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- February 21, 2025
- AMS Offers Direct Support to the Weather, Water, and Climate Community
- The AMS will be temporarily opening a variety of services to the entire community regardless of 2025 membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss.
- February 18, 2025
- Black History Month Spotlight: Alan Sealls
- This Black History Month, we spotlight the illustrious career of AMS's president elect, Alan Sealls—AMS Fellow, retired broadcast meteorologist, and adjunct professor.
- February 12, 2025
- Bridging Science, Engineering, and Policy: Lessons from the AMS Climate Policy Colloquium
- My participation in the 2024 Climate Policy Colloquium was more than just a dive into legislative mechanics; it was a front-row seat to how policy is made, influenced, and transformed through interdisciplinary collaboration.
- February 6, 2025
- On Recent Executive Orders and the Weather and Climate Enterprise
- In recent weeks the new administration has been rolling out executive orders that directly impact the public sector component of the weather and climate enterprise and are already reaching into the other sectors.
- January 28, 2025
- AMS: Priorities, Challenges, and Values in 2025
- Hear from our Acting Executive Director about this year's challenges and opportunities for the American Meteorological Society.
- January 22, 2025
- Getting to Know You: AMS President David J. Stensrud
- At the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society in New Orleans this month, David J. Stensrud, PhD, took up his post as AMS President. Stensrud is a Professor of Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University, author of more than 150 published papers and a book, an AMS Fellow, and an alumnus of the ... Read more
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- AMS Best Practice Statement on Preparing Students for Employment in the Private Sector
Adopted by the AMS Council on 12 January 2025
- Urban Climate and Necessity for Adaptation in Cities
Approved by AMS Council on 8 November 2024
- The Future of Ecological Forecasting
Adopted by AMS Council on 19 January 2024
- January 3, 2025
- AMS Science Preview: Tall hurricanes, snow and wildfire
- December 23, 2024
- AMS 2025 Meeting Promotes Atmospheric Science for a "Thriving Planet"
- December 6, 2024
- AMS Science Preview: Hurricane damage; kimchi and air pollution
- October 3, 2024
- AMS Science Preview: Dollar value of forecasts; lightning suppression; "storm generator"
- February 12, 2025
- Coalition letter of support for science and scientific integrity
- February 11, 2025
- Multi-organization letter to Congress regarding availability of public scientific data
- November 22, 2024
- Comments of the American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, National Weather Association And University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- 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