While the current peak in the 11-year cycle of sunspot activity is on the weak side, the Sun might still produce a major storm at any point. The most dangerous storms are most likely during the waning part of the solar cycle, which will unfold later this decade.

Participants will develop performance-enhancing applications methods while training the next generation of scientists and engineers.

UCAR's Unidata program, which provides unique support to researchers and students worldwide, will expand its services over the next five years.

Climate change will reduce water availability during dry seasons and increase it during wet seasons around the globe, new research suggests. It also finds there will be large regional variations in water-related impacts.

UCAR and the U.N. Foundation have assembled a network of experts who can discuss climate change in communities across the country.