The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement from Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to USA Today.
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Climate Modeling for Communities, with Communities
End users, such as Indigenous community members developing climate adaptation efforts, make better use of climate models when researchers collaborate with them from the start.
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Could Future Mars Habitats Be Made of Ice?
Models suggest that clear ice, sourced and distilled on Mars, could offer a feasible alternative for building stable off-world structures.
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Changing Winters Leave Indigenous Alaskans on Thin Ice
Researchers are blending Indigenous Knowledges with climate models to describe shifts in snow and ice.
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Astronauts Could Live in Structures Made from Moon Rocks
Scientists are testing “mooncrete,” a concrete analogue made from lunar regolith, as a potential material to build structures on the Moon.
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Episodic Tales of Salt
When episodic pulses of road salt hit after a winter storm, the impact can be like a lightning strike for the environment.
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Could Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Help Save Corals from Bleaching?
New research indicates a well-studied form of climate intervention might at least buy time for many at-risk reefs.
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New Lessons from Old Ice: How We Understand Past (and Future) Heating
Fragments of blue ice up to 6 million years old—the oldest ever found—offer key insights into Earth’s warming cycles. Researchers are using these ancient data to refine models of our future climate.
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Understanding Flux, from the Wettest Ecosystems to the Driest
Pulses of activity, from tides to precipitation swings, play a crucial, changing role in ecosystems worldwide.
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The Language of the Crust: Investigating Fault-to-Fault Interactions
Faults don’t just form—they respond, resist, and reshape the crustal narrative.