Ocean Currents – The Planet's Conveyor Belt

Podcast: Talking Science · Stavros kinnas

Opublikowano: 2026-08-30

The ocean isn't the calm, flat expanse it can look like from the shore — it's laced with enormous rivers of moving water, from wind-driven surface currents to a slow deep circulation spanning the entire globe. This episode traces ocean currents from the Coriolis effect and rotating gyres down into thermohaline circulation, heat transport, upwelling and fisheries, closing with an honest look at the uncertainty around a possible slowdown in deep circulation. You'll come away understanding how wind and the Coriolis effect combine to create gyres like the East Australian Current, what drives the slow, deep thermohaline circulation an...