Artificial Intelligence
Perspectives
Why (and How to) Do Science in an Age of AI
When considering the emergence of AI, it's important to remember that scientists are in the business of change.
Perspectives
Funding the Geosciences? Just Might Earn AI a White Hat
Artificial Intelligence could use a rebranding, and meteorology and related geosciences offer some options.
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Santa Ana Fire Winds; Chatbots on Climate
Research in AMS journals discusses a new classification for dangerous Santa Ana winds, driver responses to snow squall warnings, the rainiest possible Earth conditions, forecasting extreme waves, the Congo air boundary, LLMs and local climate, and more.
Perspectives
AI Funding for the Geosciences? Consider Sutton’s Law
Bill Hooke suggests that individuals and groups in the Earth sciences might consider reaching out to the AI private sector for funding.
Perspectives
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.
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Earth Energy, Neighborhood Hurricane Warnings
New research published in AMS journals discusses neighborhood-level forecasting of hurricane impacts, how deforestation in New Guinea affects North American temperatures, evidence climate change is behind increased wildfires, the climate benefits of national parks, and the potential for predicting hurricanes by analyzing lightning.
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: 30-Day Forecasts? Little Ice Age, wave-dampening hurricanes
The latest AMS journals research discusses the possibility of 30-day weather forecasts, whether the Little Ice Age was caused by depopulation of the Americas, the cooling effects of multi-year La Nina, and AI translation.
Across AMS
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
Perspectives
Eye of the Storm: Inside San Diego’s Tropical Cyclone Summit
Attendees from the UK Met Office discuss their experience at the AMS Hurricanes Conference, advances in AI forecasting, and the how climate change is affecting hurricane impacts.
Science Spotlights
AMS Science Preview: AI Forecast Limits, Unpredictable Hurricanes, Mountain-Climbing Storms
New research published in AMS journals suggests that hurricane trends may become less predictable, discusses the limits of machine-learning weather forecasts, outlines a new process for calculating heat index, and more.
