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AMS Programs
AMS Journals: The Numbers Behind Their High Rankings
Recently, the climate publication Carbon Brief announced its new Project Cosmos initiative, which is intended to map the past century...
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Urban Climate: The Science behind Resilient Cities under Changing Climates
by the AMS Board on the Urban Environment More than 6 in 10 humans now live in cities. As urbanization...
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AMS Award Winner: Lois Parshley on Telling the Human Stories Behind Climate Science
Through reporting from vulnerable and often underrepresented communities, Parshley helps readers understand how weather, climate, and environmental change shape people’s lives around the world. She received the 2026 AMS Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences for translating complex Earth system science into compelling journalism that illuminates climate impacts on vulnerable populations.
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Making Connections: The Madison Summit Women & Early Career Reception
The Women & Early Career Reception at the AMS Madison Summit will bring attendees together across the summit’s multiple conferences.
AMS Updates
New Rule Would Upend Science and Rewrite Federal Grantmaking
AMS responds to an OMB rule that would restructure federal grants and give political appointees vastly more authority over grantmaking.
AMS Updates
Looking to the Next Generation
The next generation of weather, water, and climate scientists (NGWWC) will have tools at their disposal that previous generations didn’t...
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AMS and Virginia Sea Grant Launch New Policy Fellowship
The American Meteorological Society and Virginia Sea Grant (VASG) have launched a new partnership designed to strengthen the pipeline between Earth system science and public policy. Through the inaugural VASG-AMS Policy Fellowship, recent PhD graduate Mahshid Ahmadian will spend the next year working with the AMS Policy Program, gaining firsthand experience at the intersection of science, policy, and decision-making. The fellowship reflects a shared commitment by both organizations to prepare the next generation of leaders in the weather, water, and climate enterprise.
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Forecasting D-Day: The Questions We Didn’t Have Time to Answer
The AMS webinar Forecasting D-Day: The Science Behind History and the Story Behind Pressure explored one of the most consequential weather forecasts in history: the prediction that helped determine the timing of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The discussion generated more questions than time allowed and AMS Headlines followed up with moderator Sean Potter and panelists Jim Galvin, James Fleming, Martin Young, and Anthony Maras–as well as meteorologist Stephen Burt who was a consultant on Pressure–to help answer some of the audience's most intriguing follow-ups.
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Appreciating the AMS Community on World Ocean Day
iStock/Tunatura The ocean is critical to the vitality of our planet. It regulates the climate, produces over half the oxygen...
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Can AI Be Safe, Accurate, and Beneficial in Science?
A preview of the "AI Ethics & Policy in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise" session at the 2026 AMS Washington Forum/Summer Community Meeting
