AGU: Martian Atmosphere Behaves As Single System
Artist’s concept showing the three segments of MARSIS, the radar instrument on the Mars Express spacecraft. Courtesy/NASA/JPL/Caltech
New research using a decade of data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission has found clear signs of the complex Martian atmosphere acting as a single, interconnected system, with processes occurring at low and mid levels significantly affecting those seen higher up.
Understanding the Martian atmosphere is a key topic in planetary science, from its current status to its past Read More
Michelle Lujan Grisham Introduces Antiquities Act
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan GrishamNNMCAB Holds Board Election, Talk On Material Disposal Area C; Updates From Hintze, NMED July 25
NNMCAB News
Members of the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board are scheduled to elect a new chair and vice chair for FY-2019 during a meeting 1- 5:15 p.m., July 25 in the Jemez Complex at Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave., in Santa Fe.
Also on the agenda is a presentation on Material Disposal Area C at Los Alamos National Laboratory and an overview of the aggregate areas. In addition, there will be agency updates from Doug Hintze, manager of the Environmental Management-Los Alamos Field Office and John Kieling of the New Mexico Environment Read More
PEEC: Counting Butterflies On Pajarito Plateau July 21
Citizens are invited to help count butterflies Saturday on the Pajarito Plateau atop a mesa, at high altitude and streamside. Courtesy photoNNMC Students Conduct Research In The Bahamas
Dr. Rhiannon West, left, Jonathan Madrid and Estrella Gonzalez of NNMC during their recent three-week undergraduate research experience trip in The Bahamas. Courtesy photo
NNMC freshmen Jonathan Madrid and Estrella Gonzalez during their recent three-week undergraduate research experience trip in The Bahamas. Courtesy photo
NNMC freshmen Jonathan Madrid and Estrella Gonzalez during their recent three-week undergraduate research experience trip in The Bahamas. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Fiery Sunrise Lights Los Alamos Sky
Daily Postcard: A fiery sunrise lights the sky Tuesday over Los Alamos. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
LANL: Feeding Plants To This Algae Could Fuel Cars
LANL scientist Amanda Barry studies how biofuel-producing algae can be fed various grasses to improve their productivity. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partner institutions provided today the first published report of algae using raw plants as a carbon energy source.
The research shows that a freshwater production strain of microalgae, Auxenochlorella protothecoides, is capable of directly degrading and utilizing non-food plant substrates, such as switchgrass, for improved cell growth and lipid productivity, Read More
Adult And Baby Goats At Nature Center Wednesday
Goats from Second Bloom Farm and Gypsy Mountain Ranch are visiting the nature center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Meet adult and baby goats on Wednesday, July 18 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. The fun starts at 6:30 p.m. and is part of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Summer Family Evenings series, which is sponsored by Del Norte Credit Union.
Join Second Bloom Farm and Gypsy Mountain Ranch to learn what it’s like to live on a modern, small-scale goat farm on the Pajarito Plateau. Debbie Wood of Second Bloom Farm and Jessie Ross of Gypsy Mountain Ranch will discuss Read More
How The Hen House Turns: Animal Bonding
Even the squirrels will stop and stare, posing nicely, if I talk sweet nothings to them. Courtesy photo
By CARY NEEPERScenes From Farmers Market July 12
Scene from the July 12 Farmers Market in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the July 12 Farmers Market in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the July 12 Farmers Market in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the July 12 Farmers Market in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Mendez Produce from El Guque, NM. Courtesy photo
Scene from the July 12 Farmers Market in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the July 12 Farmers Market in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo Read More
Benson: A World-Changing Rescue…
By JODY BENSONIn Thailand just a few days ago, 12 kids and their coach were rescued after surviving two weeks in pitch darkness, not knowing if anybody knew where they were, if anybody would ever find them, if they would die, one by one, running out of oxygen, clinging to the slippery rock on the cold, wet ledge, the last one left to die all alone in absolute darkness.
We watched as the world came together to get those kids out of the cave. It was a miraculous effort that cost Saman Kunan his life. Kunan, his family, and the world were willing to make that sacrifice. For those Read More
Scenes From Rotary End-Of-Year Banquet
Rotary Club President Laura Loy welcomes members and their families to the Club’s annual end-of-the-year potluck and awards banquet at the end of June at the Posse Lodge. Courtesy photo
Rotary Club Past Presidents join Past President Jim Nesmith at the Posse Lodge as he honors out-going President Laura Loy with her own Rotary Club Past President pin. Courtesy photo
Vincent Chiravelle is pinned with his Rotary Club President pin by Rotary District 5520 Assistant Governor Pat Murray of Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
Rotarians step out in fine form while learning how to line dance at the Club’s Read More
LANL Releases Radionuclide Air Emissions Report
Map of LANL air sampling stations around Los Alamos County and regional Northern New Mexico. Not all are EPA Compliance points; some are for facility environmental surveillance. Courtesy imageLos Alamos National Laboratory has released its 2017 Radionuclide Air Emissions report, which indicates that the highest effective dose equivalent (EDE) to an off-site member of the public for last year was 0.47 mrem. The annual limit is 10 millirem per year as established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Daily Postcard: Bull Snake Lingers On Local Windowsill
Daily Postcard: A bull snake makes its way from a chair onto the windowsill of a home in Pajarito Acres and peers inside. Photo by Mary Arrowsmith Read More
Rendija Canyon Cow Spotted Exploring Barranca Mesa
A cow thought to be from Rendija Canyon was spotted shortly after 5 a.m. today exploring the Tunyo Street neighborhood on Barranca Mesa. Nobody seems to know who owns the cow, which apparently escaped through fencing on Rendija Road. Other cows have been observed in the past few days in the Guaja Pines area. Photo by Erica Gorman Read More
Video Captures Bear Entering Pond On Barranca Mesa
Daily Postcard: Bee Spotted On Hollyhock
Daily Postcard: A bee is spotted collecting nectar from a hollyhock behind the Unitarian Church on N Sage in Los Alamos. Photo by KokHeong McNaughton Read More
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum: July 18 Talk ‘Can Organisms Drive Their Evolution?’
Nelson Hoffman presents a lecture during the 2017 Los Alamos Faith and Science series. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:
Nelson Hoffman presents the next talk in the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum summer series Wednesday, July 18. The title of Hoffman’s talk is “Can Organisms Drive Their Evolution?”. The theme of the 2018 Summer Series is “Purposeful Evolution”.
A growing group of researchers within evolutionary biology seeks to put new emphasis on a set of ideas that differ considerably from the gene-centric viewpoint of Neo-Darwinism. In the Neo-Darwinian view Read More
MPNHP-Los Alamos Friends Group And National Park Service Sign Philanthropic Partnership Agreement
Members of the Board of the Friends of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park – Los Alamos gathered Friday afternoon for a special signing ceremony with the National Park Service at the powerhouse (stone house) on Bathtub Row. Back row from left, Ranger Josh Nelson and Board members Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher; LACDC Executive Director Patrick Sullivan; Vice President/County Councilor Rick Reiss; Treasurer Ron Wilkins; Metzger’s General Manager David Jolly; Shannon Corporation owner Shannon C’de Baca and Karen Henderson. Read More
Fawn Spotted Near Local Road Construction
This fawn was spotted Saturday near the road construction underway at the bottom of the Main Hill Road. Photo by Judy Chavez Read More
