2020-10-15 16:04:34 NASA awards Exceptional Public Service Medal to ESSC’s Sue Estes Details Published: 15 October 2020 NASA has awarded its Exceptional Public Service Medal to Sue Estes, a research scientist at the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, who also has a role … Read more: NASA awards Exceptional Public Service Medal to ESSC’s Sue Estes 2020-09-10 14:01:15 UAH interim science dean gets $600,000 to create more accurate analysis of soil moisture Details Published: 10 September 2020 A two-year, $600,000 grant to create a more accurate analysis of soil moisture for drought depiction, agricultural assessments and flood potential has been awarded to the interim dean of the College of Science at The University of Alabama in … Read more: UAH interim science dean gets $600,000 to create more accurate analysis of soil moisture 2019-04-03 16:41:31 Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations Details Published: 03 April 2019 Three students and one alumna at UAH recently made presentations to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) officials regarding their research as part of the UAH-hosted MSFC node of NASA … Read more: Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations 2018-07-11 18:32:22 Can Billions of Corn Plants Affect the Weather in Nebraska? Details Published: 11 July 2018 When thinking of irrigation, most people imagine the huge dry valleys of California – Sacramento, San Joaquin, Coachella, Imperial – where so much of our food and fiber is grown. However, it is the state of Nebraska that slakes the thirst of … Read more: Can Billions of Corn Plants Affect the Weather in Nebraska? 2018-05-11 13:52:50 Shah wins Woods Hole fellowship Details Published: 11 May 2018 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — From the choked air of Mumbai, India, to the mostly untracked rain forests of Ecuador and the Amazon River basin, UAH’s Ankur Shah is trying to find a sustainable balance between living a modern, high technology lifestyle … 2018-04-13 21:07:58 Large hailstone is now official state record, and 1st entry in Alabama’s new hail dataset Details Published: 13 April 2018 A large hailstone that fell in Cullman County on March 19 is now officially the largest recorded hailstone to fall in … Read more: Large hailstone is now official state record, and 1st entry in Alabama’s new hail dataset 2018-03-15 17:07:50 Earth system science students at UAH serve as team members on NASA’s EarthKAM project Details Published: 15 March 2018 What does a hurricane look like from 400 kilometers above the Earth’s surface? What do images taken of the ice caps over the past few years tell us about how they’ve changed? These are the types of questions that middle school students in … Read more: Earth system science students at UAH serve as team members on NASA’s EarthKAM project 2018-02-27 18:14:57 Lightning mapping sensor will provide UAH scientists with unique stereo view Details Published: 27 February 2018 With the scheduled March 1 launch of a new weather satellite, scientists at UAH are looking forward to getting a unique stereo view of lightning in storms over the United … Read more: Lightning mapping sensor will provide UAH scientists with unique stereo view 2017-12-15 15:01:38 UAH staff, students answer call for help after hurricanes Details Published: 15 December 2017 For almost two months after Hurricane Maria came ashore in Puerto Rico and threw the island into darkness, UAH's Lori Schultz and Jordan Bell watched the lights come back … Read more: UAH staff, students answer call for help after hurricanes 2017-08-18 15:47:01 UAH undergrad co-leads project using satellite images of Thailand Details Published: 18 August 2017 Can an astronaut in space look down at a spot on the Earth and tell if the people living there are wealthy or … Read more: UAH undergrad co-leads project using satellite images of Thailand 1234