Dave investigates an effort in the Persian Gulf to bring scientists together to protect and further study this politically and ecologically diverse region.
Guests are scientist and journalist Clare Fieseler, the Sandra Day O'Connor fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, and marine scientist Nadia Fawzi from the University of Basrah in Iraq. In the final segment of the show, Dave visits NOAA climate scientist and blogger Emily Becker for a primer on ENSO -- the El Nino Southern Oscillation -- to find out what El Nino and La Nina affect global weather patterns.
