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- 9 February 2018
- Trump signed a bill that gives millions to the US agency in charge of climate and weather science
- the agency to get better weather satellites, improve hurricane intensity forecasting, and enhance their supercomputing infrastructure. John
- 9 February 2018
- If you live in Florida, doctors say climate change is already affecting your health
- fund anything from tree planting to helping officials streamline their hurricane preparedness plan. “The county health departments really
- 8 February 2018
- New CREWS initiative for the Caribbean
- reduced because we saw them coming. Forecasting models accurately predicted the hurricane path and anticipated their extreme intensities
- 8 February 2018
- In keynote address, Alley urges scientists to express value of their work
- , Alley stressed the value of weather forecasting to the assembled meteorologists. “The Galveston hurricane killed 8,000 people in 1900.
- 28 December 2017
- The record-breaking megadisasters of 2017, explained
- now,” Jeff Rosenfeld, editor-in-chief of Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, which published the report, said. “We’re virtually
- 28 December 2017
- Stunning satellite image shows lake effect snow over Great Lakes
- two-day snowfall. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland says the storm brought 34 inches on Christmas Day, a new all-time daily
- 27 December 2017
- The 10 most incredible photos from an astounding year in weather
- season from hell is finally over The National Hurricane Center issued its best forecasts this year California super bloom A wildflower
- 27 December 2017
- In all likelihood, someday the sun will knock out the grid
- our star down to Earth for people. She’s working with the American Meteorological Society to create a space-weather-broadcast certification.
- 20 November 2017
- Satellite Imagery Aids Rescue Efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria
- Satellite Imagery Aids Rescue Efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria
- 19 November 2017
- Artificially Cooling Planet Could Be Risky Strategy, Scientists Warn
- Artificially Cooling Planet Could Be Risky Strategy, Scientists Warn
- 1 May 2018
- AMS ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEF EDITOR FOR GLOSSARY OF METEOROLOGY
AMS announced that Dr. Ward R. Seguin has been appointed chief editor of the Glossary of Meteorology, effective January 1, 2018.
- 1 March 2018
- AMS ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEF EDITOR FOR JOURNAL
AMS announced that Dr. Henry P. Huntington of Huntington Consulting, in Eagle River, Alaska, has been appointed chief editor of the AMS journal Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS).
- 23 February 2018
- AMS ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM TO BUILD EARLY CAREER SCIENCE LEADERS
AMS announced today the launch of a new program, Early Career Leadership Academy (ECLA), which seeks to build and sustain a diverse network of early careers leaders across the weather, water, and climate science community
- 9 January 2018
- AMS Publications Partners with Kudos
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) announced that it has signed a multiyear contract with Kudos, the award-winning service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications.
- 13 December 2017
- Human Influence on Climate Led to Several Major Weather Extremes in 2016
Global heat, regional heat, and marine heat records were not possible without human-caused climate change
- 16 November 2017
- AMS Announces Winners of 2018 Election
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) announced the winners of its 2018 elections for AMS president-elect as well as five new Council members, based on AMS membership voting.
- 30 August 2017
- AMS Announces New Chief Editor
AMS announced that Professor Gary Lackmann of North Carolina State University has been appointed chief editor of Weather and Forecasting.
- 7 August 2017
- Associate Director of AMS Education Program to Retire
AMS announces that after 22 years of service to the Education Department, Robert Weinbeck is retiring in August 2017.
- 2 August 2017
- AMS ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR K-12 EDUCATOR COURSES
AMS today announced that starting with the summer 2017 semester, AMS will begin a new partnership with California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U) to provide graduate-level credits to K-12 teachers who participate in one of AMS’s courses, allowing these teachers to become science leaders in their schools and in their communities.
- 27 June 2017
- Dr. Richard Alley to be Keynote Speaker at 98th AMS Annual Meeting
AMS is excited to announce that the keynote speaker for the upcoming 98th Annual Meeting will be renowned glaciologist and climate scientist Richard Alley, who serves as the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University.
See complete list of statements in force
- Weather Safety at Venues and Public Gatherings
(Adopted by AMS Council on 3 May 2018)
- Best Practices for the Dissemination of Weather Warnings to the Public
(Adopted by the AMS Council 7 January 2018)
- Atmospheric Ozone
(Adopted by AMS Council on 7 January 2018)
- 18 July 2018
- Joint letter to FCC on satellite spectrum
- 22 June 2018
- FCC filing by AMS to supplement 31 May 2018 filing
- 13 April 2018
- Joint Letter on Access to Geospatial Data
- 30 January 2018
- AMS Letter to President Trump on Climate Change
AMS Blog, The Front Page
- 8 August 2018
- If You Can Make Climate Resilience Here, You Can Make It Anywhere!
- The 10th International Conference on Urban Climate and 14th Symposium on the Urban Environment, co-hosted by AMS at City College of New York, kicked off Monday with a number of comments not only about recent extreme weather events but also the appropriateness of meeting in the Big Apple. From the opening sessions, here are remarks […]
- 3 July 2018
- Oh Say Can You Breathe? The Impact of Fireworks on Air Quality in the United States
- by Perry Samson, Climate and Space Science and Engineering, University of Michigan On July 4th last year, in an attempt to entertain my two grandchildren, I set off what I felt was a modest display of fireworks in our front yard. A monitor that measures the concentration of particles (PM2.5) in the air was mounted […]
- 28 June 2018
- Kids in Hot Cars: Tragic Misconceptions
- Two tragedies last week were reminders of a continuing and underrated weather hazard: people continue to leave children in their parked automobiles, where the heat is ever escalating. The victims in the separate incidents in Oregon and California on June 20 and 21 were both under two years of age. An average of 37 children each year die from […]
- 20 June 2018
- Small Numbers, Big Impacts
- Thanks to Markeya Thomas of Climate Signals and Climate Nexus for posting about her video on Twitter for Juneteenth yesterday. Her interview is with two of “Weather’s Hidden Figures,” the still disturbingly small number of African-American meteorologists—barely 2% of the AMS membership. Professors Greg Jenkins of Penn State University and Deanna Hence of the University of Illinois speak eloquently on what […]
- 1 June 2018
- Future Hurricanes a Bit Stronger and Slower, but Much Wetter in a Warmer Climate
- It’s been more than 8 months. Since Maria. Irma before. And Harvey before that. For many who endured them, it was yesterday. And here we are at the start of another hurricane season. What can we expect? It is nearly indisputable that there will be hurricanes. NOAA’s forecast issued last week calls for 5-9 of […]