A new study suggests that climate change may actually begin underwater. Researchers at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory found that volcanic eruptions beneath the ocean's surface could impact the process of climate change.
The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that climate analysts add volcanic consideration into predictive climate change models.
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