BEREA, Ohio, Feb. 19 -- Baldwin Wallace University issued the following news: Mark Warman, a 2013 Baldwin Wallace sustainability and biology graduate, surprised local botanists with some major discoveries in Northeast Ohio. INVASIVE SPECIES SPECIALIST Warman serves as the aquatic invasive species project coordinator for the Cleveland Metroparks. He oversees efforts to identify and manage invasive plant species before they disrupt the local ecosystem. These initiatives save the city major main  more

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: Fifty years ago, the initial celebration of African American/Black History Month occurred at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, from Jan. 2 to Feb. 28, 1970. Similarly, during America's bicentennial celebration in 1976, Gerald Ford became the first president to recognize African American/Black History Month, and since then, other U.S. chief executives have also d  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 19 -- The Ohio Lake Erie Commission issued the following news release: The Ohio Lake Erie Commission will host a webinar on Feb. 24, 2020, to answer questions about the draft Ohio Domestic Action Plan 2020 that was released on Jan. 28. The Ohio Domestic Action Plan 2020 is a plan to reduce phosphorus entering Lake Erie under the binational Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. This draft Ohio plan is a continuation of the Western Basin of Lake Erie Collaboration Implementat  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Department of Health approved four more clinical registrants that will be part of the state's first-in-the-nation research program for medical marijuana. A clinical registrant holds both a medical marijuana grower/processor and dispensary permit and is contracted with an approved academic clinical research center. "Pennsylvania remains on the forefront for clinical res  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on Feb. 18: Yesterday, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Rep. David Joyce (R-OH) introduced H.R. 5906, the bipartisan Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act. The bill authorizes $15 million per year for five years in grants to states, tribes, nonprofits, public partnerships, and local governments looking to increase community outreach, awareness and  more

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb. 22 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- The University of Amsterdam issued the following news release: Scientists from the University of Amsterdam are warning that problems with toxic cyanobacteria are likely to increase in the future. In an article in the journal Science Advances, they show that a common cyanobacterium adapts exceptionally easily to rising CO2 concentrations. This toxic cyanobacterium can increase its CO2 uptake rate by a factor 5 at high CO2 concentrations: th  more