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• The overturning of the currents that stabilize climate is suspected to change in the near future.

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• The increasing melting of ice produces snowballing effects; white ice reflects the sun's rays, while bare ocean absorbs rays; this will create more freshwater in the arctic, potentially slowing Antarctic circulation.

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• Basic predictions of global warming predict the interruption of the "global conveyor" - current systems .
  
• Predictions of when major changes will occur ranges from a couple decades to a century.

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E. Effects of Projected Climate Change

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