"The research lab, which houses the largest federal research program on climate change, supports research to predict, prepare for and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters. The research lab is managed by a nonprofit consortium of more than 130 colleges and universities on behalf of the National Science Foundation. A senior White House official cited two instances of the lab's woke direction that wastes taxpayer funds on what the official called frivolous pursuits and ideologies."
"For climate scientists the lab is quite literally our global mothership, said Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech University. NCAR supports the scientists who fly into hurricanes, the meteorologists who develop new radar technology, the physicists who envision and code new weather models, and yes the largest community climate model in the world. That too, Hayhoe said in a social media post."
The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colorado. Vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location. NCAR houses the largest federal research program on climate change and supports forecasting and response to severe weather and natural disasters. NCAR is managed by a nonprofit consortium of more than 130 colleges and universities for the National Science Foundation. A senior White House official criticized 'woke' projects including an Indigenous and Earth Sciences center and an experiment tracing air pollution. Climate scientists warned that dismantling NCAR would undermine vital climate and weather research.
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