2018 NSF NCAR Explorer Series

A large audience sits in an auditorium listening to a presenter on stage

Thank you for your interest in past NSF NCAR Explorer Series lectures from 2018! We hope you enjoy the abstracts, bios, short videos, and the archived lectures from these talks and look forward to seeing you at a future event!

A NASA image of Greenland's ice sheet

Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

Wed, Oct 24 2018, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab
A detour sign and a caution tape block the bike path due to imminent flooding of the Boulder Creek.

2013 Front Range Flood: 5 Years Later

Wed, Sep 26 2018, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab
silhouette of person standing in front of a volcanic eruption. Yellow lava flares in front of him.

The Human Element

Wed, Sep 19 2018, 6:30 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab
IR image of Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Forecasts: Communicating Risk to Communities

Wed, Jul 18 2018, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab
The Yellowstone supercomputer

What are the limits of modeling our planet?

Sat, Apr 21 2018, 2 - 3:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab
Pressure ridges in Antarctica

Antarctica: Catching Snow in the World's Southernmost Desert

Wed, Feb 21 2018, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab