{"688349":{"#nid":"688349","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The AMOC of the Ice Age Was Warmer Than Once Thought","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn an article published by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEos\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lynch-stieglitz-jean\u0022\u003EJean Lynch-Stieglitz\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;chair of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;comments on a new study published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-10012-2\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E which found that a major part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) was warmer during the peak of Earth\u2019s last ice age than previously thought.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAccording to Lynch-Stieglitz, the findings give scientists an additional benchmark with which to test the accuracy of climate models. \u201cLast Glacial Maximum (LGM) circulation is a good target, and the more that we can refine the benchmarks\u2026that\u2019s a really good thing,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is another really nice dataset that can be used to better assess what the Last Glacial Maximum circulation was really doing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn an article published by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEos\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/lynch-stieglitz-jean\u0022\u003EJean Lynch-Stieglitz\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;chair of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;comments on a new study published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-10012-2\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E which found that a major part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) was warmer during the peak of Earth\u2019s last ice age than previously thought.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EAccording to Lynch-Stieglitz, the findings give scientists an additional benchmark with which to test the accuracy of climate models. \u201cLast Glacial Maximum (LGM) circulation is a good target, and the more that we can refine the benchmarks\u2026that\u2019s a really good thing,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is another really nice dataset that can be used to better assess what the Last Glacial Maximum circulation was really doing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-02-17 21:00:24","changed_gmt":"2026-02-18 15:54:19","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Eos","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/eos.org\/articles\/the-amoc-of-the-ice-age-was-warmer-than-once-thought","dateline":{"date":"2026-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2026-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","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":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"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":"187930","name":"Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation"},{"id":"189257","name":"climate model"}],"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":""}}}