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Scientists on alert for massive undersea volcano eruption off West Coast

undersea volcano predicted

Chadwick was calm enough to leave for a three-week expedition to Guam on May 7 to explore the Mariana Trench – though he noted that those following Oregon's undersea volcano joke that it's most likely to erupt when its least convenient. "May is looking like a pretty inconvenient time for Axial to erupt ... so you never know!"

Scott Nooner, a professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, who co-runs the Axial Seamount blog with Chadwick, said on May 16 that there's no new news.

"We are still waiting for activity to pick up there," he said.

Dating of the flows around the seamount shows that it has erupted about 50 times over the last 800 years, about once every 15 years on average.

A series of instruments around the volcano indicate a reservoir has been refilling with magma since its last eruption, gradually inflating so that it's bulging upward.

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3M settlement: Why NJ is receiving up to $450M over PFAS pollution

3M settlementChemical firm 3M has agreed to pay up to $450 million to address water pollution and other environmental damage from PFAS, or "forever chemicals," New Jersey officials have announced.

The agreement would resolve 3M's liability for PFAS contamination from the 1,455-acre Chambers Works complex in Pennsville and Carneys Point. PFAS was supplied to the sprawling plant by 3M until 2001.

It also would resolve lawsuits against 3M over the presence of PFAS in fire-fighting foam across the state and over pollution at a company facility in Sayreville, Middlesex County.

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Slightly unusual 'atmospheric river' event to hit Southeast U.S.

Atmospheric event to hit sw US

A jet stream over the Gulf of Mexico will likely reach an area it doesn't typically hit: the Southeastern United States.

Beginning this weekend into Monday and Tuesday, widespread rainfall across the region could result in 4 to 6 inches of rain, the National Weather Service said. Isolated spots are expected to see as much as 12 inches of rain.

Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina are forecast to see most of the effects of the atmospheric river.

The chances of rain in the area "will increase later this weekend, with the potential for heavy rainfall Monday through Tuesday, which could result in flooding," the NWS said early Saturday.

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4.1-magnitude earthquake shakes East Tennessee and Knoxville

Tennessee quake

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook Knoxville and East Tennessee at 9:04 a.m. ET May 10, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake originated near Greenback, Tennessee, which is 30 miles southwest of Knoxville. The earthquake was about 15 miles deep, the USGS says, which is considered a shallow quake.

It was the seventh earthquake with a 4.0 magnitude or greater since 1900 and the first since a 4.4-magnitude quake hit Decatur in 2018. The largest earthquake in East Tennessee since 1900 was a 4.7-magnitude quake in Alcoa in 1973.

The Knoxville Fire Department did not receive any reports of damage, spokesman Mark Wilbanks said, nor did the Knoxville Police Department.

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Big US cities are sinking. This map shows where the problem is the worst.

Cities are sinkingThe nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study.

Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction," say the study authors, though other forces are at work in some places. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where sea level rise is a concern, but many in the interior.

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking.

He added that the study "offers critical information for urban planning, infrastructure adaptation, and hazard preparedness."

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‘How come I can’t breathe?': Musk’s data company draws a backlash in Memphis

Musk plant

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.

None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules.

The company has no Clean Air Act permits.

In just 11 months since the company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides, according to calculations by environmental groups whose data has been reviewed by POLITICO’s E&E News. The plant is in an area whose air is already considered unhealthy due to smog.

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Dangerously hot in Alaska? New warnings show climate change impact.

Alaska heatWebsites can be scrubbed of climate change references and the U.S. halted from international and national climate assessments, but rising temperatures leave their own evidence, especially in the nation’s most northern state.

Temperatures have climbed for decades in Alaska, where it’s warming two- to three-times faster than the global average. The heat warms surrounding waters, shrinks glaciers and sea ice and creates more hazardous conditions for people.

As a result, after batting around the idea for a while, National Weather Service offices in Juneau and Fairbanks, Alaska, will start issuing heat advisories for the first time this summer, said Rick Thoman, climate specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. In the past, special weather statements were used to communicate heat risks.

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Trump administration sues 4 blue states over climate suits, laws

Trup sues 4 states

The Trump administration has sued four Democratic-led states to try to block their climate-related lawsuits or laws.

On Wednesday, the administration sued Michigan and Hawaii in an attempt to block them from suing fossil fuel companies over climate change.

On Thursday, it sued New York and Vermont over their “climate Superfund” laws — which require fossil fuel companies to pay for emissions stemming from their products.

In lawsuits filed Wednesday, the Justice Department asked federal courts to permanently prevent Michigan and Hawaii from pursuing claims against fossil fuel companies.

The administration argued that it’s up to the federal government — not states — to regulate climate pollution and that therefore these lawsuits are unconstitutional.

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White House dismisses authors of major climate report

Climate authors fired by Trump

The Trump Administration has dismissed the scientists working on the country's flagship climate report, a move that threatens to curtail climate science and make information about global warming less available to the public.

The National Climate Assessment is the most trustworthy and comprehensive source of information about how global warming affects the United States. It answers common questions about how quickly sea levels are rising near American cities, how much rain is normal for different regions and how to deal with wildfire smoke exposure.

The assessment is mandated by Congress, and its sixth edition was supposed to be released in late 2027. About 400 volunteer authors had already started work. They included top scientists as well as economists, tribal leaders and climate experts from non-profit groups and corporations.

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