Alex Rinehart

Desert-rat geoscientist from NM in NM. Water, dirt, climate, energy, conservation, spec fiction, foreign policy and other weird combos.

[The TRCP @TheTRCP]

The ruling could have negative impacts on trout populations, big game summer ranges, and prime waterfowl hunting grounds across the nation @FieldandStream https://t.co/stJslZhEpT

[Marisa Repasch @MarisaExplores]

Very excited to announce that I am joining the University of New Mexico as assistant professor of Earth Surface Processes in January 2024!

I will be accepting a graduate student for fall 2024, so please reach out if interested!

https://t.co/s2MYSQG4Gj

[P.LanZing, Photography @PLanzing]

Under the Stars, at New Mexico’s City of Rocks…

[LeVar Burton @levarburton]

💜🙏🏾💜

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This is the Queen's Stepwell in Gujarat, India, built nearly 1,000 years ago.

It is beautiful, but it isn't unique — India is filled with hundreds of stepwells just like it.

Here is the story of the world's most extraordinary underground architecture...

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Fantasy as we know it today was created by a self-taught French artist from the 19th century.

He has influenced everybody from HP Lovecraft to George Lucas and Tim Burton to Peter Jackson.

His name? Gustave Doré...

[Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire]

BOOKSTORES OF THE PLANET EARTH! Or, well, bookstores of mostly North America.

We know you took a hit during COVID, and we would like to do what little we can to help! So we are once again doing a PRE-ORDER CAMPAIGN for independent bookstores.

[Scientific American @sciam]

Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spread disease https://t.co/nPfHyjVzNi

[Michael E. Campana @WaterWired]

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 14 March 2023 ~300 Jobs! https://t.co/qWNA7Lrc7A

[Andrew Bloyce @bloycey]

Holy hell, what an incredible read.

The Great Replacement (Not That One, the Real One), by @catvalente https://t.co/MBsukb0ioo

[John Schwartz @jswatz]

My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Non-native English Speakers, what’s a word from your language that you think is perfect that doesn’t have an English equivalent?

Take us to church.

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

What was the first book that made you fall in love with the natural world?
(art by Noemí Villamuza)

[Arlyssa D. Becenti @ABecenti]

They leave and are never heard from again. The source also said students getting their masters or doctorates go to their community and also use these community members traumatic stories for their own work.

That’s why I’ve always spoken against parachute journalist. That’s why

[Michael E. Campana @WaterWired]

It's National Groundwater Awareness Week, 5 - 11 March 2023. https://t.co/Hu7tTqE8Aw #groundwater cc: @ngwatweets @GWShydros @GSAHydrogeology @Interior

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

I couldn’t think of a better nominee for USDA Deputy Secretary, my friend and New Mexico's own Xochitl Torres Small! As the granddaughter of farmworkers and a lifelong public servant, I know that you bring experience, joy, and passion to this work. Congratulations!

[ISS Above @ISSAboveYou]

Hello there Albuquerque and Santa Fe NM! This was you at 11AM MST this morning when the @Space_Station was passing by. Lovely views of the snowfall across the nearby mountains too.
@NWSAlbuquerque @cabq @SantaFeGov
@koat7news @KOB4 @krqe @NMPBS
Feb 4, 2023