Undercurrents | 2.20.24 - Changing Ocean Currents & Temps, Herbarium Shut Downs, Forest Composure & Droughts, and OGMAs - Nerdy About Nature

Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and climate which all impact our understanding of the world and the way we relate to it. In other words, it’s all the unseen things that happen without much notice that impact the direction or flow of our society and the world we all share.

This episodes topics:

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Collapse

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416631-atlantic-current-shutdown-is-a-real-danger-suggests-simulation/

Global Ocean Temps

https://www.wired.com/story/ocean-temperatures-keep-shattering-records-and-stunning-scientists/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416231-hottest-january-on-record-sees-the-world-reach-1-7c-warming-mark/

Closure of Duke University herbarium

https://www.science.org/content/article/tragic-mistake-decision-close-duke-university-s-herbarium-triggers-furor

Forest composition affects drought resistance

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01374-9

OGMA’s not actually Old Growth

https://www.todayinbc.com/news/less-than-13-of-bcs-old-growth-management-areas-are-old-growth-watchdog-7312857

"Old growth" antarctic moss beds as biological archives

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9826052/

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