Antonio Busalacchi, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which manages NCAR, released a statement saying he was aware of reports that the White House is proposing to break up the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research, but had no further information.

The U.S. Senate adjourned for the year without passing a major appropriations package after Colorado’s senators held up the bills over the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the National Cen...

Its dismantling would be a major loss for scientific research, said Kevin Trenberth, a distinguished scholar at NCAR and an honorary academic in physics at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.