Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬2d ago
Feds failing in bid to take a #supercomputer from a #climate research center
The government ordered the University Consortium for Atmospheric Research (#UCAR), which manages NCAR on behalf of #NSF, to help it prepare to transfer the Wyoming to a different operator. UCAR sued the government and, on Monday, won a preliminary injunction that places the transfer of the facility on hold.
#NCAR won’t be losing its supercomputer.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/judge-blocks-part-of-trump-admins-effort-to-hurt-colorado-research-center/
Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center

The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.

Ars Technica
Richard Johnson4d ago

Judge issues injunction against chunk of Trump regime's attempt to break up NCAR (the transfer of NWSC in Cheyenne WY).
Coverage:
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/01/federal-judge-denver-injunction-ncar-breakup/
https://www.cpr.org/2026/06/01/federal-judge-blocks-trump-ncar-dismantle-plan/
Case docs:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496922/47/university-corporation-for-atmospheric-research-v-national-science/
Order:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.252597/gov.uscourts.cod.252597.47.0_1.pdf

#NSF #NCAR #UCAR #NWSC

Federal judge blocks breakup of NCAR in Boulder while blasting Trump for enacting political revenge on Colorado

A federal judge blocked Trump officials from breaking up the renowned National Center for Atmospheric Research, citing illegal political revenge.

The Colorado Sun
Rich Stein (he/him)4d ago

Good news — for the moment — about NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research).
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/01/federal-judge-denver-injunction-ncar-breakup/

https://www.cpr.org/2026/06/01/federal-judge-blocks-trump-ncar-dismantle-plan/

https://theconversation.com/understanding-weather-and-climate-risks-depends-on-supercomputers-like-ncars-276376
#NCAR #ScienceMatters #ClimateResearch

Federal judge blocks breakup of NCAR in Boulder while blasting Trump for enacting political revenge on Colorado

A federal judge blocked Trump officials from breaking up the renowned National Center for Atmospheric Research, citing illegal political revenge.

The Colorado Sun
Julescelt4d ago

#NCAR safe for now.

Federal judge blocks breakup of NCAR in Boulder while blasting Trump for enacting political revenge on Colorado | The Colorado Sun
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/01/federal-judge-denver-injunction-ncar-breakup/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_source=Colorado+Sun+App&utm_medium=App+Share+Button

Federal judge blocks breakup of NCAR in Boulder while blasting Trump for enacting political revenge on Colorado

A federal judge blocked Trump officials from breaking up the renowned National Center for Atmospheric Research, citing illegal political revenge.

The Colorado Sun
Brian Vastag4d ago

From @alexwitze over on bsky:

"NCAR just won in court! A US district judge in Colorado has prohibited NSF from taking #NCAR apart, specifically in spalling off its supercomputing center in Wyoming. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.252597/gov.uscourts.cod.252597.47.0.pdf

Our earlier story on this and why it matters:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01501-z 🧪"

#science #climate

Show threadpez234d ago

@bud_t Very good news indeed!

#ncar #ucar #science #climate

Bud Talbot4d ago

#NSF #NCAR #UCAR #Science

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/federal-judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-dismantling-boulder-weather-lab-cites-evidence-of-political-retaliation-against-colorado/73-71ba35cc-9093-452b-a44b-569462990668

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Alexandra Witze4d ago
NCAR just won in court! A US district judge in Colorado has prohibited NSF from taking #NCAR apart, specifically in spalling off its supercomputing center in Wyoming. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Our earlier story on this and why it matters: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 19
Top #climate research center at risk of cuts sues Trump administration
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.
“Losing NCAR would mean losing decades of institutional knowledge, something that cannot be plugged back in two or four or even ten years from now”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-climate-research-center-at-risk-of-cuts-sues-trump-administration/
https://archive.ph/CCWEF
Top climate research center at risk of cuts sues Trump administration

Universities that run the National Center for Atmospheric Research want to keep it from being dismantled

Scientific American
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 11
A Strong #ElNiño May Be Coming. #GlobalWarming Is Changing Its Effects
As planet warms, past episodes of the natural #weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one plays out.
“We are now in a different base line #climate,” said Clara Deser, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR). That means past El Niños don’t necessarily tell us how the El Niños of the future will look.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/climate/el-nino-global-warming.html
https://archive.ph/c2cVV
#climatechange
A Strong El Niño May Be Coming. Global Warming Is Changing Its Effects.

As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one plays out.

The New York Times