Conan talks to Aadithya (Aadu) about working as a research engineer at the University of Washington School of Oceanography, his upcoming wedding, and the birds he associates with Conan, Matt, and Sona. Wanna get a chance to talk to Conan? Submit here: teamcoco.com/apply Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/conan.
Chapter 1: Who is Aadithya and what does he do at the University of Washington?
various things you know in the ocean temperature pressure salinity ph dissolved oxygen basically kind of giving us a comprehensive look on how our oceans are doing and how our atmosphere is doing and it's all climate change related uh conservation related and it's it's a cool gig wait i'm not an oceanographer are you one of those people that believes in science oh
Chapter 2: How do Argo floats contribute to ocean research?
Why don't you take your mumbo jumbo and witchcraft somewhere else? Let's pack up and go, guys. I'm sorry. Three cheers.
If I don't understand it, I don't like it.
Exactly.
Yeah.
I don't like science. Now I'm going to go get in my car and drive around.
Yeah.
That sounds like really good work. I'm hoping you can tell me something optimistic because these are perilous times. It can feel, for a lot of us, what do you... Oh, you want it optimistic?
No, no, no.
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Chapter 3: What are the impacts of climate change discussed in this episode?
It doesn't have to be optimistic. I just want to get your take, your... It sounds like you're devoting your career and your incredible mind and hard work to trying to figure out the oceans, I'm guessing, are warming. That is happening.
Yes, they are. OK. Yes. And they are getting hotter and hotter. They're just taking in all the heat that we're producing. And part of this program is to study how the heat content of the ocean is changing over time. Um, and a large part of that also is how much carbon is taking in. Um, so oceans are very good carbon sinks for all the, you know, carbon that we as humans produce.
Uh, and some studies are actually showing that there are some regions that are actually sources of carbon now. So it's not just sinks, but there's a flux between the ocean and the atmosphere. Um, I don't know if I have any positive gems for you, uh, Conan, but, uh, I think, uh, One cool thing. So I'm very new to oceanography.
I, you know, was a conservation based person for 25 years and an engineer. And I kind of combined those things and landed in this sector. But I think I've just been learning how cool and complex our oceans are and how many different subsystems are, you know, in there and what. What's cool is that oceans are like space to us in that they're just criminally under sampled. Right.
So we don't know much about the oceans at all because we don't have like an array of sensors in there for like, you know, last decade. 100 years or so, but that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to put as much technology out there and sample as much as we can so that we can better understand a lot of these things.
It's also as understanding how rising temperatures are going to affect currents, winds. We've all noticed that things are getting more severe. We're noticing that here in Los Angeles, obviously, lately that And I think across the globe, people are noticing that extremes are becoming more extreme. And so, and it doesn't, climate change doesn't always mean one thing.
It can, the influences can be very complex. And so we don't really know sometimes what to expect. Sometimes it means, and we're all figuring that out together. So, and I think my work in this area is every bit as important.
I was going to say, you're telling him all this stuff.
Excuse me. I do. Excuse me, I'm not done yet. I believe that by various neutron installments throughout the oceanographic plates and plateaus, there might one day be hegemony. Can we just go back to your sweater?
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Chapter 4: What are Aadithya's hobbies outside of work?
I do. You buried the lead. This is a huge event, and you're talking about the double-billed Quixel Quaxle.
Making fun of his interest. I am not!
This is, again, with great respect. So tell me about this. You're getting married in two weeks and?
And basically there's a lot to do because I'm getting married in India and my fiancé, soon-to-be wife, is from Texas and her whole family is from Texas and not a lot of them have visited Asia or India and I'm basically coordinating a bunch of stuff like clothing, visas, flights, choreographed dances because it's a big kind of soiree.
I've never been to a true Indian wedding and I've always wanted to go.
Is it true they take place over more than a day, right?
It's three or four days for ours. And actually, when writing to y'all, I actually invited the three of you. So invitation's still open. It's on the 10th of February. And I know you have the Oscars to host.
It'll be really great if I blew off the Oscars.
I'll handle the Oscars.
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Chapter 5: What is unique about Aadithya's upcoming wedding?
It's close enough. It's close enough. Yeah. My wife is not adjacent to any of my interests in any way. So where you are sounds, you know, much, much healthier. And I compliment you and I weep for myself. I do. There's a well, I just think this is wonderful. Sona and I have been to Jaipur.
Yeah.
And to the I guess they call it the pink. Is it the pink city?
Is it the pink city? Yeah, it was very pink.
It was, I think after, but anyway, we were there together. We've had so many adventures together, but we were there together, I think around 2010. And that was my one dip into India and I loved it. I think it's a magical place. I really do.
It's fantastic. Yeah, I think the most exciting thing for me outside of, you know, marrying my soon-to-be wife is showing all these people who are so near and dear to me a culture that I have kind of taken for granted all the cool experiences that I've had.
I'm allergic to niche interests. I'm sorry. Oh, my God. He was having a nice moment there.
He's really having a really sweet moment talking about India. I couldn't help it.
I sneezed for real, and then I had to add a joke to cover my human moment. I'm sorry. Continue. So... Get it back.
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Chapter 6: How did Aadithya develop an interest in bird watching?
It means gold. Give us time to process it. It means gold. The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. It's a legum.
Did you know that pirates have an eye patch? Not because they're missing an eye. Mine was relevant.
We're talking about India. And my name means gold.
He kind of forced it in.
All right, well. It's just cool.
It's a cool little fact. Can I just say... choreographed dancing, though. I want, I would love to see y'all do, like, join in on the choreographed dancing. Yes. And this is an extra bit of enticement. If you come, we will add the string dance to the choreographed dance. Okay, all right. I'm out.
I'm getting, I'm out too. Eduardo, book me some flights. I love yelling at us. This is your engineer. Highly trained sound engineer to book. I know, but you have to be jack of all trades in these situations. Eduardo, get me those flights. And a cup of black coffee, see? Book, book, click. Book, book, click. Book isn't a sound effect. Book, book, aisle, aisle, book.
Well, Adu, I'm very happy for you. What is your bride's name? Allison. Allison. Okay. I'm very happy for you and for Allison. And trust me, if I could find a transporter beam, I would be there. You seem like a very cool guy, and I support... I just love that you're using your mind to try and help the planet. I love that. I would do that, but my mind's no good.
But I'm happy that you and people like you are hard at work on this. So... I appreciate that, Conan. Thank you. I think we're good, right? Yeah. Yeah. I want to thank you so much, Adu, for calling in. And again, very energizing to find out that we have fans out there who are smart and funny and cool and doing good stuff. And have amazing taste in sweaters. I bow to you, sir. I bow to you.
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