Letter from the AMO President

I’m sharing a letter I received today from the president of the American Meteorological Society, an organization I’ve been a part of for nearly 15 years.

Dear AMS community,

In recent weeks the new administration has been rolling out executive orders that directly impact the public sector component of the weather and climate enterprise and are already reaching into the other sectors. The depth of these changes is unclear, but it seems apparent that the weather and climate enterprise we know today will not be the same tomorrow.

Our community has worked diligently and constructively over several decades to delineate the roles played by the private, public, non-profit and academic sectors in service to our nation. The goal has been to increase the effectiveness of the weather and climate enterprise, taking advantage of the strengths of ea…