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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 15d

AMS Elections are NOW open 🔓!

President-Elect Candidates:
Jack Kaye, Richard Spinrad, Bruce Telfeyan

Council Candidates:
Michael Eilts, Renée Leduc, Maureen McCann, Randall Bass, Jordan Gerth, Aaron Piña, Julie Demuth, Kevin Goebbert, Jon Nese

Learn more and vote here: https://bit.ly/3Iaapbo

Graphic for the 2026 AMS President-Elect (President in 2027) and Council featuring names and headshots of the president-elect candidates and headshots of the council candidates.

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Justin S. Mankin @jsmankin.bsky.social · 13d

The @ametsoc.org Climate Variability & Change (CVC) Committee is recruiting new members! If you’re passionate about advancing climate science and service, I encourage you to get involved. It is incredibly rewarding.

Apply here: www.ametsoc.org/ams/get-invo...

Climate Variability and Change

The CVC committee divides among its members the responsibilities, which include organization of the Climate Variability and Change Symposium at the AMS annual meeting, various awards (AMS and STAC), s...

www.ametsoc.org

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23d

Not the research itself, per se. But I would say this is even more evidence for the fact that we need a large scale effort that uses a social media as a tool to make people aware of these six key facts. It is astonishing and disappointing to me that so few see the need and none want to fund it.

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy

Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · Sep 3

A detailed technical assessment of the DOE Climate report is now available. It's an impressive effort that involved more than 85 scientists. If you wanted a deeper dive after reading AMS's 5 page response (bit.ly/climateDOE), this is it.

DOEresponseSite

On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...

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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · Aug 28

AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report

Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025

www.ametsoc.org

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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · Jul 19

You're welcome
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

The Top 6 Weather Conspiracy Theories Debunked

An expert debunks popular weather conspiracy theories.

www.forbes.com

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · May 7

on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.

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Lisa Dilling @ldilling.bsky.social · Apr 26

For hundreds of years, humanity has relied on science to improve lives and build civilization. Science tests hypotheses, uses data, and follows a systematic method in pursuit of the truth. It’s not perfect of course. But destroying American science as we know it will only send us backward.

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · Mar 3

Here is the correct link to the full statement: bit.ly/3XqJs7L

The U.S. Weather Enterprise: A National Treasure at Risk

The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.

bit.ly

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Feb 2

This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.

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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · Dec 30

Consider adding to the syllabus:
“The Glass Hotel” by Emily St. John Mandel

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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · Dec 10

This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often

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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · Dec 10

Science News just published a piece on our ten favorite books from 2024. My contribution was Leigh Ann Henion's Night Magic, a lively and moving account of the fauna, flora and fungi that thrive in darkness and the wonder night holds. My review from September: www.sciencenews.org/article/nigh...

‘Night Magic’ invites you to celebrate the living wonders of the dark

In the book ‘Night Magic,’ Leigh Ann Henion writes of encounters with salamanders, bats, glowworms and other life-forms nurtured by darkness.

www.sciencenews.org

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · Nov 9

For climate-interested people new on bluesky, here is an excellent starter pack of climate scientists to follow from @katharinehayhoe.com
@edhawkins.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @andrewdessler.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social @oceanterra.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge

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Aimee Cunningham @thisisaimeec.bsky.social · Nov 1

If anyone would like to learn more about the history of vaccines & infectious diseases and people's stories of the 1918 flu and other epidemics, I wrote this series in 2021. Lots of historical photos and videos. May help if you need to win over a vaccine skeptic. www.sciencenews.org/century/epid...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Oct 22

Please welcome the @ametsoc.bsky.social to Bluesky!

AMS advances the atmospheric & related sciences (including of course climate), applications, and services for the benefit of society.

I've added them to this starter pack of scientific organizations that do climate-related work ⬇️

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Andrea Lopez Lang @alopezlang.bsky.social · Oct 20

Please share!

UW-Madison’s Dept of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences invites applications for a faculty position with research broadly related to modeling, remote sensing, and/or analysis of climate and extreme weather risk, impacts, or solutions.

More info: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess...

Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) invites applications at the assistant (tenure track) or associate professor (tenured) level with research broadly related to mod...

jobs.wisc.edu

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Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · Sep 11

Analysis is helpful but for those who want to see it for themselves and without the filter, here's a link to the CSPAN simulcast of the Presidential debate:
www.c-span.org/video/?53805...

Simulcast - ABC News Presidential Debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met face to face for the first time this election year for a debate moderated by ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.

www.c-span.org

Paul Higgins @phiggins.bsky.social · Sep 6

I am very pleased to announce that the AMS Policy Program is initiating a Climate Policy Colloquium (www.ametsoc.org/cpc), which will occur from December 15-19, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Please see the preliminary agenda (bit.ly/AMSCPC24) and event webpage for details and updates.

Climate Policy Colloquium

New! An immersive introduction to the U.S. Federal policy process for scientists and professionals working in climate and climate-related fields. Learn More

www.ametsoc.org

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Sep 1

"As the linguist Emily M. Bender has noted, teachers don’t ask students to write essays because the world needs more student essays. The point of writing essays is to strengthen students’ critical-thinking skills."

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · Aug 30

Some rough numbers to keep in mind

Every living thing on Earth put together: 1 trillion tons

All the stuff we’ve built or made: 1 trillion tons

Total CO2 we emitted: 2.5 trillion tons

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 17

Last spring, Washington state passed a bill banning commercial octopus farming.

Today, we (myself and 99 others, led by Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Walter Sanchez-Suarez) have a letter in Science supporting the US OCTOPUS Act, which would do the same nationwide.

Support US OCTOPUS Act to keep octopuses wild

www.science.org

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · Aug 15

Check your voter registration. Or get registered.  
Just do it. Pass it on. vote.gov

Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov

Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.

vote.gov

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 10

NEW: Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate climate change references”...
Only talk to conservative media...

Don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover.

In never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second Trump administration would operate.

Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate climate change references”; only talk to conservative media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a se...

www.propublica.org

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · May 22

A new study finds that "nature-based experiences, and birdwatching in particular, increase well-being and reduce distress" on college campuses. More of this, please!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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