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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 11/08/2026

AGU is documenting the real-world impacts of recent U.S. Administration actions that have resulted in cuts, delays, and disruptions at NSF and other science agencies. Take the AGU Survey today. Responses before 31 August are most immediately helpful. 🔗 spklr.io/63322ERySk

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Benjamin Cook @dustybowl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are now open! cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-r... I was one about 350 years ago, and cannot not speakly highly enough of this program. Applications due October 16, 2026

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Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Program Recruitment Announcement | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS)Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Program Recruitmen...

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Katelyn FitzGerald @kafitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Really excited for #SciPy2026 this year! So many great talks and events on the schedule: www.scipy2026.scipy.org

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SciPy 2026

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SciPy Conference 2026 @scipyconf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

📣 Meet our first keynote 🥁🥁 🚀 Thomas Caswell: Project Lead for Matplotlib & staff scientist at Brookhaven National Lab. 15+ years of scientific Python: from a 1-character patch to leading one of its most-used libraries 📊 Don't miss him at #SciPy2026 🔗 scipy2026.scipy.org

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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.github.io · 02/06/2026

The @ametsoc.org Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (for which I am the Commissioner) is soliciting nominations for 13 Board and Committee early-career, distinguished science or tech accomplishment, or service awards! Most deadlines are June 12th! www.ametsoc.org/stac/awards/...

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Kyle Niemeyer, PhD @kyleniemeyer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Funding opportunity for US-based early career researchers! tl;dr: $25k for 6-mo projects in AI/ML Integration in Scientific Software Development, Scientific Software Sustainability, or Software education research. Applications due 1 June 2026. 🔗 urssi.us/blog/2026/05...

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URSSI Blog

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NSF NCAR Computational & Information Systems Laboratory @ncar-cisl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Just four more days until in-person registration closes! Register today: sea.ucar.edu/iss/2026/

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The official NOAA stats out this week confirm that winter 2025-26 was the warmest on record across a huge portion of the western and central U.S., which has contributed to extremely low mountain snowpack & worsened the CO River crisis. Meanwhile, record March heat is in forecast.

Official map from NOAA depicting the relative rank of winter 2025-2026 temperatures at a county level across the contiguous U.S. Many counties in the western and central U.S. are depicted in dark red color, signifying record-warmest winter. All other counties in the west and central U.S. are depicted in dark orange colors, signifying a "near record warm" rank.

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NSF NCAR Computational & Information Systems Laboratory @ncar-cisl.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Registration is open for the 2026 Pythia Cook-off! Join us in-person at the NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO June 15-18, 2026. projectpythia.org/pythia-cooko...

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Pythia Cook-off 2026 - Pythia Cook-off 2026

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riskmarketnews.com @riskmarketnews.com · 16/02/2026

The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide. "Uncertainty carries a positive cost." www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...

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Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries

A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

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What the National Center for Atmospheric Research means to the atmospheric sciences

Born out of a time of great need for the federal government, NCAR plays a role with few analogues.

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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 10/02/2026

if the Colorado snowpack numbers from SNOTEL stations (52% of median) aren't low enough for you, they get even worse when looking at data across all elevations. Using the University of Arizona's SWE dataset, we're now below one-third of the usual snowpack (32.5%) as of February 9. #cowx

map of Colorado snowpack as a percent of the 1991-2020 median from the University of Arizona dataset. Statewide, it's 32.5% of median.

Time series of Colorado snow water equivalent for all years from 1982-2026. This year is the lowest in that timeframe, at 32% of the 1991-2020 median.

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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

One more reminder about our open faculty position! We'll begin reviewing applications in a few weeks.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 30/01/2026

@agu.org has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on the importance of NCAR: agu.quorum.us/campaign/154... #SaveNCAR

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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF

Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 26/01/2026

Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:

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Climate Data Scientist | Climate Central

Climate Central is seeking a highly-skilled Climate Data Scientist to join our team. Reporting to the Vice President for Science, the scientist will be part of a new initiative in climate services to ...

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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 23/01/2026

The extreme cold across eastern N America is due to the Alaskan Ridge regime, which on average brings the coldest winter weather to this region. Is this happening more often? No. During the modern warming era, there has been no observed trend in the occurrence of this regime at this time of year.

A time series of the January–February frequency (in days) of the AKR regime from 1979 to 2025 using ERA5 data, based on the year-round classification of Lee et al. 2023 (J. Climate) updated through 2025.

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David John Gagne II @djgagnedos.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

NSF just posted their Dear Colleague Letter regarding the restructuring of NCAR. www.nsf.gov/funding/info...

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NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure

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Sean Arms @lesserwhirls.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“In short, the atomic ensemble time scale at our Boulder campus has failed due to a prolonged utility power outage. One impact is that the Boulder Internet Time Services no longer have an accurate time reference.” groups.google.com/a/list.nist....

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Primary time scale failure at NIST Boulder campus; significant impact on NTP services

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

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Matthew Feickert @matthewfeickert.com · 19/12/2025

The Call for Proposals for #SciPy2026 is now live! pretalx.com/scipy-2026/cfp If you have questions about @scipyconf.bsky.social just ask and be on the lookout for proposal writing office hours!

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Schedule, talks and talk submissions for SciPy 2026

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

“The changes permit as few as one outside review rather than the current minimum of three, end the routine use of expert panels to discuss those individual reviews, and give program managers greater authority to recommend which proposals should or should not be funded.”

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NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

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Jen DeHart @jcdehart.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

In case you want to share with your networks, this is a good article by the NYT on the broad scope of work done by NCAR and some of the key discoveries (e.g., microbursts and aviation accidents).

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Do you love to write code or teach others about data-centered Earth Systems Science? Interested in the interplay of science and data? The NSF Unidata Summer Internship program is looking for you! Apply by February 6, 2026 to work with us next summer: buff.ly/5nsLdRu

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AGU Hydrology H3S @agu-h3s.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Wowza! The votes keep streaming in! Next #Headwaters match up for #CatchmentCup2025 is: Nsimi vs Fudoji & Kiyu Experimental Watersheds! Vote here: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup Check out facts below: Let us know if you work at any sites or have visited we would love to see more photos!!!

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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The Advanced Study Program’s Graduate Visitor Program Fellowship is accepting applications! This fellowship allows graduate students to work on their thesis, dissertation, or final project equivalent, with guidance from NSF NCAR scientists and engineers.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 08/09/2025

Attention Teachers and Educators! Have the NWS visit your classroom virtually! Presentation topics include weather, climate, space weather, hydrology (rivers) & tsunamis, and are available in English and Spanish. weather.gov/education/sc... #BackToSchoolNOAA

A group of students sit on a classroom floor facing the projector screen which displays a map of the United States and the faces of meteorologists virtually speaking about the presentation. The students hold their laptops and listen intently to the presentation. Text on the photo reads: Virtual School Talks

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Falko Judt @cloudprophet.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🌍 The MMM lab at @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is running experimental realtime forecasts with a global 3.75-km MPAS model. Goal: Highlight the power of global km-scale models for weather prediction from local to planetary scales, incl. tropical cyclones. 👉 project.mmm.ucar.edu/real-time-fo...

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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Applications are OPEN for the Faculty Innovator Program, supporting collaborative interdisciplinary projects pairing faculty with NSF NCAR researchers. Applicants will start with the Ideas Lab workshops to co-develop proposals. Due Sept. 15. edec.ucar.edu/university-partnershi…

Diagram of the process for applying. Please see website for full details.

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Jeremy Tuloup @jtp.io · 19/08/2025

👋 JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook users: What's one thing you'd love to see improved in JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebook, or JupyterLite? The team is prepping the upcoming 4.5/7.5 releases and wants to tackle some usability issues. Drop your feedback below, this will help prioritize what gets fixed!👇

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Project Pythia @projectpythia.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Still 10 more days to join us in Boulder to cook up some great open-source geoscience Python notebooks!

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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Celebrating 30 years of our Community Earth System Model (CESM)! 🌍 We’re gathering input on CESM’s national and international impact through a quick survey. 📝 If you’ve used CESM data, models or support resources, your feedback is essential. The survey closes 6/19. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Impacts of CESM

As we celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), we are seeking to better characterize the value of the CESM activity, which includes the model, data, and support th...

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Katelyn FitzGerald @kafitzgerald.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

A great opportunity to learn and collaborate with folks on open geoscience workflows!

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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Heads up on this vital 100 hour streaming marathon on the value of weather and climate expertise as National Weather Service struggles with staff shortages and reduction in service www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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100-Hour Streaming Marathon To Highlight Value Of Weather Expertise

A 100-hour streaming marathon before hurricane season seeks to raise awareness of cuts to the weather-climate enterprise and why that expertise matters to us all.

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Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 09/05/2025

Have you ever looked at a weather map online? Or seen a nice visualization of weather forecast model output? If so, NSF Unidata almost certainly made that possible in one way or another. Modern meteorological education would not be possible without the data, tools, and resources they provide.

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pyOpenSci @pyopensci.org · 06/05/2025

If you or somone you know has been impacted by federal grant funding cuts, there is a funding initiative supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Kapor and William Grant Foundations that provides modest bridge funding. Please share widely. www.spencer.org/grant_types/... #science #openscience

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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NSF NCAR Computational & Information Systems Laboratory @ncar-cisl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🔔 Slides & recordings from the 2025 Improving Scientific Software Conference are now available within the online conference program: sea.ucar.edu/iss/2025-pro... Thanks to all who joined us—see you in 2026! #ISS2025 #ScientificSoftware

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UCAR Software Engineering Assembly - Program

The public facing site for the UCAR SEA featuring news, event information, and best practices.

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NSF Unidata @unidata.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

✨The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey is now live! ✨ Share your insights, support community progress. Take 15 minutes to complete the survey, and as a thank you, you'll have the chance to enter a drawing for an NSF Unidata swag bag. 🔗 arcg.is/zLOSW #PoweredByUnidata

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 24/04/2025

New AMS Statement and Special Report: The Federal agencies in the public sector provide a foundational role in supporting the rest of the weather enterprise. A failure of these systems would be catastrophic. Read the AMS Statement: bit.ly/4lLTdbk

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Without a Strong Weather Enterprise America's Economic Leadership Is at Risk

The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

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Katelyn FitzGerald @kafitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Great opportunity for Earth systems science data folks:

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NSF NCAR & UCAR @ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If you provide Earth system science learning at the post-secondary levels or within the workforce, we need your input! Take this quick survey so we can understand your priorities + obstacles to providing education, training & support: www.surveymonkey.com/r/ESS_Needs

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Earth System Science Needs

The goal of this study is to understand the state of education and training efforts for emerging ESS specializations and help identify ways that UCAR and its collaborators could address priorities and...

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 21/03/2025

I’m keeping a running upperair observation status page on my website. I have additional metadata like reason for degradation, degradation type, when the degradation began, etc. In a coming update you will be able to read those things by clicking on the site. www.stormscale.io/spc/upperair...

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Tomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

2 additional radiosonde sites are temporarily suspending launches, while 6 others are reducing to one launch a day. 14 out of 83 sites now have partial or no launches. The more radiosondes are reduced or suspended, the more noticeable the forecast skill reduction becomes.

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