The American Meteorological Society today released an updated
Statement on Climate Change (also available here in pdf form),
replacing the 2007 version that was in effect. The informational
statement is intended to provide a trustworthy, objective, and
scientifically up-to-date explanation of scientific issues of
concern to the public. The statement provides a brief overview
of how and why global climate has changed in recent decades and
will continue to change in the future. It is based on the peer-
reviewed scientific literature and is consistent with the
majority of current scientific understanding as expressed in
assessments and reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the
U.S. Global Change Research Program. “This statement is the
result of hundreds of hours of work by many AMS members over the
past year,” comments AMS Executive Director Keith Seitter. “It
was a careful and thorough process with many stages of review,
and one that included the