Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Nuclear waste interaction in the environment may be more complicated than once thought [Anne M. STARK, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) ; September 21, 2021] https://www.llnl.gov/news/nuclear-waste-interaction-environment-may-be-more-complicated-once-thought Also... Americium preferred:  Lanmodulin, a natural lanthanide-binding protein favors an actinide over lanthanides (SINGER et al. , 2021) https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60d61c6f2616116df18c441d Open questions on the environmental chemistry of radionuclides (DEBLONDE et al. , 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-020-00418-6 Lanmodulin Structure , Penn State ; Link

Stunning Wetlands - Bristol Bay Watershed , US EPA ; Link EPA to protect Alaska's Bristol Bay, blocking major gold mine (Dino GRANDONI and Joshua PARTLOW, Washington Post ; September 9, 2021) https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/09/biden-bristol-bay-gold-mine/ The Long and Winding Road:  EPA Says YES to Bristol Bay!   (Joel REYNOLDS, NRDC; September 9, 2021) https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joel-reynolds/long-and-winding-road-epa-says-yes-bristol-bay EPA Announces New Steps in Process to Protect Bristol Bay Watershed (Press Release, US EPA ; September 9, 2021) https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay Bristol Bay Watershed Map , djenkins ; Link

Damages after 2020 Beirut explosions ,  Mahdi SHOJAEIAN ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Inside the clean-up of last year's deadly Beirut blast (Rebecca TRAGER, Chemistry World - Royal Society of Chemistry ; 30 June 2021) https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/inside-the-clean-up-of-last-years-deadly-beirut-blast/4013912.article Selected Research Articles : Yield estimation of the 2020 Beirut Explosion using open access waveform and remote sensing data (PILGER et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93690-y Ammonium nitrate is a risk for environment:  A case study of Beirut (Lebanon) chemical explosion and the effects on the environment (REHMAN et al. , 2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651320316705 Atmospheric wave energy of the 2020 August 4 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, from ionospheric disturbances (KUNDU et al., 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82355-5 Investigative consequence analysis: A case study research of Beirut e...

Drought threatens access to clean water in California farming communities, study finds (Margo ROSENBAUM, Sacramento Bee ; September 3, 2021) https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article253961508.html Increased Pumping in California's Central Valley During Drought Worsens Groundwater Quality (Press Release, USGS ; September 1, 2021) https://www.usgs.gov/news/increased-pumping-california-s-central-valley-during-drought-worsens-groundwater-quality Featured Research Publication: Critical Aquifer Overdraft Accelerates Degradation of Groundwater Quality in California's Central Valley During Drought (LEVY et al. , 2021) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL094398 Dirty Water Spilling from a Bottle, Ildar SAGDEJEV (Specious) ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link