Laura Paskus

1 month ago | elpasotimes.com | Laura Paskus

Show Caption Hide Caption Rio Grande flows from Caballo Dam for irrigation and water allotmentWater from Caballo Dam is released into the Rio Grande for the annual allotment of water for Mexico, Texas and New Mexico. New Mexico is experiencing a severe drought with low reservoir levels across the state. The drought is impacting farmers, who are being warned to expect water shortages. Climate change is a major factor in the drought, with rising temperatures and decreasing stream flows.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Laura Paskus

Catherine Coleman Flowers’ new book, Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope, was published a week into President Donald Trump’s second term. Grounded in faith, the book weaves together stories about Flowers’ family, climate change and her work on sanitation rights and infrastructure in rural America.

1 month ago | wyomingnews.com | Laura Paskus

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1 month ago | abqjournal.com | Laura Paskus

Here in New Mexico, our growing season has lengthened since the 1970s, even as stream flows have decreased. Fire season starts earlier, lasts longer, and in some years, ignites the forests into record-breaking blazes, like the gargantuan Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon and Black fires in 2022. If you look at the last century in New Mexico, stretches of higher temperatures have lengthened; heat waves are hotter and nights, consistently warmer.

1 month ago | montrosepress.com | Laura Paskus

Here in New Mexico, our growing season has lengthened since the 1970s, even as stream flows have decreased. Fire season starts earlier, lasts longer, and in some years, ignites the forests into record-breaking blazes, like the gargantuan Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon and Black fires in 2022. If you look at the last century in New Mexico, stretches of higher temperatures have lengthened; heat waves are hotter and nights, consistently warmer.