Increased activity expected at NCAR Mesa Lab during Super Science Saturday Nov. 2

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  1. Tracking air pollution to and from the United States

    When it comes to global air pollution, what goes around comes around. Air pollution from factories, traffic, and power plants in Asia wafts over the Pacific Ocean to the United States, while pollutants produced in the United States wind up in Europe.

    • Air Quality

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  2. Photograph of two women sitting in an office, one undergoing a medical test

    UCAR Wins Health Hero Award

    UCAR has been honored with a Health Hero Award from the Boulder County Business Report for its array of employee wellness and ergonomics programs.

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  3. Sunspots

    The Sun's a hot topic

    The public is keenly interested in the Sun and its doings. “Sunspots” is one of the most frequent search terms bringing visitors to the NCAR/UCAR website.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  4. Temperature anomalies, Jul-Aug 2009, from NOAA/NCDC

    The cool summer that wasn't

    If you’re a gardener in New England, you might remember the wet, cool summer of 2009 for its tomatoes and potatoes, ravaged by the earliest and most widespread “late blight” on record. If you’re from south Texas, you were probably just trying to keep green things alive.

    • Climate

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  5. Illustration of two suns with yellow streams spiraling out and the earth

    More to Solar Cycle than Sunspots; Sun Also Bombards Earth with High-Speed Streams of Wind

    Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun's impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar cycle.

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