Earth Science

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

Study Estimates ‘Functional Biosphere Integrity’: Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Continues Useful ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Idea That, Unfortunately, Often Feeds Catastrophist Headlines. August 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Study Estimates ‘Functional Biosphere Integrity’: Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Continues Useful ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Idea That, Unfortunately, Often Feeds Catastrophist Headlines 

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

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