{"649037":{"#nid":"649037","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Feel the heat: Students track impact of extreme heat in Atlanta neighborhoods","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStaying cool as temperatures rise can be a struggle during Atlanta\u0026#39;s summer. Now Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech and Spelman College scholars are teaming up to take a closer, scientific look at the impact of high city temperatures and why some neighborhoods feel the heat more than others. Approximately\u0026nbsp;40 students\u0026nbsp;will serve as data collectors for the urban heat campaign, using a small temperature sensor that they will assemble, program, and connect to a smartphone app with guidance from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urbanheatatl.org\u0022\u003EUrbanHeatATL \u003C\/a\u003Eteam, which includes\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.spelman.edu\/academics\/majors-and-programs\/environmental-and-health-sciences\u0022\u003ESpelman College Environmental and Health Sciences Program\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wawa-online.org\/\u0022\u003EWest Atlanta Watershed Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psequity.org\/\u0022\u003EPartnership for Southern Equity\u003C\/a\u003E, the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Serve-Learn-Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/urbanclimate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUrban Climate Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.atlantaga.gov\/\u0022\u003ECity of Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-07-23 21:11:38","changed_gmt":"2021-07-23 21:11:38","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Aaron Stebner","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/local\/atlanta-urban-heat-island-study\/85-e17ffd46-cd4d-46d2-8f5a-76866c5a3156?fbclid=IwAR1L8jbhZljAKXusTCj1_ESrNvHTmHCj0w9IswVbEKFHOFnYOwhcLLO02Hc","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"188349","name":"urban heat"},{"id":"177439","name":"global change program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}