AMS Meetings
Slick Science: How Storms Spread Oil Spills
“The Deepwater Horizon explosion reopened debate on the role of synoptic weather features versus ocean currents in transporting the oil...
The Return of the Ozone Layer
It’s always nice to hear good news: The ozone layer is recovering, and by around 2032 the amount of ozone...
Science for Oysters…and Oysters for Scientists
One of the highlights of New Orleans is its distinctive, world-renowned cuisine. And indulging in that famous cuisine more often...
The Hazards of the Winter Roads
We all know winter is a tough time for drivers, not only with wet and icy roads but also with...
Weather Alerts Get More (and More) Mobile
The use of social media as a forecast tool seems to develop as rapidly as the devices themselves. In December,...
After the Disasters, How to Be a Holiday-Ready Nation
Weather took hundreds of lives in a record 12 billion-dollar disasters in the United States in 2011. Internationally, the disaster...
A Siren Song for Top-Down Emergency-Preparedness Thinking?
Those of us of a certain age and place in the American experience talk a lot about the meaning of...
The Services Response to the Tōhoku Disaster a Focus of the 2012 AMS Meeting
The science ministry in Japan reported last week that more than 30,000 square km–eight percent of the country–is contaminated by radioactive...
IPCC's New Special Report: Adapt to Extremes, but Prepare for the Presentation
For a first reaction to the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report, Special Report on Managing the Risks of...
Weather and Climate Services Protecting Public Health: Get Your Questions Answered
by Viviane Silva, Co-Chair, Third Conference on Environment and Health To address the needs related to reducing climate-weather-water related public...
