{"669501":{"#nid":"669501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Echoes of Extinctions: Novel Method Unearths Ecosystem Disruptions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELarge-bodied mammals play crucial roles in ecosystems. They create habitats, serve as prey, help plants thrive, and even influence how wildfires burn. But now, fewer than half of the large mammal species that were alive 50,000 years ago exist today, and those that remain are threatened with extinction from intensifying climate change and human activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/echoes-extinctions-novel-method-sheds-light-future-challenges-mammals\u0022\u003ERead the rest of the story here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new research reveals how environmental changes disrupted mammal communities and highlights the urgent need for targeted conservation efforts to protect vulnerable species.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Their novel approach showed how mammal traits evolved with changing environments and revealed factors that contributed to biodiversity loss. "}],"uid":"36123","created_gmt":"2023-09-07 12:25:18","changed_gmt":"2023-09-07 16:38:03","author":"Catherine Barzler","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671625":{"id":"671625","type":"image","title":"Profiles of two eastern African elephants walking side by side. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)","body":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile most species have gone extinct, eastern Africa is home to vibrant natural communities of mammalian megafauna, including elephants, zebras, hippopotamuses, antelope, giraffes, and many others. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1694031390","gmt_created":"2023-09-06 20:16:30","changed":"1694536561","gmt_changed":"2023-09-12 16:36:01","alt":"Profiles of two eastern African elephants walking side by side. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)","file":{"fid":"254722","name":"MicrosoftTeams-image (33).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2833%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2833%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2481612,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2833%29.png?itok=PXg0ghF3"}}},"media_ids":["671625"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Barzler, Senior Research Writer\/Editor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:catherine.barzler@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecatherine.barzler@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["catherine.barzler@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}