Climate Change
AMS Programs, From AMS Journals
A Few Takeaways from the “State of the Climate in 2022”
Record-high greenhouse gases, sea levels, monsoons, and droughts—and a volcanic vapor injection By Michael Alexander, Lead, Atmosphere Ocean Processes and...
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An Anticipated Increase in Earth's Strongest Storms
A little more than two weeks ago, Supertyphoon Goni blasted ashore in the Philippines with top sustained winds of 195...
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An Anticipated Increase in Earth’s Strongest Storms
A little more than two weeks ago, Supertyphoon Goni blasted ashore in the Philippines with top sustained winds of 195...
AMS Programs
Online Climate Science Course Keys Success to Frequent Forum Discussions
While colleges pre-COVID-19 were already designing and implementing courses for online instruction, the pandemic has pushed entire academic course offerings...
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Welcome to the Sticky Skies: Costlier Air Travel in a Warmer, Wetter World
COVID-19 has upended air travel for now, but if the growth in global aviation resumes, one real drag on flying is going to...
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Keeping Score When Temperature Records Are the Expectation
Through July, 2020 has been on almost the same track as 2016: the two years had the hottest first seven months in NOAA’s 141...
New Assessment Is Confident Global Warming Brings Stronger, Wetter Tropical Cyclones
Even with a modest amount of global warming, future hurricanes will become nastier. They’ll push ashore higher storm surges, grow...
AMS Goes for 100% Renewable Electricity for Its 100th Anniversary
by Bob Henson, AMS Councilor and Chair, AMS Committee on Environmental Stewardship (ACES) Those of us involved with climate change...
It Used to Be "Inadvertent Climate Modification," Too
AMS Executive Director Keith Seitter sent a letter today to President Trump. It begins, In an interview with Piers Morgan...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement Flouts the Climate Risks
by Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director President Trump’s speech announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement emphasizes his assessment...
