WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced an investment of nearly $2.4 million from the President's Investing in America agenda through the Inflation Reduction Act to develop a cultural landscape study and predictive model for public lands in California and Arizona. The study would identify and provide a better understanding of the impacts of renewable energy development o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on July 23, 2024, entitled "Debris Avalanches In The Northern California Coast Range Triggered By Plate Boundary Earthquakes". The article was written by Jessie K. Pearl, Harvey Kelsey, Stephen J. Angster, Dylan Caldwell, Ian Pryor and Brian Sherrod. * * * Determining the timing and cause for ancient hillslope failures proves difficult in the western United States,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on July 20, 2024, entitled "Post-Fire Sediment Yield From A Central California Watershed: Field Measurements And Validation Of The WEPP Model". The article was written by Amy E. East, Joshua B. Logan, Helen Willemien Dow, Douglas P. Smith, Pat Iampietro, Jonathan Warrick, Thomas Lorenson, Leticia Hallas and Benjamin Kozlowicz. * * * In a warming climate, an intensif  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on July 5, 2024, entitled "Rangewide Occupancy Of A Flagship Species, The Coastal California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila Californica Californica) In Southern California: Habitat Associations And Recovery From Wildfire". The article was written by Barbara E. Kus, Kristine L. Preston and Alexandra Houston. * * * The Coastal California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica c  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Eight Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers were recently honored by the Lab's Engineering Principal Associate Directorate for their efforts in raising the Lab's visibility and reputation through Strategic Partnership Projects (SPPs). The event was hosted by Rob Sharpe, Engineering's deputy principal associate director for research and   more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In December 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) created a "mini sun" deep inside the National Ignition Facility (NIF), ushering in a new realm in scientific discovery. Lasting just a fraction of a second, this historic experiment marked the first time that a controlled fusion experiment achieved ignition. In the next two episodes of the Big Ideas L  more