A Letter from AMS President Roger Wakimoto
Dear AMS Community, I am delighted to send this letter to you after the wonderful Annual Meeting in Austin. You told...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Want to be an effective voice for science?
Watch and learn. “It’s startling to know there are individuals on the brink of adulthood who have spent their entire...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Novim’s latest study: Warning Signs: Effects of Proposed Federal Funding Cuts to Environmental and Climate Research and Development Programs.
“The boundary between science and policy is only one of several boundaries that hinder the linking of scientific and technical...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Reflections on Martin Luther King Day.
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily...
Revisiting the Hurricane Town Hall Meeting
The all-star panel comprising Monday’s special Town Hall Meeting on the 2017 hurricane season provided a riveting discussion of the science,...
Writing and the Collaborative Process
A good writer inevitably is also a good listener, always mining every conversation and interaction for the next gem that...
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Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space
“This beast is best felt. Shake, rattle, and roll. We are thrown left and right against our straps in spasmodic...
Time Machines, Horse Ploppies…Richard Alley Will Do the Talking Today
From his book and PBS-TV series, “Earth: The Operator’s Manual,” to his renowned lectures at Penn State, Dr. Richard Alley is known...
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More good news to start 2018: 2017 was the safest year on record for air travel.
Continuing the good-news theme of recent LOTRW posts, the flight safety story lit up yesterday’s internet. This report, from Fortune’s...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Some “good news” from the AMS – on diversity and inclusion – to start off 2018.
If the world could stand a bit less in the way of scolding, per the topic of recent LOTRW posts,...
