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Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
The Trump administration targets NCAR programs labeled as 'climate alarmism,' planning to close its Mesa Laboratory and relocate weather research, risking loss of key climate data and 830 jobs.
- On Dec. 16, 2025, the Trump administration directed the National Science Foundation to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, with plans to fully close the Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
- Officials say the move targets what they call federal climate alarmism, linking the restructuring to a return to NCAR's original focus and broader cuts to NOAA and $109 million in Colorado environmental grants.
- The National Center for Atmospheric Research employs about 830 staff, receives $109 million from NSF in 2025, and runs two aircraft plus a supercomputing center in Cheyenne.
- Officials say a review will relocate vital activities such as weather research to another entity or location, but jobs and programs at NCAR remain unclear as efforts to dissolve NCAR begin immediately.
- The White House criticized NCAR as a source of climate alarmism, citing wasteful initiatives like the Rising Voices Center, art series on water, and offshore wind research, amid record 2024 temperatures and Trump calling climate change a `hoax`.
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