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First mission to fly through monstrous ‘fire clouds’ is about to take off
“We’re seeing these intense fires and unpredictable behaviours,” says Teresa Campos, an atmospheric chemist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, who works on the project. “It definitely feels like an important topic to be researching.”
This plane is buzzing the Great Salt Lake to sniff out ozone’s secrets
“There's nothing that's emitting ozone,” said National Center for Atmospheric Research scientist Sam Hall. “It's formed secondarily, and it's bad for human health. It's bad for crops. It makes your car rust faster. It has a lot of side effects because it's so potentially reactive, especially in the presence of sunlight.”
Hall is part of a team studying the formation of ozone in the atmosphere above the state through the end of August.
Pieternel Levelt receives Snellius Medal
On March 13, Pieternel Levelt (far right), an associate director of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR), received the 2026 Snellius Medal. The Snellius medal is a prestigious award that is only given once every ten years by the Dutch Society for the Promotion of Natural Sciences, Medicine, and Surgery.
