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UAH Earth System Science Center scientist selected as U.S. Drought Monitor author

Mar 31, 2026

A University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) scientist is stepping onto the national stage to help shape how the country understands and responds to drought. ...


Dr. Lee Ellenburg in his office at the UAH Earth System Science Center.

Alabama Governor appoints Dr. Lee Ellenburg to succeed Dr. John Christy as state climatologist

Jan 29, 2026

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has appointed Dr. Lee Ellenburg as Alabama’s new state climatologist. ...


Pasture in Jackson County, Alabama, documented during field visit.

UAH researchers support Southeast flash drought assessment to improve future drought preparedness

Jan 21, 2026

The Earth System Science Center (ESSC) at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, played a key role in supporting a newly published regional drought assessment that details important lessons learne...


Pollutants are formed from both natural and human (anthropogenic) sources.

UAH researcher identifies breakthrough pathway for air pollution particle formation

Jan 20, 2026

An atmospheric scientist at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has helped uncover a previously unknown chemical pathway that plays a major role in the formation of air pollution particles in e...


Zeb Leffler stands in front of UAH’s Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar

ÂÜÀòµºapp student publishes groundbreaking hurricane study improving accuracy of hurricane wind estimates after landfall

Oct 31, 2025

A paper authored by University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) graduate student Zeb Leffler has been published in the Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), showcasing the university’s growing impact on ad...


World’s record hottest temperature of 134 degrees F was recorded in Death Valley, Calif., on July 10, 1913.

UAH Earth System Science Center researchers question world record for hottest temperature ever observed

Oct 30, 2025

A new study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) by researchers from ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, calls for invalidating the world record hottest tempe...


Dr. Xiaomin Chen and his student Zeb Leffler in front of UAH’s Mobile Alabama X-Band Radar

UAH researcher receives AMS award for advances in hurricane science and forecasting

Sep 25, 2025

Dr. Xiaomin Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and ​​principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama Sy...


Dr. Lee Tiszenkel, a UAH alumnus at the UAH Earth Systems Science Center, performs field research in Houston, Texas, focused on atmospheric ultrafine particles that can impact urban air quality

UAH first-of-its-kind study shows air quality data derived from megacities are not accurate when applied to U.S. urban centers

Jul 23, 2025

Researchers at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH) have published a paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment that demonstrates for the first time that using data gathered on atmospheric particles from Chinese meg...


Left to Right: UAH’s Dr. John Christy reviews climate model data with Dr. Roy W. Spencer

UAH researchers’ climate study quantifies Urban Heat Island warming effects related to population density for the first time

May 02, 2025

A new research study from ÂÜÀòµºapp, a part of The University of Alabama System, addresses the question, how much have urban areas warmed from the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect? ...


Dr. Josh Wurman presenting at the National Storm Chasing Summit

UAH’s Dr. Josh Wurman earns spot in National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame

Apr 09, 2025

Dr. Josh Wurman, a researcher at ÂÜÀòµºapp (UAH), was recently named to the National Storm Chasing Hall of Fame (NSCHoF). ...


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