AMSHeadlines

October 22, 2026

In Memoriam: Tom Yoksas

Tom Yoksas, a longtime member of the NSF Unidata Program Center and a valued member of the broader Unidata and meteorological communities, died August 20, 2026. Over a career spanning many years, Yoksas made lasting contributions to the systems and infrastructure that enabled the sharing of real-time environmental data among scientific, educational, and operational communities.

Source

October 19, 2026

Framing the Heavens: 2026 Photo Contest Winners

Admire and read the stories of the four top photos from the AMS 2026 Photo Contest!

Source

October 16, 2026

A New AMS Certification for Climate Professionals

As governments, industries, and communities seek to plan for the future in the face of a changing environment, demand is high for qualified individuals to provide authoritative analysis of climate data and information. To help meet this demand and identify qualified professionals, the American Meteorological Society recently launched the Certified Climate Science Professional (CCSP) designation. ... Read more

Source

October 15, 2026

Funding the Geosciences? Just Might Earn AI a White Hat

Artificial Intelligence could use a rebranding, and meteorology and related geosciences offer some options.

Source

October 15, 2026

Hispanic & Latino/a Heritage Month Spotlight: Jose D. Fuentes

Jose D. Fuentes is a professor of atmospheric science at Penn State University, where he studies and teaches the processes governing exchanges of energy and gases between Earth’s surface and the lower atmosphere.

Source

October 15, 2026

AMS Science Preview: Santa Ana Fire Winds; Chatbots on Climate

Research in AMS journals discusses a new classification for dangerous Santa Ana winds, driver responses to snow squall warnings, the rainiest possible Earth conditions, forecasting extreme waves, the Congo air boundary, LLMs and local climate, and more.

Source