{"690271":{"#nid":"690271","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Southeast wildfires driven by climate and weather patterns","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-zachary\u0022\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech atmospheric science educator, explains how drought, heat, and shifting weather patterns are fueling more intense Southeast wildfires.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-zachary\u0022\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech atmospheric science educator, explains how drought, heat, and shifting weather patterns are fueling more intense Southeast wildfires.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-05-13 17:25:10","changed_gmt":"2026-05-14 14:15:47","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"11Alive News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/video\/news\/community\/one-on-one\/southeast-wildfires-driven-by-climate-and-weather-patterns\/85-da338e12-77d6-463c-bfb4-548846187260","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"},{"id":"175593","name":"School  of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"789","name":"Drought"},{"id":"147191","name":"wildfires"}],"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":""}}}