{"511351":{"#nid":"511351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech+Knowledge+Y: What is El Nino?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the end of March, a team of Georgia Tech students and faculty will pack their scuba gear for a week in the Pacific Ocean. It\u2019s not exactly a beach trip. It\u2019s a research project that will focus on dying coral, one of the major casualties of this season\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o. Kim Cobb, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is leading the team, which will arrive at the research site on March 29.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEl Ni\u00f1o\u0026nbsp;is an ocean current that appears every few years to shake up the global thermometer, and this year\u0027s was one of the strongest ever. But what exactly is this climate phenomenon? Cobb tells us in this version of Tech+Knowledge+Y, describing some of El Ni\u00f1o\u2019s effects, its role in global warming, and how this winter\u0027s current is setting the table for a very active hurricane season later this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech+knowledge+Y is a series featuring Georgia Tech faculty members explaining complex topics in simple terms. From back holes to earthquakes to the secret language of science fiction, you\u0027ll learn about it in this monthly series.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEl Ni\u00f1o is an ocean current that appears every few years to shake up the global thermometer, and this year\u0027s was one of the strongest ever. But what exactly is this climate phenomenon? Professor Kim Cobb describes some of El Nino\u2019s effects, its role in global warming, and how this winter\u0027s current is setting the table for a very active hurricane season later this year.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Kim Cobb describes some of El Nino\u2019s effects and its role in global warming."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2016-03-09 16:47:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:01","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"511391":{"id":"511391","type":"image","title":"Tech+Knowledge+Y: What is El Nino?","body":null,"created":"1458923712","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:35:12","changed":"1475895273","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:33","alt":"Tech+Knowledge+Y: What is El Nino?","file":{"fid":"204983","name":"screen_shot_2016-03-09_at_4.06.25_pm.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2016-03-09_at_4.06.25_pm_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2016-03-09_at_4.06.25_pm_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":240268,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2016-03-09_at_4.06.25_pm_0.png?itok=zbwo8ntg"}}},"media_ids":["511391"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/shadow.eas.gatech.edu\/~kcobb\/","title":"Kim Cobb"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003ENational Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}