{"610233":{"#nid":"610233","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Laughing gas warmed early Earth a billion years ago and sparked the emergence of life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor decades researchers have been unable to crack Carl Sagan\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;Faint Young Sun Paradox,\u0026#39; or how the planet kept warm with the right mix of atmospheric gases during the Sun\u0026#39;s early, dimmer days. Georgia Tech researchers may have found a clue. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass,\u003C\/a\u003Ean assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and her team found that ancient life may have been breathing nitrous oxide -- also known in dentist offices as laughing gas -- long before it began breathing oxygen. Find more coverage at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spacedaily.com\/reports\/Laughing_gas_may_have_helped_warm_early_Earth_and_given_breath_to_life_999.html\u0022\u003ESpace Daily\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.laboratoryequipment.com\/news\/2018\/08\/laughing-gas-may-have-helped-warm-early-earth\u0022\u003ELaboratory Equipment\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2018\/08\/28\/Laughing-gas-may-have-prevented-Earths-oceans-from-freezing-over\/2191535132268\/\u0022\u003EUPI\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-08-23 14:08:36","changed_gmt":"2018-08-29 14:54:45","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"leadership search","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6083909\/Laughing-gas-warmed-early-Earth-billion-years-ago-sparked-emergence-life.html?ns_mchannel=rss\u0026ito=1490\u0026ns_campaign=1490","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"610185":{"id":"610185","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Glass in her lab","body":null,"created":"1534960341","gmt_created":"2018-08-22 17:52:21","changed":"1534960341","gmt_changed":"2018-08-22 17:52:21","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232354","name":"Jen.lab_.rock_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jen.lab_.rock_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jen.lab_.rock_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3794331,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jen.lab_.rock_.jpg?itok=02vB3gKS"}}},"media_ids":["610185"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"178813","name":"laughing gas"},{"id":"178812","name":"nitrous oxide"},{"id":"178821","name":"faint young sun"},{"id":"176466","name":"Carl Sagan"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"79441","name":"jennifer glass"}],"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":""}}}