List/Grid Author Archives: John Fleck / Journal Staff Writer
No Kirtland Jet Fuel In Newest Tests
Preliminary results show edge of plume decades away from drinking wells
Water supply graph of the week: Albuquerque new home construction
Within the next couple of weeks, the US Bureau of Reclamation will be releasing its eagerly awaited Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. We already know the general outlines:... Read more »
Water Utility, Kirtland reach jet fuel planning deal. Sort of.
Albuquerque’s municipal water utility and the US Air Force have reached a tentative deal regarding the utility’s costs for dealing with aviation fuel leaking through groundwater from Kirtland Air Force... Read more »
The tumbleweed snowman is up, holiday season now can begin
The crews at the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority outdid themselves, I think, with this year’s tumbleweed snowman. A holiday fixture for more than two decades along the edge... Read more »
Is modernization overshadowing the rest of US nuclear weapons policy?
Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists raised an interesting question during a recent talk (discussed in blog post): In my talk, I argued that the Obama administration’s nuclear... Read more »
Forecast Calls for Lots of Sunshine in Days Ahead
Storm from the Pacific could be on tap next weekend
If you like New Mexico’s current warm dry weather, you’ll be delighted for the next week
In the evolution of the science of meteorology, one of the early milestones was coming up with forecast tools that could beat what meteorologists call “the persistence forecast”. The idea... Read more »
Riparian Restoration
The canvasbacks, red-headed immigrant ducks, had already made their winter arrival by the time ecolo ...
Wednesday Bird Blogging: Bosque Restoration Edition
Canvasbacks, a red-headed immigrant duck that winters here, were back this morning. Army Corps of Engineers ecologist Ondrea Hummel was giving photographer Roberto E. Rosales and me a tour of... Read more »
NNSA taking a look at uranium project problems
Frank Munger reports that the National Nuclear Security Administration is taking a closer look at the design problems plaguing the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF), a multi-billion dollar project in Tennessee:... Read more »
