2019 NCAR Explorer Series

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Thank you for your interest in past NCAR Explorer Series lectures from 2019! 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!

380 Miles from East to West: Celebrating 40 Years of Colorado Photography by John Fielder

Get a personal, photographic tour from John Fielder of Colorado’s most beautiful locations in both mountain and canyon country.

Keeping an Eye on the Sun's Magnetism

Learn about the science that helps us understand solar storms and space weather, and the advances in solar telescopes allowing scientists to monitor the Sun in a lot more detail than ever before.

Longmont Museum - Antarctica: Catching snow in the world’s southernmost desert

In collaboration with the Longmont Museum, discover the challenges of measuring snowfall in Antarctica and working in such an extreme environment.

Boulder Library - Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

In collaboration with Boulder Public Library, learn the basics of ice sheet modeling and the likelihood of abrupt sea level rise with examples from Greenland and Antarctica.

Planetary Metabolism in a Changing Climate

Hear about how our Earth is responding to current changes, the global-scale airborne campaigns that collect data used to monitor these changes, and state-of-the-art Earth system modeling.

The Anthropocene: Where on Earth are we Going?

Discover how the Anthropocene came to be, and how we as humans can positively influence the directions that the Anthropocene could take in the future.

What Can Plants Tell Us About Air Pollution?

Find out how ground-level ozone pollution damages plants and impacts our ecosystems, in Colorado and beyond.

Kids Science Show: "Science is Fun"

Bring your curious minds and discover the world of science through this fun and exciting kids science show!

Peering into the Storms with Weather Radars - Past, Present and Future

Learn about what the future might hold for radar observations as a tool for scientific research and weather observations.