Climate modeling may have missed something: Aquatic creatures mix ocean water by swimming

Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 17:21 in Earth & Climate

Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niño on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, they do not generally take into account the mixing generated by swimming animals.

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