{"588823":{"#nid":"588823","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Great Barrier Reef In Trouble: Here\u0027s How Scientists Try To Save It ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeyond tourism concern, the trouble in Australia\u0026#39;s Great Barrier Reef could spell trouble for mankind. It may seem far removed but the slow death the giant coral structure is experiencing could also foreshadow the doom that awaits the human society.... This is even more alarming as the Great Barrier Reef is reported to have suffered from massive coral bleaching \u0026mdash; the second of such event in two years.... All is not lost, however. Scientists agree that the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble and may be dying but it is not dead yet. It is not yet time to write the obituary.... \u0026quot;This is a fatalistic, doomsday approach to climate change that isn\u0026#39;t going to engage anyone and misinforms the public,\u0026quot; coral reef expert \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Kim_Cobb\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Tech said.\u0026nbsp;Cobb is convinced that a portion of the giant barrier reef and coral reefs around the world will stay beyond 2050. \u003Cem\u003EKim Cobb is a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-03-15 20:24:16","changed_gmt":"2017-03-16 18:02:45","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Shruti Mandhani n","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/201391\/20170313\/great-barrier-reef-in-trouble-heres-how-scientists-try-to-save-it.htm","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587899":{"id":"587899","type":"image","title":"Kim Cobb","body":null,"created":"1487947305","gmt_created":"2017-02-24 14:41:45","changed":"1501531001","gmt_changed":"2017-07-31 19:56:41","alt":"Kim Cobb","file":{"fid":"226379","name":"KimCobb_aug16_small.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KimCobb_aug16_small.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/KimCobb_aug16_small.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":506095,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/KimCobb_aug16_small.jpg?itok=oGvQvXcr"}}},"media_ids":["587899"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"100711","name":"coral reefs"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"169211","name":"coral bleaching"},{"id":"807","name":"environment"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"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":""}}}