The atmosphere over the Dead Sea, researchers have found, is laden with oxidized mercury.

A state water authority manager suggests providing public funds for seeding clouds in Northern Nevada for drinking water in Las Vegas. Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager Pat Mulroy suggested his agency provide funds to keep a Desert Research Institute cloud seeding program operating, The Las Vegas Sun reported Monday. Water authority staff members must determine whether it would be in southern Nevada's best interest to fund part of the cloud-seeding program, so the DRI could continue seeding above the Colorado River basin and other basins. DRI has 23 cloud-seeding stations in Nevada and six in the Sierra Nevada range along the California border, which create an additional 65,000 acre-feet of precipitation, mostly snow.

The burning of coal in North America and western Europe has been a prime contributor to heavy metal pollution in the Arctic, according to a new study.

By Keith Rogers By KEITH ROGERS REVIEW-JOURNAL Desert Research Institute's water resources program hit a high mark with an announcement Monday of a major financial gift that should keep it afloat for a long time.

By Fujita, Eric M Zielinska, Barbara; Campbell, David E; Arnott, W Patrick; Et al ABSTRACT The U.S.