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HOT PLANET COLD COMFORT 1. Ruth Curry is looking closely at _______________ of the oceans. 2. What does the salinity of the ocean help to do? 3. According to Jewels Vern, what is the Earths greatest river? 4. The gulf stream brings ___________ of all the suns energy that falls on the Atlantic to N.E. United States. 5. Salinity is ___________ in the tropics, and ___________ at the poles. Salt water is ____________ and freshwater is ____________. 6. What is the heart of this enormous heat pump? 7. What does the conveyer belt do? 8. Tropical waters are getting ____________ and polar waters are getting ___________. 9. According to measurements from the Glacier Project group, for the past 50 years the glaciers are thinning by _______________ per year. But, since the 1990’s the glaciers are thinning at ____________ per year. 10. The melting of the glaciers has released ________________ gallons of water into the ocean in the last 50years. Enough to raise the sea level by ___________ worldwide. 11. How long did the little ice age of Europe last?__________________ And, when did it end _______________ 12. Where is one of the best places to look for traces of past climates? 13. What are the white grains in the ocean sediment. And, what two things can we use it to measure? 14. Over the last few years, ______________ square miles of Antartic sea ice has broken off. 15. According to Ruth Curry, _________________ is the biggest wild card in the equation.
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HOT PLANET COLD COMFORT

1. Ruth Curry is looking closely at the saltiness of the oceans.
2. What does the salinity of the ocean help to do? drive enormous currents which move
water around the globe
3. According to Jewels Vern, what is the Earths greatest river? The gulf stream
4. The gulf stream brings...


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