New Research on CO2 Release from Newly Exposed Organic-Rich Rocks Upends Carbon Cycle Models: Watersheds with Mountain Glaciation and Higher Erosion Rates Yield More Oxidative Weathering. October 20, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Research on CO2 Release from Newly Exposed Organic-Rich Rocks Upends Carbon Cycle Models: Watersheds with Mountain Glaciation and Higher Erosion Rates Yield More Oxidative Weathering
Book Summary & Review: The Sixth Extinction: An
Unnatural History – by Elizabeth Kolbert (Henry Holt & Company, 2014).
November 27, 2023. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book Summary & Review: The
Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History – by Elizabeth Kolbert (Henry Holt &
Company, 2014)
Book Summary & Review: Under A Green Sky: Global
Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our
Future – by Peter Ward, Ph.D. (Harper Collins Publishers, 2007). November 27,
2023. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book Summary & Review: Under A
Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can
Tell Us About Our Future – by Peter Ward, Ph.D. (Harper Collins Publishers,
2007)
Rusting of Rivers in Alaska’s Brooks Range Likely
Resulting from Iron Oxidation Thought to be Caused by Thawing Permafrost
Exposing Bedrock and/or Thawing Wetlands Activating Iron-Rich Soil Bacteria.
December 22, 2023. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rusting of Rivers in Alaska’s
Brooks Range Likely Resulting from Iron Oxidation Thought to be Caused by
Thawing Permafrost Exposing Bedrock and/or Thawing Wetlands Activating
Iron-Rich Soil Bacteria
Satellite Monitoring of Land Movement: InSAR Remote
Sensing Applications and Improvements. January 1, 2024. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Satellite Monitoring of Land
Movement: InSAR Remote Sensing Applications and Improvements
The Anthropocene, Geologic Event or Geologic Epoch?
Event, Says the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy. August 10, 2024. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Anthropocene, Geologic Event or
Geologic Epoch? Event, Says the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy
The Ambipolar Electric Field: Its Existence, Strength,
and Mechanisms Confirmed by NASA. September 19, 2024. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Ambipolar Electric Field: Its
Existence, Strength, and Mechanisms Confirmed by NASA
The Sahara is “Greening” Again Temporarily: This Can Have
Some Local Benefits Such as Reducing Desertification, but Catastrophic Flooding
is Also Occurring. September 26, 2024. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Sahara is “Greening” Again
Temporarily: This Can Have Some Local Benefits Such as Reducing
Desertification, but Catastrophic Flooding is Also Occurring
New Model Explains Siberian Permafrost Craters: Sinking
Meltwater Driven by Osmosis Triggers Methane Hydrate Blowouts. September 29,
2024. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Model Explains Siberian
Permafrost Craters: Sinking Meltwater Driven by Osmosis Triggers Methane
Hydrate Blowouts
Earth’s Carbonate-Silicate Cycle: Will the Brightening
Sun Disrupt It Enough Over the Next Billion Years to Destroy Life on Earth?
Maybe or Maybe it Will Take Longer. January 12, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Earth’s Carbonate-Silicate Cycle:
Will the Brightening Sun Disrupt It Enough Over the Next Billion Years to
Destroy Life on Earth? Maybe or Maybe it Will Take Longer
Plants are a Better CO2 Sink Than Previously Understood,
New Research Finds. January 21, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Plants are a Better CO2 Sink Than
Previously Understood, New Research Finds
A Revised Ocean-Atmosphere Sulfur Cycle Model:
Methanethiol (MeSH), a Biogenic Sulfur Gas from Marine Organisms, Helps Cool
the Climate, New Research Finds. January 21, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Revised Ocean-Atmosphere Sulfur
Cycle Model: Methanethiol (MeSH), a Biogenic Sulfur Gas from Marine Organisms,
Helps Cool the Climate, New Research Finds
Carbon Source/Sink Balance from the Arctic-Boreal Zone:
Sources Continue to Increase Relative to Sinks: Carbon Cycle Changes in the
Arctic Permafrost Region Led by Accelerated Arctic Warming. January 22, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Carbon Source/Sink Balance from the
Arctic-Boreal Zone: Sources Continue to Increase Relative to Sinks: Carbon
Cycle Changes in the Arctic Permafrost Region Led by Accelerated Arctic Warming
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. David R. Montgomery.
University of California Press, 2012. Book Review and Summary. March 3, 2025.
Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations.
David R. Montgomery. University of California Press, 2012. Book Review and
Summary
Ice Flow Via Ice Quakes with ‘Stick-Slip’ Motion Along
Layers of Sulfates Deposited by Volcanoes: Upgrading Flow Models to Account for
Temperate Ice. March 27, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ice Flow Via Ice Quakes with
‘Stick-Slip’ Motion Along Layers of Sulfates Deposited by Volcanoes: Upgrading
Flow Models to Account for Temperate Ice
Lithospheric Dripping Under the North American Craton
Discovered with Seismic Full-Waveform Tomography. April 5, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Lithospheric Dripping Under the
North American Craton Discovered with Seismic Full-Waveform Tomography
Lithospheric Foundering Under the Sierra Nevada: New Rare
Evidence? April 20, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Lithospheric Foundering Under the
Sierra Nevada: New Rare Evidence?
Evapotranspiration Increases Humidity, Making Heat Waves
Slightly Worse: But ‘Corn Sweating’ is a Misnomer Since It is a Minor
Contributor. July 28, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Evapotranspiration Increases
Humidity, Making Heat Waves Slightly Worse: But ‘Corn Sweating’ is a Misnomer
Since It is a Minor Contributor
Trifluoroacetic Acid Rain: A Milder PFAS-Like Concern as
Environmental Concentrations Grow. July 28, 2025. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Trifluoroacetic Acid Rain: A Milder
PFAS-Like Concern as Environmental Concentrations Grow
Methanogenesis: Part 1: Discovery of New Oxygen-Tolerant
Methanogens May Partially Explain Recent Increase in Biogenic Atmospheric
Methane: Coastal Methanogenesis is More Abundant Than Thought and Implications
for Methane Budgeting. September 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Methanogenesis: Part 1: Discovery of New Oxygen-Tolerant Methanogens May
Partially Explain Recent Increase in Biogenic Atmospheric Methane: Coastal
Methanogenesis is More Abundant Than Thought and Implications for Methane
Budgeting
Methanogenesis: Part 2: Deep-Sea Methanogens and
Chemosynthesis: Quantifying Its Contribution. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Methanogenesis: Part 2: Deep-Sea Methanogens and Chemosynthesis: Quantifying
Its Contribution
Methanogenesis: Part 3: Fingerprinting Methane by
Isotopes Reveals Sources and CRISPR Gives Insights into Enzyme Mechanisms for
Methanogenesis. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Methanogenesis: Part 3: Fingerprinting Methane by Isotopes Reveals Sources and
CRISPR Gives Insights into Enzyme Mechanisms for Methanogenesis
Methanogenesis: Part 4: Growth and Spread of Methanogens
Due to Fertilization, Ocean Currents, Warmer Oceans, Melting Glaciers, and
Deep-Sea Mining. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Methanogenesis: Part 4: Growth and Spread of Methanogens Due to Fertilization,
Ocean Currents, Warmer Oceans, Melting Glaciers, and Deep-Sea Mining
Methanogenesis: Part 5: Methane Budgeting and Determining
Source Contributions. September 4, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Methanogenesis: Part 5: Methane Budgeting and Determining Source Contributions
Regional Characterization and Classification of Salt
Structures in Kingdom (Software): AAPG Webinar, September 18, 2025: Summary
& Review. September 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Regional
Characterization and Classification of Salt Structures in Kingdom (Software):
AAPG Webinar, September 18, 2025: Summary & Review
Beyond Rock Characterization: Deep Learning in Mineral
Classification: AAPG Webinar: September 24, 2025: Summary & Review.
September 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Beyond Rock
Characterization: Deep Learning in Mineral Classification: AAPG Webinar:
September 24, 2025: Summary & Review
Subsurface Microbiomes: Global Study Compares
Surface/Subsurface Microbes and Terrestrial/Marine Subsurface Microbes. October
23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Subsurface
Microbiomes: Global Study Compares Surface/Subsurface Microbes and
Terrestrial/Marine Subsurface Microbes
Rocks in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt of Northern
Quebec May Be the Oldest Known Rocks on Earth at 4.2-4.3 Billion Years Old.
October 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rocks in
the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt of Northern Quebec May Be the Oldest Known
Rocks on Earth at 4.2-4.3 Billion Years Old
Scientific Paper Review: Ocean stratification in a
warming climate: in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. November 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Scientific
Paper Review: Ocean stratification in a warming climate: in Nature Reviews
Earth & Environment
China Outpaces U.S. in Remote Sensing Research, According
to NYU Study in Geomatics. November 20, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China
Outpaces U.S. in Remote Sensing Research, According to NYU Study in Geomatics
Sea Level Rise: Causes, Dangers, and the Importance of Adaptation and Managed Retreat. November 21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Sea Level Rise: Causes, Dangers, and the Importance of Adaptation and Managed Retreat
Pielke Jr: Shutting Down NCAR Is Vindictive Governance. December
21, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Pielke Jr:
Shutting Down NCAR Is Vindictive Governance
Niobium-rich Carbonatites in Central Australia Originated
from Mantle in Rifting Preceding the Breakup of Supercontinent Rodinia: Dated
to 800 Million Years Ago. January 2, 2026. Blue
Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Niobium-rich Carbonatites in
Central Australia Originated from Mantle in Rifting Preceding the Breakup of
Supercontinent Rodinia: Dated to 800 Million Years Ago
Geochemical Evidence of the Sebree Trough During the Late
Ordovician: Chemostratigraphy of the Point Pleasant-Utica intervals: A Talk by
Dr. Julie Bloxson. Summary & Review. Presented for The Pittsburgh
Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting, January 15, 2026. January 22, 2026.
Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Geochemical
Evidence of the Sebree Trough During the Late Ordovician: Chemostratigraphy of
the Point Pleasant-Utica intervals: A Talk by Dr. Julie Bloxson. Summary &
Review. Presented for The Pittsburgh Association of Petroleum Geologists
meeting, January 15, 2026
Fluvial Geomorphology and Dam Failure Analysis Utilizing
NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite. January 29, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Fluvial
Geomorphology and Dam Failure Analysis Utilizing NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean
Topography (SWOT) Satellite
China’s Great Green Wall Reforestation Initiative Has
Dramatically Altered Local Hydrologic Cycles in Various Ways and Places. January
29, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: China’s
Great Green Wall Reforestation Initiative Has Dramatically Altered Local
Hydrologic Cycles in Various Ways and Places
Meteor Impact Structures in Southern Ohio and Eastern
Kentucky: Confirmed, Probable, and Possible. February 7, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Meteor
Impact Structures in Southern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky: Confirmed, Probable,
and Possible
Assessing the Societal Benefits of Earth Science Information:
New Paper Maps Methods to Do It. April 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Assessing
Societal Benefits of Earth Science Information: New Paper Maps Methods to Do It
River Deltas Around the World Are Sinking Faster Than Sea
Level is Rising: Groundwater Withdrawal, Reduced Sediment Supply, and Urban
Expansion Are the Causes. May 12, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: River
Deltas Around the World Are Sinking Faster Than Sea Level is Rising:
Groundwater Withdrawal, Reduced Sediment Supply, and Urban Expansion Are the
Causes
Methylobacteria Propagating Inside Fog Metabolize and
Neutralize Formaldehyde from Smog. May 24, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Methylobacteria Propagating Inside Fog Metabolize and Neutralize Formaldehyde
from Smog
Air Pollution from Satellites Via Rocket Launches and
Re-Entries is Dimming the Sun by Lingering in the Upper Atmosphere: It is an
Ongoing Geoengineering Experiment, Says New Paper. June 15, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Air
Pollution from Satellites Via Rocket Launches and Re-Entries is Dimming the Sun
by Lingering in the Upper Atmosphere: It is an Ongoing Geoengineering
Experiment, Says New Paper
Rapid Spread of Land Plants in Late Ordovician Time
Altered the Composition of the Atmosphere, Climate, and Carbon/Phosphorus
Burial Ratios in Marine Sediments. July 4, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Rapid
Spread of Land Plants in Late Ordovician Time Altered the Composition of the
Atmosphere, Climate, and Carbon/Phosphorus Burial Ratios in Marine Sediments
Satellite-Based Study Shows That U.S. Tidal Wetlands
Increased Carbon Sequestration by Vegetation Via Photosynthesis by 6% in 20
Years, in Addition to Other Ecosystem Benefits. July 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0:
Satellite-Based Study Shows That U.S. Tidal Wetlands Increased Carbon
Sequestration by Vegetation Via Photosynthesis by 6% in 20 Years, in Addition
to Other Ecosystem Benefits
Book Review: Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes
Reveal About the Current Threat – and How to Counter It – by Wallace S.
Broecker and Robert Kunzig (Hill & Wang, 2008). July 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Book
Review: Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current
Threat – and How to Counter It – by Wallace S. Broecker and Robert Kunzig (Hill
& Wang, 2008)
Recent Data and Model Simulations Suggest Atlantic
Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Could Weaken Faster Than Expected:
Thermohaline Circulation Post #2. July 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Recent Data
and Model Simulations Suggest Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
(AMOC) Could Weaken Faster Than Expected: Thermohaline Circulation Post #2
Ocean Heat Transport Causes the Bulk of “Warming Hole”
aka “Cold Blob” Heat Content Variations, Not Surface Fluxes, According to New
Paper: Thermohaline Circulation Post #3. July 8, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ocean Heat
Transport Causes the Bulk of “Warming Hole” aka “Cold Blob” Heat Content
Variations, Not Surface Fluxes, According to New Paper: Thermohaline
Circulation Post #3
Study Suggests Greenland Ice Melt is Weakening AMOC, but
There is No Impending Tipping Point Seen: Using the SP5-8.5 Scenario Makes the
Results Questionable: Thermohaline Circulation Post #4. July 9, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Study
Suggests Greenland Ice Melt is Weakening AMOC, but There is No Impending
Tipping Point Seen: Using The SP5-8.5 Scenario Makes the Results Questionable:
Thermohaline Circulation Post #4
Three April 2026 Papers in ‘Science Advances’ Address
AMOC: 1) Overturning Transport Change at AMOC’s Western Boundary May Indicate
Weakening; 2) Volcanic Activity at the Onset of the Younger Dryas May Have
Disrupted AMOC; and 3) Ridge-Regularized Linear Regression Model Shows AMOC
Weakening of 51%, Higher Than Climate Models, Which Predict a Weakening of 32%:
Thermohaline Circulation Post #5. July 9, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Three April
2026 Papers in ‘Science Advances’ Address AMOC: 1) Overturning Transport Change
at AMOC’s Western Boundary May Indicate Weakening; 2) Volcanic Activity at the
Onset of the Younger Dryas May Have Disrupted AMOC; and 3) Ridge-Regularized
Linear Regression Model Shows AMOC Weakening of 51%, Higher Than Climate
Models, Which Predict a Weakening of 32%: Thermohaline Circulation Post #5
Monitoring Records Sea Floor Spreading Event at Mid-Ocean
Ridge for the First Time: Aseismic Fault Slip Found to Be Responsible for Over
95% of Fault Slip and Earthquakes for the Remainder. July 11, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Monitoring
Records Sea Floor Spreading Event at Mid-Ocean Ridge for the First Time:
Aseismic Fault Slip Found to Be Responsible for Over 95% of Fault Slip and
Earthquakes for the Remainder
New Study Concludes Anthropogenic Activities Affect
Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures More than in the Pacific, Where Natural
Processes Have the Biggest Effect on Temperatures. July 13, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Study
Concludes Anthropogenic Activities Affect Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures
More than in the Pacific, Where Natural Processes Have the Biggest Effect on
Temperatures
Uplift Beginning in the Jurassic Era and Accelerated in
the Eocene Period Created High Mountains in East Antarctica, Resulting in
Snowfall and Ice Sheet Formation Millions of Years Before Arctic Ice
Accumulation: This Happened When the Earth was 5 Degrees Celsius Warmer Than
Today. July 14, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Uplift
Beginning in the Jurassic Era and Accelerated in the Eocene Period Created High
Mountains in East Antarctica, Resulting in Snowfall and Ice Sheet Formation
Millions of Years Before Arctic Ice Accumulation: This Happened When the Earth
was 5 Degrees Celsius Warmer Than Today
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