VICKSBURG, Mississippi, March 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: In this position, Dalton is responsible for communication activities involving the USACE Vicksburg District, providing strategic communication counsel to district leadership and technical staff. She will also manage media relations, working with local, regional, national, and international media representatives; facilitate community outreach efforts; and develop initiatives  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, March 25 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: Engineers from four U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) districts have been selected for the 2021 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Now in its sixth year, ERDC-U pairs USACE division and district participants with relevant laboratory mentors for six-month research projects. This year's participants were introduced to the  more

MONTEREY, California, March 26 (TNSpol) -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a 501(c)3 non-profit that inspires conservation of the ocean, issued the following news release: As leading aquariums from around the United States committed to reducing the sources of plastic pollution that are harming our ocean and freshwater environments, we applaud the introduction of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. We support the Act's comprehensive approach to helping stem the tide of plastic pollution acros  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 26 (TNSpol) -- Shedd Aquarium issued the following joint statement: * * * As leading aquariums from around the United States committed to reducing the sources of plastic pollution that are harming our ocean and freshwater environments, we applaud the introduction of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act. We support the Act's comprehensive approach to helping stem the tide of plastic pollution across the country and around the world -- particularly in mountain strea  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 24 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean. The paper, published in AGU Advances, describes the work of a team of researchers who set out to learn more about the fate of organic carbon that is transported in large quantities by the Mississi  more