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| Fri, 8th Jan 2021 13:58:00 |
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The Southwest’s Race Against the Climate Clock |
In the headwaters of the Rio Grande, last winter’s snowpack hit close to the historical norm. Yet, in the spring, summer and fall of 2020, the state’s largest river dried for more than 40 miles. Even after water managers ended the irrigation season early, and farmers stopped drawing water from the river for fields and orchards, the Rio Grande dropped to record lows through the city of Albuquerque — nearly drying up entirely in October.
In the coming years, as human-caused warming continues, New Mexicans will face even more dire conditions. And while some New Mexico lawmakers plan to introduce bills on solar energy, prescribed fire and statewide greenhouse gas reductions in the coming legislative session, the physical world — from the forests to the farm fields — is changing at a pace that far exceeds political action.
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