N.M. Science
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Delay in Kirtland Fuel Spill Data
There will be a three week delay in getting the latest data from the network of wells monitoring for jet fuel in groundwater in and near Kirtland Air Force Base.... Read more »
Balloon fans should expect a windy fiesta start
As Saturday’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta opening day approaches, the National Weather Service keeps hiking up the wind forecast. “We’ve been slowly – grudgingly – bumping it up,” said Kerry... Read more »
Limping El Niño Offers Little Hope for Drought Relief
El Niño, the Pacific-driven climate pattern that seemed to offer New Mexico some hope of drought relief in the coming winter, continues to sputter. The latest monthly federal forecast, out... Read more »
Blowback on the NNSA’s W76 problems
One additional note to add to the problems I wrote about earlier this week with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s program to refurbish the US stockpile of W76 nuclear warheads.... Read more »
SE New Mexico pitches new nuclear waste site
A coalition of southeast New Mexico government agencies plans to partner with French nuclear conglomerate Areva to try to bring high-level nuclear waste to a storage site between Carlsbad and... Read more »
Tennessee uranium building to be redesigned
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Uranium Processing Facility, already a poster child for nuclear weapons management problems, is apparently going to need a bigger poster. Frank Munger at the Knoxville... Read more »
A windy start to balloon fiesta?
There’s a bit more clarity this afternoon (Tues. 10/2/12) to the computer weather forecast models, as a cold front appears headed toward New Mexico from the east right about the... Read more »
Tuesday Bird Blogging: Roadrunner Edition
Mark Justice Hinton, who lives a couple of blocks over from my house, has a delightful post up about Spike, his neighborhood roadrunner, asking some nuanced questions about what counts... Read more »
Monsoon watch: Albuquerque wrapup
With the monsoon season now “officially” over, Jennifer Palucki at the National Weather Service has done a neat wrapup looking at 2012 for the Albuquerque metro area compared to previous... Read more »
Tiptoeing toward a Balloon Fiesta forecast
Five days out from our first mass ascension and it’s still not clear what the weather will be like Saturday morning. This much we know for sure, according to Kerry... Read more »
W76 Nuclear Warhead Refurbishment Faces Problems
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s efforts to refurbish its W76 nuclear warheads faces significant problems, according to a new report from the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General: NNSA... Read more »
Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch
In a column last week on the notion of “beneficial use” in western water law, I quoted a wonderful little bit of business from a 19th century Colorado Supreme Court decision... Read more »
