Middle Tennessee State University professors Alisa Hass, far left, and Adelle Monteblanco, far right, worked with MTSU students and research assistants Sophia Roberts, center left, Marissa Pickett, center, and Hannah Newcomb, center right, to conduct research on the Urban Heat Island effect at the Cumberland River Compact building in Nashville, Tenn., during June 2022. (Photo courtesy of Adelle Monteblanco)

Middle Tennessee State University professors Alisa Hass, far left, and Adelle Monteblanco, far right, worked with MTSU students and research assistants Sophia Roberts, center left, Marissa Pickett, center, and Hannah Newcomb, center right, to conduct research on the Urban Heat Island effect at the Cumberland River Compact building in Nashville, Tenn., during June 2022. (Photo courtesy of Adelle Monteblanco)

Middle Tennessee State University professors Alisa Hass, far left, and Adelle Monteblanco, far right, worked with MTSU students and research assistants Sophia Roberts, center left, Marissa Pickett, center, and Hannah Newcomb, center right, to conduct research on the Urban Heat Island effect at the Cumberland River Compact building in Nashville, Tenn., during June 2022. (Photo courtesy of Adelle Monteblanco)

Middle Tennessee State University professors Alisa Hass, far left, and Adelle Monteblanco, far right, worked with MTSU students and research assistants Sophia Roberts, center left, Marissa Pickett, center, and Hannah Newcomb, center right, to conduct research on the Urban Heat Island effect at the Cumberland River Compact building in Nashville, Tenn., during June 2022. (Photo courtesy of Adelle Monteblanco)