N.M. Science
A science & weather blog by John Fleck
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Bidding our forests adieu
Hillary Rosner has a post at the New York Times this morning about New Mexico scientist Craig Allen’s observations on the fate of our forests: Dr. Allen, who runs the... Read more »
Monsoon watch
If you noticed your swamp cooler working a little better on Sunday in Albuquerque, that’s the lack of moisture at work. The drier the air, the more cooling you get... Read more »
Monsoon watch
Folks up in Colorado are pinning their hopes on a surge of monsoon moisture to help calm their rash of growing wildfires. But Bob Berwyn in the Summit Voice has... Read more »
Monsoon watch
The dry air that blew in Friday afternoon (6/22/12) in Albuquerque dropped the day’s dewpoint to 46.25 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, which means our little burst of... Read more »
81 percent of New Mexico now in “severe drought”
My colleague Robert E. Rosales snapped a remarkable photo earlier today that sums up conditions on the Rio Grande. That’s the river at San Antonio, at the north end of... Read more »
Monsoon watch
Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about! Journal photographer Roberto E. Rosales captured this signature monsoon picture as yesterday evening’s rogue thunderstorm rolled across Duke Stadium, err, I mean Isotopes Park... Read more »
Monsoon watch
Dewpoints are up today in Albuquerque, but don’t be deceived. To refresh, we’re looking for three consecutive days of dewpoints above 47 (a daily average, not the day’s peak), plus... Read more »
The very first Kirtland fuel spill story
With the recent coverage the newspaper has given to the aviation fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base (today’s latest), a colleague recently dug through the archives to find the... Read more »
Monsoon watch
So the early consensus emerging from my effort at crowdsourcing the start of the monsoon in Albuquerque is July 8. And by “early consensus” I mean the one person to... Read more »
Markey calls for nuke bill veto
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., sent a letter this week to the White House with a 32 co-signers calling for a veto of the House’s 2013 defense authorization bill over over... Read more »
Water Utility to Discuss Kirtland Jet Fuel Spill Wednesday
update: My story in the morning paper. previously: Members of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Board will consider a couple of resolutions tomorrow evening (Wed. 6/20/2012) that could... Read more »
Crowdsourcing monsoon onset
Given the complete uselessness of my column in this morning’s newspaper regarding the monsoon forecast (or lack thereof), a smart person with skin in the game (let’s just say that... Read more »
