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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
- 9 December 2019
- New Research Examines Climate Change's Role in 2018 Extreme Weather Events
AMS released the eighth edition of the report, Explaining Extreme Events in 2018 from a Climate Perspective, featuring the research of 121 scientists from 13 countries looking at both historical observations and model simulations to determine whether and by how much climate change may have influenced particular extreme events.
- 12 August 2019
- Annual State of the Climate Report Released Showing Effects of Planet's Warming Across Multitudes of Key Indicators
A new State of the Climate report released today by AMS confirms that 2018 was one of the hottest years on record.
- 31 January 2019
- AMS ANNOUNCES NEW PUBLICATIONS COMMISSIONER
AMS announces that Professor Anthony J. Broccoli of Rutgers University has been appointed Publications Commissioner, effective January 6, 2019.
- 10 December 2018
- HEATWAVES, DROUGHTS AND FLOODS AMONG RECENT WEATHER EXTREMES LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
New Studies Reveal Clear Ties between Today's Extremes and Human Causes
- 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.
See complete list of statements in force
- The Energy Sector and Earth Observations, Sciences, and Services
(Adopted by the AMS Council on 27 September 2019)
- Best Practices for Data Management
(Adopted by the AMS Council on 27 September 2019)
- Climate Change
(Adopted by the AMS Council on 15 April 2019)
- 12 September 2019
- Joint AMS and NWA Community Message
- 4 September 2019
- Multi-society letter on international researcher participation in the U.S. scientific enterprise
- 16 October 2018
- Letter to President Trump on Climate Change
- 27 September 2018
- Multi-organization ex parte submission to FCC on use of spectrum
AMS Blog, The Front Page
- 24 February 2020
- “Megaflashes”: How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Be?
- Even though Earth’s atmosphere is laced by more than a billion brilliant discharges of electricity every year, lightning itself never seems ordinary. But there’s a broad range of lightning, and sometimes, at the extreme, it’s possible to recognize a difference between the ordinary and amazing, even among lightning flashes. The challenge is finding and observing […]
- 21 February 2020
- What a Launch!…and More GEMS to Follow
- Nothing quite like watching lift-off…here’s the video sequence from Arianespace showing the flight of the rocket carrying South Korea’s GEMS satellite instrument into space earlier this week. GEMS–the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer–is a centerpiece of the Asian contribution to a triad of geostationary satellite missions watching air quality in some of the most pollution-prone urban centers of the world. The […]
- 15 January 2020
- What If: Hurricane Michael’s Extensive Wind Swath Would Devastate Houston, NWS says
- “In summary, it’s going to be bad.” That’s how Jeff Evans with the NWS in Houston/Galveston began Wednesday’s presentation, “What if Hurricane Michael Struck Houston? An Examination of Inland Wind Damage,” at the AMS 100th Annual Meeting in Boston. He was boots on the ground after Hurricane Michael slammed the panhandle as a Category 5 […]
- 14 January 2020
- 10-m Resolution Quarter-Trillion Gridpoint Tornadic Supercell Simulation Mesmerizes
- An exceptionally high resolution simulation of a supercell thunderstorm fascinated conferees Tuesday at the AMS 100th Annual Meeting in Boston. Leigh Orf of the University of Wyoming presdented imagery and animations of the simulation that ran on the Blue Waters Supercomputer. With a 10 m grid spanning 11,200 X 11,200 X 2,000 (251 billion) grid […]
- 12 January 2020
- Record January Thaw for the 100th AMS Annual Meeting Adds to “Unconventional” Weather Trend
- [UPDATED] You’ve heard it before: The convergence of thousands of meteorologists at AMS Annual Meetings brings unusual weather to the host city. Spring-like warmth this weekend in this year’s host city of Boston is continuing this trend. As of 2 pm ET Sunday, the temperature at Logan International Airport has climbed to at least 73 […]