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June 14, 2023 16:15 ET | Source: DRI

Looking for Answers in a Warming World

Reno, NV, June 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Disastrous wildfires and prolonged droughts; stronger hurricanes and cyclones; severe flooding and sea level rise: these are just some of the impacts of a...
May 08, 2023 15:06 ET | Source: DRI

DRI Aims to Increase Scientific Access to Earth Monitoring Data With Re-Launch of ClimateEngine.org

Reno, NV, May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The combined use of satellite and climate data has rapidly become critical for scientists and resource managers seeking to accurately assess changes in...
February 01, 2023 13:32 ET | Source: DRI

Wildfires Are Increasingly Burning California’s Snowy Landscapes and Colliding with Winter Droughts to Shrink California’s Snowpack

Reno, NV, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The early pandemic years overlapped with some of California’s worst wildfires on record, creating haunting, orange-tinted skies and wide swathes of burned...
November 29, 2022 11:36 ET | Source: DRI

Successful Citizen Science Weather Tracking Effort Goes National, Receives Three Additional Years of Funding From NASA

Reno, Nevada, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Satellite technologies often struggle to differentiate snow from rain near the freezing point in mountainous regions, with impacts on flood...
October 06, 2021 11:44 ET | Source: DRI

Early Human Activities Impacted Earth’s Atmosphere More Than Previously Known

Reno, Nev., Oct. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Several years ago, while analyzing ice core samples from Antarctica’s James Ross Island, scientists Joe McConnell, Ph.D., and Nathan Chellman, Ph.D.,...
September 02, 2021 13:57 ET | Source: DRI

DRI Taps Seasoned Development Executive to Lead Nationwide Environmental Fundraising Efforts

Las Vegas, Sept. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DRI is proud to welcome long-time education fundraising professional Kristin Ghiggeri Burgarello, who will serve as Director of Advancement. In her...