History

Women’s History Month Spotlight: <br>Wendy Abshire<br>

Women’s History Month Spotlight:
Wendy Abshire

March 5, 2026

March is Women’s History Month. In this post, we spotlight the exceptional career of one of our female community members: Wendy...

Black History Month Spotlight: <br>Deanna Hence<br>

Black History Month Spotlight:
Deanna Hence

February 26, 2026

February is Black History Month. In this post, we spotlight the exceptional career of one of our African American community...

Author Interview: Reconstructing Gettysburg’s Weather

Author Interview: Reconstructing Gettysburg’s Weather

February 26, 2026

In The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign, meteorologist Jon M. Nese and historian Jeffrey J. Harding combine expertise to reconstruct, day by day, the atmospheric conditions that influenced one of the most consequential campaigns of the Civil War.

Black History Month Spotlight: Greg Jenkins

Black History Month Spotlight: Greg Jenkins

February 23, 2026

This Black History Month post spotlights Greg Jenkins, a professor at Penn State who focuses on weather, climate change, and air quality in West Africa.

Black History Month Spotlight: Lelan Statom

Black History Month Spotlight: Lelan Statom

February 17, 2026

For Black History Month, we spotlight the exceptional career of award-winning meteorologist Lelan Statom, currently senior meteorologist at NewsChannel 5 in Nashville.

Be There: The Richard Stolarski Symposium

Be There: The Richard Stolarski Symposium

January 13, 2026

A symposium at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting will honor the contributions of Rich Stolarski, whose research has been vital to efforts to protect the ozone layer.

Rocks of Ages

Rocks of Ages

November 13, 2025

~87 million years—The age of some fossilized micrometeorites that were recently studied to help provide new insight into Earth’s past...

Trailblazer meteorologist Eugenia Kalnay (1942–2024)

Trailblazer meteorologist Eugenia Kalnay (1942–2024)

September 14, 2024

We stand on the shoulders of gentle giants By Anjuli S. Bamzai, PhD, AMS President Last month, we lost a...

Bill Hooke and Life on the Real World

August 14, 2024

A new NOAA oral history archive spotlights lessons from a life in science and policy William H. “Bill” Hooke, PhD...

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Syukuro “Suki” Manabe

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Spotlight: Dr. Syukuro “Suki” Manabe

May 21, 2024

By Anjuli S. Bamzai, AMS President My graduate advisor at George Mason University, Dr. Jagadish Shukla, displayed the photos of...