The grant will enable NSF NCAR to run multiple computer model simulations, providing decision makers with information about key climate variables 20 years and beyond into the future.

The new member institutions include McMaster University; Portland State University; Tuskegee University; University of California, Riverside; and University of California, Santa Barbara.

Over the last half century, the NSF NCAR Dropsonde Program has remained the leader in developing dropsonde technology.

Ying-Hwa "Bill" Kuo, who has directed the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) portfolio of community programs since 2015, announced he will step down in March 2025.

The warming climate will accelerate permafrost thawing and lead to an intensification of wildfires in regions of northern Canada and Siberia.