{"593852":{"#nid":"593852","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ultimate bogs: how saving peatlands could help save the planet","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you want to know more about what School of Biological Sciences Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E is up to with his research in\u0026nbsp;northern Minnesota, read this Guardian article. Kostka is part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mnspruce.ornl.gov\u0022\u003ESpruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE)\u003C\/a\u003E project that is mentioned in\u0026nbsp;the story. Kostka and his fellow researchers are trying to determine the impact of climate change on the ancient carbon buried deep beneath the peatlands. This article goes into great detail about why these particular ecosystems are so important to Earth\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;ecological health, and why they need to be saved. Kostka has a joint apppointment with the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-07-31 16:23:38","changed_gmt":"2017-07-31 16:47:30","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Christine Angelini","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/jul\/28\/ultimate-bogs-how-saving-peatlands-could-help-save-the-planet?CMP=share_btn_tw","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593615":{"id":"593615","type":"image","title":"Joel Kostka","body":null,"created":"1500573648","gmt_created":"2017-07-20 18:00:48","changed":"1500573648","gmt_changed":"2017-07-20 18:00:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226284","name":"Joel Kostka.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Joel%20Kostka.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Joel%20Kostka.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39068,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Joel%20Kostka.jpg?itok=0Mk3xML1"}}},"media_ids":["593615"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"124051","name":"minnesota"},{"id":"20131","name":"Joel Kostka"},{"id":"172959","name":"SPRUCE"},{"id":"175034","name":"peatlands"},{"id":"610","name":"carbon"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"12800","name":"methane"}],"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":""}}}