N.M. Science
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Flirting with a record high Friday in Albuquerque
As the forecast currently stands, tomorrow’s high temperature has the chance to set a record in Albuquerque, according to Chris Luckett at the National Weather Service. The current record at... Read more »
One view on the Hanford-WIPP proposal
WIPP, a smart Washington wag likes to say, “is the only drain in the bathtub.” Located in southeastern New Mexico, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is the only operating deep... Read more »
The Rio Grande: “a forlorn-looking river”
“That’s a forlorn-looking river, isn’t it,” Phil King told me as we walked out on Mesilla Dam this afternoon, looking down at the bed of sand where the Rio Grande... Read more »
New Mexico asks Supreme Court to throw out Texas water lawsuit
New Mexicans are meeting their legal obligation to deliver Rio Grande water to downstream users, and the US Supreme Court should throw out a lawsuit filed by Texas in January,... Read more »
Gallup survey shows US support for nuclear arms reductions
A new Gallup poll out today shows support in the United States for reductions in US and Russian nuclear weapons: Americans, by 56% to 38%, support a reduction in U.S.... Read more »
Drought Relief Act
University of New Mexico law professor Reed Benson had an interesting op-ed in this morning’s paper arguing for reauthorization of the federal Drought Relief Act: Major droughts, including more intense... Read more »
Is the purposes of nuclear deterrence really to reassure ourselves?
Is the purpose of our nuclear arsenal really to deter our hypothetical enemies, or reassure ourselves? Jeffrey Lewis, of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies: I once sat in... Read more »
History of Sandia Labs: March 13 talk in Los Alamos
The terrifically interesting Rebecca Ullrich (a nuclear historian who’s helped me with stories in the past) will be speaking next Wednesday (March 13) in Los Alamos: From Z Division to... Read more »
DOE proposes sending Hanford waste to New Mexico
The Department of Energy is proposing sending waste from radioactive waste tanks in Hanford, Wash., to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeast New Mexico. The proposal could send as... Read more »
March New Mexico runoff forecast: no break in the drought
If there is good news in the March New Mexico river runoff forecast, it is that things haven’t gotten any worse. Preliminary numbers sent around to water managers today by... Read more »
A nice summary of the Texas v. New Mexico water lawsuit
Laura Paskus, who writes for the Utton Center at the UNM law school, has written a nice summary (pdf) of the issues at stake in the lawsuit filed last month... Read more »
Battle against the quagga mussel arrives at the Roundhouse
The effort to hold the line against the invasive quagga mussel, scourge of the west’s waterways, has found its way to the New Mexico legislature with House Bill 536. The... Read more »
