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- March 27, 2024
- Celebrating Women’s Contributions to Atmospheric Sciences
- AMS President Anjul S. Bamzai reflects on trailblazing women meteorologists including June Bacon-Bercey, Anna Mani, and Eunice Newton Foote.
- March 7, 2024
- Changing Coasts and Culture
- The "Convergence Science" symposium at the AMS 2024 Annual Meeting focused on Indigenous voices and the need for the scientific community to more meaningfully engage with Indigenous science and Native peoples.
- February 28, 2024
- Our Turn: Highlights from the AMS Student Conference
- The 2024 AMS Student Conference, held January 27–28 in Baltimore, was a major success, with 740 attendees and 285 poster presentations. If you registered, you can view the Student Conference presentations online now! We checked in with this year’s conference chairs–Melissa Piper (SUNY Albany), Angelie Nieves Jiménez (Colorado State University), and Dillon Blount (University of ... Read more
- February 7, 2024
- Getting to Know You: Anjuli S. Bamzai, AMS President
- We spoke with new AMS President Anjuli Bamzai about her history, influences, and what to expect at next year’s AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans!
- January 31, 2024
- AMS 2024 Session Highlight: The Evolution of Observation: How the AMS Measurements Committee Can Better Serve the Community
- A Town Hall at the AMS 104th Annual Meeting With measurement techniques and systems rapidly evolving in response to a greater need for precise atmospheric and planetary surface observation, and technological advances allowing for observations of conditions where none were previously possible, there’s a growing need to engage our active AMS community to discuss the ... Read more
- January 31, 2024
- Be There: GATE 50th Anniversary Celebration
- Fifty years ago this summer, the most ambitious tropical field experiment ever attempted began along the coast of West Africa. Amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, GATE—the Global Atmospheric Research Program’s (GARP) Atlantic Tropical Experiment—successfully involved more than 5,000 scientists, technicians, and supporting staff from 72 countries in a campaign over the Atlantic Ocean to investigate the ... Read more
See complete list of statements in force
- The Future of Ecological Forecasting
Adopted by AMS Council on 19 January 2024
- Bachelor's Degree in Atmospheric Science
Adopted by the AMS Council 17 November 2023
- February 27, 2024
- Polar Climates Changing in Fundamental Ways
- December 21, 2023
- AMS Awards First-Ever Certified Digital Meteorologist (CDM) Designations
- December 13, 2023
- American Meteorological Society Announces David J. Stensrud as New President-Elect
- September 6, 2023
- International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea level, and ocean heat in 2022
- June 30, 2023
- American Meteorological Society Issues Statement Affirming Importance of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
- August 31, 2022
- International Report Confirms Record-High Greenhouse Gases, Sea Levels and Ocean Heat in 2021
The international annual review of the world’s climate, led by scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information and published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society(AMS), is based on contributions from more than 530 scientists in over 60 countries. It provides the most comprehensive update on Earth’s climate indicators, notable weather events and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice and in space.
- March 4, 2024
- Multi-organization letter to the FCC on modifying emissions limits for the 24.25-24.45 GHz and 24.75-25.25 GHz bands
- April 17, 2023
- AMS Inputs to National Spectrum Strategy
- October 28, 2022
- Letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Radiofrequency Spectra Vital to Earth System Observation and Emergency Management
- September 13, 2022
- Multi-organization letter on the SPRES Program Report
- April 25, 2022
- Multi-organization letter to Congress on the Ligado Order
- November 16, 2021
- Joint letter to Senate Commerce Committee on FCC Chair nominee