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The University of New Mexico Water Resources Program will conduct open forums for a new director beginning Monday, May 3.  The position became available when current director John Fleck recently announced his retirement to work on a new book about the...

Two undergraduate students at The University of New Mexico are hoping to pass their excitement for water and scientific discovery on to the next generation. Taylor Busch (a senior) and Derek Capitan (a junior) are students in the Department of Civil,...

Right now, 99.7 percent of New Mexico is in a severe drought, 82.2 percent is in extreme drought and 53.4 percent is facing exceptional drought – all of which create considerable strain on local communities, agricultural efforts and wildlife. In the...

The Center for Water and the Environment (CWE) is hosting a speaker series focusing on mountain hydrology. Mountain snowpack is a vital resource and is extremely vulnerable to climate change for downstream water users around the world. Due to the lack...

Mark McKnight, who recently started at The University of New Mexico as an assistant professor of photography, has returned to his roots in the Land of Enchantment. “I was born and raised in the high desert periphery of Los Angeles,” McKnight said. “I...

UNM students, faculty and researchers are being featured in the annual New Mexico Water Conference. For the first time in 65 years of putting on the event, New Mexico Water Resource Research Institute is holding the entire conference online. What is...

Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower...

Every summer about this time, water is on the minds of many New Mexicans. There never seems to be enough precipitation to fill the reservoirs and dry riverbeds, even as summer monsoons flood arroyos and bring welcome relief to parched gardens. A new...

Organizations around the globe, including The University of New Mexico (UNM), are recognizing World Environment Day and its 2020 theme: Celebrate Biodiversity. The United Nations encourages environmental awareness by recognizing June 5 as World...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico are looking at various impacts of and adaptations to climate change as part of the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (CASC). Renia Ehrenfeucht, chair of the Community & Regional Planning...