{"672743":{"#nid":"672743","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"East Antarctica\u0027s Stable Regions Nearing Melting Point","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Thwaites Glacier, which has seen significant melt in recent decades. In a paper published Jan. 19 in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023GL105450?utm_source=miragenews\u0026amp;utm_medium=miragenews\u0026amp;utm_campaign=news\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeophysical Research Letters\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, researchers at Stanford have shown that the Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica, which holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by more than 10 feet, could be closer to runaway melting than anyone realized. One of the study\u0027s co-authors is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/chu-dr-wing-winnie\u0022\u003EWinnie Chu\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a warming climate, meltwater from Antarctica is expected to contribute significantly to rising seas. For the most part, though, research has been focused on West Antarctica, in places like the Thwaites Glacier, which has seen significant melt in recent decades. In a paper published Jan. 19 in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023GL105450?utm_source=miragenews\u0026amp;utm_medium=miragenews\u0026amp;utm_campaign=news\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeophysical Research Letters\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, researchers at Stanford have shown that the Wilkes Subglacial Basin in East Antarctica, which holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by more than 10 feet, could be closer to runaway melting than anyone realized. One of the study\u0027s co-authors is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/chu-dr-wing-winnie\u0022\u003EWinnie Chu\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-02-05 19:29:34","changed_gmt":"2024-02-05 19:29:34","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Mirage News ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/east-antarcticas-stable-regions-nearing-melting-1167889\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","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":"185774","name":"Winnie Chu"},{"id":"190300","name":"East Antarctic Ice Sheet"},{"id":"182864","name":"antarctic melting"}],"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":""}}}