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#sesquiterpenes

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Akshay<p>Fascinating article from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> about how trees emit special chemicals which seed clouds.</p><p>Relevant for climate modelling.</p><p>But mainly just beautiful that forests don’t just emit water vapour, but help chemically seed it into clouds, which rain on them! </p><p>And I learned a new word: <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/sesquiterpenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sesquiterpenes</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateScience</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trees</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Biosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biosphere</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/this-cloud-particle-is-making-climate-calculations-hazy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">9/this-cloud-particle-is-making-climate-calculations-hazy/</span></a></p>
Poetry News<p>A revelation about trees<br>Is messing with climate calculations<br>They release sesquiterpenes<br>That makes calculations imprecise<br>I wish I could get to the root of the scene</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/sesquiterpenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sesquiterpenes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/limerick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limerick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/a-revelation-about-trees-is-messing-with-climate-calculations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/a-revelation-a</span><span class="invisible">bout-trees-is-messing-with-climate-calculations/</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>How <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> influence cloud formation <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-09-trees-cloud-formation.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-09-trees-cl</span><span class="invisible">oud-formation.html</span></a></p><p>Role of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sesquiterpenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sesquiterpenes</span></a> in biogenic new particle formation: Lubna Dada et al. <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi5297" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adi5297</span></a> </p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>researchers</span></a> have identified so-called sesquiterpenes—gaseous <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hydrocarbons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrocarbons</span></a> that are released by <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>—as being a major factor in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CloudFormation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFormation</span></a>. This finding could reduce uncertainties in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ClimateModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateModels</span></a> and help make more accurate predictions"</p>
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