DURHAM, North Carolina, June 16 -- Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: * * * Tracking Nutrients on the Tundra Bereft of trees, the Arctic tundra unfolds across Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, Iceland and Scandinavia in sweeping vistas. Here in Earth's northern reaches, the frozen landscape thaws briefly in summer, enabling shrubs, grasses and other hardy plants to grow in shallow, nutrient-poor soils. But for Ph.D. student Perrin Hagge, it's not rooted vegetation that has fastened his attention.  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 16 -- VoteVets issued the following statement on June 15, 2026, by Army Major Gen. (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, senior adviser, on Iran: * * * Iraq War Commander says Trump lost a war that should never have been waged Donald Trump lost the Iran War -- a war that never should have been waged in the first place. I spent a career leading Americans into harm's way. The hardest decision in our Republic -- whether to send them at all -- the Constitution gives to Congress, the body closest to the people who do the dying, so that no more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Murkowski Lead Bipartisan Push to Protect U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) led a bipartisan group of Senators to demand the National Science Foundation (NSF) halt its plans to dismantle the vital Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a complex system of 900 ocean monitoring instruments that provides crucial data for coastal communities, fishermen, and natio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Merkley Lead Bipartisan Push to Protect U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a bipartisan group of Senators to demand the National Science Foundation (NSF) halt its plans to dismantle the vital Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a complex system of 900 ocean monitoring instruments that provides crucial data for coastal communities, fishermen, and nat more PR

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 15 -- The British Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * Scientists make new discovery in the history of the Giant's Causeway * The Giant's Causeway, located in Country Antrim, Northern Ireland, is one of the UK's most instantly recognisable natural landmarks. The distinctive columnar landscape was formed during intense volcanic activity which forced molten rock up through cracks in the earth. Thick lava flows then cooled, contracted and cracked, creating around 40 000 basalt columns that are re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 15, 2026: * * * Shaheen and Murkowski Introduce Senate Resolution Reaffirming Congressional Engagement with Arctic Allies Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a Senate resolution reaffirming the strategic importance of the Arctic region and supporting continued congressional engageme more PR