Ocean swimming... in La Nina
Description
If you live on the east coast of Australia, your ocean swimming season has been rudely interrupted by the weather, with swims cancelled up and down the coast because of high swells and flooding. Australia has just experienced its wettest summer for five years because of a climate cycle known as La Nina. Associate Professor Andréa Taschetto is an oceanographer and ARC Future Fellow at the Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
La Niña Y El Lobo - Jesus Adrián Romero
La nina que yo ame - Tumi Music Ltd.
La Nina De Tus OjoS - Daniel Calveti (DJ PRE Remix)
Sapphire - Tobu
Image from hippo px
Some links from the show: Andrea on twitter, Marc on twitter, Marc on strava
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