BOULDER, Colorado, May 17 (TNSjou) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release: * * * Scientists develop months-ahead drought forecasts at 2.5-mile resolution * * * A new computer modeling technique developed by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) offers the potential to generate months-ahead summertime drought forecasts across the Western United States with the capability of differentiating between dry conditions at locatio  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 17 (TNSjou) -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release on May 16, 2023: * * * Disease progresses faster in those that continue to smoke after diagnosis * * * Researchers at National Jewish Health evaluating computerized tomography (CT) scans of emphysema progression in the COPDGene(R) study showed that, during a span of 10 years, participants with pre-existing emphysema who continued smoking had the largest decline in adjusted l  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 17 (TNSgov) -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: The National Wildlife Federation welcomed the End Speculative Oil and Gas Leasing Act, sponsored by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Representative Susie Lee (D-Nev.), which will stop oil and gas speculators from leasing public lands that have little or no potential for energy development but have big potential for wildlife habitat conservation. "This is common sense legislation   more