{"649307":{"#nid":"649307","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A Crucial System of Ocean Currents Is Faltering, Research Suggests","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe water in the Atlantic is constantly circulating in a complex pattern that influences weather on several continents. And climate scientists have been asking a crucial question: Whether this vast system, which includes the Gulf Stream, is slowing down because of climate change. One of those scientists is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lozier.eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor, Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair of the College of Sciences. Lozier, a physical oceanographer who is president of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.agu.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Geophysical Union\u003C\/a\u003E, reacts to a new study detecting\u0026nbsp;early warning signs that this critical ocean system is at risk, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-021-01097-4.epdf?sharing_token=0bVdKgLInaQjdAXv2mCSZtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0ODQw4Na6S4LwvIIwjZ_S3NdBoG6pi8c5NBfIwoUKp1VK_OHHszXMnB3OMoyz8L8emOhG-hoDsJyn1YMubz_IampYbIRg_8P9vjnfIPPzRQwm6m9BfwEGfoLu0JsB4E2trSfyu4r947mOz1oZQlyxQxw499vrZGcuutvgtykhpE1s1h0iFyBG1ZtCSpqX_SLvo%3D\u0026amp;tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\u0022\u003Ea new analysis\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;published Thursday in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change. This story also appears in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/a-crucial-system-of-ocean-currents-is-faltering-research-suggests\/\u0022\u003ESeattle Times\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/environment\/major-atlantic-ocean-current-system-may-be-close-to-collapse-new-study-indicates\/\u0022\u003EIFL Science\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-08-06 13:49:30","changed_gmt":"2021-08-06 16:26:39","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"artist talk","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/05\/us\/gulf-stream-collapse.html?action=click\u0026amp;module=Top%20Stories\u0026amp;pgtype=Homepage","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","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":"180514","name":"Susan Lozier"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"187173","name":"Gulf Stream"},{"id":"188427","name":"Atlantic Ocean currents"}],"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":""}}}