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Current Climate Studies 3 Answers

1. (increase) (decrease)

2. (Southern Hemisphere higher latitudes) (equatorial region) (Northern Hemisphere higher latitudes)

3. (only warming) (only warming or no temperature change) (warming, no temperature change, or cooling)

4. (same) (opposite)

5. (–3.2) (0) (+3.2) mm/yr

6. (dropped) (remained steady) (rose)

7. (societies) (ecosystems) (both of these)

8. (immediate initiation of) (prudent delay in)

9. (natural) (human-induced)

10. (earlier) (later)

11. (Mitigation) (Adaptation)

12. (equal to any single factor) (greater than from any of these factors alone)

13. (lowered) (left unchanged) (raised)

14. (2.9) (3.9) (4.7) units per cycle

15. (lower) (no change in) (higher)

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