N.M. Science
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Some ’round-the-web reading: NNSA is gearing up to begin dismantling the B53, one of our most massive nukes. From Oyster Creek, a reminder that a failure to decide what to... Read more »
Climate Change and the View Back
There’s an interesting talk tomorrow evening (Tues. 4/27) at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science: The Rear View Mirror: 2000 Years of People and Climate Change... Read more »
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Back from a lovely trip on the lower Colorado (see below for some vacation thoughts), some things I’ve been reading: George Johnson with a wonderful bit of business on Santa... Read more »
Desal Project Hits Snag
As my colleague Rosalie Rayburn reported in this morning’s newspaper, Sandoval County’s effort to determine the viability of desalination of deep underground brackish water is up to its axles in... Read more »
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Things I’ve been reading: Via Heath Haussamen, questions raised about redactions from documents being released under the New Mexico public records act. A Lovington judge has halted the state Environmental... Read more »
Record Warm Albuquerque Morning?
That warm windy morning you woke up to could tie a record for the warmest April 13 dawn in Albuquerque history. At the National Weather Service’s official city weather... Read more »
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Some interesting reading from around the web: Via Global Security Newswire, missile defense is looking like a key issue for Republicans as we contemplate the new arms control deal with... Read more »
Study of Valles Caldera Ecoystem Earns San Jose Trip
Days spent in the Valles Caldera last summer trapping crayfish earned a pair of Los Alamos High School sophomores a trip to San Jose next month for the Intel International... Read more »
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Some readings from around the web, a special nuclear weapons edition: The Center for Stratetic and International Studies has set up a one stop shop for links to background info... Read more »
New Mexico Surface Water Looking Good
A huge snowpack in the south and an average to slightly below-average snowpack in the north means adequate surface water supplies for New Mexico this summer, according to forecasts out... Read more »
Updated: Nuclear Posture Review: “no” to new nukes, “yes” to spending at labs
The Obama administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, out today (Tues. 4/6), offers a strong commitment to the administration’s view that no new nuclear weapon designs are needed, and endorses once again... Read more »
Hearing Schedule on Los Alamos Permit Finalized
The New Mexico Environment Department has finalized the schedule for hearings on Los Alamos National Laboratory’s hazardous waste permit: ■ April 5 – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Santa Fe... Read more »
