Undersea Mountains Help Control Earth's Climate By Mixing Antarctic Waters, Says Study

Undersea Mountains Help Control Earth's Climate By Mixing Antarctic Waters, Says Study
September 18,k 2013,
By Treye Green,
International Business Times

Through a new study detailed in the journal Nature, researchers have concluded that large, undersea mountains in Drake Passage mix the seawater that flows over them. This newly uncovered information is crucial to the creation of future climate models that -- up until now -- contained limited information on just how sea waters mix.