Environment

Snowshoe Hike In Valles Caldera Saturday

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Participants from the December hike. Each hike ventures into a different part of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
Would you like to explore the Jemez Mountains by snowshoe?
 
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is working with the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL) to offer educational, family-friendly, hikes this winter.
 
The next hike is 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, and will be led by a VALL ranger and a PEEC representative. Along the way, participants will have the chance to learn tricks
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PEEC Thanks Rotary For Generous Donation

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Rotary Club President Rob Metcalf and PEEC Education Programs Director Siobhan Niklasson. Courtesy photo

 

By KATHERINE BRUELL
PEEC Executive Director

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center would like to thank the Rotary Club of Los Alamos for their generous donation toward our Nature Play Area. PEEC is embarking on a major project to revamp and upgrade our nature play area for the littlest children, and the Rotary Club’s donation will get us started on this exciting venture. 

We hope to add a water play feature, a sensory play area, an obstacle course, an amphitheater area Read More

Explore Your Universe: Astrophysics For Everyone

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The destructive bombardment of a planet. Courtesy image

UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos Community Education will again offer “Explore Your Universe: Modern Astrophysics for Everyone.” The class meets 2:35-3:30 p.m., Tuesdays beginning Jan. 17 and running through May 9.

 

In this class, students will explore modern, unsolved research problems in astrophysics, guided by mentors who work as astrophysicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory spanning a wide range of expertise. Topics for this class will be guided by students’ individual interests, and might Read More

Santa Fe National Forest Renews Ban On Extended Camping, Public Nudity And Underage Drinking

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SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Santa Fe National Forest has renewed an occupancy and use closure order that prohibits camping for more than 14 days, public nudity and underage drinking on all lands, roads and trails within forest boundaries. The order is in effect until Jan. 31, 2019, unless rescinded earlier. 
 
The occupancy and closure order, which is in compliance with Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, is intended to protect resources and provide for public health and safety.  
 
The order prohibits camping for more than 14 days,
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Scenes From Heavy Snow Fall In Los Alamos

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Mulani, 10, still loves playing in fresh snow, which fell this morning in Quemazon. The National Weather Service predicts a high today of near 37 with a snow accumulation of up to about 2 inches. Photo by Trisha Ancell

This backyard vistior was spotted this morning in Western Area. Photo by Julie Smith

Scene from this morning’s snow fall in Western Area. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com 

Scene from this morning’s snow fall in Western Area. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
 
Scene from this morning’s snow fall in the Mountain View neighborhood.
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Are Planets Like Those In ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Really Out There?

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Stormtroopers in the new Star Wars film ‘Rogue One’ wade through the water of an alien ocean world. NASA scientists believe ocean worlds exist in our own galaxy, along with many other environments. Courtesy/Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
 

NASA News:

In the “Star Wars” universe, ice, ocean and desert planets burst from the darkness as your ship drops out of light speed. But these worlds might be more than just science fiction.

Some of the planets discovered around stars in our own galaxy could be very similar to arid Tatooine, watery Scarif and even frozen Hoth, according to NASA scientists. Read More

Hubble Provides Interstellar Road Map For Voyagers’ Galactic Trek

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Artist’s rendition of Voyager 1’s View of  the Solar System. NASA

NASA News:

NASA’s two Voyager spacecraft are hurtling through unexplored territory on their road trip beyond our solar system. Along the way, they are measuring the interstellar medium, the mysterious environment between stars. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is providing the road map — by measuring the material along the probes’ trajectories as they move through space. Even after the Voyagers run out of electrical power and are unable to send back new data, which may happen in about a decade, astronomers can use Hubble Read More