WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it publishes research papers on Earth and planetary processes with a focus on understanding the Earth as a system, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2020 edition: * Controlled Cooling-Rate Experiments on Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions: Chemical Diffusion and Quantification of Eruptive Cooling Rates on Hawaii and Mars * Deh  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 27 -- The East-West Center issued the following news release on Feb. 25: The East-West Center has rolled out a major update of its affiliated Pacific Islands Development Program, or PIDP, with the launch yesterday of the program's new website at PIDP.EastWestCenter.org. The new site highlights refocused priorities and new projects following recent user surveys and strategy dialogues with Pacific Islands leaders and stakeholders. In collaboration with a variety of researc  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 29 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following news: The UAW International Executive Board (IEB) voted on December 5 to merge the states represented by UAW Region 5 between UAW Regions 4 and 8. This merger became effective, February 28, 2020. States have been apportioned between Region 4 and 8 in the following way: UAW REGION 4 * Current Region 4: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana * Added Into Re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * - Mississippi, Alabama, Wyoming, Missouri, and Louisiana Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation - Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Hawaii, New York, and New Jersey Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation * * * Just-released WISQARS data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death   more