Extreme Events
Perspectives
Beyond the Forecast: National Heat Safety Week Helps You Prepare for a Heat-Resilient Summer
Heat is one of the deadliest weather hazards globally, and heat safety is a critical intersection of atmospheric science and...
Authors
Nature at Its Most Extreme: A Conversation with Hank Schyma
AMS spoke with author Hank Schyma to talk about his new book, Storm: Chasing Nature's Wildest Weather. Schyma is a storm chaser, musician, and filmmaker known for his weather photography, nature documentaries, educational science videos, and cinematic music.
Science Spotlights
From Early Warning to Early Action
Key messages from "The Value of Precipitation Forecasts to Anticipate Floods," by Tim Busker (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Bart van den...
Science Spotlights
Migrating Droughts
“Climate doesn’t respect national borders. We’re more interconnected than we thought.” — Enrique Vivoni of Arizona State University, on new...
Science Spotlights
A Categorical Call for Change
“I’m fairly optimistic that now is the time.” — Jennifer Collins of the University of South Florida, advocating for a...
Science Spotlights
Eruptions of Rain
Q: While the effects of volcanic eruptions on Earth’s temperature are well known, their impacts on flooding have not been...
AMS Programs
Bill Hooke and Life on the Real World
A new NOAA oral history archive spotlights lessons from a life in science and policy William H. “Bill” Hooke, PhD...
Across AMS, Conference Spotlight
“Once in a Generation”: The 2022 Buffalo Blizzard
A Research Spotlight from 32WAF/28NWP/20Meso On 23 December, 2022, David Zaff of the National Weather Service’s Buffalo office walked out...
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...
Perspectives
Disaster Do-Overs
Ready to do it all over again? Fresh on the heels of a $100+ billion hurricane, we very well may be...
