Mars Comes Into Focus At NMMNHS
These two images show Mars through a telescope before and after the dust storm. Courtesy/Christophe Pellier Daily Postcard: Clouds Over Trinity
Daily Postcard: Clouds fill the sky late Tuesday afternoon Over Trinity Drive. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
ESB Honors Outgoing Member Sarah Terrill
From left, Environmental Services Board (ESB) Member Heidi Rogers and Chair James Robinson honor ESB member Sarah Terrill, middle, during the regular ESB meeting Thursday night in Council Chambers. Thursday’s meeting was Terrill’s final one as an ESB member and in honor of her work she received a plaque and succulent plant. Terrill served on the board for five years. ESB member John Bliss also is leaving the board but was not in attendance Thursday night. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
PEEC: Learn How To Navigate By Stars 7 p.m. Today
Courtesy/PEECSFNF: Aragon Fire Update
Aragon Fire Update:Scenes From Farmers Market July 19
The Pig + Fig stand at Thursday’s Farmers Market. Courtesy photo
Scene from the Farmers Maket Thursday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the Farmers Maket Thursday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
RZs Bees Local Honey. Photo by KayLinda Crawford
Goat Milk Soap. Courtesy photo
Mendez Produce. Courtesy photo
Scene from the Farmers Maket Thursday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the Farmers Maket Thursday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the Farmers Maket Thursday in downtown Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
Scene from the Farmers Maket Read More
Daily Postcard: Napping Fawn Spotted Under Car
Daily Postcard: A fawn is spotted napping in the shade under a car Saturday afternoon on North Mesa as its mother forages on shrubs nearby. Photo by Linda Hull Read More
Exploring Kyoto Gardens With Charles Mann
Photographer Charles MannLos Alamos County Enters Baseline Fire Restrictions Effective immediately
LAFD News:
Los Alamos County is dropping from Stage I Fire Restrictions to Baseline Fire Restrictions effective immediately.
Los Alamos County has seen some much-needed relief with the extreme drought conditions that led to the strict Fire Restrictions. Several criteria are used to determine when to implement fire restrictions, including current and predicted weather, as well as fuel moistures. Los Alamos County Fire Department asks that everyone please continue to use extreme caution and practice fire safety.
Los Alamos County Fire Department urges the public to take every precaution Read More
Daily Postcard: Apple Nabber Spotted On 48th Street
Daily Postcard: A hungry buck is spotted nabbing apples Wednesday from a tree on 48th Street in Los Alamos. Photo by Donna Reil
Buck nabs apples Wednesday from tree on 48th Street in Los Alamos. Photo by Donna ReilEnvironmental Sustainabilty Board Meets Thursday
COUNTY News: What’s New At Farmers Market This Week?
The Los Alamos Farmers Market is open 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays in the parking lot of Mesa Public Library. Courtesy photoCall For Entries To NatureScapes 2018 … Turn Camera Skyward In Search Of Clouds
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
