Environmental Science

AMS Award Winner: Lois Parshley on Telling the Human Stories Behind Climate Science

AMS Award Winner: Lois Parshley on Telling the Human Stories Behind Climate Science

July 21, 2026

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.

In Memoriam: AMS Fellow Michael Garstang

In Memoriam: AMS Fellow Michael Garstang

March 25, 2026

Michael Garstang, an AMS Fellow whose pioneering work in tropical meteorology and interdisciplinary environmental science spanned more than six decades, passed away in 2025,