{"671786":{"#nid":"671786","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Florida\u0027s Frozen Iguana Phenomenon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, joined Fox Weather to talk about the \u0022falling iguana alerts\u0022 now issued by the National Weather Service in Miami when temperatures dip unseasonably lower during the winter, causing the large lizards to fall out of Florida trees. Stroud, an evolutionary ecologist, spoke of his lab\u0027s studies to find out whether iguanas are adapting to colder temperatures brought on by climate change, or whether genetic factors are involved. Iguanas, normally found in hotter Central and South American climates, are considered an invasive species for Florida.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, joined Fox Weather to talk about the \u0022falling iguana alerts\u0022 now issued by the National Weather Service in Miami when temperatures dip unseasonably lower during the winter, causing the large lizards to freeze and fall out of Florida\u0027s trees. Stroud, an evolutionary ecologist, spoke of his lab\u0027s studies to find out whether iguanas are adapting to colder temperatures brought on by climate change, or whether genetic factors are involved. Iguanas, normally found in hotter Central and South American climates, are considered an invasive species for Florida.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-02 17:40:16","changed_gmt":"2024-01-02 17:40:16","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Fox Weather ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesTstroud\/status\/1740045178205835685","dateline":{"date":"2023-12-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-12-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"193037","name":"James Stroud"},{"id":"193385","name":"evolutionary ecology"},{"id":"193386","name":"iguanas"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"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":""}}}