DRI news and milestones

The Harold J. Kruse Farming and Environment Award was established in 2022 by Stephanie Kruse, DRI Foundation Trustee, to honor her father's legacy and recognize his farming busin…

With extreme weather increasing across the world, scientists are striving to help critical infrastructure, such as water management systems, adapt. On the U.S. West coast, where…

DRI's STEM Education Program is pleased to announce its Fall 2026 Educator Professional Development training series in Reno, offering free, hands-on learning experiences. These t…

The Native Resilience project at DRI is pleased to announce the release of a new eBook, Holding the World in Balance: Indigenous stories of climate, care and continuance. This op…

DRI and OpenET are partnering with the Upper Colorado River Commission and the Bureau of Reclamation to expand evaporation monitoring on the Upper Colorado River Basin's largest…

Dr. Lynn Fenstermaker, DRI Research Professor Emeritus, has generously funded the annual DRI Career Growth Award with the goal of assisting a DRI early career scientist who has d…

The Western U.S. is experiencing periods of increasingly intense drought, and higher temperatures are exacerbating the issue by drawing even more moisture from plants and soils i…

DRI is excited to offer a new opportunity to go "behind the science" with tours of the Reno or Las Vegas DRI campus. These tours will provide a behind the scenes look at DRI scie…

Rain-on-snow storms have been challenging for emergency managers to forecast and prepare for due to limited understanding about how the snowpack responds to rain. A new tool dire…

Mountain weather is famously unpredictable, with storms rolling in at a moment's notice and one part of a mountain experiencing sleet while others nearby get rain or snow. Even s…

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. DRI scientists have previously…

A few miles south of Yosemite's famed Glacier Point, ringed by striking granite domes, lies the Illilouette Basin. This small stretch of the Sierra Nevada Mountains has become a…