Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Get as low as you can and put as many walls as you can between you and the tornado.
This guest post comes from Dr. Harold Brooks, a Senior Scientist in the Forecast Research and Development Division at NOAA’s...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Even as Moore recovers, we should guard against a greater threat.
The news continues from Moore, Oklahoma, as the community begins an all-too-familiar recovery process: remembering the beloved who died, and...
Perspectives
Avoiding Toaster Strudel Exchanges
by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director Those of us who have siblings know that the relationship is built,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Amidst the tragedy… Moore, Oklahoma provides the nation a teachable moment.
Speaking of teachable, let’s start with those teachers. Every news vignette reminds us that our K-12 teachers are instructors, but far...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Comfort in the aftermath of (another) Moore tornado
What is your only comfort in life and in death? A stunned town and a distraught nation cry out in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Tapped Out
another guest post from George Leopold… It’s not the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, but the drought gripping the American...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
When it comes to STEM, “both-and” is better than “either-or.”
Last month, the White House issued an important statement on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The statement builds...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Climate change and the nation’s infrastructure draws scrutiny from the GAO… and the AMS
Climate change continues to draw attention and concern from those focused on long-range planning, and big-ticket items, such as the...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
AAAS Finds Some Good News in R&D Budget
by George Leopold, AMS Policy Program Our friends at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have sifted...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The outlook for reducing losses from natural hazards
The other day a colleague was in my office and as part of the conversation she and I did a...
