As Julien Wang wraps up work on her master's degree and interviews for a job focused on air pollution or energy policy, it looks like she's come a long way from the big, dirty city in northern China where she was born.

Eric J. Barron was named director of NCAR today, following a rigorous international search.

The convening lead authors of today's landmark government report on climate change impacts in the United States are available for comment.

The National Science Board has authorized the National Science Foundation to negotiate a new cooperative agreement with UCAR to continue to manage and operate its flagship weather and climate center, NCAR.

NCAR has taken delivery of a new IBM supercomputer that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate.