{"645051":{"#nid":"645051","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Enjoy It While It Lasts: Dropping Oxygen Will Eventually Suffocate Most Life on Earth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon\u0026#39;t worry, the catastrophe\u0026nbsp;teased in the headline of this Science Alert story won\u0026#39;t happen for another bilion years or so. But when the next Great Oxidation Event does occur\u0026nbsp;-- as it did 2.4 billion years ago -- it\u0026#39;ll happen quickly, says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/reinhard-dr-chris\u0022\u003EChris Reinhard\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. In a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41561-021-00693-5\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E he co-authored, Reinhard says\u0026nbsp;the oxygen-rich habitable history of Earth could end up lasting for just 20-30 percent of the planet\u0026#39;s lifespan as a whole \u0026ndash; and microbial life will carry on existing long after we are gone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-03-05 18:56:34","changed_gmt":"2021-03-05 18:56:34","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/earth-s-atmosphere-could-return-to-a-methane-rich-low-oxygen-state-in-a-billion-years-or-so","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"170504","name":"Chris Reinhard"},{"id":"187214","name":"Great Oxygenation Event"},{"id":"2261","name":"earth"}],"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":""}}}