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

Tue, Nov 19 2019, 7 - 8:30pm

NSF NCAR Foothills Laboratory

Image of the sun's surface with solar flares

Keeping an Eye on the Sun's Magnetism

Wed, Nov 13 2019, 7 - 8:30pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

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

Thu, Oct 17 2019, 7:15 - 8:30pm

Longmont Museum

Boulder Library - Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise

Wed, Oct 9 2019, 6:30 - 8pm

Boulder Public Library

Gulfstream V flying over Antarctica during HIPPO

Planetary Metabolism in a Changing Climate

Wed, Sep 11 2019, 7 - 8:30pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab

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

The Anthropocene: Where on Earth are we Going?

Thu, Jun 20 2019, 7 - 8:30pm

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?

Sat, Jun 1 2019, 2 - 3:30pm

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"

Fri, Apr 12 2019, 5:30 - 7pm

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

Wed, Mar 27 2019, 7 - 8:30pm

NSF NCAR Mesa Lab