Temporary Halt of the Dismantling of NCAR
a day ago
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- #legal battle
- #atmospheric research
- A Federal judge in Colorado temporarily halted the Trump administration's move to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), specifically blocking the transfer of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputer Center management.
- NCAR, run by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), is a leading global center for atmospheric research with broad collaborations, education, and training ties to universities, unlike more focused international centers.
- The author highlights NCAR's critical role in their career, including the development of the widely used Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) and support for complex international field campaigns with advanced observing systems.
- Despite the temporary reprieve, efforts to dismantle NCAR continue, causing real damage to atmospheric and American science, with calls for increased investment in NCAR to address weather-related disasters and climate change resilience.