The Advanced Study Program’s Graduate Visitor Program Fellowship is accepting applications! This fellowship allows graduate students to work on their thesis, dissertation, or final project equivalent, with guidance from NSF NCAR scientists and engineers.

Machine Learning training is in serious demand in the Earth System Science community. But what is needed? Help UCAR Community Programs (UCP) at @ncar-ucar.bsky.social figure that out by taking our survey. ✅ Take the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

With Rice University, a new project called the SCI-SWIM will help our Community Earth System Model trace where water comes from by focusing on stable water isotopes that give clues to the origins of water, from ice sheets to the ocean and everything in between. news.ucar.edu/133039/new-m...

A major milestone for @ncar-ucar.bsky.social : The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX) @ncar-gdex.bsky.social transition is complete 🎉This strategic initiative unifies 3 data repositories into a single, modernized, analysis-ready research data commons. www.cisl.ucar.edu/news/geoscie...

Electricity powers modern life. Powerful storms on the Sun and on Earth can pose risks to power grids and tech we rely on. We're helping power grids stay strong by forecasting severe weather & solar storms while guiding smarter infrastructure design. 💡 https://bit.ly/4nAtTFn

We’ve got out-of-this-world updates to share about our observatory in the works! 💫 The Coronal Solar Magnetism Observatory (COSMO) is being developed to help scientists better predict solar storms and when they may affect us on Earth. 🧵

Keep a vigilant eye on our website for updates: scied.ucar.edu/visit/ncar/s...

HEROES ASSEMBLE! 🦸 Calling all nerds to attend this year's Super Science Saturday on Saturday, November 1st at the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Mesa Lab. Become a hero for science and use your knowledge superpowers to explore our natural world at this year's event. No cape required and the event is free.

NSF NCAR & UCAR provide tools & global weather insights to help the military operate w/ greater safety, precision & foresight. From hi-res forecasts to machine learning systems detecting airborne threats, publicly-funded research strengthens nat'l security:https://bit.ly/4pdl2ek

As extreme weather events, poor air quality & solar storms increasingly threaten our nation, NSF NCAR’s research is more important now than ever. In our new Strategic Plan, we are charting a path forward to ensure our research advances a more resilient and safe future. ncar.ucar.edu/who-we-are/s...

#ICYMI Poor water quality can drastically affect air quality according to a collaborative study featuring NSF NCAR, @scrippsocean.bsky.social , @ucriverside.bsky.social & @sandiegostate.bsky.social. NSF NCAR's Kelly Barsanti assisted with gas analysis. news.ucar.edu/133038/study...

As hurricanes intensify, our research helps to protect the vulnerable. NSF NCAR & UCAR are powering+improving hurricane forecasts with real-time satellite data, strong dropsonde tech & cutting-edge models to keep emergency managers & communities informed: https://researchworks.ucar.edu/hurricanes/

Collaboration is key to sound research that benefits society. Thank you for working with us on this valuable project, @scrippsocean.bsky.social , @ucriverside.bsky.social & @sandiegostate.bsky.social !

Applications are OPEN for the Faculty Innovator Program, supporting collaborative interdisciplinary projects pairing faculty with NSF NCAR researchers. Applicants will start with the Ideas Lab workshops to co-develop proposals. Due Sept. 15. https://edec.ucar.edu/university-partnerships/innovators

Strong research leads to thriving coastal communities & industries. As storms intensify, NSF NCAR & UCAR are advancing ocean monitoring & Earth system models to make coastal communities more resilient, support fisheries & protect coastal economies: https://researchworks.ucar.edu/coasts-fisheries/

Geomagnetic storms may affect satellites differently as the upper atmosphere changes over time.🛰️ This impacts their speed, altitude and how long they can remain operational. https://news.ucar.edu/133035/atmosphere-changes-so-will-its-response-geomagnetic-storms

Are you a #faculty member looking for a #residency opportunity? Apply for the EdEC Faculty Fellowship Program! Working in residence at NSF NCAR facilities, fellows develop research collabs, classroom content + more! https://edec.ucar.edu/university-partnerships/faculty-fellowship-program

What happens to the hailstones we’ve collected from the ICECHIP campaign? Researchers bundled up to buckle down in the NSF NCAR Cold Lab, running at a brisk -6 degrees Fahrenheit, to catalog, measure, and even slice into the hailstones for further study. 🧵

Drought, floods, hailstorms, and heat waves can make or break a harvest. NSF NCAR research supports farmers by enhancing drought forecasts, improving storm models, and creating tools to help them make informed decisions. Learn more: https://researchworks.ucar.edu/agriculture/

You asked, and the Mesa Lab answered! 💭Our iconic building took some time to muse on the following questions: ❓What cirrus thoughts are on your mind? ❓What song do you have on repeat this summer? ❓What do you think about the future of ENSO? Answers are in the images above!

From improving storm warnings to enhancing wildfire forecasts, research plays a critical role in protecting lives & communities. For the next few weeks, we’re sharing how publicly funded research benefits everyday Americans. Follow along & reshare: researchworks.ucar.edu

The Mesa Lab looks like it's doing some deep thinking with that thought cloud... what could it be thinking about? 💭 The most pressing questions in Earth system science? The magpies that live on the Tree Plaza? What do you think? 🤔 Ask a question in the comments! #MesaLabMonday

* CORRECTION: the film screening event is OCT 29. Need autumn plans? We’ve got a few ideas!💡Our Explorer Series is on the road this fall, so check out our lineup below and mark your calendars! 📆 Learn more: edec.ucar.edu/public/ncar-...

It’s a royally radiant glow up!☀️ The newly revitalized Sun-Earth Connections exhibit is back and better than ever, complete with interactive games and tactile elements that are both engaging and educational! Learn more from our friends @ucarscied.bsky.social & stop by our Visitor Center!

We’re rolling out the sunshine yellow carpet for our newly renovated and enlightening Sun-Earth Connections exhibit at the Mesa Lab Visitor Center! ☀️➡️🌎 #MesaLabMonday 🧵

Our research helps to solve real world problems for the most vital industries, like farming. 🧑‍🌾 Currently in development, the app CropSmart aggregates tons of agricultural data & creates individualized recs for farmers about irrigation strategies, fertilizer applications & harvesting. bit.ly/4fcGpb7

The dog days of summer look a little more like the deer days of summer at the Mesa Lab! 🦌 Herds of mesa deer will come down from the Flatirons and surrounding open space to graze on the grounds and sometimes take a snooze in the shade. #mesalabmonday

Turns out pollinators and scientists alike are buzzing with excitement about our Ozone Garden! The Ozone Garden is filled with cutleaf coneflowers & common milkweed that are bioindicator plants, or plants that are sensitive to ground-level ozone. scied.ucar.edu/exhibits/air...

We’re mesmerized by this oscillating sunspot visualization, displaying the movement between a sunspot’s umbra (dark center) and penumbra (lighter outer region). In the next few weeks, we’ll shed some light on something fun and sunny on the horizon at NSF NCAR! scied.ucar.edu/learnin.../s...

💦Dive into the Mesa Lab’s latest community art show “Exploring Water through Art” on display in our cafe thru Oct! The show explores the ways that water has many forms+facets: nurturing yet dangerous; soothing yet tempestuous. Featured art includes textile art to paintings and more!

Don’t forget! This Wednesday, July 16 at 7 PM MDT, join us for the next Explorer Series event about solar weather and its impacts on technology on Earth, featuring scientists Mike Wiltberger and Edward Oughton (George Mason University). edec.ucar.edu/events/tech-...

Hail yeah! The ICECHIP field campaign (@nsficechip.bsky.social‬) has wrapped up, and the collected hailstones are being housed in the NSF NCAR Cold Lab for further study! 🌨️🔬 The project involved chasing storms from Montana to Texas to better understand the conditions that produce hail/hailstorms.

Hello from St Andrews, Scotland! This week we are hosting our MPAS Tutorials course, in collaboration with @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. This is a unique learning experience to discover a state-of-the-art atmospheric model and data assimilation software, taught by the people that developed them.

We’re helping pilots steer clear of turbulence with a new detection system! ✈️ Currently still in development, the prototype turbulence detection system called the NSF NCAR ADS-B Turbulence Detection Algorithm is designed to detect the intensity of turbulence as a plane flies through bumpy air.

Boulder’s winds aren’t what they used to be, and we’re on the case to figure out why 🕵🏼‍♂️ 🌬️Routinely topping 120 mph from the 1960s-80s, destructive peak wind gusts in Boulder, Colorado, have slackened in the past 30 years.

A team of scientists from the National Solar Observatory and NSF NCAR has captured one of the most detailed views ever of a microflare, a small yet powerful solar explosion, using the world’s largest solar telescope. Learn more:

Celebrating 30 years of our Community Earth System Model (CESM)! 🌍 We’re gathering input on CESM’s national and international impact through a quick survey. 📝 If you’ve used CESM data, models or support resources, your feedback is essential. The survey closes 6/19. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Rain clouds and Derecho– an eye-opening combination of both art and science! Using our Derecho supercomputer, the data visualization team created this animation of a precipitating cumulus congestus cloud using Cloud Model 1 (CM1).

The cows just moo-ved back in! 🐄 This summer, the Mesa Lab will be hosting a herd of grazing cattle on the grounds to munch on new growth, which both helps to remove invasive plants and mitigates fire risk by removing potential fuel for a wildfire. Thanks, Boulder Open Space!

June marks the beginning of hurricane season & NCAR scientists are studying hurricanes to see if they can predict active hurricane periods weeks in advance. Last year, our scientists ran a simulation called aquaplanet on MPAS to understand the relationship between Kelvin waves & hurricane formation.

Our next Explorer Series event combines art and science to explore the changes in Arctic marine ecosystems. Join us on June 4 at 7PM MST to hear more from Courtney Payne and NSF NCAR’s Anna Lindemann about the intersection of art & science. Reserve your spot: www.eventsquid.com/event.cfm?id...

🔬🌍 We’re zooming in to make weather forecasting better. Our experimental 3-km forecasts of the entire globe are allowing NSF NCAR scientists to predict the location of individual thunderstorms anywhere on Earth in real time. Learn more about this promising research: news.ucar.edu/133024/scien...

The #ICECHIP field campaign launched this weekend from Boulder after showing off the innovative instruments they’ll use to learn more about hail during the next six weeks. The team is already chasing storms and collecting data in Kansas. Follow along with their adventures @nsficechip.bsky.social

Explore the history of urban air quality and what we can learn from clear skies in our next Explorer Series event featuring NSF NCAR's Kelley Barsanti. On Wednesday, May 14, join us from 7-8:30 PM MT both online and in-person at the Mesa Lab. Reserve your spot: edec.ucar.edu/events/moder...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a storm chaser? On Saturday, May 17, get a glimpse of what it’s like to chase hailstorms at the free ICECHIP field day, which kicks-off the In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP) field campaign!

Remember FastEddy, our open source, GPU-enabled microscale forecasting model? Introducing FastEddy 3.0! New features include: 🌐Extensions w/ coupling to mesoscale weather for real-world downscaling 🖥️New portability enhancement w/ in-build hipify step on AMD and NVIDIA GPUs. ral.ucar.edu/fasteddy

Live update: there's a giant sunspot on our Sun right now! Still holding onto those eclipse glasses? This sunspot is so big, that you can see it through the glasses or by putting the glasses over a zoomed-in phone camera. Using eclipse glasses, try to see it for yourself over the next day or two! 🌞

Next week, join us in celebrating 75 years of ground-breaking discoveries and research at the National Science Foundation (NSF)! In honor of this milestone, we are offering special guided tours at the NSF NCAR Mesa Laboratory and the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) on Friday, May 9! 🧵

New community tool alert! 🚨Curious about #AI weather models but not sure where to start? Try our new platform CREDIT, NSF NCAR’s first foray into building a community AI modeling platform! 🧵

Free field trips to the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Mesa Lab for the Fall 2025 semester are now open! These PreK-12 field trip spots go quickly, so teachers should book their class visit soon. Spring 2026 field trips will open in August. Find out more about our field trips: scied.ucar.edu/visit/ncar-f...