Civil War Sleuthing
Historians have long known—thanks to diaries and other first-person accounts—that weather played a small but possibly significant role in the...
Perspectives
Plans Shaping Up for Seattle
by Peggy Lemone, AMS President A little over a year ago, when I was asked to choose a theme for...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
From parallel play to true collaboration
A few years ago, my daughter, who is a social worker, introduced me to a new term (at least new...
From Parallel Play to True Collaboration
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director A post from the AMS project, Living on the Real World A few...
Perspectives
Looking for Answers at the AMS Summer Community Meeting
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director (Note: This is one of the first postings from Dr. Hooke’s new blog,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
At the 2010 AMS Summer Community Meeting
Here’s a question. Why should a blog claiming to look for answers to big issues (what kind of world is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Billionaires follow lead of former private-sector meteorologist
This past week, a small group of the world’s billionaires made history by pledging to give more than half their...
Weathercasters in Multiple Exposures
A recent blog post by Bob Henson, author of the new AMS book, Weather on the Air, serves as a...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Visiting WAS*IS…whazzat!!!!?
Yesterday we were wondering: what kind of world is likely if we take no deliberate action? We concluded that natural...
Cool Roofs Seen in Black, White, and Green
Science teaches us not to answer questions in black and white terms—the meaning of data usually has many shades of...
