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Letters to the Editor: Earth would be an oven without our oceans. Climate change is wrecking them

To the editor: If all the excess heat from greenhouse gases was absorbed by the atmosphere, Earth’s average temperature on land would be greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Fortunately, oceans absorb 25% of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere and 90% of the excess heat, allowing life to …

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