N.M. Science
A science & weather blog by John Fleck
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La Nina: it’s a dry wind
No, you’re not imagining it. Weather during drought-making La Niña conditions really is windier here in Albuquerque. That’s the conclusion of Todd Shoemake, one of the forecasters at the National... Read more »
Festival of the Cranes near
It’s that time of year, when sandhill cranes and the humans who love them converge on Socorro and the Bosque del Apache for the annual Festival of the Cranes. Journal... Read more »
Sunday Bird Blogging: geese at the Rio Grande Nature Center
The winter birds are starting to settle in at the Rio Grande Nature Center, the state park along the river in the heart of the Albuquerque metro area. This afternoon,... Read more »
Seismic Risk and Los Alamos
“We protect ourselves from lots of things that are unlikely to happen,” risk perception consultant David Ropeik told me in an interview this week, “but would be really bad if... Read more »
Where Albuquerque’s Water Comes From
Schmoozing during one of the social sessions at this week’s American Water Resources Association meeting in Albuquerque, I talked to an academic who’s doing survey work on what we know... Read more »
Our hard-to-see river
I didn’t meant to be pitching Cynthia Barnett a softball yesterday afternoon when I took the Florida water writer on a quick tour of the Rio Grande. I just wanted... Read more »
Backing away from “automatic” budget cuts?
The “super committee” budget cutting effort has become the focus of intense attention from people on both sides of the defense budget debate – those who favor cuts, and those... Read more »
Irrigation Season Winds Down, Albuquerque Water Diversions Resume
What a difference a little irrigation, or lack thereof, makes on the Rio Grande. Aside from a bit of water still being diverted to meet Pueblo irrigation needs, the Middle... Read more »
Even after a wet October, NM drought remains stubborn
Albuquerque got an inch and a half of rain in October, which counts as plenty wet lately. It’s the first month with above-average precipitation since last December. But it’s been... Read more »
How much will it cost if UPF isn’t funded?
Frank Munger asks how much it will cost to maintain old Oak Ridge uranium facilities if Congress doesn’t fund a shiny new UPF. Answer? A lot.
New Mexico is not North Dakota, but…
There’s quite a moment in Kurt Madar’s Farmington Daily Times story this morning about the potential start of shale drilling in the San Juan Basin: The issue is so important... Read more »
Managing for drought and climate change, or not
Peter Aldhous has a piece in the British science magazine New Scientist today about what we know and don’t know about drought and climate change in the West. Much of... Read more »
