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Celebrating Peer Review Week, 2024!
In support of its mission to advance science for the benefit of society, the American Meteorological Society publishes 12 peer-reviewed,...
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Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Annareli Morales
In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), the American Meteorological Society is spotlighting the amazing careers and...
Perspectives
So, You Want to Start a Weather Company
By William B. Gail The weather industry is a particularly good place to start a company. The needs for new...
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Trailblazer meteorologist Eugenia Kalnay (1942–2024)
We stand on the shoulders of gentle giants By Anjuli S. Bamzai, PhD, AMS President Last month, we lost a...
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Impact! Another NOAA vignette…
…following up from the previous LOTRW post, recalling an occasion from nearly forty years ago (stop me if you’ve heard...
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Boom! David Guston reflects on impact.
“Everybody talks about impact, but nobody does anything about it.[1]” Have admired David Guston and his political science/policy research from...
From AMS Journals
Endangered Knowledge: Bird Nests Help Farmers Predict Rain in Rajasthan
A study in AMS journal Weather, Climate, and Society demonstrates the need to combine traditional and modern meteorological knowledge A...
Perspectives
What Can You Say in an Elevator About Climate Change?
By Bob Henson I’ve long been struck by how awkward it is to work the topic of climate change into...
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Science diplomacy. A forecast
Mention science diplomacy to a geoscientist or a social scientist focusing on Earthly matters, and you’ll likely bring to mind...
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Lucky Sight (or how the Universe let me see my optical effect holy grail for a few seconds)
By Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. Since my interest in atmospheric optics went from the mundane noticing of beautiful rainbows or...
