{"637209":{"#nid":"637209","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Researchers Embark to Explore Mysterious \u0027Blue Hole\u0027 Hidden Off The Coast of Florida ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of an ongoing \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/explorations\/20blue-holes\/welcome.html\u0022\u003Ethree-year research project\u003C\/a\u003E, a multi-institutional team of scientists is set to embark next month to explore a blue hole called \u0026#39;Green Banana\u0026#39; situated on the continental shelf off the coast of Florida. Comprising researchers from Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida Atlantic University, the Georgia Institute of Technology (led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/taillefert-dr-martial\u0022\u003EMartial Taillefert\u003C\/a\u003E), and the US Geological Society, the NOAA-sponsored project will deploy divers and monitoring equipment into Green Banana ... The aim is to examine what kind of microbes live in the blue hole, measure nutrient levels in the underwater column, and assess whether the sinkhole is somehow connected to Florida\u0026#39;s groundwater system adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico. \u003Cem\u003ERelated coverage: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-8546033\/Scientists-explore-425-foot-underwater-sinkhole-near-Florida-called-Green-Banana.html\u0022\u003EDaily Mail\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/environment\/scientists-to-explore-mysterious-deep-blue-hole-off-the-coast-of-florida\/\u0022\u003EIFL Science.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-07-22 21:02:44","changed_gmt":"2020-07-29 14:04:41","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-embark-to-explore-mysterious-blue-hole-hidden-off-the-coast-of-florida","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}