N.M. Science
A science & weather blog by John Fleck
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Drought watch: new forecast looking lousy for New Mexico through the start of summer
I awoke to 3 inches of snow in my Albuquerque backyard, which looks like the wettest storm since the water year began Oct. 1, nearly doubling my total precipitation for... Read more »
New Mexicans care about water – a lot
A new Colorado College “State of the Rockies Project” public opinion survey of residents of the six Colorado Rockies states suggests y’all care about water. A lot. Quoting from the... Read more »
Where the nuclear weapon blast-Russian meteorite comparison falls short
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last four days, you’ve seen the comparison: last week’s Russian meteorite “exploded with a force of nearly 500 kilotons of TNT –... Read more »
Texas: Let’s cooperate with our neighbors over water! (while we’re suing them)
The Texas Legislature is considering a bill by state Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, that would create a what sounds like a sort of campfire-singing happy collaborative space with its... Read more »
An inventory of New Mexico’s water woes
Kay Matthews at the always-interesting La Jicarita has a remarkably thorough inventory of New Mexico’s water management woes, from the intricacies of the various Indian water settlement deals to the... Read more »
State allocates more water to middle Rio Grande Valley farmers
New Mexico State Engineer Scott Verhines announced this morning that he’s allocated an additional 20,000 acre feet of water this year to the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, the water... Read more »
Sandia Labs researcher Mark Boslough to model Russian meteor
Mark Boslough, Sandia National Laboratories, in a Sandia file photo showing one of his meteorite computer simulations. Sandia National Laboratories scientist Mark Boslough was up late Thursday evening at his... Read more »
National Nuclear Security Administration remains on GAO “high risk” list
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s project management troubles, including the agency’s inability to bring a new Los Alamos plutonium laboratory in on a reasonable budget and schedule, have earned the... Read more »
NNSA officials: stockpile cuts won’t mean budget cuts
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s managers paid a visit to the House Appropriations subcommittee in charge of their budget today, explaining that contemplated nuclear stockpile reductions won’t necessarily mean corresponding... Read more »
Little New Mexico drought relief
The most recent round of snow has helped New Mexico’s drought conditions, but just barely. This week’s federal Drought Monitor categorizes 98.45 percent of the state in drought, but shows... Read more »
Demons and Butterflies – science talk next week
Here’s an interesting talk if you’re free next Thursday: Demons and Butterflies—Weather predictability and predictions, By Richard A. Anthes From the talk’s abstract: The concept of predictability of complex systems... Read more »
NM senators push water legislation
A group of New Mexico legislators gathered Tuesday to call attention to a collection of water-related legislation, as New Mexico enters its third year of drought. Many of the bills... Read more »
