#SXSW has been so inspiring! I’ve met so many new and interesting people, and have so many great new ideas and connections! I’m really energized! Plus, I got to see a lot of weird stuff.

It’s been fabulous to be a part of this year’s #SXSW! We had a interesting and interactive panel this morning on Climate research, innovation, and industry. It was a great and engaging group, the panel and the audience!

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Also, Brigitta Rongstad wrote a news release at cires.colorado.edu/news/house-fires-release-harmful-compounds-air.

this is a very cool - and important study! This type of information is needed to understand the emissions from fires in the WUI - to protect people and to understand their impacts.

A crowd of people gathered outside for the science-magic demonstrations.

Come join us at the CSU Little Shop of Physics Open House💫
This event is FREE and open to the public, welcoming curious minds of all ages!
🗓️ Sunday, March 1, 2026, from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
📍CSU Lory Student Center, Fort Collins, CO

As we see more fires occur in these spaces (and as someone who lived it during the Marshall Fire)- we need to better understand the emissions and air quality impacts from burning homes, cars, roads, etc so that we can prepare and protect.

It is great to be a part of this team to address the air quality emissions from fires in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).
news.ucar.edu/133058/wildf...

Building Better Weather Networks - Eos A lack of weather data often leaves African communities vulnerable. Convergent efforts to improve observational networks throughout the continent are slowly filling the gaps.

Check out the great work going on at the #UCP @comet-meted.bsky.social
Building Better Weather Networks eos.org/features/bui...

Environmental Hazard Impact Metrics That Matter - Eos Humans acutely experience climate change when they encounter extreme environmental conditions, but scientific definitions of “extreme” often don’t reflect communities’ complex lived experiences.

Environmental Hazard Impact Metrics That Matter eos.org/opinions/env...

This is an excellent opportunity for Early Career Atmospheric Scientists!
www.ecr-igac-icacgp.org/2025/03/05/i...

Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates

Study has ‘profound implications for preventing the neurodegenerative disorder.’
@iansample.bsky.social @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our inter-journal special issue on Biomass burning uncertainties: emissions, chemistry, and physics is now open for paper submissions at agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...! Please consider this special-issue when submitting any biomass burning research to @agu.org journals (see thread).

Boulder’s NCAR opens redesigned Sun-Earth Connections exhibit The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder has reopened its Sun-Earth Connections exhibit after redesigning it for the first time since the exhibit opened in 2010.

When you are in Boulder - Come check this out!!
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social @ucarscied.bsky.social

www.dailycamera.com/2025/09/02/n...

So sorry to hear this!!

@ucarscied.bsky.social

(You'll have to confirm your email and then go back to the link to vote - it's not the most efficient process but should only take 2-3 minutes).

Use this link to access the proposal catalog, put our title "Climate Science + Industry: Collabs for Innovation & Impact" in the search, and then try to click on the heart to vote for it. It'll direct you to a page to create a login.

You do not have to be attending SXSW to vote—you simply need to create a login for the Panel Picker.

PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.

Please support UCAR, Longpath Technologies, and Jonah Energy in presenting a panel discussion at the 2026 SXSW conference in Austin! The Panel Picker community voting process is open until August 24!!

participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...

Please share far and wide through your networks, social media, etc. to try to get out the vote and support our efforts to bring our science to unexpected places!

It'll direct you to a page to create a login. (You'll have to confirm your email and then go back to the link to vote - it's not the most efficient process but should only take 2-3 minutes).

How to vote:
put our title "Climate Science + Industry: Collabs for Innovation & Impact" in the search

then try to click on the heart to vote for it

PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.

You do not have to be attending SXSW to vote—you simply need to create a login for the Panel Picker.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

This is a shocking executive order that undermines the very idea of open inquiry. It turns federal grants into dispensations, subject to arbitrary and capricious withdrawal should the recipient say or believe the wrong things.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

EPA announces layoffs The agency plans to eliminate its Office of Research and Development.

I am so sad to see this. This organization is essential for understanding pollution and its impacts. The people who work there are incredibly dedicated, experienced, and world leaders. This is incredible loss of national investment and capacity.

www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains Federal funding cuts in the billions have impacted dozens of universities in the US.

How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains
theconversation.com/how-slashing...

Wildfires threaten water quality for years after they burn admin-cires.colorado.edu/news/wildfir...

Dear NOAA: Thank You YouTube video by Cole Vaughn

Thank you, @noaa.gov
Many of the founding fathers kept weather records
NOAA is more American than Apple pie, which started in England