“If there is a way to update this scale or devise a new scale that both accounts for all types of hurricane hazards and is something that is digestible to the general public, this could be helpful in the future.”
- Zachary Handlos, director of the B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences program

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale does not account for other major hazards like storm surge, inland flooding, tornadoes, and storm size. That’s why experts like Georgia Tech's Zachary Handlos suggest that creating a comprehensive system could improve public understanding of hurricane risks.

"By turning complicated models and satellite data into simple predictive equations, we’re giving climate models a new lens to see the future. It’s a small piece of the puzzle, but one that helps us understand how ice sheets respond to a warming world."
- Danielle Grau, Ph.D. student and study lead

The research team, which included @iceclimate.bsky.social, leveraged physics, model simulations, and satellite imagery to develop simple mathematical equations that can easily be integrated into existing climate models.
It’s a first-of-its-kind tool that is already improving climate models.

❝Strengthened by the launch of our new Ph.D. program, Georgia Tech takes another big step forward as a top-tier destination for neuroscience.❞
- Tim Cope, program director and professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering

Molecular fossils may not always be what they seem.

“Just as archaeologists know to be careful in how they interpret physical fossils, historians of protein evolution could take similar care in their interpretation of molecular fossils.”

- @lynnkamerlin.bsky.social in this co-authored article⤵️

💬Epidemiological studies have suggested a strong link between air pollution and dementia, but what sets this study apart is that we also provide a convincing biological mechanism.
- Pengfei Liu, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences