Perspectives
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Back-to-School Days
An important step against political challenges to meteorology is improving U.S. STEM education.
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Options for Science in the Present Political Environment, Continued
Meteorologists need to remain adaptive and embrace new technologies and the associated changes they bring to our task.
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ICYMI. Impressions from the 2026 Joint AMS Washington Forum and Summer Community Meeting.
Bill Hooke shares a few impressions and takeaways from the 2026 Joint AMS Washington Forum and Summer Community Meeting.
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A Better Starting Point for Science and Society: Relationship vs. Transaction
A knowledge-deficit model underpins much of scientists' communication to the public. The solution? Scientists need to more generous and less needy.
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Revisiting the Social Contract Between Science and Society
In the compact between science and society, relaying knowledge is important, but first trust must be built.
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A Movement for Earth Sciences Grounded in Generosity
By Amanda Staudt (American Meteorological Society), Sonia Wang (Data Foundation), Brittany Janis (Open Environmental Data Project and Public Environmental Data...
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Current Political Problems for Science Call for More than a Political Response
“In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security and they wanted a comfortable life. And they lost...
In History
“Pressure”: A nice movie, but with kinked isobars
Paul Gross on what the new movie "Pressure" gets right, and wrong, about D-Day meteorology and Operation Overlord
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Heat, version-2026
Summer hazards are coming; how can we ensure that the warnings of those hazards are heeded?
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Beyond the Forecast: National Heat Safety Week Helps You Prepare for a Heat-Resilient Summer
Heat is one of the deadliest weather hazards globally, and heat safety is a critical intersection of atmospheric science and...
