2025 NSF NCAR Explorer Series

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
A C-130 research aircraft sits on a snowy tarmac.

Labs in the sky: How airborne field projects get off the ground

Wed, Oct 1 2025, 5:30 - 7pm
NSF NCAR Mesa Lab and Online
A penguin on an ice sheet

Polar ecosystems in a changing climate

Wed, Nov 12 2025, 5:30 - 7pm
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