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ADVERTISEMENT Experts say New Mexico in for hotter, drier weather in 50 years by THERESA DAVIS ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL | Today at 3:53 a.m. This July 10, 2021, image shows low water levels at Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Top climate and water experts in the state warned a panel of New Mexico lawmakers during a meeting Tuesday, July 13, 2021, that water supplies are expected to shrink even more as temperatures rise. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Scientists say New Mexico temperatures will likely continue to climb over the next 50 years -- a...

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...

A warmer climate could impact nearly every aspect of New Mexico’s water and land. Dunbar listed likely impacts, including: • Decreased aquifer recharge, more common and hotter drought periods, earlier winter runoff, greater groundwater demands and stress on plant life. • Dry vegetation and catastrophic wildfires that could affect runoff and floodplain ecosystems. • Warmer streams and rivers that could mean changing oxygen levels, which can disturb fish habitat. “Likely the dominant impact on water quality going forward is going to be related to temperature increase,” Dunbar said. ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Pictured is is a pecan field in the Mesilla Valley near Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal New Mexico’s top water agency will host three online public meetings this summer for Lower Rio Grande farmers interested in applying for grants that would pay landowners not to pump groundwater for 18 months. Farmers who irrigate in the Rin...

The extremely low rainfall last year left the entire state grappling with a dangerously dry climate experts said could take years to come back from.