2070 weather forecast for NM predicts hotter, drier weather
Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico temperatures will likely continue to climb over the next 50 years, state geologist Nelia Dunbar said this week – a change with major consequences for regional water supplies and landscapes. Dunbar, the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources director, serves on the eight-member advisory panel crafting a “leap-ahead climate analysis” for the Interstate Stream Commission of what water supplies could look like in 2070. The Chama River below Abiquiu Lake Tuesday June 22, 2021. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) “The question is no...