Heat
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Mississippi River, Ocean Carbon Storage, Gender and Floods
March 13, 2026
Research published in "early online" format in journals of the American Meteorological society discusses how gender affects flood mortality, U.S. ranchers and climate change, underestimations of Southern Ocean carbon uptake, terrain and tornadoes, increasing atmospheric rivers, and the future of Mississippi River water.
Conference Spotlight
Heat Safety: Protecting the Young, the Old, and the Tuba Player
February 13, 2026
How can an already hot city like Houston, Texas, cope with the growing heat-safety challenges of urbanization and climate change?
From AMS Journals
Global Record in Question: Could Death Valley lose its claim to “world’s hottest place”?
November 14, 2025
New analysis of the Death Valley record for hottest weather-related air-surface temperature recorded on Earth suggests the record is “implausible.”
Science Spotlights
The U.S. Just Experienced Its Warmest Meteorological Fall on Record
December 12, 2024
By Amber Liggett Think back to your childhood memories playing outside in the fall. What were you wearing? Pants and...
