WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey, an entity of the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued Data Report 1216, titled 'Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Characteristics of Coastal Cactus Wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) in San Diego County, California--2024 Data Summary,' authored by Suellen Lynn and Barbara E. Kus. The report summarizes data from surveys on the fragmentation-sensitive coastal Cactus Wren population in 507 established plots across four genetic  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Webb Explores Largest Star-Forming Cloud in Milky Way Webb's MIRI, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, helped reveal the star-studded Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud in unprecedented detail. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colorful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud, the most massive and act  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NRL's CCOR-2 Set to Boost Space Weather Forecasting Capabilities * The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Compact Coronagraph-2 (CCOR-2) launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory from NASA - Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida.  CCOR-2, designated as the primary instru  more

STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, a service component of the U.S. Africa Command, issued the following news: * * * SETAF-AF civil affairs noncommissioned officer translates French for his team in West Africa * VICENZA, Italy - When Chanson Benjamin started law school at the University of Minnesota, he never expected to trade his textbooks for civil affairs operations in Cote d'Ivoire. For the last six months, this Twin Cities resident has st  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: * * * Thunderstruck: Marines compete in first-ever service-wide communications team competition * MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- U.S. Marines from across the globe competed in the inaugural Thunderstruck Communications Team Competition, hosted by Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Sept. 10, 2025. Unprecedented in scope, the service-wide  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through its Ecosystems Mission Area--Species Management Research Program and in cooperation with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), issued Data Report 1214, titled 'Revised Marine Bird Collision and Displacement Vulnerability Index for U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Wind Energy Development'. The document was authored by Emma C. Kelsey, Jonathan J. Felis, David M. Pereks  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey has issued Open-File Report 2025-1045, titled 'Three-Dimensional Seismic Velocity Model for the Cascadia Subduction Zone with Shallow Soils and Topography, Version 1.7', authored by Erin A. Wirth, Alex R. Grant, Ian P. Stone, William J. Stephenson, and Arthur D. Frankel. This document describes a critically needed update to the existing three-dimensional (3D) seismic velocity model for the Cascadia Subd  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), issued an Open-File Report, Open-File Report 2025-1041, titled 'Collaborative Drought Science Planning in the Colorado River Basin' in 2025. Authored by Patrick J. Anderson, Jeanne E. Godaire, Daniel K. Jones, William J. Andrews, Alicia A. Torregrosa, Meghan T. Bell, JoAnn M. Holloway, Molly A. Blakowski, Joseph A. Hevesi, and Sharon L. Qi, the report outlines a strategy developed by the USGS to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the 'ShakeAlert(R)--Communication, Education, Outreach, and Technical Engagement Strategic Vision' (Circular 1561), which details the collaborative framework for maximizing the effectiveness of the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning (EEW) system. The strategic vision was authored by Robert M. de Groot, Sara K. McBride, Margaret J. Vinci, Gabriel C. Lotto, Megan L. Anderson, Danielle F. Sumy, and Brian Terbush. The   more