{"650047":{"#nid":"650047","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf a tree fell in an ancient forest, what can it tell scientists today? Scientists look to the past to understand what\u0026rsquo;s coming in the future.\u0026nbsp;What\u0026rsquo;s special about ginkgo trees is that their fossils often preserve actual plant material, not simply a leaf\u0026rsquo;s impression. And that thin sheet of organic matter may be key to understanding the ancient climate system \u0026mdash; and the possible future of our warming planet. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, weighs in on what past \u0026quot;hothouse\u0026quot; climates on the ancient Earth\u0026nbsp;teach us about current climate change.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-08-24 20:47:19","changed_gmt":"2021-08-24 20:47:19","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 Roger P. Webb Awards Program","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/24\/fossil-leaves-may-reveal-climate-in-last-era-of-dinosaurs\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"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":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"168745","name":"fossils"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"188722","name":"hothouse climates"},{"id":"188723","name":"gingko leaves"}],"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":""}}}