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Chapter 44, Problem 8SA
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Global climate change is the result of human activities such as fossil fuel combustion that releases greenhouse gases, and deforestation. Scientists have observed high annual temperatures all over the Earth that cause changes in the distribution of ice, the salinity levels, and oceans temperatures.
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