{"670764":{"#nid":"670764","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"If You Didn\u2019t Care About Antarctica\u2019s Icy Belly, You Will Now","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne of the most consequential places on earth is also one of its least accessible: Antarctica\u2019s icy underbelly. The grounding line is where the terrestrial ice sheet reaches the sea and begins floating, becoming the ice\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eshelf\u003C\/em\u003E. As global temperatures rise, seawater is eating away at that belly, forcing the grounding line to retreat and speeding the decline of Antarctica\u2019s glaciers.\u0026nbsp;Two new papers, though, are shining light on this mysterious realm. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlexander Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E who leads Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iceclimate.eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIce and Climate Group\u003C\/a\u003E, did not participate in the studies but is quoted in the article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne of the most consequential places on earth is also one of its least accessible: Antarctica\u2019s icy underbelly. The grounding line is where the terrestrial ice sheet reaches the sea and begins floating, becoming the ice\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eshelf\u003C\/em\u003E. As global temperatures rise, seawater is eating away at that belly, forcing the grounding line to retreat and speeding the decline of Antarctica\u2019s glaciers.\u0026nbsp;Two new papers, though, are shining light on this mysterious realm. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlexander Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E who leads Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iceclimate.eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIce and Climate Group\u003C\/a\u003E, did not participate in the studies but is quoted in the article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-10-30 14:27:14","changed_gmt":"2023-11-14 19:18:48","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Wired","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/if-you-didnt-care-about-antarcticas-icy-belly-you-will-now\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"622495":{"id":"622495","type":"image","title":"Sea ice in Antarctica showing a brown layer of ice algae (Credit Rick Cavicchioli)","body":null,"created":"1560440715","gmt_created":"2019-06-13 15:45:15","changed":"1560440715","gmt_changed":"2019-06-13 15:45:15","alt":"","file":{"fid":"237091","name":"2019 Sea ice antarctica (Rick Cavicchioli).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Sea%20ice%20antarctica%20%28Rick%20Cavicchioli%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Sea%20ice%20antarctica%20%28Rick%20Cavicchioli%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":103767,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2019%20Sea%20ice%20antarctica%20%28Rick%20Cavicchioli%29.jpg?itok=4BqWTqzH"}}},"media_ids":["622495"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"189816","name":"Alexander Robel"},{"id":"2262","name":"climate"},{"id":"181665","name":"Ice Shelf"},{"id":"171969","name":"Glaciers"}],"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":""}}}