N.M. Science
A science & weather blog by John Fleck
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Around the tubes
Some longish links worth a click: Jessica Ludy takes a deep dive into questions of flood risk, and what’s wrong with just thinking about the hundred year flood The WSJ... Read more »
Legal intricacies of water transfer proposal on display
The language of Article XVI, Section 3 of the New Mexico Constitution (pdf) rolls like poetry off the tongues of water lawyers: Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure... Read more »
Funding CMRR: what to watch for in the 2013 budget
When the Obama administration releases its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request next Monday (2/13/12), the single biggest ticket item for New Mexico will be funding for the $4 billion-plus Los... Read more »
Monday bird blogging: Franklin’s gull
It was a bit like a game of avian “Where’s Waldo” this morning as journal photographer Pat Vasquez-Cunning and I stood on the banks of the Rio Grande with Judy... Read more »
Dry wind already eating into New Mexico snowpack
New Mexico’s dry spring winds are the bane of water managers and farmers. When they blow, they can eat into the snowpack before it has a chance to melt and... Read more »
Chances of NM drought breaking not looking good
While snow falls to or north, the latest drought forecast for New Mexico and the southern tier of states doesn’t look good: We should have updated runoff forecasts either today (Fri.... Read more »
What’s the real danger from a Los Alamos earthquake?
The National Nuclear Security Administration this week sent a fascinating package of memos (pdf) to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board regarding upgrades to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 1970s-era Plutonium... Read more »
Wednesday bird blogging: Rio Grande Nature Center edition
If further evidence is needed that my job is a bit of a scam at times, consider my plans next week to go out birdwatching with Judy Liddell, author of... Read more »
Chu: One “Son of Yucca Mountain” may not be enough
While southeast New Mexico civic leaders busy themselves marketing the region as a possible nuclear waste site now that the federal government has abandoned Yucca Mountain (see my colleague Mike... Read more »
State denies permission for WIPP to use new shielded containers for more highly radiaoctive waste
The New Mexico Environment Department today (Tues. 1/31/12) denied a federal request for permission to use new lead-lined 55 gallon drums for some of the more highly radioactive waste being... Read more »
NNSA Performance Evaluations: the documents
For those interested in diving into the weeds on the issues raised in my column this morning on NNSA’s refusal to make its contractor performance evaluations public, here are the... Read more »
Albuquerque water events upcoming
A couple of interesting water-related events in the coming week: Em Hall will be at Bookworks (4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW) Tuesday (1/31/2012) at 7 p.m. discussing “Reining in the... Read more »
