About this episode
This episode explores the science behind the Gulf's Loop Current and its significance in understanding ocean currents.
The amazing science behind understanding mysterious but critical ocean currents. And specifically, understanding the current in our backyard, the Gulf’s Loop Current. We talk with scientists leading a huge multi-country research collaboration that is going to great lengths and depths to understand the especially unknown Loop Current. We talk about how currents connect us, how they are basically a thermostat for the globe, and why, more than ever before, we need to understand them. EPISODE CREDITS This episode was hosted by executive producer Carlyle Calhoun. Our theme music is by Jon Batiste, and our sound designer is Emily Jankowski. Scientists featured in this episode are paleo oceanographer Audrey Morley from the University of Galway, oceanographer Amy Bower from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, oceanographer Steve DiMarco from Texas A&M, and oceanographer Scott Glenn from Rutgers University. Sea Change is a WWNO and WRKF production. We are part of the NPR Podcast Network and distributed by PRX. Sea Change is made possible with major support from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Sea Change is also supported…
People in this episode
Host: Carlyle Calhoun
Guests: Audrey Morley, Amy Bower, Steve DiMarco, Scott Glenn
Topics covered
- ocean currents
- Loop Current
- Gulf of Mexico
- climate science
- marine research
Keywords
- Loop Current
- oceanography
- climate
- marine science
- Gulf of Mexico
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Galway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Texas A&M, Rutgers University, Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, Walton Family Foundation, Meraux Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation
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