{"668202":{"#nid":"668202","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Area near where submersible vanished known for treacherous conditions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeep sonar and more high-tech ships were involved in the search to find a missing submersible which disappeared June 18 on the way to the ruins and wreckage of the Titanic with five people aboard.\u0026nbsp;The search area grew exponentially to twice the size of Connecticut. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lozier-dr-susan\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier,\u003C\/a\u003E Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair\u0026nbsp;of the College of Sciences, and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, said the spot where the RMS Titanic wrecked in 1912 is home to treacherous conditions both above and below the water.\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe thing to keep in mind, just the surface conditions, boats and everything involved in this rescue operation, this part of the ocean is where the Gulf Stream continues up northward very energetically, and interacts with the atmosphere, a stormy area,\u201d said Lozier, a physical oceanographer who has researched ocean currents in the North Atlantic.\u0026nbsp;(Lozier was also interviewed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2023\/06\/22\/oceanographer-talks-about-overcoming-obstacles-search-titan\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta News First\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeep sonar and more high-tech ships were involved in the search to find a missing submersible which disappeared June 18 on the way to the ruins and wreckage of the Titanic with five people aboard.\u0026nbsp;The search area grew exponentially to twice the size of Connecticut. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lozier-dr-susan\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier,\u003C\/a\u003E Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair\u0026nbsp;of the College of Sciences, and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, said the spot where the RMS Titanic wrecked in 1912 is home to treacherous conditions both above and below the water.\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe thing to keep in mind, just the surface conditions, boats and everything involved in this rescue operation, this part of the ocean is where the Gulf Stream continues up northward very energetically, and interacts with the atmosphere, a stormy area,\u201d said Lozier, a physical oceanographer who has researched ocean currents in the North Atlantic. (Lozier was also interviewed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.atlantanewsfirst.com\/2023\/06\/22\/oceanographer-talks-about-overcoming-obstacles-search-titan\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta News First\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-06-22 18:24:42","changed_gmt":"2023-06-22 19:27:20","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"WSB-TV","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/search-vanished-submersible-underway-crew-member-has-ties-georgia\/MNTDRL67DVFK3F5INVXKLKQNPM\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","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"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"180514","name":"Susan Lozier"},{"id":"183088","name":"physical oceanography"},{"id":"192802","name":"submersible"},{"id":"192803","name":"Titanic"},{"id":"192804","name":"Titan submersible"}],"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":""}}}