The Heard Island Experiment
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Scientists have been concerned about the effects of climate change on the ocean for decades,
but the task of measuring that change proved a major challenge. Walter Munk (APS 1965)—the
Einstein of the oceans—had an idea.
Tune in to The Heard Island Experiment, a special podcast series with APS CEO Patrick Spero,
to learn about the development of a new technology that could improve the world, a grand
scientific adventure to prove it could work, and its unexpected and turbulent legacy.
Episode Website: https://www.amphilsoc.org/heard-island-
experiment