Theresa Barosh

the U.S. Capitol building on an overcast day, looking ominous

URGENT! Contact your senators today to advocate to fund science agencies and programs!

The Senate Appropriations Committee & its subcommittees are writing appropriation bills for the federal FY26 budget now.

Here's how you can help: esa.org/esablog/2025...

Satellite imagery that shows a large smoke plume stretching across North America. This image contains GeoColor imagery from the GOES-19 weather satellite. It was observed on the morning of May 29, 2025.

Wildfires in Canada have produced a large smoke plume that stretches 3,000 miles from Montana to the Atlantic Ocean.

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

What an absolutely amazing team! 📡🛰️🛰️🛰️

Celebrate Pride Month with PRC - Pride Resource Center What is Pride Month? Pride Month, celebrated each June, was created to commemorate the Stonewall Inn Uprising, which is often pointed to as the spark of the modern gay rights movement. On June 28, 196...

Pride Month, celebrated each June, was created to commemorate the Stonewall Inn Uprising, which is often pointed to as the spark of the modern gay rights movement.

Check out upcoming events: prideresourcecenter.colostate.edu/pridemonth/?...

Six people in graduation regalia

Congratulations once again to all of our graduates. We are confident you will all do great things in the future whether here or elsewhere, and you can always call the department home.

six people in P H D regalia

Way to go doctoral #RamGrads 🎉💚🐏

Some days, I try out goofy photos and start new social media accounts. Please follow CSU's atmospheric science department! I promise, we'll post some more serious science content soon.

With flight safety in the news recently, I'm stoked to highlight this research. It's under threat from potential funding and personnel changes. Cheers to all the teams behind flight safety - it's a big job.

Read my blurb of 5️⃣ things to know about the Aviation Weather Center ⬇️

18 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects The halt threatens jobs and holds back energy production at a time the president has claimed an “energy emergency,” state attorneys general said.

Eighteen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the industry.

Raised garden bed

Seedlings

Plant in pot

Young plants make me feel hopeful 🌱

The advice to work on the important problems is even more relevant now. How do we choose how to spend our time? How do we decide which projects are the most important?

‘Trainwreck’ of NOAA funding cuts could derail Colorado research on wildfires, earthquakes and storms “It is our fear that if sweeping cuts are made, the damage will be irreversible.”

Article interviewing CIRA and @cires.colorado.edu directors on the impact of proposed NOAA cuts from the @denverpost.com

www.denverpost.com/2025/04/25/c...

Interestingly, people are watching this one longer if they aren't already followers of the CIRA accounts. Being a bit deeper in the science, I thought it would go the other way around. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? 🤔

Surprise atmospheric rivers, toxic seafood: How NOAA cuts could impact California California research institutions could lose access to millions of dollars, which could impact atmospheric river forecasts and Coast Guard rescues.

“Scripps maintains critical ocean and atmospheric observations that are vital for enhancing public safety and economic security. These programs have been maintained with strong bipartisan support & we urge continued investment in @noaa.gov.” - Scripps director Margaret Leinen for @sfchronicle.com. ⬇️

Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.

🎉🎉🎉

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

A reporter recently asked our researchers what projects would be hard to do outside of our NOAA cooperative institute. It's hard to choose just a couple of good examples because all of them are built on unique relationships with federal and academic researchers in a unique environment.

Congratulations 🎉

Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

Check out an excellent use of @cira-csu.bsky.social's GeoColor imagery in this NPR article📡🌎

And read more about how NOAA protects lives ⬇️

www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...

Singer

Singer on stage

So fun! #FoCoMX

New blog post: No good news in the snowpack and water supply numbers.

The snowpack in Colorado's southern mountains never got to a good level this year, and now it's melting quickly. This doesn't bode well for river flows in the spring and summer. #cowx

Image with text: "Funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025 due to a suspension of federal funding from NOAA through the Department of Commerce. It is unknown if or when funding will resume. All data and services offered under the HPRCC contract, including this website, are unavailable."

You may see messages like this on parts of our website, including the drought page. We rely heavily on maps & data from the High Plains Regional Climate Center, which no longer has funding. We'll do our best to point to alternative data sources, but many of these products are not easy to replicate.

Trump cuts would cripple NOAA’s wide-ranging science partnerships The agency's cooperative institutes study everything from salmon stocks to tropical cyclones.

The Trump admin aims to zero out funding for NOAA’s 16 cooperative institutes, which study everything from extreme weather to fisheries to toxic algae. I spent last week talking with folks about the losses — & potential threats — to society if these institutes close. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Hurricane season is approaching. CIRA researchers like Mark DeMaria provide behind the scenes support for forecasters.

This video from CSU Atmospheric Science researcher Jessie Creamean unveils the upper levels of the Arctic Ocean.

When algae and phytoplankton release and bloom in the ocean, floating particles are visible and measurable.

Read more: engr.source.colostate.edu/under-the-ar...

As a Colorado State University student, Mazurek worked with CIRA researchers. CIRA researchers lead the way in AI weather forecasting through collaborations with federal agencies, other university researchers and the private sector.

www.cira.colostate.edu/science-stor...

Steaming vents on mountain side

Ōwakudani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents in Hakone, Japan, was created around 3,000 yo from an explosion of the Hakone volcano.

Bird

Kite

Bird

Monkeys

Wildlife 📸🇯🇵

Flowers

Maple leaves

Landscape view

Landscape

I worked on my photography skills while traveling in Japan the last two weeks.

Colorado State University's recent graduate, Allie Mazurek, explains numerical weather prediction models versus AI weather prediction. Mazurek worked with CIRA researchers as a student.