{"676246":{"#nid":"676246","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ancient Ocean Currents Reveal Alarming Future for North Atlantic Life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lynch-stieglitz-dr-jean\u0022\u003EJean Lynch-Stieglitz\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth of Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E have finished investigating how the prehistoric weakening of a major ocean current led to a decline in ocean nutrients and negative impacts on North Atlantic ocean life. The results support predictions about how our oceans might react to a changing climate \u2014 and what that means for ocean life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe research tests a concept that has previously only been explored in theory and models,\u201d says lead author Lynch-Stieglitz. \u201cThe large-scale Atlantic overturning circulation provides the nutrients that underly biological productivity in the North Atlantic.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(This research also appeared in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/list23.com\/3846610-the-possibility-of-the-future-for-north-atlantic-life-is-spooked-by-the-discovery-of-ancient-ocean-c\/\u0022\u003EList23.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lynch-stieglitz-dr-jean\u0022\u003EJean Lynch-Stieglitz\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth of Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E have finished investigating how the prehistoric weakening of a major ocean current led to a decline in ocean nutrients and negative impacts on North Atlantic ocean life. The results support predictions about how our oceans might react to a changing climate \u2014 and what that means for ocean life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe research tests a concept that has previously only been explored in theory and models,\u201d says lead author Lynch-Stieglitz. \u201cThe large-scale Atlantic overturning circulation provides the nutrients that underly biological productivity in the North Atlantic.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(This research also appeared in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/list23.com\/3846610-the-possibility-of-the-future-for-north-atlantic-life-is-spooked-by-the-discovery-of-ancient-ocean-c\/\u0022\u003EList23.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36607","created_gmt":"2024-08-26 19:21:09","changed_gmt":"2024-08-26 20:59:10","author":"ls67","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"SciTechDaily","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/ancient-ocean-currents-reveal-alarming-future-for-north-atlantic-life\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-23T00:00:00-04:00","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":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"84561","name":"foraminifera"}],"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":""}}}