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Join us on June 19th for our June Lunch Program on the Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study featuring City of Sacramento Principal Planner Fedolia "Sparky" Harris and Dokken Engineering Senior Engineer Pamela Dalcin-Walling. Register Here: https://lnkd.in/gG9pM5tU The City of Sacramento is undertaking an engineering feasibility study for a new multi-modal bridge across the lower American River between Truxel Road and Sequoia Pacific Boulevard to better connect North and South Natomas with the Central City. Limitations associated with the existing crossings discourage walking, biking, and transit resulting in higher greenhouse gas emissions, higher vehicle miles traveled (VMT) due to longer trips, less efficient transit routing, and reduced public health and air quality. This limited connectivity also leads to longer emergency response times and can hinder evacuation routes. The purpose of the study is to refine the adopted alternative for the new bridge by conducting an inclusive public outreach and engagement process in collaboration with detailed engineering and environmental analysis.

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🌎 Strengthening Our Communities Against Seismic Risks with Sustainable Innovations 🌎 As we look to fortify the Pacific Northwest’s aging infrastructure, addressing seismic vulnerabilities in Unreinforced Masonry (URM) buildings is critical. The risks are real, particularly with potential large-scale seismic events from the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). AtlantisFiber is leading with innovative solutions that blend advanced technology and sustainability to create stronger, safer, and greener concrete systems. 🚧 NexGuard™ for URM Resilience The NexGuard™ blend by AtlantisFiber provides high ductility and resilience to withstand significant seismic stress. Specifically designed for URM buildings, it offers a transformative approach to retrofitting, utilizing a hybrid fiber blend that can absorb and distribute seismic forces more effectively than traditional reinforcement methods. This adaptability helps in creating a safer environment for communities without the extensive labor and costs usually required in traditional reinforcement processes. WATCH A VIDEO about the CSZ: https://lnkd.in/ga2t_Xpz 🌱 EnviroGuard–100™ for Enhanced Durability in Flatwork Beyond seismic applications, EnviroGuard–100™ provides exceptional crack and shrinkage resistance for various concrete surfaces. Developed from repurposed tire fibers, EnviroGuard–100™ is both environmentally friendly and highly effective for flatwork applications such as commercial slabs, roadways, and parking lots. By reducing cracking by up to 90%, it extends the lifespan of concrete structures and minimizes future repair costs. These solutions not only address today’s infrastructure needs but also align with sustainability goals, making AtlantisFiber an essential partner in the ongoing commitment to environmental stewardship and resilience in construction. #CascadiaPrepared #SeismicRetrofit #AtlantisFiber #SustainableBuilding #URMResilience #NexGuard #EnviroGuard #ConcreteInnovation #PacificNorthwestConstruction

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#Mercury #Permafrost #Alaska #YukonRiver #IsabelSmith #JoshWest #UniversityOfSouthernCalifornia "Alaska’s Yukon River may be shuttling much more than just water as it traverses the state and empties into the Bering Sea. A California-led research team has now found evidence that climate change-induced permafrost melting is unleashing long-sequestered mercury deposits into this critical freshwater artery. The release of the metal, which has been stored in the permafrost for millennia, now poses an environmental and public health hazard to about 5 million people living in the Arctic zone, according to the study, published on Thursday in Environmental Research Letters. More than 3 million of those individuals reside in areas where permafrost is expected to disappear entirely by 2050, the researchers noted. “There could be this giant mercury bomb in the Arctic waiting to explode,” said co-author Josh West, professor of Earth sciences and environmental studies at the University of Southern California, in a statement. Earth’s natural atmospheric circulation tends to transport pollutants to higher latitude, resulting in a northbound buildup of mercury — which then moves from air to ground to water, West explained. “A lot of mercury pollution ends up in the Arctic,” he said. “Permafrost has accumulated so much mercury that it could dwarf the amount in the oceans, soils, atmosphere and biosphere combined.” Arctic plants that absorb mercury ultimately die and become part of the soil, freezing into permafrost. Once that soil starts thawing, however, it discharges the highly concentrated mercury into the environment. While previous methods of assessing mercury levels have involved sampling cores from the top 10 feet of permafrost, the researchers decided to dig deeper — into riverbank and sandbar sediments. “The river can quickly mobilize large amounts of sediment containing mercury,” lead author Isabel Smith, a doctoral candidate at USC Dornsife, said in a statement. The researchers concluded that because the levels they detected were consistent with past estimates, this new measurement technique could constitute a reliable gauge for mercury content. Although the mercury accumulation doesn’t pose an acute threat to residents today, the risks stand to increase over time and will primarily impact fish and game consumption, the authors noted. Mercury deposits may also fluctuate, as the river both mobilizes mercury-laced sediments and redeposits them onto sandbars and beaches, according to the study. “Decades of exposure, especially with increasing levels as more mercury is released, could take a huge toll on the environment and the health of those living in these areas,” Smith said."

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The financial impacts of this 2021 law will be significant for the built environment in urban areas throughout California. This article is focused on projects in San Francisco but will impact all types of construction in every metropolitan area in California.

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In the new scientific theory of the natural suffocation cycle of the earth, I have clearly stated the scientific reason for these disasters in California, and contrary to the statements of this person and the article of Ms. Alexandra Dunya Syphard & her colleagues in PNAS Journal, we can easily prevent California fires! Therefore, according to advanced atmospheric physics, the drying of California trees and their fires have nothing to do with the consumption of fossil fuels! These uneducated scientists do not ask themselves the question why in the whole United States only these disasters occur in the state of California? The answer is very simple: because California is the only state that is under the catastrophic influence of external and internal invisible atmospheric lenses, and it is becoming hell! https://lnkd.in/dxXPMtvb #NewScientificTheoryOfTheEarthNaturalSuffocationCycle #BehavioralPhysicsofNaturalColloidalParticles #wildfires #netzero #climatechange #CO2 #wildfire #airquality #FBF2024 #geology #geologist #geologyrocks #geophysicist #energytransition #climatescience #earthscience #earthsciences #sciencecommunication #scienceeducation #meteorology #atmosphere #atmospheric #earthscience #earthobservation #physics #geophysics #dataanalytics #scienceexploration #politics #physics #aerosol #atmospher #airpollution  #InternationalDayofCombatingSandandDustStorms #Copernicus #climatechangeadaptation #WHO #IPCC #UNClimateChange #NOAA #Cop10 #AirPollution #Air #AirReport #NASA #COP28 #IAEA #EPA #EPA #WMO #ipccreport #globalwarming #climatecrisis #COP26 #temperature #unavoidableopportunity #climateresilience #ActOnClimate #wildfires #oceans #globalwarming #technology #netzero #scenarios #ClimateAction #sciencenews #scienceeducation #sciencecommunication #abpoli #cdnpoli #anthropocene #InternationalDayofCombatingSandandDustStorms #CopernicusAtmosphere #SaharanDust

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