{"669076":{"#nid":"669076","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Thinning ice sheets may drive sharp rise in subglacial waters","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUp to twice the amount of subglacial water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean \u2014 potentially increasing glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.\u0026nbsp;Two School of Earth and Atmospheric Scientist researchers \u2014 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlex Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/sim-joyce-shi\u0022\u003EShi Joyce Sim\u003C\/a\u003E, research scientist \u2014 have collaborated on a new model for how water moves under glaciers. The new theory shows that up to twice the amount of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/subglacial\/\u0022 rel=\u0022tag\u0022\u003Esubglacial\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean.\u0026nbsp;(The research is also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/in-depth-the-unsettling-findings-beneath-antarcticas-thinning-ice-sheets\/\u0022\u003ESciTechDaily \u003C\/a\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/water-beneath-glaciers-may-surge-due-to-thinning-ice-sheets\/\u0022\u003EEarth.com.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUp to twice the amount of subglacial water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean \u2014 potentially increasing glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.\u0026nbsp;Two School of Earth and Atmospheric Scientist researchers \u2014 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlex Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/sim-joyce-shi\u0022\u003EShi Joyce Sim\u003C\/a\u003E, research scientist \u2014 have collaborated on a new model for how water moves under glaciers. The new theory shows that up to twice the amount of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/subglacial\/\u0022 rel=\u0022tag\u0022\u003Esubglacial\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean. (The research is also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/in-depth-the-unsettling-findings-beneath-antarcticas-thinning-ice-sheets\/\u0022\u003ESciTechDaily \u003C\/a\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/water-beneath-glaciers-may-surge-due-to-thinning-ice-sheets\/\u0022\u003EEarth.com.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-08-21 16:06:51","changed_gmt":"2023-10-30 14:41:45","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Phys.org","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2023-08-thinning-ice-sheets-sharp-subglacial.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","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":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"181701","name":"Alex Robel"},{"id":"192973","name":"Shi Joyce Sim"},{"id":"189817","name":"glacial melt"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"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":""}}}