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Southern Ocean Is Building a 'Burp' That Could Reignite Global Warming


The Southern Ocean has been dutifully gobbling up a century's worth of carbon dioxide and heat released by human activities, but when we finally let go of our fossil fuel habit, it might come back to haunt us.

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