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
No comments:
Post a Comment