N.M. Science
A science & weather blog by John Fleck
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New Mexico’s runoff problem in two graphs
In a story for last Saturday’s paper, I pointed to the increasingly serious problems as New Mexico’s snowpack begins to melt out: The problem, according to Raymond Abeyta of the... Read more »
Around the tubes
Some near-random links to things I found interesting on the Internet today: Mark Twain’s fan mail (yup, I’m a fan too, how can you not be?) Robert Osborne on Georgia’s... Read more »
New Mexico snowpack in 2013 worse than last year
Last year was a bad water year for New Mexico, but a series of then-and-now photos taken by the Brent Wachter at the Albuquerque National Weather Service office shows how... Read more »
Learn about Messier this Saturday evening
The Albuquerque Astronomical Society is hosting a lecture this Saturday (Marcxh 30) on Charles Messier, the astronomer whose work 300 years ago has made his name synonymous with deep sky... Read more »
Drought watch: metering groundwater on the Lower Rio Grande
More than once on my reporting trips to the Lower Rio Grande in the last two weeks, farmers made a point of showing me the meters on their groundwater pump... Read more »
Weekend freeze forecast for Albuquerque
If the warm weather over the last few weeks fooled you into attempting any spring gardening (it’s been over 70 six times already in Albuquerque), be prepared to cover your... Read more »
Mars Rover: Out of ‘safe mode,’ back to work
New Mexico’s Mars rover scientists can soon get back to work after Curiosity spent a couple of days in “safe mode”. From NASA: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has returned to... Read more »
New Mexico drought watch: new long-range forecast offers no relief
Today’s monthly forecast offers little hope for drought relief in New Mexico, with odds favoring warm, dry weather at least through the end of June, and possibly longer. For the... Read more »
Albuquerque sets record
Correction: Albuquerque’s high Friday, March 15, tied the record of 77 set in 2007. Albuquerque’s semi-official high of 77 at the National Weather Service’s airport thermometer this afternoon fell... Read more »
Let’s celebrate clean water
As New Mexico wrestles with water quantity problems (drought), let’s take a time out to celebrate water quality. Today’s the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Snow, a British... Read more »
Drought watch: meanwhile, further south on the Rio Grande
While we wrestle at the Texas-New Mexico-Chihuaha border about how much water New Mexico is delivering down the Rio Grande to our neighbors to the south, our neighbors to the... Read more »
Drought watch, Lower Rio Grande edition: a tough year for the pecan and chile farmers
Phil King, the New Mexico State University professor who advises the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, didn’t sugar coat things for the EBID board yesterday morning (Wed. 3/13/2013). “Still, frankly, pretty... Read more »
