Let's hear it for the worms! 🙌🏽⁠

Named for their acorn-shaped front end, enteropneusts are actually more closely related to humans than to worms. They have a rudimentary nerve cord that is similar to ours, and they breathe oxygen using structures similar to a fish's gills.⁠

Acorn worms are also connected to humans through the carbon cycle. They play a significant role in the redistribution of sediment and nutrients in deep-sea communities. ⁠

Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere mixes into the ocean at the surface. Tiny plant-like plankton transform carbon dioxide into organic material and are then eaten by larger animals. As these animals eat, poop, and die, they create a flurry of organic material known as marine snow. The sinking snow moves nutrients and carbon all the way down to the deep seafloor, where bottom-dwelling animals, like acorn worms, enjoy a bountiful feast. This cycle is known as the biological pump.

As they do their part to help regulate climate, we can do our part by drastically reducing our carbon dioxide emissions. The ocean is a powerful ally that has buffered us from the impacts of climate change—now it is our turn to act on climate change to safeguard the future of the ocean and its inhabitants.⁠

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Climate Action Network maintains a list of its member organizations who have joined together to make a difference.  Organizations include the American Lung Association, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Black Women Rising, Catholic Relief Services, Humane Society International, and countless others.  

You may find them at this link 

https://www.usclimatenetwork.org/member-organizations

2024 Hurricane Season Breaks an Unusual Record, Thanks to Hot Water

The 2024 hurricane season has already made history, setting an unprecedented record that highlights the stark contrast between Atlantic and Pacific storm activity. For the first time since satellite monitoring began in 1966, the Atlantic basin has generated more accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) than the entire Pacific Ocean through early July. This unusual phenomenon is largely attributed to the exceptionally warm water temperatures across much of the North Atlantic. Phil Klotzbach, a senior research scientist at Colorado State University, explains that these abnormally high ocean temperatures are influencing storm activity in both oceans, albeit in opposite ways. In the Atlantic, the warm waters have fueled an active start to the hurricane season. The region has already experienced several named storms, including the powerful Hurricane Beryl in early July. This early season activity has contributed to the record-breaking ACE levels, which measure the total energy of a hurricane season based on storm frequency and maximum wind speeds.

Conversely, the Pacific has seen an unusually quiet start to its tropical cyclone season. The western North Pacific experienced only one typhoon in May, and for only the second time on record since 1950, it went without a named storm from June 1 to July 15. In the eastern North Pacific, Tropical Storm Aletta's formation on July 4 marked the latest start to the season on record in that region. Scientists attribute this lack of Pacific storm activity to several factors, including the absence of a strong monsoon trough in the western North Pacific and excessive easterly wind shear in the eastern North Pacific. Interestingly, the warm Atlantic waters are contributing to these conditions by influencing global wind patterns. The dramatic spike in tropical Atlantic water temperatures from March to June 2024 has persisted, creating a La Niña-like circulation pattern. This pattern reduces westerly wind shear in the Atlantic, making conditions more favorable for storm formation. However, it increases easterly winds in the eastern North Pacific, hindering tropical storm development in that region. While it's still early in the hurricane season, forecasters predict above-normal activity for the Atlantic basin. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts 17 to 25 named storms, including 8 to 13 hurricanes, of which 4 to 7 could become major hurricanes.

As the season progresses, researchers will continue to study the influence of climate change and other factors on tropical cyclone patterns. The unusual start to the 2024 season serves as a reminder of the complex interplay between oceanic and atmospheric conditions in shaping hurricane activity across different regions.

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Tree rings reveal the secrets of the past and the present. They can show us the age of a tree, the climate conditions it experienced, and even the history of human civilizations that used its wood.

Le emissioni globali antropiche di CO2 hanno registrato una tendenza leggermente in calo dal 2011

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Ancient rainforests in Antarctica. In 2017, a group of scientists drilled underneath the seabed of West Antarctica (bottom right), and pulled up cores (similar to those on the top panel). . Using X-ray CT scans, they revealed the existence of fossilized roots that indicated that this area close to the South Pole was a dense rainforest 90 million years ago during the much warmer Cretaceous. . At that time, Antarctica would have been still near the pole, and at these latitudes the forest 🌳 would have experienced months of little or no direct sunlight. . Yet even in these conditions, the forest thrived bathed in twilight for months. Using models to simulate conditions in which this forest could thrive, they noticed that at that time the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air could have been up to 1,680 ppm compared to 407.4 ppm now. . Thus, the rich CO2 environment could enabled these Antarctic forests to thrive and provide habitat for many species of dinosaurs. . While these preliminary research findings are exciting, many more questions still need to be answered about the flora and the fauna of ancient Antarctica. Even more so, a better understanding of the climate conditions of the Earth at that time could give us better insights of how natural habitats could evolve under warmer and carbon rich conditions. . Credit: JPKlages/Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Blastcube. . #antarctica #icecorescience #forests #ancientforests #climatechange #cretaceous #climatescience https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fQ827DuH6/?igshid=x3ahv9n6ewh9