BOULDER, Colorado, March 22 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * Researchers coin 'thirstwaves' as new term for prolonged periods of atmospheric thirst New research on thirstwaves can help improve agricultural water management Panoramic photo of a dry riverbed with a hill and trees in the background. Most people have heard of heatwaves: extended periods of abnormally hot weather. But researchers from CIRES and the University of  more

BOULDER, Colorado, March 22 -- The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association issued the following news on March 20, 2025: * * * Statement from SHEEO President Rob Anderson on Executive Order to Close the U.S. Department of Education Today's executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education, along with sweeping workforce reductions at the U.S. Department of Education--including substantial layoffs at the National Center for Education Statistics, the Office for Civil Rights,  more