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Tasman Sea a "hotspot" for ocean warming
Description: The global ocean is warming, but some places are feeling the heat more than others. The Tasman Sea, east of Australia, has been identified in a new study as one of five global ocean "hotspots". Temperatures here have risen here by 2ºC over the past 60 years - three times the average rate of warming in the the world's oceans. The warming has been triggered by strengthening wind systems - a result of climate change - which have driven warm ocean currents toward the poles, beyond their known boundaries. [Source: Australian Geographic]
URL: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/tasman-sea-a-hotspot-for-ocean-warming-climate-change.htm
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Source: Australian Geographic
Publish Date: 2/1/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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