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New Mexico Volunteer Medical Teams In Ukraine Assisting Wounded Soldiers

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Global Outreach Doctors News:

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico-based Global Outreach Doctors are providing medical and trauma stabilization services in Ukraine.

The team of 11 ambulances, medical personnel and staff are the only New Mexico-based providers in the region.

Stationed only 12km from the Russian border, the Global Outreach Doctors team has been on the ground in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, working around the clock to provide care for acutely wounded soldiers.

Global Outreach Doctors is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to stabilizing and saving lives.

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AGU: Tracking Ancient Earthquakes By Taking Temperature Of Faults

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The Punchbowl fault, an inactive ‘paleo-San Andreas fault’, is nestled in the San Andreas Mountains. In a new study, scientists use resistant zircon mineral grains to take the temperature of the fault, identifying ancient earthquakes and estimating how much energy was released in the rupture. Courtesy/Doc Searles

AGU News:

Understanding ancient earthquakes helps researchers estimate the hazards posed by modern earthquakes. Reported in a new study, geologists have come up with a new way to estimate intensity of these old events: take their temperature.

During an earthquake, the Read More

New Mexico Leaders Meet Taipei Officials In Albuquerque

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Front row from left, Rep. Joy Garratt, Deputy Director David Chen, Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero and Rep. Debra Sariñana. Back row from left, Sen. Linda Lopez, Sen. Bill Tallman, Officer Jack Jheng, Secretary Alicia J. Keyes, Sen. Harold Pope, Rep. Christine Trujillo, Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego, Commissioner Charlene Pyskoty and Commissioner Walt Benson. Courtesy photo

From left, Rep. Roybal Caballero, Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego, Secretary Alicia J. Keyes, Mayor Tim Keller, Deputy Director David Chen and Officer Jack Jheng. Courtesy/NMDP

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Dark Sky Star Party At Fort Union Saturday May 28

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A sky full of stars and the Milky Way grace the heavens above the adobe ruins at Fort Union. Photo by Harun Mehmedinovic

Fort Union National Monument News:

WATROUS: Fort Union National Monument announces the first Dark Sky program of the season, beginning Saturday May 28. The solitude, remoteness, and arid landscapes of Fort Union National Monument make it an ideal place for observing a natural dark sky.

After sunset, the sky over the high prairie gives way to the glow of celestial bodies unaffected by the artificial light of distant communities. Immerse yourself in the culture and science Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory To Participate In Domestic Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Campaigns

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LANL News:

The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos Field Office (DOE/NNSA) has issued a Categorical Exclusion for Domestic Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Campaigns-Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE).

DOE, Office of Science, in conjunction with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), conduct atmospheric and environmental research and monitoring activities by deploying mobile facilities and equipment (including weather balloons) for 1- to 2-year campaigns at locations throughout the United States.

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MOWW: LANL Senior Historian Alan Carr May 17

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MOWW News:

Clouds Over Kokura: The Atomic Strike Against Nagasaki And End Of World  War II.

Aug. 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. Aug. 14, Imperial Japan surrendered, and World War II came to an abrupt and victorious conclusion.

But is there more to the story? Why wasn’t a demonstration of the atomic bomb performed before the combat strikes? Were the Japanese warned? Why was a second bomb used? Why was Nagasaki selected as the target? Did the mission go smoothly? What role did the use of atomic bombs Read More

Los Alamos Native Le Andra Kissinger To Captain USS Beloit

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Commander Le Andra Kissinger, center, with her crew from left, MNC David Thomas, MN1 Garrette Shoemaker, MN1 Hunter Kliest and BM2 David Nieves at the christening ceremony of the USS Beloit. Courtesy photo

The USS Beloit. Courtesy/seaforces.org

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos native Le Andra Kissinger (Minor) is set to become captain of the USS Beloit (LCS 29) when the war ship is commissioned in 2024.

The United States Navy christened the USS Beloit, a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), during a ceremony Saturday, May 7 in Marinette, WI. Read More

New Mexico Governor Announces Border Infrastructure And Global Trade A Top Priority

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Friday the state’s support for efforts by the federal government of Mexico and the United Sates to prioritize improvements at the Santa Teresa, N.M./San Jeronimo, Chihuahua Port of Entry to streamline international trade and create jobs.

“The state of New Mexico is honored to have a mutually respectful, shared partnership with federal and state leaders in Mexico,” Gov. Lujan Grisham said. “We are working together to improve border trade and invest in this region so we can create jobs and benefit every family that relies Read More

LAJI Hosts Science, Peace, Community Webinar May 23

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LAJI News:

The Los Alamos Japan Institute’s (LAJI) Clifton Truman Daniel and Dr. Judith Stauber co-host a webinar conversation at 5 p.m. Monday, May 23 on Science, Peace and Community in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Daniel and Stauber will talk with Ray Smith, Oak Ridge historian, and Pat Postma who collaborated with community members to develop the town’s International Friendship Bell—an 8,000–pound bronze Kyoto bell designed by Oak Ridge residents to symbolize shared peace and friendship in Oak Ridge and Japan.

Smith ensures that current and future generations can learn about the heritage, Read More

AGU: Wildfire Smoke Speeds Glacial Melt, Changes Mountain Runoff

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Soot-covered ice found on the Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rockies. Photo by Caroline Aubry-Wake

AGU News:

“The occurrence and severity of wildfires is increasing. It is linked with climate change and past forest management, and has wide-ranging consequences for human activities and ecology,” said Caroline Aubry-Wake, a PhD candidate in USask’s College of Arts and Science and co-author of the study alongside supervisor Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) and fellow PhD candidate Andre Bertoncini. Both Aubry-Wake and Bertoncini are student members of the Global Institute for Water Security.  Read More