Science Policy
AMS Programs, Conference Spotlight
Changing Coasts and Culture
AMS 2024 Session Highlight: “Convergence Science in the Context of Integrating Weather and Climate Science with Studies of Marine and...
AMS Programs, Conference Spotlight
AMS 2024 Session Highlight: Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation
The AMS 2024 Presidential Panel Session “Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation” discusses crucial challenges to the Energy Enterprise’s transition to...
AMS Programs, Conference Spotlight
Building Community to Solve the Big Challenges in Weather, Water, and Climate
Some thoughts following the AMS Summer Community Meeting By Isabella Herrera, AMS Policy Program How can the weather, water, and...
AMS Programs, From AMS Journals
A Few Takeaways from the “State of the Climate in 2022”
Record-high greenhouse gases, sea levels, monsoons, and droughts—and a volcanic vapor injection By Michael Alexander, Lead, Atmosphere Ocean Processes and...
AMS Programs
A Week in Washington for a Student Scientist
Guest post by Haven Cashwell, PhD Student and Graduate Research Assistant at Auburn University From my small hometown of Marshallberg...
AMS Programs
The U.S. Budget in 5 Minutes: A Primer for Scientists
By Katie Pflaumer, AMS Marketing Communications Manager, and Paul Higgins, AMS Associate Executive Director for Policy The federal budget is...
Across AMS, AMS Programs
AMS Council Speaks Out on Federal Government Shutdown
At its meeting this morning in Phoenix, the AMS Council has released the following statement on the Federal government’s ongoing...
AMS Programs
The AMS Annual Meeting: Always a Need to Hear the Unheard
You’ve been here before. Those previous AMS Annual Meetings, for example, right here in Phoenix. You probably have some good...
AMS Programs
Raise Your Voice for Science
by Sarah Benish and Rafael Loureiro Academic institutions are often highly regarded in terms of ground-breaking research, but less commonly...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement Flouts the Climate Risks
by Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director President Trump’s speech announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement emphasizes his assessment...
