Extreme Events
AMS Presidential Town Hall Meeting to Stress Adaptation, Resilience to Climate Change
In weather forecasting, the past is often a harbinger of the future. In a rapidly urbanizing world facing climate change,...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
Planning for the Next Superstorm: Kids Will Lead the Way
by Ellen Klicka, AMS Policy Program Superstorm Sandy was a reminder that the best time for severe weather preparedness is...
The Silver Lining of Disaster
There aren’t many reasons to consider a volcanic eruption a positive event, but if results from recent research by Amato...
Perspectives
Disaster Risk Management Meets Climate Change Adaptation
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director, from the AMS project, Living on the Real World An increasingly popular and...
The Services Response to the Tōhoku Disaster a Focus of the 2012 AMS Meeting
The science ministry in Japan reported last week that more than 30,000 square km–eight percent of the country–is contaminated by radioactive...
Weather-Ready or Not, Here We Come
The year so far has been expensive when it comes to disasters. Make that record-breaking expensive. According to NOAA, with...
Deadliest Tornado in Modern Era Slashes Missouri
It hasn’t even been a month since violent, history making tornadoes made headlines across the United States, and yet here...
From AMS Journals, Perspectives
Policy Buzz: Senate Hearing Follows Tornado Outbreak
by Caitlin Buzzas, AMS Policy Program On May 3, Dr. William Hooke, Director of the AMS Policy Program, testified before...
Lessons of Sendai: The Need for Community Resilience
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director, adapted from two posts (here and there) for the AMS Project, Living on...
Special Session Today on the 2010 Icelandic Volcano Eruptions
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland lasted from the 15 April to 25 May 2010. In addition to threatening local...
