{"657511":{"#nid":"657511","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A New Clue to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJust before the Hong Kong\u0026ndash;sized Conger ice shelf in East Antarctica fell apart abruptly in late March, a storm called an atmospheric river swept over the continent. Although it\u0026#39;s too early to tell exactly what happened with the Conger shelf, a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-022-00422-9\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E shows 13 of 21 ice shelf calving events in Antarctica\u0026nbsp;between August and March during the years 2000 through 2020 happened within five\u0026nbsp;days after an atmospheric river, which can\u0026nbsp;hold vast amounts of moisture and heat, and deliver extreme rain, snow,\u0026nbsp;winds, and unusually warm temperatures.\u0026nbsp;The possible\u0026nbsp;environmental consequences?\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;When ice shelves collapse, the glaciers which feed into them speed up and contribute more to sea level rise,\u0026rdquo; says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-dr-alexander\u0022\u003EAlexander Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences who was not involved in the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-04-22 16:45:40","changed_gmt":"2022-04-22 16:45:40","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/eos.org\/articles\/a-new-clue-to-antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"189816","name":"Alexander Robel"},{"id":"190420","name":"ice shelf collapse"},{"id":"190421","name":"atmospheric rivers"},{"id":"190422","name":"calving"}],"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":""}}}