NCAR staff gear up for high-stakes climate conference
November 16, 2009 | World leaders, diplomats, policy makers, scientists,
activists, and others, including participants from UCAR/NCAR, will convene
in Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 7–18 for a United Nations-sponsored
conference on climate...
A sterling group toasts the program’s silver anniversary
October 27, 2009 | Staff, founders,
partners, and collaborators from around the country gathered at Center Green on
October 15–16 to celebrate Unidata's accomplishments over the past quarter
century and look ahead to the future.
October 12, 2009 | Three months ago, NCAR director Eric Barron challenged the
nearly 300 NCAR staff who have been part of the Earth & Sun Systems
Laboratory (ESSL) to define a new laboratory structure that would better enable
NCAR science and...
October 1, 2009 | In late September, Sustainable UCAR announced preliminary results from
the first-ever inventory of UCAR/NCAR's annual greenhouse gas emissions,
showing that electricity use is by far the organization's largest source of...
NCAR researchers study climate change in Earth’s northern realms
September 24, 2009 | The Arctic is on thin ice—literally as well as figuratively.
New research shows that temperatures were warmer there in the 1990s than any
decade in at least 2,000 years. Arctic sea ice has been dwindling for the past
few...
August 5, 2009 | On July 24, a group of SOARS protégés partnered with EO’s Sandra Henderson to present a miniature science fair to schoolchildren at Longmont’s Casa de la Esperanza, a housing development for immigrant families. The event was part of...
NCAR research helps keep passengers out of harm's way
August 3, 2009 | More than three
million people around the world fly on commercial aircraft every day.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization, in 2007
there were only 0.014 deaths for every 100 million passenger-kilometers
(about...
Scientists probe sunspot cycle, climate
June 1, 2009 | Our nearest star, the Sun, has been awfully quiet lately. In fact, no living scientist has seen it behave this way.
In 2008, scientists observed no sunspots on 73% of the
year’s 366 days, making 1913 the last year with more spotless...
Sunrise balloon launch successful
June 12, 2009 | It may be light
out all night this time of year in northern Sweden, but on June 8 there
was a very special sunrise. At 8:05 a.m., the Sunrise balloon was
successfully launched from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna. Eight
UCAR/NCAR...
June 8, 2009 | In May the UCAR
Board of Trustees appointed two new senior scientists: Jeffrey Stith
and Peter Sullivan. Senior scientists provide NCAR with long-term
scientific leadership. The position is analogous to that of full
professor at a...
