Atmospheric Chemistry
Science Spotlights
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Ozone
20%–30%—The amount that wildfire smoke increased ozone levels during the record-breaking 2020 wildfire season in the western United States, according...
AMS Updates
Be There: The Richard Stolarski Symposium
A symposium at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting will honor the contributions of Rich Stolarski, whose research has been vital to efforts to protect the ozone layer.
Science Spotlights
Urban and Chemistry Modeling for Tropical Cities
Key messages from "Development of an Integrated Modeling Framework for Visibility and Air Quality Forecasting in Delhi," by A. Jayakumar...
Science Spotlights
Exploring a Frozen Frontier’s Chemistry
Key messages from "Overview of the Chemistry in the Arctic: Clouds, Halogens, and Aerosols (CHACHA) Field Campaign,” by Jose D....
Science Spotlights
Rocks of Ages
~87 million years—The age of some fossilized micrometeorites that were recently studied to help provide new insight into Earth’s past...
From AMS Journals
Key Takeaways from the “State of the Climate in 2023”
Earth hit record highs in global temps, greenhouse gases, sea level, and more last year. By AMS Staff Last year,...
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Celebrating Women’s Contributions to Atmospheric Sciences
By AMS President Anjuli S. Bamzai I grew up in a family that valued intellectual pursuits, discipline, and the importance...
Ozone Transport to the San Joaquin Valley
Uncontrollable sources of ozone from stratospheric intrusions, wildfires, and intercontinental transport are complicating efforts in California to further reduce this...
A Scientist's Scientist
Joseph Farman–the man who found the ozone hole–had a very straightforward, unglamorous way of describing the work of a scientist:...
Crowdsourcing the Search for Carbon Dioxide Emissions
According to Arizona State University (ASU) Professor Kevin Gurney, there are approximately 30,000 power plants throughout the world, and collectively...
