent iron activated persulfate oxidation of petroleum hydrocarbons in oil sludge contaminated soil (DESALEGN et al. , 2018) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352186418301329 N. B.:   Link to Research Article Abstract only! Also... Ex-situ Remediation Technologies for Environmental Pollutants:  A Critical Perspective (KUPPUSAMY et al., 2016) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Venkateswarlu_Kadiyala/publication/282566899_Ex-situ_remediation_technologies_for_environmental_pollutants_A_critical_perspective/links/59c53fa3a6fdccc71914d8b6/Ex-situ-remediation-technologies-for-environmental-pollutants-A-critical-perspective.pdf

Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of  1.5 ºC approved by governments [Press Release, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ); October 8, 2018] https://www.ipcc.ch/news_and_events/pr_181008_P48_spm.shtml Featured Publication: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC - Summary for Policymakers [ IPCC Special Report (SR15);  October 8, 2018] http://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf

A Volcano Just Erupted in Indonesia Just Days After Devastating Earthquake and Tsunami (Peter DOCKRILL, Science Alert ; Ocotber 3, 2018) https://www.sciencealert.com/volcano-erupts-indonesia-just-days-after-devastating-earthquake-tsunami-soputan-sulawesi A Volcano Just Erupted on Indonesia's Tsunami-Hit Island.  Here's What You Need To Know (Robin ANDREWS, Forbes; October 2, 2018) https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2018/10/02/another-indonesian-volcano-is-showing-signs-of-restlessness-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#5a4425a07530 Selected Research Articles: Preliminary Result of the Influence of Earthquake Stress Change and the Implication for Soputan and Volcano and Lokon Volcano (BUNAGA and NUGRAHA, 2017) http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/62/1/012057/pdf Volcano instability induced by strike-slip faulting (LAGMAY et al. , 2000) http://pages.mtu.edu/~raman/papers2/lagmayetal2000.pdf Triggering of volcanic eruptions (LINDE and SACKS, 199...

Indonesia Tsunami's Power After Earthquake Surprises Scientists (Henry Fountain, New York Times ; September 30, 2018) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/world/asia/indonesia-tsunami-science.html Tsunami sweeps away homes on Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Stephen WRIGHT and Ali KOTARUMALOS, Associated Press ; September 28,  2018) https://apnews.com/fe0d0be481614ef08f0c6053bd42f7c1 Selected Research Articles: The Dependency of Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment on Magnitude Limits of Seismic Sources in the South China Sea and Adjoining Basins  (LI et al ., 2016) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zongchen_Wang/publication/305767466_The_Dependency_of_Probabilistic_Tsunami_Hazard_Assessment_on_Magnitude_Limits_of_Seismic_Sources_in_the_South_China_Sea_and_Adjoining_Basins/links/59e81b2ca6fdccfe7f8b2229/The-Dependency-of-Probabilistic-Tsunami-Hazard-Assessment-on-Magnitude-Limits-of-Seismic-Sources-in-the-South-China-Sea-and-Adjoining-Basins.pdf A proba...

Scientists ID Three Causes of Earth's Spin Axis Drift : NASA has identified three processes responsible for wobbles in Earth's axis of rotation: water mass loss primarily in Greenland, glacial rebound, and mantle convection. (Esprit SMITH, JPL - NASA ; September 19, 2018) Research Articles: What drives 20th century polar motion? (ADHIKARI et al. , 2018) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X18305314?dgcid=rss_sd_all N. B.:   Article Abstract only! Climate driven polar motion:  2003 - 2015 (ADHIKARI et al. , 2016) http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/2/4/e1501693.full.pdf Geodetic vertical velocities by recent rapid changes in polar motions (KING and WATSON, 2014) https://academic.oup.com/gji/article-pdf/199/2/1161/6049101/ggu325.pdf The excitiation of the Chandler wobble (GROSS, 2000) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2000GL011450 Climate driven polar motion (CELAYA et al. , 1999) https://onlinel...

New!  Scientists debate planet definition, status of Pluto (Laurel KORNFELD, SpaceFlight Insider ; May 5, 2019) https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/solar-system/scientists-debate-planet-definition-status-of-pluto/ Pluto a Planet?  New Research for UCF Suggests Yes (Robert H. WELLS, UCF Today ; September 6, 2018) https://today.ucf.edu/pluto-planet-research/ Featured Research Article: The Reclassification of Asteroids from Planets to Non-planets (METZGER et al ., 2018) https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1805/1805.04115.pdf Artist Impression of Pluto and Charon ( NASA , 1992) Additional Selected Publications : Pluto’s Classification (BANE, 2019) https://firescholars.seu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=ccplus A Quantitative Criterion for Defining Planets (MARGOT, 2015) https://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.06300 Website: International Astronomical Union (IAU) https://www.iau.org/

Improving soil quality can slow global warming (Robert SANDERS, Berkeley News ; August 29, 2018) http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/08/29/improving-soil-quality-can-slow-global-warming/ Featured Research Article: The potential of agricultural land management to contribute to lower global surface temperatures (MAYER et al. , 2018) http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaaq0932.full.pdf Website: Soil Carbon Storage (ONTL et al. , 2012) https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/soil-carbon-storage-84223790

New!   California bans pesticide linked to brain damage in children (John ROGERS, Associated Press ; October 9, 2019) https://apnews.com/2b433b664d834f3faa4e39ff257cabb6 DPR recommends Interim Restrictions on Use of Chlorpyrifos [Press Release, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CA DPR) ; November 15, 2018] https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/2018/111518.htm California recommends restrictions for popular pesticide (Brian MELLEY, Phys.org ; November 15, 2018) https://phys.org/news/2018-11-california-aims-restrict-popular-pesticide.html EPA orders ban of farm pesticide chlorpyrifos, used in Kern County ( 23 News KERO ; August 10, 2018) https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/epa-orders-ban-of-farm-pesticide-chlorpyrifos-used-in-kern-county EPA is ordered to ban farm pesticide chlorpyrifos (Gregory WALLACE, CNN ; August 9, 2018) https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/09/politics/epa-court-order-ban-pesticide-chlorpyrifos/index.html California may restrict co...

Greenhouse gases linked to degrading plastic (Marcie GRABOWSKI, University of Hawai'i News ; August 1, 2018) https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/08/01/greenhouse-gases-linked-to-degrading-plastic/ Featured Research Article: Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment (ROYER et al. , 2018) http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200574&type=printable

Researchers at The University of New Mexico uncover remnants of early solar system : Scientists believe the solar system was formed some 4.6 billion years ago when a cloud of gas and dust collapsed under gravity possibly triggered by a cataclysmic explosion from a nearby massive star or supernova. As this cloud collapsed, it formed a... (Steve CARR, UNM Newsroom ; August 2, 2018) Featured Research Article: Silica-rich volcanism in the early solar system dated 4.565 Ga (SRINIVASAN et al. , 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05501-0.pdf

State of the climate:  2018 set to be fourth warmest year despite cooler start (Zeke HAUSFATHER, CarbonBrief.com ; 01.08.2018) https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2018-set-to-be-fourth-warmest-year-despite-cooler-start Research Publication : State of the Climate in 2017 (Blunden, J., D. S. Arndt, and G. Hartfield , Eds., 2018: State of the Climate in 2017. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 99 ( 8 ), Si–S332, doi:10.1175/2018BAMSStateoftheClimate.1.) https://www.ametsoc.net/sotc2017/StateoftheClimate2017_lowres.pdf Websites : State of the Climate  [ American Meteorological Society ( AMS ) ] https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/ State of the Climate ( NOAA ) https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/

Textbook aromatic substitution mechanism overthrown  (Katrina KRÄMER, Chemistry World ; 23 July 2018 https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/textbook-aromatic-substitution-mechanism-overthrown/3009288.article Website: Meisenheimer Adduct ( IUPAC Gold Book ) https://goldbook.iupac.org/html/M/M03819.html

Earth's resources consumed in every greater destructive volumes (Jonathan WATTS, The Guardian ; July 22, 2018) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/23/earths-resources-consumed-in-ever-greater-destructive-volumes Video: Earth Overshoot Day 2018 falls on August 1 ( Sustainability Illustrated ; July 20, 2018) Website: Earth Overshoot Day ( overshootday.org / Global Footprint Network ) https://www.overshootday.org/

A dozen new moons of Jupiter discovered, including one "oddball" (Press Release, Carnegie Science ; July 16, 2018) https://carnegiescience.edu/news/dozen-new-moons-jupiter-discovered-including-one-%E2%80%9Coddball%E2%80%9D Jovian Satellite Fact Sheet (David R. Williams, NASA ; Updated 18 July, 2018) https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/joviansatfact.html

‘Meghalayan Age’ announced as official new chapter in Earth’s history  (Josh GABBATISS, The Independent UK ; July 18, 2018) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meghalayan-age-new-chapter-earth-history-geology-drought-anthropocene-a8452646.html?amp#referrer=https://www.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s Collapse of civilizations worldwide defines youngest unit of the Geologic Time Scale (News and Meetings,  International Commission of Stratigraphy ; July 12, 2018) http://stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-news-and-meetings/119-collapse-of-civilizations-worldwide-defines-youngest-unit-of-the-geologic-time-scale Featured Publication: International Chronostratigraphic Chart  ( International Commission of Stratigraphy ; July 2018) http://www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2018-07.pdf Website: International Commission on Stratigraphy http://www.stratigraphy.org/

Sound waves reveal diamond cache deep in Earth’s interior : Study finds 1–2 percent of Earth’s oldest mantle rocks are made from diamond. (Jennifer CHU, MIT News Office ; July 16, 2018)

San Andreas Fault : Site of the Next Major Earthquake on the San Andreas Fault? (GSA News Release 18-23; Geological Society of America ; June 19, 2018) GSA News Release 18-23 Featured Research Article: Durmid ladder structure and its implications for the nucleation site of the next M>7.5 earthquake on the San Andreas fault or Brawley seismic zone in Southern California (JÄNECKE et al ., 2018) https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/lithosphere/article-pdf/doi/10.1130/L629.1/4229768/l629.pdf Hayward Fault : The HayWired Earthquake Scenario (DETWEILER and WEIN, 2017) https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20175013 M7.0 Earthquake Scenarios - Hayward Fault (USGS Earthquake Hazards) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/shakingsimulations/hayward/M7.0.php Plus... Back to the Future on the San Andreas Fault (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/safz-paleo/ USGS Publication: The San Andreas F...

Using the K computer, scientists predict "di-Omega" particle (Press Release, RIKEN ; May 24, 2018) http://www.riken.jp/en/pr/press/2018/20180524_1/ Featured Research Article: Most Strange Dibaryon from Lattice QCD (GONGYO et al. , 2018) https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.212001 Also... Baryons as relativistic three quark bound states (EICHMANN et al. , 2016) https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.09602.pdf Video: CERN:  The Standard Model of Particle Physics ( BestOfScience , July 22, 2010)

Bay mussels in Puget Sound show traces of oxycodone | Puget Sound Institute : By Jeff Rice The opioid epidemic has now hit the waters of Puget Sound. State agencies tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of oxycodone in the tissues of native bay mussels ( Mytilus trossulus ) from Seattle and Bremerton area harbors. The mussels were part of the state’s Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program. Every … (Jeff RICE, Puget Sound Institute - University of Washington,Tacoma ; May 9, 2018) Featured Publication: Stormwater Action Monitoring 2015/16 Mussel Monitoring Survey [Final Report Number FRT 17-06, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW );  August 9, 2017] https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01925/wdfw01925.pdf

Paper mills as a significant source of PFAS contamination, but who's watching? [Tom NELTNER, Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) ; May 21, 2018] http://blogs.edf.org/health/2018/05/21/pfas-paper-mills/ Selected Publications: Avoiding Hidden Hazards - A Purchaser's Guide to Safer Foodware [ Center for Environmental Health (CEH) , January 2018] https://www.ceh.org/wp-content/uploads/CEH-Disposable-Foodware-Report-final-1.31.pdf PFAs in Paper and Board for Food Contact   Options for risk management of poly- and perfluorinated substances (TRIER  et al. , 2017) http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1201324/FULLTEXT01.pdf Fluorinated Compounds in U. S. Fast Food Packaging (SCHAIDER et al. , 2017) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00435 Our Stainfree Future?  A Virtual Issue on Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (HIGGINS and FIELDS, 2017) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/acs.est.7b02575 In:   ...

Galeamopus pabsti New species of dinosaur increases the already unexpected diversity of 'whiplash dinosaurs' (PeerJ, Phys.org ; May 2, 2017) https://phys.org/news/2017-05-species-dinosaur-unexpected-diversity-whiplash.html Osteology of Galeamopus pabsti sp. nov (Sauropoda:  Diplodocidae), with implications of neurocentral closure timing, and cervical closure transition in dipolocids (TSCHOPP and MATEUS, 2017) https://peerj.com/articles/3179.pdf Museum Event Jurassic Geist ( Cincinnati Museum Center ; May 15, 2018 ) https://www.cincymuseum.org/jurassic-geist Magyarosuchus fitosi Jurassic fossil is missing link in crocodile family tree (News, University of Edinburgh ; 10 May 2018) https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2018/jurassic-fossil-missing-link-crocodile-family-tree A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarchian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adapations of Metriorhynchoidea (ÖSI...

Okeanos Explorer | Expeditions | NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Gulf of Mexico 2018 Also... Scientist spent a month exploring the Gulf of Mexico's deep sea habitats - and the images they brought back are astonishing (Science, South China Morning Post ; May 14, 2018) http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2146015/scientists-spent-month-exploring-gulf-mexicos-deep Expedition Reveals the Mysteries at the Bottom of the Gulf of Mexico (Ian EVANS, News Deeply/Oceans Deeply ; May 11, 2018) https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/05/11/expedition-reveals-the-mysteries-at-the-bottom-of-the-gulf-of-mexico Publications: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer :  2018 Field Season Overview October 2017 - September 2018 ( NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research ) https://oeab.noaa.gov/sites/oeab/Documents/4_2018%20Expeditions%20Prospectus.pdf New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration The E/V Nautilus , NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer and R/V Falkor  2017 Field Sea...

NASA cancels carbon monitoring research program (Paul VOOSEN, Science ; 11 May 2018) http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6389/586.full The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere just hit its highest level in 800,000 years and scientist predict deadly consequences (Kevin LORIA, Business Insider ; May 8, 2018) http://www.businessinsider.com/carbon-dioxide-record-human-health-effects-2018-5 Carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere reach 'highest level in 800,000 years' (Chloe FARAND, Independent UK ; May 5, 2018) https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/carbon-dioxide-concentration-atmosphere-highest-level-800000-years-mauna-loa-observatory-hawaii-a8337921.html Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits record high monthly average (Rob MONROE, The Keeling Curve - Scripps Institution of Oceanography,UC San Diego ; May 2, 2018) https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/2018/05/02/carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-hits-record-high-monthly-average/ V...

When nearby plants touch leaves, neighbors' roots grow away from crowded areas [SLU News, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU); 03 May 2018] https://www.slu.se/en/ew-news/2018/5/kommunikation-mellan-rotter/ Featured Research Article: Aboveground mechanical stimuli affect belowground plant-plant communication (ELHAKEEM et al. , 2018) http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195646 PDF http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0195646&type=printable

Where to Watch NASA's InSight Mars Lander Launch from the California Coast (Elizabeth HOWELL, Space.com ; April 30, 2018) Website : NASA's Mars InSight Mission https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/

Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy – and beyond / Gaia / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA : ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details of our home Galaxy.   [ European Space Agency ( ESA ) ; April 25, 2018]

Fix of contaminated Fountaingrove system could take 2 years : The unfolding water contamination crisis affecting 350 home sites is proving to be a complicated problem that could affect rebuilding in a major way. (Kevin MCCALLUM, The Press Democrat ; March 27, 2018) N. B. :   Discussion and research involving "Water Chemistry, Quality and Fires"   may be found by referring to my  Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly B log  with the direct   link provided below: Water Chemistry, Quality and Fires  ( Environmental Geochemistry Semi-Monthly ; Original blog post date:  11/11/2013) http://www.environmentalgeochemistryissuessemi-monthly.com/2013/11/water-chemistry-quality-and-fires.html

A flurry of research illuminates snow's foes (Emily BENSON, High Country News ; March 27, 2018) https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.6/scientific-research-a-flurry-of-research-illuminates-snows-foes Featured Research Articles: Exploring the Origins of Snow Drought in Northern Sierra Nevada, California (HATCHETT and MCEVOY, 2018) http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/EI-D-17-0027.1 Humidity determines snowpack ablation under a warming climate (HARPOLD and BROOKS, 2018) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/01/12/1716789115.full.pdf Variations in Rising Limb of Colorado River Snowmelt Runoff Hydrograph Controlled by Dust Radiative Forcing in Snow (PAINTER et al. , 2017) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Painter4/publication/321749773_Variation_in_Rising_Limb_of_Colorado_River_Snowmelt_Runoff_Hydrograph_Controlled_by_Dust_Radiative_Forcing_in_Snow/links/5a748636a6fdcc53fe16ac4f/Variation-in-Rising-Limb-of-Colorado-River-Snowmelt-Runoff-Hydrograph-Controlle...

A search for an ancient crocodile in Utah's Bears Ears leads to a major discovery of Triassic fossils (Brian MAFFLY, Salt Lake Tribune ; February 24, 2018) https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2018/02/24/a-search-for-an-ancient-crocodile-in-utahs-bears-ears-leads-to-a-major-discovery-of-triassic-fossils/ Featured Research Poster and Article Pre-Prints: A New Triassic Bonebed from Bears Ears Region of Utah (GAY et al. , 2017) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xavier_Jenkins3/publication/316588037_A_New_Triassic_Bonebed_from_the_Bears_Ears_Region_of_Utah/links/5905a6f74585152d2e953974/A-New-Triassic-Bonebed-from-the-Bears-Ears-Region-of-Utah.pdf The oldest vertebrate trace fossils from Comb Ridge (Bears Ears Region, southeastern Utah) [GAY et al ., 2017] https://peerj.com/preprints/2662.pdf Paleontology of the Bears Ears National Monument:  history of exploration and designation of the monument  (UGLESICH et al. , 2017) https://peerj.com/preprints/3442.pd...

New data helps explain recent fluctuations in Earth’s magnetic field (Newscenter, University of Rochester ; February 27, 2018) http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/new-data-helps-explain-recent-fluctuations-in-earths-magnetic-field-302242/ Featured Research Article: New Archeomagnetic Directional Records from Iron Age South Africa (ca. 425 - 1550 CE) and Implications for the South Atlantic Anomaly (HARE et al. , 2018) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2017GL076007 Supporting Information S1 (HARE et al. , 2018) https://www.readcube.com/articles/supplement?doi=10.1002%2F2017GL076007&index=0&ssl=1&st=ee9495a33af17aa3109ea6eeaccd65d5&preview=1

Study: Unique Diamond Impurities Indicate Water Deep in Earth's Mantle : Scientific analysis of diamond impurities - known as inclusions - reveal naturally forming ice crystals and point to water-rich regions deep below the Earth (Francis MCCABE, News Center - University of Nevada, Las Vegas ; March 9, 2018)

Sinking land will exacerbate flooding from sea level rise in Bay Area (Robert SANDERS, Berkeley News ; March 7, 2018) http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/03/07/sinking-land-will-exacerbate-flooding-from-sea-level-rise-in-bay-area/   Featured Research Article: Global climate change and local land subsidence exacerbate inundation risk to the San Francisco Bay Area (SHIRZAEI and BÜRGMANN, 2018) http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/3/eaap9234.full.pdf Selected Research Studies: Deep uncertainties in sea level rise and storm surge projections:  Implications for coastal flood risk management (ODDO et al. , 2017) https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1705/1705.10585.pdf N. B.:   Link to accepted manuscript.  Research article published in "Risk Analysis". DOI:  10.1111/risa.12888 Millions projected to be at risk from sea level rise in the United States (HAUER et al. , 2016) http://www.stmarysga.gov/Millions%20projected%20to%20be%20at%20ri...

Study:  Climate Change Threatens Major Crops in California (Amel AHMED, KQED Science ; February 27, 2018) https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/02/27/study-climate-change-will-wipe-out-major-crops-in-california/ Featured Research Article: Climate Change Trends and Impacts on California Agriculture:  A Detailed Review (PATHAK et al. , 2018) http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/3/25/pdf Websites: California Climate & Agiculture Network http://calclimateag.org/ What is Climate-Smart Agriculture? https://csa.guide/csa/what-is-climate-smart-agriculture

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02616-8 (Elizabeth GIBNEY, Nature ; 28 February 2018)

On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile : A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. (Elizabeth ZUBRITSKY, NASA ; February 23, 2018) SwRI Scientist Helps Characterize Water on Lunar Surface (Press Release,  Southwest Research Institute ; February 23, 2018) https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientist-helps-characterize-water-lunar-surface Selected Research Articles: An asteroidal origin for water on the Moon ( BARNES et al. , 2016) https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms11684.pdf An intrinsic volatility scale relative to the Earth and Moon and the status of water in the Moon (ALBARÈDE et al ., 2014) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9c2a/e0f78dfda935e17fc73c3cd048eeaa1901b4.pdf Understanding the origin and evolution of water in the Moon through lunar sample studies (ANAND et al. ...

Food packaging chemical BPA found in digestive system of 86% of teenagers (Rebecca WILLIAMS, SkyNews ; 04 February 2018) https://news.sky.com/story/food-packaging-chemical-bpa-found-in-digestive-system-of-86-of-teenagers-11236098 NTP supports first study of BPA Levels in U. S. factory workers (Robin MACKAR, Environmental Factor - NIEHS News ; February 2017) https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2017/2/papers/bpa/index.htm First study to show that Bisphenol A exposure increases risk of future onset of heart disease (Research News, University of Exeter ; 23 February 2012) http://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_190311_en.html Selected Research Articles: An engaged research study to assess the effect of  'real world' dietary intervention on urinary bisphenol A (BPA) levels in teenagers  (GALLOWAY et al. , 2018) http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/8/2/e018742.full.pdf Urinary Bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations among Workers in Industries that Manufact...

the S. A. M. E. connection: Tracking Quality of STEM Undergraduate Education: ... : More and Different Data Needed to Track Quality of STEM Undergrad Education (Dian SCHAFFHAUSER, Campus Technology ; January 4, 2018) https...

Earth's oceans are losing their breath. Here’s the global scope : In the last 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has increased more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, …   (Kristen MINOGUE, Smithsonian Insider ; January 4, 2018) Website: News  ( Ocean-Oxygen.org ) https://www.ocean-oxygen.org/ Selected Research Article: Response of Export Production and dissolved oxygen concentration in oxygen minimum zones to  pCO 2  and temperature stabilization scenarios in the biogeochemical model  HAMOCC 2.0  (BEATTY et al. , 2017) https://www.biogeosciences.net/14/781/2017/bg-14-781-2017.pdf Also... The window for saving the world's coral reefs is rapidly approaching (Media Releases, ARC Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies ; January 4, 2018) https://www.coralcoe.org.au/media-releases N. B.:   For additional information concerning our threatened Coral reefs , please refer to my "Blog Archiv...