{"podcast":{"title":"Nerdy About Nature","slug":"nerdy-about-nature-5314785","podcast_index_feed_id":5314785,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8902699c/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.NerdyAboutNature.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/22886367/22886367-1648583483018-3f571ca6f06b.jpg","author":"Nerdy About Nature","episode_count":52,"summary":"Hosted by Ross Reid, Nerdy About Nature is a passion project that creates fun, educational content with the aim of inspiring folks to engage with the outdoor world, to fall in love with it, and to advocate on it's behalf so that we can create a more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and just future for us all. From a 'Podchat' series that interviews experts in their field to the 'Undercurrent' news updates and everything in between, full of fun fact to make your time outside more fun. Visit NerdyAboutNature.com or @NerdyAboutNature on social media for more videos & ways to support this project.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nerdy-about-nature-5314785"},"episode":{"title":"Undercurrents | 2.20.24 - Changing Ocean Currents & Temps, Herbarium Shut Downs, Forest Composure & Droughts, and OGMAs","slug":"undercurrents-2-20-24-changing-ocean-currents-temps-herbarium-shut-downs-forest-composure-droughts-and-ogmas","published_at":"2024-02-20T14:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nerdy-about-nature-5314785/undercurrents-2-20-24-changing-ocean-currents-temps-herbarium-shut-downs-forest-composure-droughts-and-ogmas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nerdy-about-nature-5314785","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerdy-about-nature/episodes/Undercurrents--2-20-24---Changing-Ocean-Currents--Temps--Herbarium-Shut-Downs--Forest-Composure--Droughts--and-OGMAs-e2g0rnb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/8902699c/podcast/play/82914475/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-1-20%2F368070724-44100-2-9e5d0554c851a.m4a","summary":"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/ Produced by Ross Reid Hosted by Ross Reid & Julia Huggins Nerdy About Nature is a passion project whose primary goal is to provide free access for all to education about this world so that people can enjoy it more, build connection and fall in love with it, and ultimately work in ways to steward it for future generations to enjoy. We do this through short and l…","meta_description":"Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and cli…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4474,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nerdy-about-nature-5314785/episodes/undercurrents-2-20-24-changing-ocean-currents-temps-herbarium-shut-downs-forest-composure-droughts-and-ogmas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nerdy-about-nature-5314785/undercurrents-2-20-24-changing-ocean-currents-temps-herbarium-shut-downs-forest-composure-droughts-and-ogmas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}