It Came From the Sea

Ep. 27 SOAM Ch2. He Didn't Even Have a PhD


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Remember when we talked about deep ocean circulation? Well, today we're going to talk about how one determined nerd with a bachelor's in Astronomy was the first person to figure out what was going on down there. Henry Stommel solved an ocean mystery, using math, decades before data would exist to support this prediction, and he didn't even have a PhD.
Sources:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceandepth.html
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/05conveyor2.html
https://stommel100.whoi.edu/background/
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