It’s Definitive – The Gulf Stream Is Weakening
It’s Definitive – The Gulf Stream Is Weakening
This is the first definitive proof that things are changing, and climate change is likely responsible.
The Gulf Stream plays a significant role in maintaining the climate of the US East Coast and Western Europe. "We conclude with a high degree of confidence that Gulf Stream transport has indeed slowed by about 4% in the past 40 years." The full study is Here
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While this is awful news, although completely unsurprising, this sentence stuck out to me: “I have been studying western boundary currents – primarily the Agulhas Current off South Africa – for 30 years,” Is this a full-time profession that pays a living wage?
This is what tenured professors do. They apply for research grants in their field, run laboratories, and publish papers. It's how most public academic research gets done and this is indeed a full-time job that pays decently (but not fabulously) well. As far as the focus of her studies go: she is an Oceanography professor at the University of Miami, so... like... what else is she going to research other than the boundary of the western Atlantic ocean?
Thank you for the detailed reply!
Absolutely it is!
They pay them a ton in their native currents-cyCurrents-sea hehehe
Ahh even better! 😁
Reminds me of this super tangentially related joke:
You'd think a pirate's favorite letter would be Rrrrr, but their true love will always be the C
I doubt you understand what the job is about, considering your comment.
It’s amazing how few fucks I give about your doubts! You only learn by asking questions, rude internet stranger.
It's amazing how prevalently oversensitive, whiny little anti-intellectualists like you walk the lands and somehow feed themselves.
Now get defensive and try to roast me like you do everyone who calls you out on it, do it like we know you will 👏