WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following article: * * * U.S. Obesity Rate Changes Differ for Rural and Urban Areas, as Well as Across Regions By Mariah Ehmke and Brandon J. Restrepo Highlights * Despite a slight decline in the U.S. overall obesity rate from March 2022-2023 to March 2023-2024, rural obesity rates rose 0.5 percentage points during the same time. * The U.S. obesity rates in rural areas were higher than urban rat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) issued a document titled 'Optimizing critical mineral recovery at modern mines', a fact sheet prepared by Nadine Piatak, Sarah Jane White, Sarah Hayes, and Robert R. Seal, II. The document, Fact Sheet 2025-3026, details USGS initiatives to evaluate the potential for recovering critical minerals from mine waste. This information was released in May 2025. Critical minerals are vital for the U.S. economy, national defense, and energ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) document titled 'Assessment of Conventional and Continuous Oil and Gas Resources in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System in the Southwestern Wyoming Province, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, 2024' reports the agency's findings on undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves. Authored by the Mowry Shale Assessment Team, including Jane S. Hearon, Christopher J. Schenk, and others, the report--Fact Sheet 2025-3023--details a geologic assessmen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, released a document titled 'Methodology for Compilation of Previously Published Contour Data Showing the Altitude of the Base of Dakota Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.' This report was authored by Donald S. Sweetkind and is identified as Data Report 1213. The USGS published the report in 2025. The report describes the process of   more