{"644929":{"#nid":"644929","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026nbsp;College of Sciences Dean \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/about\/meet-susan-lozier\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier\u003C\/a\u003E is quoted, and her research cited,\u0026nbsp;in a New York Times story detailing\u0026nbsp;scientists\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;concerns about the northern arm of the Gulf Stream, the river-within-an-ocean that transports warmth to the North Atlantic. Several \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41561-021-00699-z\u0022\u003Estudies\u003C\/a\u003E now suggest\u0026nbsp;this northern portion of the Stream and the deep ocean currents it\u0026rsquo;s connected to may be slowing, resulting in a \u0026quot;cold blob\u0026quot; of water just south of Greenland\u0026nbsp;that could result in negative consequences for continents along the Atlantic.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Lozier, the John Clark Sutherland and Betsy Middleton Chair, is\u0026nbsp;a physical oceanographer who is also the president of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.agu.org\u0022\u003EAmerican Geophysical Union\u003C\/a\u003E. She is the international project lead investigator\u0026nbsp;for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.o-snap.org\u0022\u003EOsnap\u003C\/a\u003E, an array of ocean sensors stretching from Canada to Greenland and Scotland.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;There are very strong signals in the ocean of climate change,\u0026rdquo; Lozier says in the story.\u0026nbsp;But most studies on the AMOC (Atlantic meridional overturning circulation)\u0026nbsp;don\u0026rsquo;t measure the \u0026ldquo;conveyor belt\u0026rdquo; directly. (Subscription required.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-03-03 15:41:14","changed_gmt":"2021-03-03 20:14:04","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/03\/02\/climate\/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630009":{"id":"630009","type":"image","title":"Susan Lozier (Photo by Rob Felt)","body":null,"created":"1576246344","gmt_created":"2019-12-13 14:12:24","changed":"1576246344","gmt_changed":"2019-12-13 14:12:24","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239922","name":"Susan Lozier.jpeg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Susan%20Lozier.jpeg.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Susan%20Lozier.jpeg.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":401704,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Susan%20Lozier.jpeg.jpg?itok=m7bBArbN"}}},"media_ids":["630009"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"180514","name":"Susan Lozier"},{"id":"187174","name":"Dean of the College of Sciences"},{"id":"187173","name":"Gulf Stream"}],"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":""}}}