{"658454":{"#nid":"658454","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Groundwater under Antarctica goes deep","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Hidden below the surface of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, there is a vast mass of liquid water generated by the heating of Earth and frictional melting.\u0026quot; That\u0026#39;s how\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/chu-dr-wing-winnie\u0022\u003EWinnie Chu,\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, begins her\u0026nbsp;Perspectives editorial in \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E with a look at a new study showing\u0026nbsp;observations of saline groundwater saturating a sedimentary basin beneath the Whillans Ice Stream in West Antarctica. Chu, who is researching a potentially similar situation in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/exploring-reservoir-within-greenland-glacier-and-plumbing-uncertainties-sea-level-rise\u0022\u003EGreenland\u003C\/a\u003E, says the Antarctica\u0026nbsp;reservoir\u0026nbsp;is estimated to contain a water volume more than 10 times greater than that in the overlaying subglacial hydrologic system. \u0026quot;This finding highlights groundwater hydrology as a potentially critical piece in understanding the effect of water flow on Antarctic ice sheet dynamics,\u0026quot; Chu writes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-05-24 17:04:06","changed_gmt":"2022-05-24 17:04:06","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abo1266","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","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":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"185774","name":"Winnie Chu"},{"id":"181648","name":"Antarctic ice sheet"},{"id":"7416","name":"groundwater"},{"id":"190667","name":"subglacial hydrologic system"},{"id":"171970","name":"Greenland"}],"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":""}}}