{"656934":{"#nid":"656934","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"World\u2019s largest ice sheet is being threatened by warm summers, Durham University study finds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in Durham\u0026nbsp;have found the fringes of the world\u0026rsquo;s largest ice sheet are being threatened by warmer summers in a first of its kind \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-29385-3\u0022\u003Estudy.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;The researchers found the size of lakes on the surface of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet varied wildly over a seven-year period, and could be key to showing the potential impact of recent\u0026nbsp;climate\u0026nbsp;change on the continent. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/verjans-vincent\u0022\u003EVincent Verjans\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral associate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;contributed to the study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-04-01 17:45:03","changed_gmt":"2022-04-01 17:45:03","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/tyne-tees\/2022-03-31\/worlds-largest-ice-sheet-is-being-threatened-by-warm-summers-study-finds","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","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":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"190299","name":"Vincent Verjans"},{"id":"190300","name":"East Antarctic Ice Sheet"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"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":""}}}