{"551831":{"#nid":"551831","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How Might Global Warming Affect Air Travel?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA WUNC radio interview on \u201cHow Might Global Warming Affect Air Travel?\u201d interviewed Marilyn Brown, professor in the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, a United Airlines flight to Phoenix was forced to turn around and head back to Houston. The reason for the diversion? Extreme heat. With global temperatures rising, is this a sign of things to come?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe answer is both\u0026nbsp;yes and no.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Smith, a professor and associate director at Georgia Tech\u2019s Vertical Lift Center of Excellence in Atlanta, says the aerospace industry has been addressing this problem for the past decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are designing new engines that are a lot more efficient and new aircraft designs. We\u0027re not going to see the same old tube and wing designs of today,\u201d Smith says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESmith says aerospace engineers have been looking for ways to decrease the need for more runway length not because of temperatures, but because of noise restrictions. Either way, newer designs and more efficient engines will help the airlines address increasing heat issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full article on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wunc.org\/post\/how-might-global-warming-affect-air-travel#stream\/0\u0022\u003EWUNC\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-07-11 11:53:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:16","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 graduate","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/wunc.org\/post\/how-might-global-warming-affect-air-travel#stream\/0","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8681","name":"Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"}],"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":""}}}