{"606705":{"#nid":"606705","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Great Barrier Reef has had five near-death experiences in the past 30,000 years","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAccording to a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41561-018-0127-3\u0022\u003Enew study\u003C\/a\u003E, entire stretches of Australia\u0026rsquo;s Great Barrier Reef have died and eventually recovered five times in the past 30,000 years\u0026mdash;and it may be happening again today.\u0026nbsp;The study \u0026ldquo;holds some really important lessons\u0026rdquo; for understanding how resilient corals are in the face of change, and how quickly they recover after catastrophic events, says Kiim Cobb. She is a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She wasn\u0026rsquo;t involved in the work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-06-01 20:59:14","changed_gmt":"2018-06-01 20:59:14","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"sustainability award","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2018\/05\/great-barrier-reef-has-had-five-near-death-experiences-past-30000-years","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"604480":{"id":"604480","type":"image","title":"Kim Cobb","body":null,"created":"1522353222","gmt_created":"2018-03-29 19:53:42","changed":"1522353222","gmt_changed":"2018-03-29 19:53:42","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230435","name":"2017 Kim Cobb.tall250.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2017%20Kim%20Cobb.tall250.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2017%20Kim%20Cobb.tall250.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58993,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2017%20Kim%20Cobb.tall250.jpg?itok=qM7EX-Mp"}}},"media_ids":["604480"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100711","name":"coral reefs"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"}],"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":""}}}