EMS News : European Meteorological Society

04/03/2024

Europhotometeo 2024: public voting is open

The gallery with more than 200 photos is open.

The Europhotometeo 2024 has reached its final stage. The Jury, consisting of the presidents of the member societies, the members of the EMS Council, and the EMS President, is now voting. 206 photos have been selected for the gallery – the public voting is open now. Everyone may mark the photos he or she likes best. The voting will close on 21 March 2024.[more]

26/02/2024

Launch of EMS Webinar series: Understanding the atmosphere of Starry Night

The EMS starts a series of online meetings at which exchange between members in between the annual General Assemblies and Annual Meeting can be organised on a regular basis, normally on Wednesdays at 4pm (CET/CEST).[more]

19/02/2024

EMS2024 – Take part and submit your abstract now

The 2024 Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society will take place as a hybrid event at the University of Barcelona & online from 2 to 6 September 2024. We invite the community to join us for discussions and networking on the role of weather and climate research in the achievement of a climate-neutral Europe. Deadline for submissions is 18 April 2024[more]

12/02/2024

EMS Tromp Award for biometeorology 2024: nominations invited

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2024. The EMS Tromp Award for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology is presented to a scientist for an excellent scientific paper in the field of biometeorology. The paper must have been published in an international peer-reviewed journal …[more]

16/11/2023

Europhotometeo 2024: enter now

The EMS is pleased to announce its 2024 European photo competition dedicated to clouds or other meteorological phenomena. Any person that would like to participate can submit a photo: the photo must have been taken[more]

09/11/2023

EMS General Assembly discusses net-zero pledge & 25-year anniversary

The General Assembly on 3 September in Bratislava was a lively event as it discussed a possible net-zero pledge, activities related to the 25-year anniversary of the EMS in 2024, and how to improve exchange of experience between the EMS Members.[more]

09/11/2023

This was EMS2023 in Bratislava

The meeting was attended by 633 participants from 43 countries: 523 onsite in Bratislava and 110 online from across the globe. An interesting aspect about the online attendance is that many more people rather did access the online sessions via the live stream rather than joining via zoom. Below is a glimpse for some of the sessions on the audience numbers onsite, zoom and stream.[more]

02/11/2023

EMS Technology Achievement Award 2024: open for submissions

The EMS now invites submissions for the TAA2024. Optional short proposals are please submitted until 15 Dec 2023; full proposals are accepted until 31 Jan 2024.
Technological contributions with the potential for Europe-wide impact are recognized through this award …[more]

15/09/2023

Impressions from the EMS2023 in Bratislava

Browse the photos taken during the awards, opening and media sessions.[more]

EMS2023 -Theodoros Economou (award winner; left), Marie Doutrioux-Boucher (EUMETSAT; chair OPA committee) and Bert Holtslag, outgoing EMS President): Announcement of the winning poster and author Outstanding Poster Award at the closing ceremony of EMS2023 in Bratislava (photo: J. Jeuring, Norway, member of selection committee)

13/09/2023

Theodoros Economou wins EMS2023 Outstanding Poster Award

In considering the compound effects of heat and air pollution on mortality, Theodoros Economou and his colleagues took a novel approach to investigate a growing societal problem in this study. This poster also reflected the conference theme.[more]