CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 13 -- EcoWatch posted the following news: By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes According to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the planet's hydrological cycle is "spinning out of balance" due to human activity and climate change. Extreme rainfall and droughts, seemingly two opposites on a spectrum of extreme weather, are bringing unprecedented and frequent damage to communities. Flooding from melting ice, snow and glaciers has increased as water securi  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist As residents of Louisiana prepare for possible disruptions in their drinking water caused by saltwater intrusion, researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District with assessment and mitigation efforts. With much of the l  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 12 -- The Association of Zoos and Aquariums issued the following news release: The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) member facilities are uniting behind advancing the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including protecting at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 (30x30). More than 100 AZA-accredited members have already signed a declaration (with signatories as of 10/10/2023) uniting behind efforts to end and reverse the world's   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 12 -- The California Academy of Sciences issued the following news release: The California Academy of Sciences is joining more than 100 Association of Zoos and Aquariums(AZA) member facilities in advancing the goals of the Kunnming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including protecting at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 (30x30). Similar biodiversity goals have been set by the Biden Administration and the state of California, which the California Aca  more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- CoBank, a cooperative bank that serves agribusinesses, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations, issued the following news release: The combination of high interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar is beginning to take a disproportionate toll on rural industries like agriculture, forest products, mining and manufacturing. Most international transactions are still conducted in dollars, and a strong dollar makes U.S. exports more expensive an  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, are lowering the Mississippi River water elevations between Lower St. Anthony Falls and Lock and Dam 1, both in Minneapolis, starting Oct. 13. Corps officials plan to maintain the lower river elevations through Oct. 30, to allow Twin Cities Hydro, LLC, to inspect and repair t  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for Big Lake habitat rehabilitation and enhancement study on the Upper Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minnesota and will host a public meeting Nov. 8 at Wabasha-Kellogg High School to discuss the project. The draft EA can be viewed at https://www.mvp.us  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Oct. 12 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $1.6 million in investments to six projects in the Alabama Black Belt region through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local economies from the middle o  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Oct. 13 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $2.7 million in investments to two projects across Western Tennessee through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local economies from the middle out and b  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Oct. 14 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $2.9 million in investments to three projects across Western Tennessee through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local economies from the middle out and  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Oct. 11 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $3.3 million in investments to nine projects in Louisiana through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local economies from the middle out  more

STANFORD, California, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The Hoover Institution at Stanford University issued the following news release: The Hoover Institution is pleased to welcome its 2023-24 class of the Robert and Marion Oster National Security Affairs Fellowship Program. The distinguished group includes ten fellows who are high-ranking officers representing US military branches, the US Foreign Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They have each t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today addressed the saltwater intrusion into fresh water sources in southeast Louisiana. Key comments from Kennedy's remarks include: "Now, I am an optimist who worries. I am worried about this because about a million of my 4.6 million people in my state depend on this river for drinking water. And, we're in the middle of watching the saltwater come up the river and we don't thin  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 10 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2023: By Matt Vines "We no longer have funerals. People are blotted out of existence." That was an observation made in the upstart Daily Times (now the Shreveport Times) near the height of the Yellow Fever Epidemic in 1873. That epidemic killed one-quarter of Shreveport's population in the third-worst yellow fever epidemic in U.S. history. More than 1,200 died in a 12-week spa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: Shifts in the frequency and intensity of storms due to climate change may have important consequences for the hydrology and biogeochemistry of rivers. However, our understanding of event-related biogeochemical dynamics in large rivers lags that of small streams. To fill this gap, we used high-frequency sensor data collected during four consecu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's 33 million small businesses, announced four contract awards to small businesses and entrepreneur support organization (ESO) partners, expanding the SBA's Regional Innovation Clusters to 16 hubs nationwide. SBA's Regio  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 14 -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on Oct. 13, 2023: Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Karen Walsh and Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman today appointed an 11-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next UW-La Crosse chancellor. Regent Ashok Rai will chair the Search and Screen Committee. Enilda Delgado, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice in the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Human  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 14 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * Organizations seek to halt and reverse catastrophic biodiversity decline * * * The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has united with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and its member facilities to advance the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which includes protecting at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 (30x30). More than 100 AZA-accredit  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The World Meteorological Organization issued the following news release: The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human activities, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization, which provides an extensive assessment of global water resources. Droughts and extreme rainfall events are wreaking a heavy toll on lives and economies. Melting snow, ice and glaciers have increased hazards like  more