{"667979":{"#nid":"667979","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Restoring coastal ecosystems can mitigate climate change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExcess greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are a major driver of climate change. Mitigating climate change in the future will require both decarbonization \u2014 such as transitioning to renewable energy sources \u2014 and carbon dioxide removal, which involves extracting already existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\u0026nbsp;A recent study led by Georgia Tech and Yale University\u0026nbsp;has proposed a unique approach to permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through coastal ecosystem restoration. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/reinhard-dr-chrishttps:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/reinhard-dr-chris\u0022\u003EChris Reinhard\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is one of the study\u0027s authors. (The study was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/05\/230530174257.htm\u0022\u003EScienceDaily\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExcess greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are a major driver of climate change. Mitigating climate change in the future will require both decarbonization \u2014 such as transitioning to renewable energy sources \u2014 and carbon dioxide removal, which involves extracting already existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.\u0026nbsp;A recent study led by\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech and Yale University\u0026nbsp;has proposed a unique approach to permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through coastal ecosystem restoration. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/reinhard-dr-chrishttps:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/reinhard-dr-chris\u0022\u003EChris Reinhard\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is one of the study\u0027s authors. (The study was also covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/05\/230530174257.htm\u0022\u003EScienceDaily\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-06-05 13:43:35","changed_gmt":"2023-06-05 14:19:07","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Earth.com","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/restoring-coastal-ecosystems-can-mitigate-climate-change\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","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":"170504","name":"Chris Reinhard"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"186633","name":"carbon dioxide removal"},{"id":"192124","name":"ecosystems"}],"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":""}}}