On May 6, the Obama Administration released its third National Climate Assessment, a report on climate change and its impact on regions across the country.

Ted Hartwell is a victim of the federal government shutdown. He is one of several researchers at the Desert Research Institute who have been told by the federal government to stop working. The institute is the research arm of the Nevada System of Higher Education. In 2011-12, about 81 percent of its research projects were funded by federal dollars.

Creech Air Force Base drone crews operate unmanned aircraft in war zones from their Indian Springs location. The U.S. Geological Survey plans to use less sophisticated drones to spy on Southern Nevada’s mule deer and bighorn sheep later this year.