{"593614":{"#nid":"593614","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Here\u2019s What Scientists Know About the Risk of a Massive Global Methane Release","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent New York Magazine \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2017\/07\/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html\u0022\u003Earticle \u003C\/a\u003Epainted a darker-than-usual\u0026nbsp;picture of planetary climate change. If billions of tons of ancient carbon buried\u0026nbsp;in permafrost ever thaws\u0026nbsp;out, it could release\u0026nbsp;a methane \u0026quot;bomb\u0026quot; into the atmosphere that could trigger \u0026quot;Day After Tomorrow\u0026quot;-style disasters. \u0026nbsp;This article discusses\u0026nbsp;the chances of that actually\u0026nbsp;happening, and includes reaction\u0026nbsp;from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/590776\u0022\u003EJoel Kostka\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the\u0026nbsp;School of Biological Sciences. Kostka is part of a research team studying this subject\u0026nbsp;in\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/584985\u0022\u003E northern Minnesota\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-07-20 17:59:16","changed_gmt":"2017-07-20 18:36:57","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"U.S.S. Rafael Peralta","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.seeker.com\/earth\/climate\/heres-what-scientists-know-about-the-risk-of-a-massive-global-methane-release?utm_source=twitter\u0026utm_medium=social#?utm_source=twitter\u0026utm_medium=social\u0026utm_campaign=2016twitterdlvrit","dateline":{"date":"2017-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"593615":{"id":"593615","type":"image","title":"Joel Kostka","body":null,"created":"1500573648","gmt_created":"2017-07-20 18:00:48","changed":"1500573648","gmt_changed":"2017-07-20 18:00:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226284","name":"Joel Kostka.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Joel%20Kostka.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Joel%20Kostka.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39068,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Joel%20Kostka.jpg?itok=-CXAqnmI"}}},"media_ids":["593615"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"20131","name":"Joel Kostka"},{"id":"12800","name":"methane"},{"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":""}}}