Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

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