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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
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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
- 14 October 2019
- Tornado Researchers Gather to Improve Wind Speed Estimation
- The Wind Speed Estimation (WSE) standards committee–jointly supported by AMS and the American Society of Civil Engineers–is holding its 9th meeting this week in conjunction with an NSF-funded Tornado Hazard Wind Assessment and ReducTion Symposium (THWARTS) at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. The WSE committee began in 2014 to develop standards for an improved process […]
- 9 October 2019
- AMS Goes for 100% Renewable Electricity for Its 100th Anniversary
- by Bob Henson, AMS Councilor and Chair, AMS Committee on Environmental Stewardship (ACES) Those of us involved with climate change in our professional lives—researchers, educators, authors, students—often feel the need to “walk the walk” in a demonstrable way. AMS is one of the world’s premier organizations involved with peer-reviewed research on our changing atmosphere, so […]
- 24 September 2019
- So, Just What Do “Sunny” Southern California Broadcast Meteorologists Do?
- You know the perception: It never rains in Southern California, so forecasting the weather there is easy. Not so fast, says Anthony Yanez of KNBC TV in Los Angeles. In his recent presentation at the 47th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology in San Diego, titled “Forecasting Southern California: Not as Easy as you Think,” Yanez takes […]
- 16 September 2019
- Peer Review: A Foundational Component of Our Science
- by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director This week we join many other scientific publishers celebrating Peer Review Week to highlight the importance of high-quality peer review in the scientific process. The process of peer reviewing research results has been an indispensable component of the modern scientific enterprise: when scientists talk about having reached a […]
- 20 April 2019
- Report: Hurricane Michael Upgraded to Category 5 at Landfall
- 2018’s devastating Hurricane Michael struck the Florida panhandle at Mexico Beach and Tyndall Air Force Base in October at Category 5 intensity with 160 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center announced Friday. That’s 5 mph higher than Michael’s wind estimate of 155 mph at the time of landfall. In its post-storm tropical cyclone report, […]