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Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op To Host Ukrainian Relief Golf Tournament & Ukrainian Relief Beer Dinner Aug. 12 & 13

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Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op (The Tub) is hosting a Ukrainian Relief Golf Tournament Aug. 12 and Ukrainian Relief Beer Dinner Aug. 13 to show support and solidarity for the people of Ukraine. Courtesy/The Tub

From Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op (The Tub) Management:

As you know, our mission at The Tub is to create a space that feels like home, to extend our love and support to the community, and open our doors so each and every person has an opportunity to connect with one another.

Great beer is just the vessel from which we do this.

In Los Alamos, most everyone comes from somewhere else, and yet everyone is a Read More

PEEC: First Images From James Webb Space Telescope – Exploring The Details At Nature Center Planetarium Aug. 4

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Examine the first released images from the James Webb Space Telescope in detail Thursday with PEEC at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, 2600 Canyon Road. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for this captivating astronomy talk examining the first released images from the James Webb Space Telescope in detail, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, 2600 Canyon Road.

Hear about the benefits and innovations of the telescope, and delve into questions like what type of information can we see in these and future Webb images Read More

AGU: Balloon Fleet Senses Earthquakes From Stratosphere

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The ISAE-SUPAERO team releasing a pressurized balloon, as part of their Strateole-2 project. These balloons have sensors on board capable of detecting large earthquakes from thousands of kilometers away, as reported in a new study in Geophysical Research Letters. Courtesy/CNES/SABLON Igor, 2021

AGU News:

A new study in AGU’s Geophysical Research Letters reports on the first detection of a large, distant earthquake in a network of balloon-bound pressure sensors in the stratosphere.

The technique could one day be applied on Venus, whose hot, dense and corrosive atmosphere limits our Read More

Dunn: Today Marks Earth Overshoot Day 2022

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By SKIP DUNN
Los Alamos

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.

This year Earth Overshoot Day lands on July 28. Learn more at https://www.overshootday.org.

The United States of America Earth Overshoot Day occurred over three months earlier on March 13, 2022.

We maintain this deficit by liquidating stocks of ecological resources (e.g. coal, oil, gas, grain reserves) and accumulating waste, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Earth Overshoot Day is hosted and calculated Read More

Cornell Lab Of Ornithology: Competition Limits Ranges Of Mountain Birds

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Pictured (Left:) Black-and-chestnut Eagle photo by Dusan Brinkhuizen/Macaulay Library. (Right:) Ornate Hawk-Eagle photo by Sergio Andrés Cuéllar Ramírez/Macaulay Library

Yellow-throated Toucan by Becky Matsubara/Macaulay Library

Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:

VANCOUVER, B.C. / ITHACA, N.Y. — A new study helps reveal why tropical mountain birds occupy such narrow elevation ranges, a mystery that has puzzled scientists for centuries.

While many assumed temperature was responsible for these limited distributions, the latest research suggests competition from other species Read More

AGU: Glacial Microclimates Mimic Climate Change

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The trees around La Perouse glacier, in Glacier Bay National Forest, recorded microclimate changes as the glacier advanced and retreated. A new study in AGU’s Geophysical Research Letters reports on how scientists can use those records to predict how near-glacier ecosystems will respond to future climate change. Courtesy/B. Gaglioti

AGU News:

A cool pocket climate around the snout of a glacier could help researchers predict how forests will respond to fast climate change, according to the authors of a new 166-year case study of a rapidly advancing and retreating glacier in Alaska.

Hiking Read More

Mountaineers: ‘From Kilimanjaro To Serengeti’ Tuesday

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At the summit of Kilimanjaro, the high point of Africa at 19,341 feet above sea level. Courtesy/James Wernicke

By WILLIAM PRIEDORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

Come join the Mountaineers for another story of adventure! The Mountaineers meeting will take place Tuesday, July 26 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, held in collaboration with PEEC.

There will also be a virtual adjunct. The meeting starts at 7 p.m., with socializing starting at 6:45 p.m., and features a presentation entitled “From Kilimanjaro To Serengeti: What I Learned From The Wilds Of Tanzania” by James Wernicke.

James writes “7 Read More

New Mexico Man Participates In World’s Largest International Maritime Warfare Exercise

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Ensign Collin Johnson

NAVCO News:

PEARL HARBOR — A 2017 V. Sue Cleveland High School graduate and Placitas, New Mexico native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC).

Ensign Collin Johnson serves aboard USS Chafee, operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

As an ensign, Johnson is responsible for electronic warfare monitoring for the ship while handling and processing signals from Navy vessels.

Today, Johnson uses skills and values similar to those learned in Placitas.

“I’ve learned it’s the Read More

(BIG) AFRL Commander Welcomes New Leader To Lab’s Kirtland Site

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Col. Eric J. Felt relinquishes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site to AFRL commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle at a change of command ceremony July 13 at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Felt is the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate director as well as the site commander, which includes the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate. Courtesy/U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Miranda Loera

Col. Jeremy A. Raley assumes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site as AFRL commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle passes him the unit guidon at a change Read More

USA Captures 2nd In World Neuroscience Competition

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Thirty one national Brain Bee champions from across the globe took part in the virtual 2022 International Brain Bee Championship held July 2-9 and hosted by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and organized in collaboration with the Paris Brain Institute. Courtesy/IBB

USA BRAIN BEE News:

Seventeen-year-old high school student, Anmol Bhatia, from New Jersey, came in second in the 2022 International Brain Bee (IBB) Championship, a neuroscience competition for high school students.

Bhatia is from Watchung Hills Regional High School. He was first required to win his Read More