Professor Meric Srokosz is an oceanographer at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK and Honorary Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of Southampton. Since 2001, he has been the science coordinator of the RAPID programme which is focused on observing, modelling, and understanding the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its role in climate. In addition to AMOC, his research interests include ocean waves, biophysical interactions, satellite oceanography, and the Agulhas and Madagascar current systems. He is lead author or co-author on 148 peer-reviewed publications and, with Dr Rebecca Watson, wrote the book Blue Planet, Blue God: the Bible and the Sea (2017, SCM).