{"658815":{"#nid":"658815","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Serious, Salty Trouble Is Brewing Under Antarctic Glaciers ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn these conditions, and if the freshwater flow from melting ice is not too fast, seawater should be able to invade at least hundreds of feet past the grounding line, and probably miles, says Alexander Robel, head of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iceclimate.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIce and Climate Group\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech and lead author of the new paper, published in the journal \u003Cem\u003EThe Cryosphere\u003C\/em\u003E. Yet, like tidal pumping, this phenomenon also isn\u0026rsquo;t represented in current models of glacial melt in Antarctica. \u0026ldquo;This is based on the prior assumption that basically there\u0026#39;s a hydraulic barrier at the grounding line, and seawater never gets upstream,\u0026rdquo; says Robel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35798","created_gmt":"2022-06-10 21:36:36","changed_gmt":"2022-06-10 21:36:36","author":"Ayana Isles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/serious-salty-trouble-may-be-brewing-under-antarctic-glaciers\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}