N.M. Science
A science & weather blog by John Fleck
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Looking at pictures of the Grand Canyon never gets old
Apropos of nothing except that it’s less than a day’s drive from Albuquerque, I’ve not been in a couple of years and I’m jonesing for a trip to the Grand... Read more »
Parsing the nuclear weapons funding discussion
Understanding the potential effect of federal budget-cutting efforts is hard right now, because there is a lack of clarity about what really counts as the “nuclear weapons budget”, and how... Read more »
Albuquerque water board to discuss Air Force jet fuel spill
The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority board will get an update tomorrow evening (Wed. 10/19/2011) on the risks from a Kirtland Air Force Base jet fuel spill now spreading... Read more »
If you hear a boom coming from Sandia in the next couple of days, it’s probably intentional
Sandia labs plans to blow something up tomorrow (Tues. 10/18) and Wednesday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. They won’t say what: “national security”. But if you hear a boom,... Read more »
That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Renamed
The BoingBoing crowd has been having a go at new names for the Very Large Array.* A few favorites: Super Huge Interferometric Telescope (do the acronym) “Giant INterferometric Observatory Of... Read more »
New Mexico’s drying out
After that brief bit of optimism from our early October rain storms (2011 is only the fourth driest calendar year to date on record for Albuquerque, instead of the driest!)... Read more »
Safety Board coming to NM in November to discuss Los Alamos issues
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is coming to Santa Fe next month for a day of public hearings on Los Alamos National Laboratory safety issues. The topics are pretty... Read more »
Long term drought outlook not so great
I’ll have some rare good news in tomorrow morning’s newspaper about drought conditions in New Mexico – the first improvement since May in the weekly federal Drought Monitor. Now here’s... Read more »
Feds give green light to Los Alamos plutonium lab
The National Nuclear Security Administration issued a formal notice today that it intends to proceed with a multi-billion dollar plutonium laboratory in Los Alamos. The decision, which was expected, clears... Read more »
Very Large Array, after makeover, hunting new name
The iconic Very Large Array, New Mexico’s most famous telescope, is looking for a new name to go along with its just completed makeover. The makeover provided new electronics that... Read more »
Driest water year across much of New Mexico
The final National Climatic Data Center rankings for the 2010-11 water year are in, and they are frankly grim for a good part of New Mexico and our neighbors to... Read more »
Nobel laureate’s truly odd NM connection
New York University economist Thomas Sargent will probably not be best remembered for co-authoring the 1993 Probabilistic Analysis of a Catastrophic Waste Hoist Accident at the WIPP (pdf). Monday’s announcement... Read more »
