Walter Munk isn’t afraid to make waves. Thirty years ago, the oceanographer challenged his colleagues to solve a dark mystery: What drives ocean circulation? Today, he’s offering them a brilliant answer: The moon.
Warm surface tides crash into midocean mountains like Hawaii’s Nihoa Island, mixing with deeper, colder waters.
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