2025 NSF NCAR Explorer Series

A woman stands at a lectern in front of an audience and delivers a science talk

Satellite image of Hurricane Melissa

Science in the Spotlight: Hurricane Melissa and predicting extreme weather

Tue, Dec 9 2025, 2 - 3pm
Virtual
Cloe up on a car's front end covered in wet snow.

Weather on the move - Understanding weather hazards for cars, trucks, and drones

Thu, Nov 20 2025, 6:30 - 7:45pm
Lafayette Public Library, 775 Baseline Rd, Lafayette, CO 80026
Clouds forming over an icy ocean

The secret life of ice inside clouds

Tue, Nov 18 2025, 7 - 8pm
Bambei Brewing, 100 Superior Plaza Way, Suite 102, Superior, CO 80027
A coastal road floods from high seas

Science in the Spotlight: Flooding in Alaskan Coastal Communities

Thu, Nov 13 2025, 1 - 2pm
Virtual
A penguin on an ice sheet

Antarctic ecosystems: From microscopic plants to penguins

Wed, Nov 12 2025, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
Onlookers view a total solar eclipse

Gathered in Darkness documentary

Wed, Oct 29 2025, 7:30 - 8:30pm
Frasier Meadows, 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303
Hikers silhouetted against a smoggy city skyline

Longmont Museum - What clear skies can teach us: A history of urban air quality

Thu, Oct 9 2025, 7 - 9pm
Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd, Longmont, CO 80501
A false color image of the corona during a total solar eclipse

Standing in the shadow of a total solar eclipse

Wed, Sep 24 2025, 7:30 - 9pm
Frasier Meadows, 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303
Visualization of output from a community weather model

Beyond the forecast: The expansive role of community weather models

Sat, Aug 23 2025, 3 - 4pm
NoBo Library, 4500 13th St, Boulder, CO 80304
Two mountain bikers stop on a road to look at the mountain vista

Preparing our National Parks for the impacts of extreme weather events

Tue, Aug 12 2025, 7 - 8pm
Bambei Brewing, 100 Superior Plaza Way, Suite 102, Superior, CO 80027
Visualization of the Earth being hit with the sun's magnetism

When the Sun strikes: How space weather impacts our high-tech world

Wed, Jul 16 2025, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
Animation still of a polar bear on an iceberg.

A frozen sea in flux: Understanding changing Arctic Ocean ecosystems through art and science

Wed, Jun 4 2025, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
An empty highway with a city in the distance and clear skies

What clear skies can teach us: A history of urban air quality

Wed, May 14 2025, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
A false-color image of the Sun's corona during a total solar eclipse

Gathered in Darkness - 2024 total solar eclipse documentary premiere

Wed, Apr 23 2025, 7 - 8:30pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
Ice on the tail wing of an aircraft

Supercooled liquid clouds: Navigating the dangers of aircraft icing

Wed, Apr 16 2025, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
A NASA image of the Sun

Longmont Museum - Keeping an Eye on the Sun's Magnetism

Thu, Mar 27 2025, 7 - 8:30pm
Longmont Museum
A plane parked on a tarmac being deiced

There’s something on the wing … something green

Wed, Mar 26 2025, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online