"Under Trump, the US government has said that it will take steps to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, alleging that it promotes climate alarmism. The organization that manages NCAR - a coalition of around 130 universities called the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) - sued the government in March to stop NCAR's break-up. Researchers say that NCAR is a crucial global resource whose models underpin much of modern atmospheric science, including artificial-intelligence studies aimed at decoding and predicting extreme weather."
"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; an NSF spokesperson told Nature that he had nothing further to add."
"Documents released as part of the UCAR lawsuit show that last November, the White House's budget office told the NSF to begin restructuring NCAR to align the centre's mission "more closely with Administration priorities". The news became public in December. By January, the NSF asked for proposals on how NCAR should be reorganized, including a request for public"
A legal dispute in Colorado centers on whether the National Science Foundation can restructure the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder. Under President Donald Trump, the US government has alleged that NCAR promotes climate alarmism and has said it will take steps to dismantle the center. NCAR is managed by UCAR, a coalition of about 130 universities, and UCAR sued in March to stop the breakup. Researchers say NCAR is a crucial global resource whose models support modern atmospheric science, including work using artificial intelligence to decode and predict extreme weather. The dispute focuses on whether NSF is moving too quickly and without authority to transfer parts of NCAR, including a supercomputing center in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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