The American Meteorological Society has announced its 2026 Awards and Honors, recognizing the individuals and organizations that have made “outstanding contributions” to weather, water and climate research.
“Through its awards AMS recognizes some of the many, many exceptional people working across the weather, water and climate enterprise to benefit humanity,” said AMS past president Anjuli Bamzai, chair of the AMS Awards Oversight Committee.
“Even as our community is facing a time of unprecedented upheaval, the role we play in society remains crucial and only grows in importance. From emergency managers and meteorologists on the front lines alerting the public about disasters like Hurricane Helene, to educators and mentors, to researchers making transformative advances in understanding, this year’s honorees have made vital contributions.”
Science and technology medals and prizes will be awarded, alongside awards for service, teaching and mentorship, journalism and broadcasting, and outstanding contributions, among others.
The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal has been awarded to Wayne Schubert for fundamental and sustained research on the theoretical understanding of moist atmospheric processes, hurricanes, and geophysical fluid dynamics and their representation in numerical models; the Jagadish Shukla Earth System Predictability Prize has been awarded to Siegfried Schubert for groundbreaking insights into the variability and predictability of droughts and other extremes in the climate system; and the Cleveland ABBE Award for Distinguished Service to the Atmospheric and related Sciences has been awarded to Renee McPherson, for extraordinary efforts to develop programs, tools and relationships to translate weather and climate information for use by communities, to mention but a few of the 2026 recipients recognized by AMS.
The 2026 awards ceremony will take place in January 25-29 next year in Houston, Texas.
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