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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]

Rasmus Benestad during his presentation at the EMS2023 Media and communciation session

08/11/2023

A 28-hour train ride from Oslo to the EMS2023

Rasmus Benestad from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Oslo has been a convenor of the EMS Sessions on synoptic climatology for as long as I can think back: that is actually 2006 at the meeting[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]

Stella Kafka, AMS Executive Director & CEO (left) and Liz Bentley, the new EMS President, showing the signed letter to renew of the Memorandum of Understanding between AMS and EMS

08/09/2023

EMS and AMS renew collaboration agreement

As organizations with common goals of supporting the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the atmospheric and related sciences, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the European Meteorological Society (EMS) have renewed their commitment for[more]

Hamish Pritchard (right), winner of the Harry Otten Prize 2023, together with Harry Otten

06/09/2023

Harry Otten Prize for Innovation in Meteorology 2023 awarded to Hamish Pritchard

Hamish Pritchard from the British Antarctic Survey (U.K.) won the first prize of 25,000 Euro for his idea “Lakes as snowfall sensors: Solving the precipitation problem in the mountain cryosphere”.[more]

30/06/2023

EMS Journalistic Award for Zornitsa Spasova and Ole Mathismoen

The two awardees selected for the EMS Journalistic Award 2023 show two different views on climate change: Zornitsa Spasova focusses on a broader international review of societal impacts, while Ole Mathismoen zooms in on a very local and personal perspective, “humanising” the climate change problem in a manner that many people can relate to.[more]

27/06/2023

Mateusz Taszarek receives the EMS Young Scientist Award 2023

The EMS Young Scientist Award 2023 is presented to Dr. Mateusz Taszarek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, for his important contribution to the understanding of severe convective storm hazards, their accompanying atmospheric environments and relationships[more]