Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
@tornatrix.bsky.social
Assoc. prof at Purdue specializing in severe wx & radar. Storm chaser since 2001. All opinions expressed here are solely mine and not my employer's. She/her
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To my new followers here: Greetings! I’m a radar meteorologist who studies tornadoes & storms. I also study field work impacts on atmospheric science students’ learning & career aspirations (Fig. 1). Outside work, I’m a mom, spouse of @meteodan.bsky.social, cyclist, painter, & ham (WX0RT).
If any of your relatives traveled by air for the holidays, this is a timely reminder that research led by NCAR and an immigrant scientist (Dr. Fujita) are part of the reason they made it to their destination safely. #SaveNCAR
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Joint Airport Weather Studies Project (JAWS Historical) | Research Applications LaboratoryJoint Airport Weather Studies Project (JAWS Historical) | Research Applications Laboratory
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December 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If any of your relatives traveled by air for the holidays, this is a timely reminder that research led by NCAR and an immigrant scientist (Dr. Fujita) are part of the reason they made it to their destination safely. #SaveNCAR
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They make finding tornadoes so easy these days. When I was a young chaser you had no idea which gate the tornado would be at.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They make finding tornadoes so easy these days. When I was a young chaser you had no idea which gate the tornado would be at.
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![The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the U.S. Department of Commerce (the "Department") will cease funding for Award Number
through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
("NOAA"), pursuant to Section 200.340 of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 C.F.R. Part 200) which governs this award of Federal financial assistance.
As part of efforts to streamline and reduce the cost and size of the Federal Government, the Department is reprioritizing funding and staff to support only those activities directly related to its current programmatic goals and agency priorities. UCAR/NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program (CAMP) activities are no longer aligned with effectuating these undertakings, nor relevant to the current focus of the Administration's objectives and program goals. Specifically, NOAA has concluded that the project relies heavily on theoretical research and
long-term academic partnerships, rather than the agency's priority of applied, commercializable outcomes or private-sector collaborations.
Under 2 C.F.R Section 200.340- Termination, "It]he Federal award may be terminated in part or its entirety as follows: (2) By the Federal agency or pass-through entity pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Federal award, including, to the extent authorized by law, if an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities."
To this end and for the reasons stated above, Award Number is terminated effective December 19, 2025. Should the recipient decide to continue project activities beyond this date, it does so at its own risk and
will not be reimbursed for any project costs incurred after that date.
Should you decide to continue project activities beyond this date, you do so at your own risk and will not be reimbursed for any project costs incurred after December 19, 2025. You will be notified in writing concerning close-out instructions for this award.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jxsz274bqthnltrjihgx3nfc/bafkreiarbjddfjxpziyv4r6l7wkfo3alla34rzms3eng5zzxaih2xap3yi@jpeg)
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From wildfire warnings to flood forecasts, NCAR's research impacts everyone in America.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
December 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
From wildfire warnings to flood forecasts, NCAR's research impacts everyone in America.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
President Trump's attempt to dismantle it for political vengeance is beyond reckless.
We will fight against this dangerous scheme every step of the way.
I love how so many news outlets have spotlighted NCAR’s deep back catalog of scientific advancements. www.cpr.org/2025/12/19/s... @coloradopublic.bsky.social
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December 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I love how so many news outlets have spotlighted NCAR’s deep back catalog of scientific advancements. www.cpr.org/2025/12/19/s... @coloradopublic.bsky.social
“White House officials characterized the dismantling of NCAR as a return to the center’s original mission—to make the weather great again… Weather and climate aren’t easily separable, though, and never have been.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“White House officials characterized the dismantling of NCAR as a return to the center’s original mission—to make the weather great again… Weather and climate aren’t easily separable, though, and never have been.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New AMS Statement: Dismantling NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research would weaken U.S. leadership in weather, water, and climate science, putting public safety at risk.
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
For more than 60 years, NSF NCAR has improved forecasts and early warnings that save lives. More: https://bit.ly/4q6eChn
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen.
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2 minutes on NCAR, what they do, why it's important, and you can do.
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
2 minutes on NCAR, what they do, why it's important, and you can do.
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Update on the NCAR situation with competing explanations for the NCAR dismantling ,CO officials citing retaliation by Trump admin and admin citing "green new scam." Meanwhile, NE CO and SE WY face extreme wildfire risk today and CA gears up for a heavy rain onslaught. tinyurl.com/mw5y5yae
Colorado at the center of the weather world - both for political reasons and sensible weather reasons
Extreme wildfire danger today in the foothills of Colorado and southeast Wyoming, while California braces for an onslaught of heavy rainfall
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December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Update on the NCAR situation with competing explanations for the NCAR dismantling ,CO officials citing retaliation by Trump admin and admin citing "green new scam." Meanwhile, NE CO and SE WY face extreme wildfire risk today and CA gears up for a heavy rain onslaught. tinyurl.com/mw5y5yae
I was wondering when AMS was going to say something publicly. www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The United States of America Needs the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
www.ametsoc.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I was wondering when AMS was going to say something publicly. www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
“If the beacons of knowledge are turned off in Boulder, New York, and Princeton, America’s scientific enterprise will suffer for generations. The best and the brightest will leave for more enlightened shores. They will follow their scientific dreams and passions elsewhere.”
"Attempting to erase a country’s scientific heritage, as the Trump administration is now trying to do, should be of concern to every US citizen. Because if climate science is viewed with disfavor today, other fields of scientific inquiry might be next in line for the chopping block."—Ben Santer.
Threatening NCAR, Trump administration seeks to extinguish a beacon of climate science
The Trump administration’s world view is that the US doesn’t need a climate science brain trust because it doesn’t like what the brains say.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“If the beacons of knowledge are turned off in Boulder, New York, and Princeton, America’s scientific enterprise will suffer for generations. The best and the brightest will leave for more enlightened shores. They will follow their scientific dreams and passions elsewhere.”
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75 faculty from cut departments (like Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) received notice that their jobs will end in Jan 2027.
A year seems like a lot of notice, but it's basically too late for this year's job cycle and too early for next year's.
From Nebraska's AAUP:
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A year seems like a lot of notice, but it's basically too late for this year's job cycle and too early for next year's.
From Nebraska's AAUP:
thebugeater.com/uncategorize...
Cruelty is a Choice - The Bugeater
Apparently some people and some interactions don’t matter. If you’re reading The Bugeater, you likely already know that on December 5 the NU Board of Regents voted to eliminate four academic departmen...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
75 faculty from cut departments (like Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) received notice that their jobs will end in Jan 2027.
A year seems like a lot of notice, but it's basically too late for this year's job cycle and too early for next year's.
From Nebraska's AAUP:
thebugeater.com/uncategorize...
A year seems like a lot of notice, but it's basically too late for this year's job cycle and too early for next year's.
From Nebraska's AAUP:
thebugeater.com/uncategorize...
Just made my morning round of calls to my Congresscritters, repeating the call to #SaveNCAR. It only took me five minutes! 📞
Script template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
Script template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just made my morning round of calls to my Congresscritters, repeating the call to #SaveNCAR. It only took me five minutes! 📞
Script template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
Script template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
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President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
President Trump thinks he can intimidate Colorado by shuttering NCAR.
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
It’s political retribution, Senator John Hickenlooper and I won’t stand for it. We are holding up the appropriations package to demand NCAR is fully funded.
Read our full statement here:
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BREAKING: Colorado senate delegation holds-up "minibus" appropriations package over Trump administration threats to NCAR that were like were "like a ‘stick of dynamite’ that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending." More: tinyurl.com/y3abjxdz
Breaking news: Colorado senate delegation forces delay in budget votes due to administration plans to dismantle NCAR
Action comes as western parts of Denver region face "particularly dangerous" wind and wildfire risk on Friday
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December 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
BREAKING: Colorado senate delegation holds-up "minibus" appropriations package over Trump administration threats to NCAR that were like were "like a ‘stick of dynamite’ that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending." More: tinyurl.com/y3abjxdz
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"A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations...said that Trump’s attempt to break up a premier weather and climate center based in Boulder, Colo., was like a “stick of dynamite” that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending."
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Trump move to dismantle climate agency blows up Senate funding deal
A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded tha…
thehill.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations...said that Trump’s attempt to break up a premier weather and climate center based in Boulder, Colo., was like a “stick of dynamite” that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending."
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This is not just "NCAR boosterism," folks. There are multiple empirical measures by which this is correct--and also, if you took a random sampling of atmospheric & Earth scientists from around the world, I'd bet that a substantial majority of them would agree. NCAR is truly irreplaceable.
Bucalacchi stresses NCAR's reach is unique globally: "if you look at the totality of activities from weather, water, climate, space, weather, atmosphere, chemistry- no one single institution covers that breadth and depth of across observation, high performance computing and modelling and tradition."
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is not just "NCAR boosterism," folks. There are multiple empirical measures by which this is correct--and also, if you took a random sampling of atmospheric & Earth scientists from around the world, I'd bet that a substantial majority of them would agree. NCAR is truly irreplaceable.
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
Trump moves to dismantle a ‘global mothership’ of climate research : Here & Now Anytime
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Co...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
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NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
NEW: Colorado Sens Hickenlooper and Bennet announce they're putting a hold on the Senate appropriations package to demand funding for NCAR.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
Bennet said today that the Trump administration's move to dismantle the climate/weather lab is retaliation for Tina Peters' imprisonment.
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At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
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Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
December 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Scientist at #AGU25 are speaking out to #SaveNCAR. Join more than 2000 of your colleagues to call or email your members of Congress to ask them to support NCAR today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...
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Join us for a critical conversation on the future of U.S. atmospheric science.
UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
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UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join us for a critical conversation on the future of U.S. atmospheric science.
UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
buff.ly/jR6tGwo
UCAR President Antonio Busalacchi hosts this town hall on what’s at stake if NSF NCAR is dismantled.
buff.ly/jR6tGwo
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“This is a five-alarm fire not just for NCAR, but for science in the United States” - Rep. Joe Neguse(CO-02) zooming into #AGU25 on the proposed decision to dismantle NCAR, located in his district in Boulder, Colorado. #SaveNCAR @agu.org @joeneguse.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“This is a five-alarm fire not just for NCAR, but for science in the United States” - Rep. Joe Neguse(CO-02) zooming into #AGU25 on the proposed decision to dismantle NCAR, located in his district in Boulder, Colorado. #SaveNCAR @agu.org @joeneguse.bsky.social