Bureau of Geology Director Dr. Nelia Dunbar discusses harsh realities of ongoing drought in New Mexico
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Observed annual temperature (red) and precipitation (blue) averaged over the state of New Mexico, 1931-2020. Source: updated from New Mexico Universities Working Group (2015) and (Gutzler, 2020). Horizontal lines depict 10-year decadal averages for each calendar decade.
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× Observed annual temperature (red) and precipitation (blue) averaged over the state of New Mexico, 1931-2020. Source: updated from New Mexico Universities Working Group (2015) and (Gutzler, 2020). Horizontal lines depict 10-year decadal averages for each calendar decade.
July 23, 2021
Reporters Scott Wyland of the Santa Fe New Mexican and Theresa Davis of the Albuquerque Journal newspapers wrote detailed news articles about a climate webinar hosted by Dr. Nelia Dunbar, Director of the Bureau of Geology at NMT, and Rolf Schmidt-Petersen, Director of the Interstate Stream Commission. The pair of scientists discussed the third phase of the 50-Year Water Plan commissioned by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
In the webinar, Dunbar and Schmidt-Petersen discussed the harsh realities of what has been called a megadrought gripping the Southwest as the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to increase.
