Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

LI et al. , 2023 Mercury deposition and redox transformation processes in peatland constrained by mercury stable isotopes                    (LI et al ., 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43164-8 Also... Artic Methylmercury Cycling (JONSSON et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722045430 Organochemical Characterization of Peat Reveals Decomposition of Specific Hemicellulose Structures as Main Cause of Organic Matter Loss in the Acrotelm (SERK et al. , 2022) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365595054_Organochemical_Characterization_of_Peat_Reveals_Decomposition_of_Specific_Hemicellulose_Structures_as_the_Main_Cause_of_Organic_Matter_Loss_in_the_Acrotelm/download Arctic mercury cycling (DASTOOR et al. , 2022) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359393988_Arctic_mercury_cycling/link/62693b8ebca601538b6d30dd/download

Lake Peipus , NASA; Link Spatio-temporal variations in sediment phosphorus dynamics in a large shallow lake:  Mechanisms and impacts of redox-related internal phosphorus loading (TAMMEORG et al. , 2023) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723066718 Hazardous radioactivity levels and heavy mineral concentrations in beach sediments of Lake Peipsi, northeastern Estonia (JARVËLILL et al. , 2018) https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/logos-2018-0001 Peipsi jarv location ; Link Water of Lake Peipsi , Geonarva ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link  

Guwahati City, Assam, India , Anushila BHARALI ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link 2023:  Which are the most polluted rivers in India? ( Ground Report India : June 5, 2023) https://groundreport.in/351-polluted-rivers-in-india-a-list-of-states/ Sewage pollution drives drastic deterioration of Brahmaputra in last six years (Deepa PADMANABAN, The Third Pole ; December 15, 2021) https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/pollution/sewage-pollution-drives-deterioration-brahmaputra/ Neither sewerage, nor sewage treatment plant, the Bharalu is a sewage channel  (Nidhi JAMWAL, GaonConnection; March 3, 2020) https://en.gaonconnection.com/neither-sewerage-nor-sewage-treatment-plant-smart-city-guwahatis-bharalu-river-is-a-sewage-channel/ Bharalu River in Guwahati remains Highly Polluted even after 10 years [Saumya MISHRA, Guwahati Plus (Gplus) ; January 10, 2019] https://www.guwahatiplus.com/guwahati/bharalu-river-in-guwahati-remains-highly-polluted-even-after-10-years Selected Research Articles: Heavy Metals c...

Chlorine-36 , Jcwf ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link 36Cl, a new tool to assess soil carbon dynamics   (GRAPELOUP et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-41555-x Also... A global meta-analysis of soil organic carbon in the Anthropocene (BEILLOUIN et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39338-z

Scree , Steve REDMAN (MORA)/NPS ; Link Underdeveloped tills soils in scree areas are an overlooked important phosphorus  source for waters in Alpine catchments (KAŇA  et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42013-4 Identification of the factors determining the concentration and spatial distribution of Zn, Pb and Cd in the soils of the non-forest Tatra Mountains (southern Poland) [CIARKOWSKA and MIECHÓWKA, 2022] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-022-01201-3 Climate change accelerates recovery of the Tatra Mountain lakes from acidification and increases their nutrient and Chlorophyll A concentrations (KOPÁČEK  et al. , 2019) https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2108&context=wats_facpub Climate Change Increasing Calcium and Magnesium Leaching from Granitic Alpine Catchments (KOPÁČEK  et al. , 2017)* https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs .est.6b03575 (*) = Article Abstract and Supporting Info...

Blue Carbon Infograph , Emily LANDIS -The Nature Conservancy ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabhkas or mudflats (AL DISI et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39762-7#citeas Progress of blue carbon research: 12 years of global trends based on content analysis of peer-reviewed and 'gray literature' documents (QUEVEDO et al. , 2023) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569123000200 An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration (LOVELOCK et al. , 2022) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/rec.13739 The future of Blue Carbon Science (MACREADIE et al. , 2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11693-w Website : The Blue Carbon Initiative https://www.thebluecarboninitiative.org/

Public Meeting - To Comment on Chevron Refinery's 2021 Wharf Oil Spill Report (Civic Alert,  City of Richmond CA ; July 11, 2023) https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2323 View of Pt. Richmond and Chevron Refinery - Richmond, CA in 2016 , Audiohifi ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link

( Karst Flattened , Sunila Sen GUPTA - Goupil Illustration ;  CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link ) Hellenic karst waters:  geogenic and anthropogenic processes affecting their geochemistry and quality (LI VIGNI et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-38349-6 Water quality and hydrogeochemical characteristics of some karst water sources in Apuseni Mountains, Romania (HOAGHIA et al. , 2021) https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/6/857/pdf SNO KARST:  A French Network of Observatories for the Multidisciplinary Study of Critical Zone Processes in Karst Watersheds and Aquifers (JOURDE et al. , 2018) https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2136/vzj2018.04.0094 Also... Comparison of Uranium Isotopes and Classical Geochemical Tracers in Karst Aquifer of Ljubljanica River catchment (Slovenia) [ROVAN et al. , 2020] https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/7/2064

Hells Bells-B , RITTER et al., 2019 ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Selected Research Articles : Mid- to late Holocene sea-level rise recorded in Hells Bells 234U/238U ratio and geochemical composition (SCHORNDORF et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36777-y Microbially promoted calcite precipitation in the pelagic redoxcline:  Elucidating the formation of the turbid layer (LEBERECHT et al. , 2022) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gbi.12492 Subaqueous Speleothems (Hells Bells) formed by interplay of pelagic redoxcline biogeochemistry and specific hydraulic conditions in the El Zapote sinkhole, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (RITTER et al. , 2019) https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/16/2285/2019/ Also... Say Hello to Hells Bells the World's Largest Collection of Living Stalactites (Suzy DUNDAS, Scuba Diving ; July 27, 2022) https://www.scubadiving.com/say-hello-to-hells-bells-worlds-largest-collection-living-stalactites

Topographic Map of Northern Central America , CIA ; Link Heavy metals in the sediments of urban sinkholes in Cancun, Quintana Roo (ORTEGA-CAMACHO et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-34218-4 Impacts of geochemical and environmental factors on seasonal variation of heavy metals in a coastal lagoon Yucatán, Mexico (ARCEGA-CABRERA et al. , 2015) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arcega-Cabrera-Flor/publication/268039560_Impacts_of_Geochemical_and_Environmental_Factors_on_Seasonal_Variation_of_Heavy_Metals_in_a_Coastal_Lagoon_Yucatan_Mexico/links/54abf7fc0cf2ce2df6692be4/Impacts-of-Geochemical-and-Environmental-Factors-on-Seasonal-Variation-of-Heavy-Metals-in-a-Coastal-Lagoon-Yucatan-Mexico.pdf Aquatic ecosystems of the Yucatán peninsula (Mexico), Belize and Guatemala (PÉREZ et al. , 2011) https://www.academia.edu/download/31614852/Perez_et_al._2011_Hydrobiologia.pdf Map of Central America , Luveha ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link

State proposes $67 million to clean toxic parkways near former Exide battery plant (Tony BRISCOE, Los Angeles Times ; May 12, 2023) https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-05-12/california-offers-funding-to-clean-lead-from-toxic-parkways?utm_id=97353&sfmc_id=447603 Former Exide Facility at 2700 S. Indiana Ave, Vernon, CA ( US EPA ) Website: Former Exide Battery Recycling Facility, Vernon, CA ( US EPA ) https://www.epa.gov/ca/former-exide-battery-recycling-facility-vernon-california   N. B.:   More on this subject may also be perused in my following former blog post linked below : Lead Contamination and On-going Exide Battery Recycling Facility Clean Up - Vernon, CA

Northern China - Envisat , European Space Agency (ESA) ; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO , Link Driving factors of accumulation of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in agricultural soil and products of the North China Plain (LIU et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-34688-6 Heavy metals in agricultural soil in China:   A systematic review and meta-analysis (WEN et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772985022000382 Effects of amendments on the bioavailability, transformation and accumulation of heavy metals by pakchoi cabbage in a multi-element contaminated soil (LI et al. , 2021) https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/ra/d0ra09358k China Geography , Alan MAK ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link

Holstre Mustjärv , Marko VAINU ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Recycling lake sediments for crop production:  A sustainable solution for closing the phosphorus cycle (News Release, University of Helsinki ; 17 April 2023) https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/sustainability-transformation/recycling-lake-sediments-crop-production-sustainable-solution-closing-phosphorus-cycle Phosphorus Cycle , Bonniemf ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Featured Research Articles : Recycling eutrophic lake sediments into grass production:  A four-year field experiment on agronomical and environmental implications (KIANI et al. , 2023) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723004965 Recycling lake sediments to agriculture:  Effects on plant growth, nutrient availability, and leaching (KIANI et al. , 2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720355133 Internal phosphorus loading in a small shallow Lake:  Response after sediment removal (KIANI et al....

Ice Core Thin Section , Sepp KIPFSTUHL ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link First evidence of industrial fly-ash in an Antarctic ice core (THOMAS et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-33849-x Alpine-Ice record of bismuth pollution implies a major role of military use during World War II (LEGRAND et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-28319-3 Thallium Pollution in Europe Over the Twentieth Century Recorded in Alpine Ice: Contributions from Coal Burning and Cement Production (LEGRAND et al. , 2022) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2022GL098688 Anthropogenic trace elements (Bi, Cd, Cr, Pb) concentrations in a West Antarctic Ice core (SCHWANK et al. , 2022) https://www.scielo.br/j/aabc/a/6sBvWBdqFbRqwkNMX8FVckb/?lang=en Trace element emission history captured in a Chilean ice core (POTOCKI et al. , 2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135223102200067X Lead and Antimony in Basal Ice from Col du Dôme (French...

Greka Oil Spill (July 2009) , Antandrus; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Greka Oil, now known as HVI Cat Canyon, found liable for $65 million for oil spills in Santa Barbara County (Mike HODGSON, Santa Maria Times ; March 6, 2023) https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/greka-oil-now-known-as-hvi-cat-canyon-found-liable-for-65-million-for-oil/article_07b904fb-cb07-5561-b4cb-6c6b21318f2f.html N. B.:  For background information concerning this issue, please refer to my former blog post from May 23, 2018 at the following link provided below: https://www.environmentalgeochemistryissuessemi-monthly.com/2018/05/newly-appointed-epa-region-9-chief-hvi.html

Sea Surface Temperature Map (July 2002 - November 2022) , Earth Observatory - NASA ; Link Early detection of anthropogenic climate change signals in the ocean interior (TJIPUTRA et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30159-0

2023 Ohio Train Derailment , National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB) ; Link What to know about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio (Becky SULLIVAN, NPR.org ; February 16, 2023) https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment Safety questions remain after Ohio train derailment [Rick MULLIN, ACS   Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) ; February 9, 2023] https://cen.acs.org/safety/Safety-questions-remain-Ohio-train/101/i6 Vinyl chloride , Ben MILLS and Jynto ; Link   Also... Toxic wastewater from Ohio train derailment headed to Texas ( Associated Press ; February 22, 2023) https://apnews.com/article/ohio-texas-houston-climate-and-environment-53c8cd54e99d05b3ec7d07d1d6ef97a8 Websites: East Palestine Public Water Sampling Results ( Ohio Environmental Protection Agency ) https://epa.ohio.gov/monitor-pollution/pollution-issues/east-palestine East Palestine Train Derailment ( USEPA ) https://response.epa.gov/site/ sit...

Forms of Organic Matter , PAGANO et al. , 2014; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Correcting a major error in assessing organic carbon pollution in natural waters (JIAO et al. , 2021) https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.abc7318 Also... Changes in global groundwater organic carbon driven by climate change and urbanization (MCDONOUGH et al. , 2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14946-1 Trends in Levels of Allochthonous Dissolved Organic Carbon in Natural Water:  A Review of Potential Mechanisms under a Changing Climate (PAGANO et al. , 2014) https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/6/10/2862/htm Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters (MOSTOFA et al ., 2013) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Davide-Vione/publication/278651309_Dissolved_Organic_Matter_in_Natural_Waters/links/558d334508aee43bf6ae7c56/Dissolved-Organic-Matter-in-Natural-Waters.pdf

Yinggehai basin isopach , Hongcheng GUO (modified after HOANG et al., 2010 ) ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Geochemical characteristics and provenance of detrital sediments in the junction area of Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan basins, South China Sea (MENG et al. , 2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-28778-8 Also... (WANG et al., 2020) Tracking the Detrital Zircon Provenance of Early Miocene Sediments in the Continental Shelf of the Northwestern China Sea (WANG et al. , 2020) https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/9/752#

US Naval Base Hazardous Landfill Restoration Project -  Ventura County, Pt. Mugu ; US Navy ; Link California Toxics:  Out of State, Out of Mind (Robert Lewis, CalMatters ; January 25, 2023) https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/01/california-toxic-waste-dumped-arizona-utah/ California's E-Waste ending up in Toxic Mountain of Junk in Arizona ( CBS Bay Area News ; June 12, 2014) https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pollution-ground-dlubak-glass-california-electronic-waste-mountain-toxic-junk-arizona-yuma-recycling-recycler-dumping-electronics-garbage-394227/ Also... Compound Injustice:. PFAS may concentrate over time in landfills near the Penobscot Indian Reservation (Marina SCHAUFFLER, The Maine Monitor ; September 10, 2022) https://www.themainemonitor.org/compound-injustice-pfas-may-concentrate-over-time-in-landfills-near-the-penobscot-indian-reservation/ The Lasting Harms of Toxic Exposure to Native American Communities (Sanjana MANJESHWAR, UC Berkeley P...

Acid Mine Drainage from a Metallic Sulfide Mine , Kuzey GUNESLI ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Bill to clean up water pollution from abandoned mines passes Congress (Staff,  The News-Item.com ; December 23, 2022) https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/bill-to-clean-up-water-pollution-from-abandoned-mines-passes-congress/article_56329f85-2716-5e6d-b848-f02ca11759fe.html Also... One Pager: STREAM Act - Senator Bob Casey https://www.casey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2022.03.29%20STREAM%20Act%20One-pagerv2.pdf AMD Conceptual Model , Microbialmatt ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link