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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 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.
- 5 May 2017
- AMS President Appointed UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research
Roger Wakimoto, AMS president-elect (acting president), has been appointed the UCLA vice chancellor for research.
See complete list of statements in force
- 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)
- Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Science
(Adopted by AMS Council on 30 May 2017)
- 13 April 2018
- Joint Letter on Access to Geospatial Data
- 30 January 2018
- AMS Letter to President Trump on Climate Change
- 7 December 2017
- Multisociety Letter on Graduate Student Tax Provisions
- 15 November 2017
- Multi-Society Letter on Proposed Tax Reform
- 17 October 2017
- Multi-Society Letter on September Immigration Proclamation
- 27 June 2017
- Joint Letter to FCC on Sharing of Satellite Spectrum
- 21 June 2017
- Letter to DOE Secretary Perry on Climate Change
AMS Blog, The Front Page
- 14 April 2018
- Small-scale Vortices Enhanced Winds and Damage in Hurricane Harvey
- Severe but highly variable wind damage to homes & infrastructure is a hallmark of intense tropical cyclones. Until recently there was only speculation that such damage, which appears in short swaths, was the work of tornadoes. Now, there’s first-ever proof that tornadoes and other small-scale phenomena did indeed enhance the winds and damage in Hurricane […]
- 28 March 2018
- Mentoring365 and You!
- by Tanja Fransen, AMS Councilor and Mentoring Program Ad-Hoc Committee Chair AMS has a wealth of talent and we’d love to see more of our members signed up for the Mentoring 365 program as mentees, mentors–maybe both! We should never stop learning. When I started in college and early in my career, I hadn’t even heard […]
- 13 March 2018
- Satellites Capture Weather History in the Making
- Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16, now GOES-East, became operational in December and this eye in the sky is capturing stunning color weather imagery daily. Today, it’s the third nor’easter in two weeks explosively developing into a blizzard off the Northeast Coast. Following on the heels of the deadly and damaging storm of March 2, […]
- 1 March 2018
- There’s That Word Again: “Bomb”
- It’s like the word du jour. Or, more accurately, THE word du storm. It seemed like every time this winter that a big East Coast storm—a significant nor’easter—looked impending in computer models, the media hype machine cranked out the word “Bomb.” Or “bomb cyclone.” And here it is again: “Destructive Nor’easter Emerging; Expected to ‘Bomb […]
- 6 February 2018
- Epic Blizzards Paralyzed New England, Midwest 40 Years Ago
- By Chris Cappella, AMS It began with a whisper. And ended in smothered silence for millions. I’ll never forget seeing tiny snowflakes blowing down Ocean Avenue in our small sea-side suburb of New Haven. In my hometown of West Haven, on the south shore of central Connecticut overlooking Long Island Sound, when snow […]