"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

Greenland ice loss much faster than expected : The Greenland ice sheet is losing mass seven times faster than in the 1990s, according to new research. [ European Space Agency (ESA) ; December 12, 2019] By NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA - NASA: First Map Of Thawed Areas Under Greenland Ice Sheet , Public Domain, Link Also... Supplementary Material:  Mass Balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 - 2017 Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE) (SHEPHERD et al ., 2018) http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/32377/2/IMBIE2_SOM%20v8.pdf Increased Runoff from Melt from the Greenland Ice Sheet:  A Response to Global Warming (HANNA et al. , 2008) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2007JCLI1964.1 Recent Sea Level Contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets (SHEPHERD et al ., 2007) http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.468.3599&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Rude paper reviews are pervasive and sometimes harmful, study finds (Christie WILCOX, Science ; December 12, 2019) https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/rude-paper-reviews-are-pervasive-and-sometimes-harmful-study-finds Featured Research Article: Unprofessional peer reviews disproportionately harm underrepresented groups in STEM (SILBIGER and STUBLER, 2019) https://peerj.com/articles/8247/ STEM = S cience, T echnology, E ngineering and M athematics By Brucewinter - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

Trump Administration OKs ‘Cyanide Bombs’ Despite Indiscriminate Killing of Thousands of Animals a Year : Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— The Trump administration today announced it will reauthorize use of sodium cyanide in wildlife-killing devices called M-44s. These “cyanide bombs” received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency despite inhumanely and indiscriminately killing thousands of animals every year. They have also injured people . (Press Release; December 5, 2019) By United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/wildlife_damage/content/printable_version/fs_m44_device.pdf , Public Domain, Link Sodium Cyanide MSDS ( PubChem ) https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Sodium-cyanide Also... The secretive government agency planting ‘cyanide bombs’ across the U. S.   (Jimmy TOBIAS, The Guardian ; 26 June 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/envir...

What the heck is a bomb cyclone? (Rachel FELTMAN,  Popular Science ; November 27, 2019) https://www.popsci.com/bomb-cyclone/ East Coast Bomb Cyclone   ( NASA ; January 4, 2018)  Selected Research Articles: A Case Study of Explosive Cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific (REED and ALBRIGHT, 1986) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281986%29114%3C2297%3AACSOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Synoptic Dynamic Climatology of the “Bomb” (SANDERS and GYAKUM, 1980) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108%3C1589%3ASDCOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Cyclogenesis in Polar Air Streams (REED, 1979) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281979%29107%3C0038%3ACIPAS%3E2.0.CO%3B2 An Approach to the Classification of Meteorological Satellite Data (HOPKINS, 1967) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0450%281967%29006%3C0164%3AAATTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2 Northwest Pacific Bomb Cyclone ( NASA ; January 16, 2013)

The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed : NASA scientists used data from different instruments to detail the array of geologic features across the giant moon of Saturn. (Press Release, NASA-JPL ; November 18, 2019)

Citizen Science with the Transit of Mercury - Sky & Telescope : If you're planning on watching the November 11th transit of Mercury, try kicking it up a notch — watch with a friend and calculate the distance between Earth and the Sun! (Zack STOCKBRIDGE, Sky & Telescope ; October 27, 2017) Terrestrial Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars Watch Mercury Spin on its Axis (MESSENGER Mission -  NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington ;  May 23, 2013)

Scientists create ‘artificial leaf’ that turns carbon dioxide into fuel (Media Release,   University of Waterloo News ; November 4, 2019) https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/scientists-create-artificial-leaf-turns-carbon-dioxide-fuel Featured Research Article: Facet-dependent active sites of a single Cu2O particle photocatalyst for CO2 reduction to methanol (WU et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-019-0490-3 N. B. :  Abstract only! KEELING Curve - Mauna Loa Monthly CO2 Mean Concentration (1958 - 2019) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

Voices of the Pacific Flyway   [ Commission for Environmental Cooperation web (CECweb) ; October 27, 2019] Bird numbers plunge in U. S. and Canada with people to blame (Will DUNHAM, Reuters ; September 19, 2019) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-birds/bird-numbers-plunge-in-u-s-and-canada-with-people-to-blame-idUSKBN1W42NA North American Migratory Bird Flyway Map  (From WALLER et al. , 2018) Differential changes in the onset of spring across U. S. National Wildlife Reuges and North American migratory bird flyways  (WALLER et al. , 2018) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327613242_Differential_changes_in_the_onset_of_spring_across_US_National_Wildlife_Refuges_and_North_American_migratory_bird_flyways/fulltext/5b99ba62a6fdcc59bf8decb2/327613242_Differential_changes_in_the_onset_of_spring_across_US_National_Wildlife_Refuges_and_North_American_migratory_bird_flyways.pdf?origin=publication_detail     ...

The Real History of Fracking:  Oil, Bombs and the Civil War (John MANFREDA, Oilprice.com; October 9, 2019) https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/The-Real-History-Of-Fracking.html By U.S. Government Accountability Office from Washington, DC, United States - Figure 1: History of Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing , Public Domain, Link By Unknown US Government employee - U.S. EPA. Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-15/047, 2015. , Public Domain, Link Website : Shooters - A “ Fracking” History ( American Oil & Gas Historical Society ) https://aoghs.org/technology/hydraulic-fracturing/

Russian scientists find ‘most powerful’ ever methane seep in Arctic Ocean (News Office,  Томский политехнический университет / Tomsk Polytechnic University , October 8, 2019) https://news.tpu.ru/en/news/2019/10/09/35344/ Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release (TURKETSKY et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01313-4 Why Thawing Permafrost Matters (Renee CHO, Earth Institute | Columbia University ; January 11, 2018) https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/01/11/thawing-permafrost-matters/ Selected Research Articles: Role of Warming in Destabilization of Intrapermafrost Gas Hydrates in the Arctic Shelf:  Experimental Modeling (CHUVILIN et al. , 2019) https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/geosciences/geosciences-09-00407/article_deploy/geosciences-09-00407-v2.pdf Climate policy implications of nonlinear decline of Arctic permafrost and other cryosphere elements (YUMASHEV et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09...

A new concept might make more environmentally friendly batteries possible (Press Release, Chalmers University of Technology ; September 30, 2019) https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/chalmers/pressreleases/a-new-concept-could-make-more-environmentally-friendly-batteries-possible-2924834 Also... The Aluminum-Ion Battery:  A Sustainable and Seminal Concept? (LEISEGANG et al. , 2019) https://fjfsdata01prod.blob.core.windows.net/articles/files/441201/pubmed-zip/.versions/1/.package-entries/fchem-07-00268/fchem-07-00268.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=Abl6215fdZx939HZ%2FZbXKxOufTk0A93YgYsQSbwdTpY%3D&se=2019-10-02T01%3A43%3A52Z&sp=r&rscd=attachment%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27fchem-07-00268.pdf Plus... How Do Batteries Work? (Elizabeth PALERMO, LiveScience ; April 29, 2015) https://www.livescience.com/50657-how-batteries-work.html By Joe Haupt from USA - Vintage Type "C" Flashlight Batteries, 1.5 Volts , CC BY-SA 2.0 , Link

USask-led study shows insecticides threaten survival of wild birds (News Release, University of Saskatchewan ; September 12, 2019) https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/usask-led-study-shows-insecticides-threaten-survival-of-wild-birds.php Neonicotinoid insecticides cause rapid weight loss and travel delays in migrating songbirds (News Release, EurekAlert! ; September 12, 2019) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/aaft-nic090919.php Also... NRDC to EPA:  Red Flags on Imidacloprid Health Risks (Jennifer SASS, NRDC; November 29, 2017) https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/nrdc-epa-red-flags-imidacloprid-health-risks Selected Research Articles :   Exposure to neonicotinoids in the U. S. general population:  Data from the 2015-2016 National Health and nutrition examination survey (OSPINA et al., 2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935119303524 N. B.:  Abstract only! Accidental human poi...

How California wildfires can impact water availability : A new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) uses a numerical model of an important watershed in California to shed light on how wildfires can affect large-scale hydrological processes, such as stream flow, groundwater levels, and snowpack and snowmelt. The team found that post-wildfire conditions resulted in greater winter snowpack and subsequently greater summer runoff as well as increased groundwater storage. (News Release by  Julie CHAO, LBNL/EurekAlert ; September 4, 2019) By U.S. Department of Agriculture Lance Cheung/Multimedia PhotoJournalist - 20160824-FS-LSC-1330 , Public Domain, Link

First report of superconductivity in a nickel oxide material : Scientists at SLAC and Stanford have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear signs of superconductivity - the ability to transmit electrical current with no loss. The first in a potential new family of unconventional superconductors, its similarity to the cuprates raises hopes that it can be made to superconduct at relatively high temperatures. But it's also different in key ways that could overturn theories of how these puzzling materials work. (News Release, EurekAlert ; August 28, 2019) Jenga Chemistry ( SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ; August 28, 2019) More Examples of Nickelate Research... Ultrafast dynamics of vibrational symmetry breaking in a charge-ordered nickelate (COSLOVICH et al ., 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706742/pdf/1600735.pdf Supplementary Materials for COSLOVICH et al. , 2017 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2017/11/17/3.11...

Earth’s last magnetic field reversal took far longer than originally thought (Eric HAMILTON, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; August 7, 2019) https://news.wisc.edu/earths-last-magnetic-field-reversal-took-far-longer-than-once-thought/ Featured Research Article: Synchronizing volcanic, sedimentary and ice core records of Earth’s last magnetic polarity reversal (SINGER et al. , 2019) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/8/eaaw4621.full.pdf Supplementary Materials for SINGER et al. , 2019 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2019/08/05/5.8.eaaw4621.DC1 Earth’s Magnetic Field:  Normal Polarity vs. Reverse Polarity (NASA, 2007) Geomagnetic Polarity during the Late Cenozoic Era  (USGS, 2007)

A tectonic plate is dying under Oregon.  Here’s why it matters (Maya WEI-HAAS, National Geographic ; 29 July 2019) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/07/tectonic-plate-dying-oregon-why-matters/ Featured Research Article: The Fragmented Death of the Farallon Plate (HAWLEY and ALLEN, 2019) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2019GL083437 Supporting Information for HAWLEY and ALLEN, 2019 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1029%2F2019GL083437&file=grl59284-sup-0001-2019GL083437-SI.pdf Map of Earth’s Tectonic Plates (USGS, 2004)

Marine Census :   Marine scientists to monitor the health and biodiversity of marine protected areas along the California coast (Sonia FERNANDEZ, The Current - Science + Technology News at UCSB ; July 23, 2019) Map of the Marine Protected Areas in California By Department of Fish and Wildlife - https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/06/18747379.php , Copyrighted free use , Link Website: California Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) [ California Department of Fish and Wildlife ] https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs

California’s Freshwater Conservation Blueprint map : The transformation of California into one of the most productive agricultural and urban landscapes in the world and a growing population have put unprecedented pressure on freshwater habitats, reducing them to a small fraction of their historic extent. Across the state, freshwater-dependent ecosystems have been degraded, resulting in reduced ecological functions and dramatic declines of freshwater species. There is no statewide conservation plan for preserving California’s rich freshwater diversity. This map identifies key freshwater species and areas of high conservation value… Related Documentation:   A freshwater conservation blueprint for California:  prioritizing watersheds for freshwater biodiversity (HOWARD et al. , 2018) https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/697996 California Freshwater Conservation Blueprint - TNC [ds2790] https://map.dfg.ca.gov/metadata/ds2790.html California Freshwater B...

Want to Colonize Mars? Aerogel Could Help : Researchers are studying whether a wonder material used in Mars rovers could help warm parts of the Red Planet rich in water ice. (News, NASA-JPL ; July 15, 2019) Featured Research Article: Enabling Martian habitability with silica aerogel via the solid-State greenhouse effect (WORDSWORTH et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-019-0813-0.pdf Supplementary Information for WORDSWORTH et al., 2019 https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41550-019-0813-0/MediaObjects/41550_2019_813_MOESM1_ESM.pdf   Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope, Realistic Colors By NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/24/image/a/ ( direct link ) http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0124a/ , Public Domain, Link

NASA Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Historic Moon Landing with Live TV Broadcast, Events : NASA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon mission and look to the future of exploration on the Moon and Mars with a live, two-hour television broadcast Friday, July 19, and partner-led events taking place across the country from July 16 through July 20. (Press Release, NASA ; July 2, 2019)        “Buzz Aldrin removing the passive seismometer from a compartment in the SEQ bay of the Lunar Lander.” NASA Website: Events celebrating Apollo’s 50th Anniversary https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/events.html Apollo Missions https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/missions.html July 20, 1969 - One Giant Leap for Mankind ( NASA Newsletter ; July 20, 2017) https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html

The Faults That Ruptured in Twin California Quakes Are Very, Very Weird, Geologists Say. (Jeanna BRYNER, LiveScience ; July 6, 2019) Video: Fissure Visible in Desert after Major Earthquakes in Southern California ( KTLA 5 ; July 6, 2019)

Massive eruption at Raikoke volcano, ash to 13.1 km (43 000 ft), a. s. l., Sea of Okhotsk ( Teo BLAŠKOVIĆ, The Watchers News ; June 22, 2019) https://watchers.news/2019/06/22/raikoke-volcano-eruption-june-2019/ Raikoke Volcano as seen from Golovnin Strait ( Image Credit :   Bigwumpus , 23 September 2018, Wikimedia Commons;  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ) Websites: Raikoke Erupts ( NASA Earth Observatory ) https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145226/raikoke-erupts Raikoke spits ash ( European Space Agency ) https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2019/06/Raikoke_spits_ash Global Volcanism Program - Map Holdings ( Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History ) https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=290250&vtab=Maps

Newly discovered Apollo Vent Field in Pacific by ISU researchers offers glimpse of alien worlds : The SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog) Research Program team aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus is thrilled to have discovered a new hydrothermal field at the northern Gorda Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. (ISU News, Idaho State University ; June 11, 2019) Newly discovered Apollo Vent Field | Nautilus Live   ( EVNautilus ; June 8, 2019)

Separation Anxiety No More: A Faster Technique to Purify Elements (News Release, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ; June 4, 2019) https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/06/04/separation-anxiety-no-more-a-faster-technique-to-purify-elements/ Featured Research Article Ultra-selective ligand-driven separation of strategic actinides (DEBLONDE et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10240-x Actinide Binary-Phase Diagram   By James L. Smith, LANL. - Extracted from http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/nmt/nmtdo/AQarchive/00fall/00fall.pdf , Public Domain, Link

Scientists discover the source of new CFC emissions : Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by around 7,000 tonnes from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature today by an international team of scientists from the UK, South Korea, Japan, USA, Australia and Switzerland. (News Release, EurekAlert! ; 22 May 2019) Simulated Atmospheric Transport of CFC-11 (IMAGE) [ University of Bristol/EurekAlert! ] https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/201293.php?from=430289 Also... Rogue chemicals threaten positive prognosis for ozone hole (Jeremy REHM, Nature ; 02 November 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07269-1 Ozone Recovery Projection, 1960 - 2100 ( NASA ; 2015) Event: China to host World Environment Day 2019 on air pollution (Press Release, UN Environment Programme ; 15 March 2019) https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/china-host-world-environment-day-2019-air-pollut...

Salton Sea: Finally, California and IID reach agreement on Salton Sea access and liability (Janet WILSON, Desert Sun ; May 9, 2019) https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2019/05/07/salton-sea-deal-reached-cas-largest-water-body-may-finally-get-help/1132443001/ Selected Research Articles: Ecological Restoration Potential of Management Strategies at the Salton Sea (FORNEY, 2018) http://www.sdwetlab.org/files/SaltonSeaEcology.pdf Born from a Flood:  The Salton Sea and its Story of Survival (TOMPSON, 2014) https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/785009.pdf Websites: Latest News about the Salton Sea ( The Salton Sea Authority ) http://saltonseaauthority.org/get-informed/latest-news/ Current Information of the Salton Sea ( Pacific Institute ) https://pacinst.org/current-information-salton-sea/ True Color Image of the Salton Sea in Southern California ( NASA , 2013) Aral Sea: The Aral Sea is Drying Out. ...

Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean (Hannah HICKEY, University of Washington ; May 1, 2019) https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/05/01/arsenic-breathing-life-discovered-in-the-tropical-pacific-ocean/ Other Selected Research Articles: Linking Genes to Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling:  Lessons from Arsenic (ZHU et al. , 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871744/pdf/nihms952016.pdf Biogeochemical implications of the ubiquitous colonization of marine habitats and redox by Marinobacter species (HANDLEY and LLOYD, 2013) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00136/pdf Redox cycling of arsenic by the hydrothermal marine bacterium Marinobacter santoriniensis (HANDLEY et al. , 2009) http://www.microbialgenomic.com/Redox%20cycling%20of%20arsenic%20by%20the%20hydrothermal%20marine%20bacterium%20Marinobacter%20santoriniensis.pdf

Planning for Natural Disaster Debris ( EPA 530-F-19-003 ; April 2019) https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-04/documents/final_pndd_guidance_0.pdf Also... Risks of Exposure and Vulnerability to Natural Disasters at the City Level (GU et al. , 2015) https://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/Publications/Files/WUP2014-TechnicalPaper-NaturalDisaster.pdf Website: Natural Disasters - Empirical View Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2019) - "Natural Disasters". Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/natural-disasters' [Online Resource] https://ourworldindata.org/natural-disasters

NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars : While their causes are still unknown, one of three shaking events looks a lot like the quakes detected on the Moon by the Apollo missions. (News Release, NASA-JPL ; April 23, 2019) NASA's InSight Places SEIS on the Ground ( NASA-JPL ; December 19, 2018) NASA InSight Lander ( NASA-JPL , 2014) Website: MARS InSight Mission  ( NASA ) https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/

Falling levels of air pollution drove decline in California's tule fog (Kara MANKE, Berkeley News ; April 10, 2019) https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/04/10/falling-levels-of-air-pollution-drove-decline-in-californias-tule-fog/ N. B.:   "Tule fog" that occurs within the Central Valley, CA during winter is generally known as  "Radiation fog" Selected Research Articles: Wintertime water-soluble aerosol composition and particle water content in Fresno, CA (PARWORTH et al. , 2017) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2016JD026173 Winter fog is decreasing in the fruit growing region of the Central Valley of California (BALDOCCHI and WALLER, 2014) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2014GL060018 A Multiple-Case Analysis of  Nocturnal Radiation-Fog Development in the Central Valley of California Utilizing the GOES Nighttime Fog Product (UNDERWOOD et al. , 2004) https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/152...

Scientists shed light on preservation mystery of Terracotta Army weapons (Public Release, EurekAlert !; April 4, 2019) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/ucl-ssl040219.php Featured Research Article: Surface chromium on Terracotta Army bronze army weapons in neither an ancient rust treatment nor the reason for their good preservation (MARTINÓN-TORRES et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40613-7 Also... Now you can 'WALK' among the soldiers of China's Terracotta Army thanks to a stunning 360-degree interactive video (Peter LLOYD, Daily Mail UK Online ; 19 May 2017) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4521776/China-s-Terracotta-Army-gets-digital-boost-360-video.html

Microplastics found in all sea turtle species (University News, University of Exeter ; 5 december 2018) https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_695428_en.html Moving forward with microplastics research (News, Plymouth Marine Laboratory ; 14 november 2018) https://www.pml.ac.uk/News_and_media/News/Moving_forward_with_microplastics_research Study find 73% of Deep Water Fish Ingested Microplastics from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (News, NUI Galway/ OÉ Gaillimh  ; February 19, 2018) https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2018/february/study-finds-73-of-deep-water-fish-ingested-microplastics-from-the-northwest-atlantic-ocean-.html Man-made fibres and plastic found in the deepest living organisms (Press Office, Newcastle University ; 14 november 2017) https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2017/11/plasticocean/ Selected Research Articles: Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep-sea amphipods in six of the deepest ...

From my personal website at c.meilinghamilton.com: Earthquakes & Seismic Wave Motions https://cmeilinghamilton.com/2019/03/11/earthquakes-seismic-wave-motions/    

Visualizing the interconnections among climate risks : Climate change affects multiple sectors in virtually every part of the world. Impacts on one sector may influence other sectors, which we call 'interconnections of climate risks'. Our easy-to-understand risk maps and flowcharts show how changes in climate impact natural and socio-economic systems, ultimately affecting human security, health, and well-being. Our methodology can be used as a communication tool to inform decision makers, stakeholders, and the public about the cascading risks triggered by climate change. (Public Release, EurekAlert! - AAAS; February 28, 2019)V Visualizing the interconnection among climate risks - Contributing to the understanding of global warming impacts (Press Relations, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan ; 2019-2-28) http://www.nies.go.jp/whatsnew/20190228/20190228-e.html Featured Research Article: Visualizing the Interconnections Among Climate Risks (YOKOHAT...

Climate change science marks 40th anniversary of three key events that signified turning point : During the same decade that saw the Beatles breakup, the Watergate scandal, the first Earth Day and the opening of the movie Star Wars... (Anne M. STARK, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ; February 25, 2019) Also... Scientist who popularized term "global warming" dies at 87 ( Associated Press ; February 18, 2019) https://apnews.com/cdf38be8fc6d49cc8cd1baa4d0a919ea Selected BROECKER Publication: The Great Ocean Conveyor (Wallace S. BROECKER, 1991) http://imedea.uib-csic.es/master/cambioglobal/Modulo_I_cod101601/clases%20Garcia-Olivares/articulos/Great_Ocean_Conveyor_broecker.pdf Websites: What is the Ocean Conveyor? [ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) ] https://www.whoi.edu/main/topic/ocean-conveyor Global Ocean Conveyor Belt ( Climate Central ) http://medialibrary.climatecentral.org/resources/global-ocean-conveyer-belt

First evidence of planet-wide groundwater system on Mars / Mars Express / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA : Mars Express has revealed the first geological evidence of a system of ancient interconnected lakes that once lay deep beneath the Red Planet’s surface, five of which may contain minerals crucial to life. [News Release, European Space Agency ; 28 February 2019] (Image:  European Space Agency;  February 2007)

Pioneering Black Scientist to Win Novel Prize for Climate Change (Marlene CIMONS, Nexus Media ; February 12, 2019) https://nexusmedianews.com/pioneering-black-scientist-to-win-nobel-prize-of-climate-change-db68a711ce53 Michael Mann awarded the 2019 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (Patricia L. CRAIG,  Penn State News : February 12, 2019) https://news.psu.edu/story/558486/2019/02/12/research/michael-mann-awarded-2019-tyler-prize-environmental-achievement Tyler Prize Awarded to Climate Scientists Washington and Mann (Randy SHOWSTACK, EOS - Earth & Space Science News ; 12 February 2019) https://eos.org/articles/tyler-prize-awarded-to-climate-scientists-washington-and-mann Dr. Warren  Washington:  A Pioneering Black Climate Scientist That Overcame More Than Skepticism (Marshall SHEPHERD, Forbes ; February 2, 2019) https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2018/02/02/dr-warren-washington-a-pioneering-black-climate-scientist-that-overcame-more-th...

Millions of tons of the world’s plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other products through chemical conversion (Research Foundation News Release, Purdue University ; February 6, 2019) Featured Research Article: Use of Supercritical Water for the Liquefaction of Polypropylene into Oil (CHEN et al ., 2019) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03841 N. B. :   Research Article Abstract only! Video: Chemical Conversion of Plastic Waste into Fuel (Purdue Engineering; February 7, 2019)

Sharing today's post from my "Environmental Geochemistry Issues" blog spot at c.meilinghamilton.com New Ranking System for Atmospheric Rivers https://cmeilinghamilton.com/2019/02/07/new-ranking-system-for-atmospheric-rivers-in-california / Infographic: The Science behind Atmospheric Rivers ( NOAA , 2015)

The International Year of the Periodic Table officially kicks off in Paris (Laura HOWES, ACS Chemical & Engineerig News (C&EN) ; January 30, 2019) https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/periodic-table/IYPT-The-International-Year-of-the-Periodic-Table-officially-kicks-off-in-Paris/97/i5 Official launch event of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (Press Release, UNESCO ; January 29, 2019) https://en.unesco.org/events/official-launch-event-international-year-periodic-table-chemical-elements Also... 150 years later, 2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table (Alexandra GELLÉ, The Conversation ; January 28, 2019) http://theconversation.com/150-years-later-2019-is-the-international-year-of-the-periodic-table-109051 The periodic table  is 150 - but it could have looked very different (Mark LORCH, The Conversation , January 2, 2019) https://theconversation.com/the-periodic-table-is-150-but-it-could-have-looked-very-d...