{"667199":{"#nid":"667199","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Rising temperatures alter \u0027missing link\u0027 of microbial processes, putting northern peatlands at risk","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers show that rising temperatures in northern regions may damage peatlands, critical ecosystems for storing carbon from the atmosphere \u2014 and could decouple vital processes in microbial support systems. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and associate chair of Research in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and Caitlin Petro, research scientist who works with Kostka, recently led a collaborative study to investigate how this critical type of ecosystem (and the \u0022missing link\u0022 of microbial processes that support it) may react to the increased temperature and carbon dioxide levels predicted to come with climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers show that rising temperatures in northern regions may damage peatlands, critical ecosystems for storing carbon from the atmosphere \u2014 and could decouple vital processes in microbial support systems. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joel-kostka\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and associate chair of Research in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and Caitlin Petro, research scientist in the School,recently led a collaborative study to investigate how this critical type of ecosystem (and the \u0022missing link\u0022 of microbial processes that support it) may react to the increased temperature and carbon dioxide levels predicted to come with climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-04-10 14:32:28","changed_gmt":"2023-04-10 14:32:28","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Science Daily ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/04\/230403133455.htm","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"20131","name":"Joel Kostka"},{"id":"185252","name":"Caitlin Petro"},{"id":"185252","name":"Caitlin Petro"},{"id":"175034","name":"peatlands"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"56501","name":"microbiome"}],"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":""}}}