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Traveling NSF NCAR exhibit shines a spotlight on hyperlocal climate change issues

September 5, 2024

Real People, Real Climate, Real Changes is a traveling climate exhibit originating at NSF NCAR in 2019. It has been traveling since early 2020, next going to Cathedral City, CA. The exhibit showcases how climate change affects people around the country and world, and how to take action. A primary goal of the exhibit is engaging with the public—visitors can share their own personal experiences,...

Upcoming iCAS 2024 Symposium to cover interesting questions in computing and atmospheric science

August 30, 2024 Updated: September 4, 2024

The International Computing in the Atmospheric Sciences (iCAS 2024) Symposium is set to take place from Monday, September 9, to Thursday, September 12, in scenic Stresa, Italy. Dr. Christopher Kadow of the German Climate Computing Center will deliver a keynote speech entitled: “The technology that deletes photobombs can do climate research? The chatbot that writes poetry can do climate analysi...

Read the story: Massive dataset on climate and fisheries now freely available to researchers

August 23, 2024

Scientists at NSF NCAR have linked together multiple state-of-the-art computer models to create a detailed picture of how conditions in the atmosphere affect the ocean, plankton, and fish. The result is an incredibly rich, high-resolution global dataset that stretches over multiple decades. The dataset can help answer scientific questions about how oceans are changing, and ultimately sets the...

University instructors: Use NSF NCAR computing resources in your university courses

August 23, 2024

Do you teach a university class? Consider applying for a classroom allocation on Derecho. As part of NSF NCAR’s mission to support atmospheric science and education, faculty and instructors at any two- or four-year U.S. institution can use HPC and analysis resources from NSF NCAR in their courses in Earth systems science and related areas. Classroom allocations can also be used for shorter-t...

Survey - Core Hours and Carbon Credits

August 21, 2024

A survey by the University of Chicago on “Core Hours and Carbon Credits: Incentivizing Sustainability in Computing” is being conducted on the energy consumption of HPC resources. The study aims to assess the energy cost of running applications on different resources and how user behavior can influence energy consumption. As part of this work, participants are needed with respect to the energy a...

Register by this Friday 8/23: virtual workshop series on policy, ethics, and climate intervention

August 20, 2024

Join an NSF-funded series of virtual workshops in October and November to help shape the governance framework around climate change. The all-virtual series, “Exploring the Ethics and Societal Interactions of Climate Intervention,” will take place on October 15, 18, 22, and 25; and November 18 and 21, 2024. The series will focus on Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (C...