Science Policy
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Mississippi River, Ocean Carbon Storage, Gender and Floods
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.
Across AMS
Classrooms to Tornadoes: How NCAR Impacts Our Work
Members of the AMS community tell us how the endangered National Center for Atmospheric Research contributes to their science and to public benefit.
Perspectives
Thoughts on NCAR: Wither. Weather. Whither?
After the administration wielded the wrecking ball on federal agencies in 2025, now it's the turn of NSF and NCAR.
AMS Updates, News & Events
Responding to Threats against NCAR
The AMS community responds to plans to "dismantle" a linchpin of atmospheric and related sciences.
Conference Spotlight
Heat Safety: Protecting the Young, the Old, and the Tuba Player
How can an already hot city like Houston, Texas, cope with the growing heat-safety challenges of urbanization and climate change?
AMS Updates
Be There: The First Annual Disaster and Emergency Management Symposium
The 2026 AMS Annual Meeting will host the First Annual Disaster and Emergency Management Symposium, as a changing climate and growing global population bring disasters into ever greater focus.
Papers of Note
Extreme Weather, Emotions, and Support for Climate Policy
A summary of “Extreme Weather Experiences, Emotional Reactions to Messages, and Support for Proclimate Policies,” by Asheley R. Landrum (Arizona...
AMS Updates
New AMS Statement: The U.S. Needs NCAR
New AMS statement in response to the Trump Administration announcement that it will close the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
AMS Programs
Without a Strong Weather Enterprise America’s Economic Leadership Is at Risk
A Statement of the American Meteorological Society Summary and Recommendations of a Special Report of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)...
AMS Programs, AMS Updates
Stand Up for NOAA Research — The Time to Act Is Now
The administration’s 2026 budget passback plan, currently under consideration, eliminates NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Office and its 10...
