{"646837":{"#nid":"646837","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Microbes are siphoning massive amounts of carbon from Earth\u2019s tectonic plates","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA few kilometers below our feet lies a hidden world of microbes whose chemical reactions are shaping the long-term habitability of the planet. A new study suggests some of these microbes are siphoning off massive amounts of carbon as it enters Earth, using it to fuel their own sunless ecosystems. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E, biogeochemist and\u0026nbsp;associate\u0026nbsp;professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, was not involved in the study, but calls it \u0026quot;a really big\u0026nbsp;leap forward.\u0026quot; Glass\u0026nbsp;adds that this is one of the first papers to show how subterranean microbes can trap globally significant amounts of carbon.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-04-23 19:09:00","changed_gmt":"2021-04-23 19:09:00","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"sustainability award","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2021\/04\/microbes-are-siphoning-massive-amounts-carbon-earth-s-tectonic-plates","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"79441","name":"jennifer glass"},{"id":"84401","name":"biogeochemistry"},{"id":"7572","name":"microbes"},{"id":"170346","name":"carbon cycle"}],"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":""}}}