Climate Change
Science Spotlights
The Hill Country, the Science, and the Next Flood
New science sheds light on the 2025 Texas floods, and how to help people be more prepared in the future.
Across AMS
Urban Climate: The Science behind Resilient Cities under Changing Climates
by the AMS Board on the Urban Environment More than 6 in 10 humans now live in cities. As urbanization...
Across AMS
AMS Award Winner: Lois Parshley on Telling the Human Stories Behind Climate Science
Through reporting from vulnerable and often underrepresented communities, Parshley helps readers understand how weather, climate, and environmental change shape people’s lives around the world. She received the 2026 AMS Award for Distinguished Science Journalism in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences for translating complex Earth system science into compelling journalism that illuminates climate impacts on vulnerable populations.
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Texas Floods, Deformed Cities, Olympic Weather
The American Meteorological Society continuously publishes research on climate, weather, and water in its 12 journals. Many of these articles are available via early online access–they have been peer-reviewed, but are not yet in their final published form. Below are some examples of recently accepted research.
Members
Member Spotlight: Shang-Ping Xie Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
AMS Fellow Shang-Ping Xie has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors awarded to scientists in the United States.
Authors
Richard C. J. Somerville on the Science of Climate Change
In his new book, Climate Change Science: An Essential Reader, Richard C. J. Somerville describes cutting-edge climate change science in language that everyone can understand.
Across AMS
Award Spotlight: A Conversation with Tapio Schneider
Tapio Schneider is the 2026 recipient of the Jule Charney Medal, recognized “for pioneering research on atmospheric dynamics and climate change and leadership in innovative climate model development.”
Perspectives
How Civilization Itself Will Die
Events of recent months have provided little reason for cheer, but there is some good news: Although we can only buy time, we can potentially buy immense amounts of it.
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.
Perspectives
Living on the Real World—Origins (Part 2)
After 15 years and over 1,000 posts on a stand-alone platform before moving to Headlines, it seems appropriate to run a few posts on LOTRW’s origins.
