Martha Pskowski

1 month ago | deceleration.news | Martha Pskowski

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... EL PASO, Texas—On a Tuesday afternoon in May, earth system scientist Thomas Gill was tracking yet more dust rolling through this border city. Gill, a member of the faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), was waiting to see whether this dusty day would swirl into a full-blown dust storm, in which visibility is less than a half-mile.

1 month ago | statesman.com | Martha Pskowski

PECOS — Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio Grande one of its most endangered rivers, describing a “near-permanent human-induced megadrought threatening all life that depends on it.” On the Pecos River, there hasn’t been enough water to distribute to irrigation districts below the Red Bluff Reservoir in recent years.

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Martha Pskowski

PECOS - Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio Grande one of its most endangered rivers, describing a "near-permanent human-induced megadrought threatening all life that depends on it." On the Pecos River, there hasn't been enough water to distribute to irrigation districts below the Red Bluff Reservoir in recent years.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Martha Pskowski

Farm workers in southern New Mexico get to work hours before dawn during heat waves to harvest chile peppers. Oilfield workers don heavy gear, despite the heat, to drive to remote drilling sites spread across the state’s Permian Basin. Teachers make do in classrooms with failing air conditioning. New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau is seeking better protections for these workers as the Land of Enchantment gets hotter. The proposed heat protection rule was introduced this spring.

1 month ago | insideclimatenews.org | Martha Pskowski

Farm workers in southern New Mexico get to work hours before dawn during heat waves to harvest chile peppers. Oilfield workers don heavy gear, despite the heat, to drive to remote drilling sites spread across the state’s Permian Basin. Teachers make do in classrooms with failing air conditioning. New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau is seeking better protections for these workers as the Land of Enchantment gets hotter. The proposed heat protection rule was introduced this spring.