{"101361":{"#nid":"101361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech research on seaweed-coral competition featured by Discover, NPR","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Doug Rasher, Biology graduate student, and Mark Hay, Teasley Professor of Environmental Biology has been featured in Discover Magazine, by NPR, and by many other media outlets.  The study reports the first demonstration that several common species of seaweeds can use chemical means to kill corals upon contact.  This suggests that the proliferation of seaweeds may be part of the reason why coral reefs are declining worldwide.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore on the study can be found in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/notrocketscience\/2010\/05\/11\/overfishing-gives-toxic-seaweeds-an-edge-in-their-competition-with-corals\/\u0022\u003EDiscover Magazine\u0027s coverage\u003C\/a\u003E, and in a story featured on the  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/mrl3\/8752\/asithappens\/aihstreaming_20100512_02_01.wma\u0022\u003ECBC Program \u0022As it Happens\u0022\u003C\/a\u003E (note: the stroy is the second one in theis section of the program).\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Doug Rasher, Biology graduate student, and Mark Hay, Teasley Professor of Environmental Biology has been featured in Discover Magazine, by NPR, and by many other media outlets.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech research on seaweed-coral competition featured by Discover,"}],"uid":"27245","created_gmt":"2010-06-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:09","author":"Troy Hilley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"101371":{"id":"101371","type":"image","title":"Seaweed","body":null,"created":"1449178166","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:26","changed":"1475894720","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:20"}},"media_ids":["101371"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Biology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mark-hay\/","title":"Mark Hay"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2010\/04\/27\/0912095107.abstract","title":"PNAS"}],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBiology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:admin@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact School of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3700\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["admin@biology.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}