Geo answer
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Loop Current, a warm ocean current that comes up from the Caribbean. There’s concern that it may play a role in spreading the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Eric Chassignet of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies at Florida State University.
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