HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 26 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, state Department of Education Commissioner and U.S. Secretary of Education-designate Miguel Cardona, and Officeof Higher Education Executive Director Tim Larson today invited Connecticutstudents to "Code for Good" by participating in the 2021 Lt. Governor's Computing Challenge. "High-skill and high-wage careers in the STEM fields are in high-demand, but too  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 25: In letter to fishing industry, Governor Mills affirms Maine's commitment to the climate, energy and economic benefits of floating offshore wind, proposes moratorium on new wind projects in more heavily fished state waters Governor Janet Mills today proposed a series of actions to advance the nation's first floating offshore wind research array in federal waters and to protect Maine's more heavil  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 26 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Scientists at our Milford Lab have found that juvenile fish abundance in communities found on a rock reef in Long Island Sound shifted from 2004 to 2016. During this period, waters also warmed. The Rise of Warm-Adapted Species Two warm-adapted species: black sea bass, a commercially and recreationally important fish, and oyster toadfish became more abundant in recent sam  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A multidisciplinary, multi-institution effort is bringing together computer modeling, biological, and social science research to inform management policies for Northeast scallop fisheries facing the threat of ocean acidification. The $1,034,822 project sponsored by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Acidification Program includes researchers from the University of Connecticu  more