Court halts seizure of climate research supercomputer
TL;DR. A federal court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to transfer the National Center for Atmospheric Research's supercomputing center. - The University Consortium for Atmospheric Research sued the US government to prevent the facility's relocation. - Judge Brooke Jackson granted a preliminary injunction, citing potential irreparable harm to climate research. - The decision preserves the supercomputer, critical for climate and atmospheric modeling, in Boulder, Colorado.
- A judge issued a preliminary injunction against the transfer of NCAR's supercomputing center.
- The University Consortium for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) sued the government over the abrupt decision.
- The supercomputer is a vital resource for global atmospheric science and climate research.