Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

San Joaquin River Valley Watershed by Shannon1 ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Free bottled water is coming up to 42,000 Stanislaus-area homes with tainted wells (John HOLLAND, Modesto   Bee ; April 19, 2021 https://www.modbee.com/news/business/agriculture/article250508234.html Selected Publications: Effect of Groundwater Age and Recharge Source on Nitrate Concentrations in Domestic Wells in the San Joaquin Valley (CASTALDO et al., 2021) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.0c03071 Spatiotemporal variation of nitrate concentrations in soil and groundwater of an intensely polluted agricultural area (NAKAGAWA et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82188-2 Groundwater development leads to decreasing arsenic concentrations in the San Joaquin Valley, California (HAUGEN et al. , 2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721002898 Measuring nitrate leaching across the critical zone at field to farm scale  (GUREVICH  et al. , 2020) htt...

Update: Congress Urged to Investigate Huge Wastewater Release, Threat of Catastrophic Collapse of Florida's Piney Point Phosphogypsum Stack   (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; April 12, 2021) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/congress-urged-to-investigate-huge-wastewater-release-threat-of-catastrophic-collapse-of-floridas-piney-point-phosphogypsum-stack-2021-04-12/ _______ Dumping of polluted wastewater from Piney Point continues.  DEP working to treat water (Zac ANDERSON and Jesse MENDOZA, Sarasota Herald-Tribune; April 7, 2021) https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/disaster/2021/04/07/suncoast-water-keeper-tampa-bay-water-keeper-say-florida-dep-failed-on-piney-point/7117166002/ USF Scientists testing the waters to study the effects of Piney Point Reservoir release (Leda ALVIM, The USF Oracle ; April 7, 2021) http://www.usforacle.com/2021/04/07/usf-scientists-testing-the-waters-to-study-effects-of-piney-point-reservoir-release/ Crews Dr...

Biogeochemical Iron Cycle, BeccaMGM ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Potentially bioavailable iron produced through benthic cycling in glaciated Arctic fjords in Svalbard (LAUFER-MEISER et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21558-w Research Website: The benthic biogeochemical iron cycle in Arctic fjords ( GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel ) https://www.geomar.de/en/research/fb2/fb2-mg/geomicrobiology/translate-to-english-fjord-projekt Topographic Map of Svalbard , Oona Räisänen ( Mysid ) ; CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Also... How does glacial discharge affect Marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic ? (HOPWOOD et al ., 2020) https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/1347/2020/tc-14-1347-2020-discussion.html Glacial controls on redox-sensitive trace element cycling in Arctic fjords sediments (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) [HERBERT et al., 2020] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703719307586

Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant Diagram by Sodacan ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant? (Asia News Desk, BBC News ; 10 March 2021) https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-56252695#aoh=16154926006914&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s 10 years after Fukushima, safety is still nuclear power's greatest challenge (Kiyoshi KUROKAWA and Najmedin MESHKSTI, The Conversation UK ; March 5, 2021) https://theconversation.com/10-years-after-fukushima-safety-is-still-nuclear-powers-greatest-challenge-155541 Why cleaning Fukushima's damaged reactors will take another 30 years (Dennis NORMILE, Science ; March 4, 2021) https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/why-cleaning-fukushima-s-damaged-reactors-will-take-another-30-years Ten years after Fukushima:. Could new fuels make nuclear power safer? (Michael ALLEN, Physics World ; 23 February 2021) https://physicsworld.com/a/ten-years-after-fukushima-could-new-fu...

Bathymetric Map of the Arctic Ocean ( NOAA , Link ) New!   A subduction influence on ocean ridge basalts outside the Pacific subduction shield (YANG et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25027-2 _______ Competing effects of spreading rate, crystal fractionation and source variability on Fe isotope systematics in mid-ocean ridge lavas (RICHTER et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83387-7 An Early Cretaceous subduction modified mantle underneath the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean (RICHTER et al. , 2020) https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/44/eabb4340?utm_campaign=toc_advances_2020-10-30&et_rid=697909539&et_cid=3539464 Evidence for chemically heterogeneous Arctic mantle beneath the Gakkel Ridge   (D'ERRICO et al. , 2016) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703715006511 Geophysical characteristics of the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean   (JOKAT and SCHMIDT-AURSCH, 2007)...

Wells in Elk Hills Oil Field, Antandrus ; CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Update: Kern County Sued over Fast-tracking Tens of Thousands of New Oil Wells  (Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity ; March 11, 2021) https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/kern-county-sued-over-fast-tracking-of-tens-of-thousands-of-new-oil-wells-2021-03-11/ _______ The Kern County Planning Commission Votes In Favor of Gas and Oil Ordinance Despite Public Outcry [ Madi BOLANOS, Valley Public Radio (KVPR) ; February 12, 2021] https://www.kvpr.org/post/kern-county-planning-commission-votes-favor-gas-and-oil-ordinance-despite-public-outcry#stream/0 Environmental groups gather signatures opposing Kern County's revised oil and gas permitting ordinance ( KGET News ; February 10, 2021) https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/environmental-groups-gather-signatures-opposing-kern-countys-revised-oil-gas-permitting-ordinance/ Side Note... NEWSOM Administration Sued Over Thousands of Unlawful Oil, Gas Projec...

Atiu Island : NASA , Link Accurate dating of stalagmites from low seasonal contrast tropical Pacific climate using Sr 2D maps, fabrics and annual hydrological cycles (FARAJI et al. , 2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81941-x Karst and Caves of Atiu, Cook Islands (SMITH et al. , 2019) https://cavesaustralia.caves.org.au/ca/ca-210.pdf Dating stalagmites in mediterranean climates using annual trace element cycles                     (NAGRA et al. , 2017) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00474-4 Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu:  Geomorphology of Makatea Islands in the Southern Cooks   (STODDART et al., 1990) https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5065/00341.pdf