Earth system science students at UAH serve as team members on NASA’s EarthKAM project
Mar 15, 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 dozen...
Lightning mapping sensor will provide UAH scientists with unique stereo view
Feb 27, 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 States. ...
Two UAH researchers undertake cross-college lead poisoning study of rural Alabama town
Dec 13, 2017
Dr. Azita Amiri and Dr. Shuang Zhao are helping raise awareness about lead poisoning among children in Uniontown, Ala. ...
UAH undergrad co-leads project using satellite images of Thailand
Aug 18, 2017
Can an astronaut in space look down at a spot on the Earth and tell if the people living there are wealthy or poor? ...
UAH welcomes Fat Daddio's to world of weather research
Aug 18, 2017
Scientists at UAH are welcoming Fat Daddio's cake pans to the world of 'high powered' weather research. ...
UAH Earth system science major helps map, preserve wetlands in Rwanda
Aug 10, 2017
For tiny, overcrowded Rwanda, preserving its ecologically important wetlands is a big challenge, made more challenging by the lack of reliable maps. How can you protect what you have in the future if you don’t know what you have in the present? ...
UAH graduate student maps water in African desert
Aug 07, 2017
For thousands of generations, Africans concerned about their water supply looked to passing clouds for relief. Now, thanks in part to NASA's SERVIR program and several students and researchers at UAH, many of Africa's leaders will increasingly be l...
UAH designated Center of Academic Excellence in geospatial sciences
Aug 01, 2017
The Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH has been named a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in geospatial sciences by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
UAH Earth system science student does the “research sprint”
Jul 20, 2017
When you have only three months to complete a research project, it can feel like a 12-week sprint – especially if the project includes building hardware. "You have to work quickly, and half the time I was building equipment," says Julian Longoria...
UAH part of team researching tropical trees hit by lightning
Jul 13, 2017
Trees and lightning generally don't play well together. However, while many trees struck by lightning explode or ignite or are otherwise instantly killed, other trees (especially in the tropics) seem less effected by lightning strikes and live for ...
