BOULDER, Colorado, Sept. 26 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * New online tool supports drought resilience across the Mississippi River Basin CIRES staff were instrumental in developing the new dashboard that helps communities mitigate the impacts of drought and low water * The Mississippi River provides drinking water for millions of Americans, supports hundreds of fish and bird species, and is one of the world's most import  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Bess Averett, executive director, of Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, from a Sept. 18, 2025, hearing on the Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act (H.R. 4467): * * * Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to present testimony today. My name is Bess Averett, and I serve as  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Robert L. Thomas Jr., national president and board chairman of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, from a Sept. 17, 2025, hearing entitled "Strengthening Services for Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder": * * * Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, and members of the committee, I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today on behalf of Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) abou  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 24 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice's Dee earns AGU Nanne Weber Early Career Award * Rice University climatologist Sylvia Dee has been awarded the 2025 Nanne Weber Early Career Award from the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Section. The award recognizes significant contributions to paleoceanography and paleoclimatology research by scientists within 10 years of receiving their doctorate. Dee joins  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has published Open-File Report 2025-1050, titled 'Upper Mississippi River Restoration Future Hydrology Meeting Series'. Authored by Molly Van Appledorn and Lucie Sawyer, the report documents a series of workshops focused on addressing the lack of quantitative hydrologic data representing potential future conditions for the Upper Mississippi R  more