2019 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 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!

Uncompahgre area barn and fence with aspens and fog photographed in Fall near Ridgway, Colorado

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

Nov. 19, 2019

NSF NCAR Foothills Laboratory

Image of the sun's surface with solar flares

Keeping an Eye on the Sun's Magnetism

Nov. 13, 2019

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

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

Oct. 17, 2019

Longmont Museum

Boulder Library - Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

Oct. 9, 2019

Boulder Public Library

Gulfstream V flying over Antarctica during HIPPO

Planetary Metabolism in a Changing Climate

Sep. 11, 2019

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

Silhouette of a man standing below a large image of the world.

The Anthropocene: Where on Earth are we Going?

Jun. 20, 2019

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

Image of the leaves of a plant showing Ozone damage as brown spots.

What Can Plants Tell Us About Air Pollution?

Jun. 1, 2019

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

Jo Hecker and a group of kids from the audience on stage to perform a science experiment. A projection in the background says "No Fear of Science!" with Jo

Kids Science Show: "Science is Fun"

Apr. 12, 2019

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

Image of a large ground radar placed above large metal containers. Clouds in the background indicate a looming storm.

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

Mar. 27, 2019

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab