UAH researcher helps uncover "burn scar heat islands," advancing understanding of wildfire impacts on weather
University of Alabama Huntsville
New research headed by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) scientist working in collaboration with NASA reveals that wildfires can leave behind more than scorched Earth - they can create persistent "heat islands" that reshape local weather patterns long after the flames are extinguished. The study, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), was led by Andrew Blackford, a UAH Earth System Science Center (ESSC) researcher affiliated with NASA's Marshall Space F