Changing climate, changing ocean
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/3111Abstract
Observations show that climate warming is already having significant
impacts on the ocean. How the ocean and sea ice respond will
determine the trajectory of future global climate.
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Prepared for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), December 7 - 18 2009
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