Energy

Can Decarbonizing the Electric Grid Help Avert Climate Catastrophe?
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Can Decarbonizing the Electric Grid Help Avert Climate Catastrophe?

October 18, 2024

A Presidential Session Spotlight from the AMS 104th Annual Meeting By Katie Pflaumer, AMS Staff Significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions...

AMS 2024 Session Highlight: Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation
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AMS 2024 Session Highlight: Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation

January 22, 2024

The AMS 2024 Presidential Panel Session “Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation” discusses crucial challenges to the Energy Enterprise’s transition to...

AMS Goes for 100% Renewable Electricity for Its 100th Anniversary

October 9, 2019

by Bob Henson, AMS Councilor and Chair, AMS Committee on Environmental Stewardship (ACES) Those of us involved with climate change...

“Current” Affairs at the 2014 AMS Washington Forum
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“Current” Affairs at the 2014 AMS Washington Forum

March 31, 2014

by Ellen Klicka, AMS Policy Program Very exciting developments are about to unfold at the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy...

Annual Meeting Session to Feature Solar Energy Contest Winners

December 17, 2013

The AMS Solar Energy Prediction Contest brought together participants from around the world to tackle the problem of improving solar...

Give Solar Energy a Boost–and Win a Prize

September 5, 2013

We’re nearing the halfway mark on the AMS 2013-2014 Solar Energy Prediction Contest. Right now the leaderboard is headed largely...

A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens: Tonight Is about Opportunities

January 6, 2013

Often, when people talk about T. Boone Pickens–the featured guest at the AMS Annual Meeting special session at 7:30 p.m....

Versatile VIIRS: Sandy Reveals More of Its Potential

Versatile VIIRS: Sandy Reveals More of Its Potential

December 12, 2012

The VIIRS instrument aboard the new Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite has a lot of jobs: among them, to measure...

Roadside Detraction

Roadside Detraction

November 19, 2010

Broadcast meteorologist Kevin Selle posted this picture to his blog, Digital Meteorologist, with the spot-on comment: “Note to self. Switch...

Cool Roofs Seen in Black, White, and Green

Cool Roofs Seen in Black, White, and Green

August 5, 2010

Science teaches us not to answer questions in black and white terms—the meaning of data usually has many shades of...