Environment

Explore Fractals In Nature Center Planetarium Tonight

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 27, 2019

Explore the world of fractals beginning at 7 p.m. today in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. This show The nature center also will play the full-dome film ‘Exploding Universe’ at 2 p.m. Saturday. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Journey into the never-ending world of fractals at 7 p.m. today in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium.

This show takes viewers on an immersive tour of the fractals in nature and zooms through infinitely complex mathematical fractals. Featuring original music, this show is both educational and highly entertaining.

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Tales Of Our Times: Tipping Points Bring Problems And Block Ways To Solve Them

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 26, 2019
Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
 
Tipping Points Bring Problems And Block Ways To Solve Them

 

“Tipping point” is a popular term that raises the specter of a big change coming. Dictionaries tell us a “tipping point” is “a critical moment in a complex situation in which a small influence or development produces a sudden large or irreversible change.”

Tipping points are found in the natural world, in social behaviors and in mathematics that describe such nature. Tipping points in the news are mostly, but not always, bad. Tipping points of

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SFNF Monitoring Venado Mesa Fire In Jemez

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 26, 2019

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – Fire staff on the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are monitoring a lightning-caused fire on the east side of Venado Mesa west of Forest Road (FR) 376.

Although the fire is currently only half an acre, it is putting up smoke as it smolders and creeps in steep, rocky terrain.

The Venado Mesa Fire is burning in oak brush, mixed conifer and pinon/juniper. Today’s weather forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Firefighter and public safety is always the first priority on all fire incidents. Read More

NWS: Today’s High Near 82; Tonight’s Low Around 60

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 26, 2019

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 83 with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 3 p.m. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Tonight’s low around 60. Courtesy/NWS

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AGU: Scientists Take High-Speed Video Of Waves To Better Understand Sea Spray

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 25, 2019
AGU News:
 
Waves crashing on seashores generate tiny droplets of water known as sea spray. Sea spray moves heat and water from the ocean to the atmosphere, but scientists are unsure which part of the wave-breaking process generates the most spray, whether it be wind shear, splashing, or the popping of air bubbles at the surface of the wave.
 
To address this question, scientists generated breaking waves experimentally in a lab. They used a wave tank about the size of an average bowling lane to create miniature versions of plunging breakers, where the wave crest curls over itself and
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EPA Administrator Signs MOU With American Conservation Coalition For Environmental Education

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 25, 2019
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signs MOU with ACC President Benji Backer. Courtesy/ACC
 
EPA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a first-time Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the American Conservation Coalition (ACC) to attract, educate, inspire and prepare students for careers and opportunities within today’s various environmental fields.
 
“Today’s MOU with the American Conservation Coalition will help educate and encourage more students to get involved in important environmental
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NMHU: Graduate Student Katherine Ottmers Awarded Scholarship For Drone Wetlands Research

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 25, 2019
Katherine Ottmers
 
NMHU News:
 
LAS VEGAS, NM ― New Mexico Highlands University environmental science management graduate student Katherine Ottmers will be using drones to conduct innovative New Mexico wetlands research, thanks to a scholarship from the New Mexico Geographic Information Council.
 
This is the first known time that drones, unmanned aerial systems, will be used to monitor wetlands in New Mexico.
 
The New Mexico Environment Department invited Ottmers to submit a proposal to develop drone-based wetlands monitoring, with Playa Lakes in Southeast
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Air Force Research Laboratory Launches Largest Unmanned Space Structure On SpaceX Falcon Heavy

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 24, 2019

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of DOD’s Space Test Program-2 mission launches June 25 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four NASA technology and science payloads, which will study non-toxic spacecraft fuel, deep space navigation, ‘bubbles’ in the electrically-charged layers of Earth’s upper atmosphere, and radiation protection for satellites are among the two dozen satellites put into orbit. Courtesy NASA/Joel Kowsky

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE – A satellite spanning nearly the length of a football field was Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: Chuck Hannaford Of The New Mexico Office Of Archaeological Studies

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 24, 2019

On the job in Los Alamos is Research Associate Chuck Hannaford ,from the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, teaching young students Tuesday at Ashley Pond Park about Native-American life in New Mexico, as part of the History Adventures children’s summer program presented by the Los Alamos History Museum. The program includes hands-on history activities that has kids moving, making, thinking, sharing and learning every Tuesday morning through July at Ashley Pond Park. History Adventures is free and no registration is required. For more information, click here. #wherediscoveriesaremade. Read More

Bear Spotted Roaming On Chamisa Street Monday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 24, 2019

A bear is spotted early Monday evening walking down Chamisa Street. Photo by Philip Wolfram

A bear is spotted early Monday evening roaming around Chamisa Street. Photo by Philip Wolfram Read More

NIST Physicists Create Record-Setting Quantum Motion

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 24, 2019
NIST physicist Katie McCormick adjusts a mirror to steer a laser beam used to cool a trapped beryllium ion (electrically charged atom). McCormick and her colleagues got the ion to display record-setting levels of quantum motion, an advance that can improve quantum measurements and quantum computing. Courtesy/J. Burrus/NIST
 
NIST News:
 
Showcasing precise control at the quantum level, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for making an ion (electrically charged atom) display exact quantities of quantum-level motion
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AGU: Airborne Research Shows East Coast Cities Emitting Twice As Much Methane As Estimated

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 24, 2019
A NOAA Twin Otter aircraft over the Hudson on a 2018 research mission. Courtesy/Eric Kort/U of M
 
Genevieve Plant of the University of Michigan and NOAA’s Colm Sweeney review measurements of methane and other gases during an airborne research project in 2018. Courtesy/Eric Kort/U of M
 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Atmospheric methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that also contributes to ground-level ozone pollution.
 
In the past decade, there has been intense scientific focus on improving the accuracy of methane emissions estimates in the United States, with most
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Scenes Of Muddy Rio Grande Today

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 23, 2019

The muddy Rio Grande flowing today near the San Ildefonso Bridge. Photo by Delbert Romero/ladailypost.com

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Women In Wildland Fire Boot Camp Application Opens

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on July 23, 2019

Courtesy/SFNF

SFNF News: 

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe and Carson National Forests are looking for career-focused women who want to protect and preserve America’s public lands by training to become on-call wildland firefighters for the 2020 fire season. 

These on-call positions will provide support to wildland fire operations during fire season and may lead to future employment with the Forest Service. 

Approximately 30 applicants will be selected to attend the Women in Wildland Fire Boot Camp in September, which will provide comprehensive firefighter training and orientation.  Read More

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