Climate Change
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...
Perspectives
Avoiding Toaster Strudel Exchanges
by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director Those of us who have siblings know that the relationship is built,...
From AMS Journals
State of the Union Address Sets Stage for Senate Climate Hearing Today
If, last night, you made it through the usual State of the Union appeals to bipartisanship, tax reform, health care,...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
A Chat with the Iceman
By Maureen Moses, AMS Education Program I hope you all had a good Earth Science Week last week! The theme...
AMS Releases Revised Climate Change Statement
The American Meteorological Society today released an updated Statement on Climate Change (also available here in pdf form), replacing the 2007...
Climate and Weather Extremes: Asking the Right Questions
The still-developing field of attribution science examines specific weather events and short-term atmospheric patterns in a broader, longer-term climate context....
Small Microbes Play Big in Climate Arena
Microbes may be small, but they shouldn’t be ignored when considering global climate. According to a new colloquium report from...
Perspectives
AMS Members Surveyed on Climate Change
by Ray Ban, Andrea Bleistein, and Paul Croft, of the AMS Committee to Improve Climate Change Communication (CICCC) Most AMS...
The Next Steps for the USGCRP
This week, the National Research Council issued a report of a blue-ribbon panel arguing that the United States Global Change Research Program...
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...
