"At the heart of the legal fight is whether the US National Science Foundation (NSF), which provides the bulk of NCAR's funding through a contract with UCAR, is moving too quickly and without authority to hand off pieces of NCAR including a supercomputing centre in Cheyenne, Wyoming to public and private institutions. A lawyer representing the NSF argued in court that no final decisions had been taken."
A legal dispute in Colorado centers on the future of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. The Trump administration has said it will take steps to dismantle NCAR, alleging it promotes climate alarmism. UCAR, which manages NCAR and represents about 130 universities, sued the US government in March to stop the breakup. Researchers say NCAR is a crucial global resource whose models support modern atmospheric science, including artificial-intelligence work on extreme weather prediction. They warn that losing NCAR would remove decades of institutional knowledge that cannot be replaced quickly. The dispute focuses on whether the National Science Foundation (NSF) is moving too quickly and without authority to transfer parts of NCAR, including a supercomputing center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, to public and private institutions.
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