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Lightning Photography

Swayamprabha Roy | Solo | Feb 12, 2025

Sunrise and sunset

Lijiang Bo | Solo | Feb 12, 2025

The Long-Term Toll of Hurricanes

AMS Staff | News Item | Feb 14, 2025

Flashy Clouds

AMS Staff | News Item | Feb 12, 2025

Weather Band Spotlight

Kevin Kloesel

Kevin is responsible for providing weather forecast and weather safety information to University
of Oklahoma stakeholders and direct forecast and weather decision making for hundreds of
events annually on the OU Campus.

All Broadcasting Citizen Science Education Forecasting Severe Weather Technology

Mysterious Auroras: The Complicated Awe-Inspiring Northern Lights

Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. | News Item | Jan 7, 2025

Seeing the aurora borealis has been a lifelong dream. Growing up in the tropics, it felt like an adventurous fantasy - a journey to a faraway, freezing destination where long winter nights made the lights possible. Now, living in the mid-latitudes, I'm closer to the possibility, though sightings

Invisible Rainbows: Secrets of the Sky's Most Colorful Phenomena

Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. | News Item | Jul 13, 2023

Rainbows captivate us with their colorful beauty, formed by sunlight interacting with raindrops. Double rainbows and the dark band between arcs add to the excitement. Primary rainbows feature red on top, while the secondary rainbow displays fainter, inverted colors, and occasionally, pastel-color

Murray River Storm

Peter Blacket | Solo | Jan 3, 2025

Summer storm across Murray River South Australia.

Poetry (Not) In Motion

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 29, 2024

“Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.”
—Lines from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1834 poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” describing the “doldrums&r

Here Comes the Urban Rain Again

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 23, 2024

Researchers studied satellite rainfall data for 1,056 cities across the globe for the years 2001–20, and found that 63% exhibited an “urban wet island” effect, meaning they received more annual precipitation in and downwind of their urban areas compared to bordering rural areas.

Clear Skies Ahead: Cliff Jacobs

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 15, 2024

Cliff Jacobs, with more than 50 years of experience in research and administration in the government and private sectors, offers some advice for students and early-career professionals.

The U.S. Just Experienced Its Warmest Meteorological Fall on Record

Amber Liggett | News Item | Dec 12, 2024

As temperatures stay warmer later into fall, shorts and t-shirts are becoming a common sight deeper into the season. While fall isn’t disappearing, the warming trend is expected to continue across all seasons in the years ahead.

2024 Weather Year in Review

AMS Staff | Webinar | Dec 10, 2024

2024 was a busy year for weather, from historic flooding in the southern Appalachians to a crippling ice storm in the Pacific Northwest, plus the eclipse and aurora borealis. Join Meteorologist Steve Glazier as we look back at the year’s most memorable and impactful weather events!

Castle Rock Clouds

Steven Jones | Solo | Dec 10, 2024

Cool cloud formation in Castle Rock, Colorado on November 30, 2024, around 4:40pm MST.

Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: A New Book to Combat Misinformation About the Ocean and Atmosphere

AMS Staff | Webinar | Dec 6, 2024

Misinformation spreads fast! In this webinar, marine scientist Ellen Prager and AMS Fellow Dave Jones discuss tackling ocean and atmosphere myths, the importance of credible sources, and their new book packed with facts and humor.

The Start of a Long Rain

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 1, 2024

~4 Billion Years Ago—The first occurrence of rainfall on Earth, according to recent research that examined oxygen isotopes in ancient minerals.

The Climate Time Machine

AMS Staff | News Item | Nov 24, 2024

As the climate warms, you might wonder what future temperatures will look like in your hometown. The University of Maryland’s Future Urban Climates map offers a glimpse, with projections for 40,581 locations worldwide.

Citizen Science Coast to Coast

AMS Staff | Default | Nov 15, 2024

Want to get involved in research in your community? Check out these projects doing amazing work across the United States.

Clear Skies Ahead: Stephanie Herring

AMS Staff | News Item | Nov 17, 2024

Stephanie Herring, chief of the Geophysical Science Branch at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in Boulder, Colorado, on helpful skills for someone looking to be employed in the climate world. For more, listen to the Clear Skies Ahead podcast at https://blubrry.com/clear

Clear Skies Ahead: Brandon Katz

AMS Staff | News Item | Nov 11, 2024

Brandon Katz, executive vice president, strategy, at KatRisk in Austin, Texas, on one experience that sparked the passion for his career. For more, listen to the Clear Skies Ahead podcast at https://blubrry.com/clear_skies_ahead/, with new episodes released every month.

"El Niño" Nuevo

AMS Staff | News Item | Nov 13, 2024

“This discovery is like finding a new switch in Earth's climate.”
— Balaji Senapati of the University of Reading, on research he led that for the first time successfully simulated a “new El Niño” in the southwestern subtropical Pacific Ocean.

Our Evacuation from the Mountains of North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Rod Scott | Solo | Nov 8, 2024

After Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, Rod Scott and five others were stranded at a remote B&B in the Pisgah National Forest, cut off by landslides and power outages. After five days, they hiked 2.5 miles through deep mud and fallen trees to reach safety.

Warm Sunset Sky

Ikeda Rina | Solo | Nov 8, 2024

I photographed the sunset sky on a sunny day. Everyone looked up at the sky with smiles and exclaimed, ``It's beautiful!'' It gave me a very warm feeling.

Coming Back for (Milli)seconds

AMS Staff | News Item | Nov 3, 2024

1.33 milliseconds per century—The amount of time since 2000 that days are getting longer because of rapidly melting ice at Earth’s poles, according to research recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.