{"649025":{"#nid":"649025","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Savannah goes from hot to hotter as climate warms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you\u0026#39;re a longtime resident of\u0026nbsp;Savannah and you have a sneaking suspicion that\u0026nbsp;summers in the Hostess City are hotter than ever, you may be right. A\u0026nbsp;new city-by-city analysis by the nonprofit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClimate Central\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;indicates the average temperature of a Savannah summer day has increased by 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1970. \u0026nbsp;The average number of days each year over 95 degrees has increased by 12 days.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Power Chair, ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and Director, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;did not participate in the Climate Central study but does comment on the changes, and mentions that her\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sealevelsensors.org\u0022\u003ESmart Sea Level Sensors Project\u003C\/a\u003E, which tracks flooding vulnerability in Chatham County, wants to expand to include an urban heat island component using internet-linked thermometers. (This story also ran in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/partner\/savannah-goes-from-hot-to-hotter-as-climate-warms\/YGH7JAB2SZH6RMSD6HLNWXCYII\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\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 19:37:23","changed_gmt":"2021-07-23 21:13:56","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"executive vice president of research","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.savannahnow.com\/story\/news\/2021\/07\/20\/hotter-days-savannah-georgia-warming-world-climate-change\/7829543002\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"167277","name":"Savannah"},{"id":"188341","name":"summer temperatures"},{"id":"12808","name":"urban heat island"},{"id":"188342","name":"Smart Sea Level Sensors Project"}],"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":""}}}