Climate models predict that the global average temperature will continue to increase as humans add more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The entire predicted temperature change does not happen instantly though as the models predict that there will be an “ocean delay.” \What is the “ocean delay” and briefly what causes the delay (in a sentence no detail expected)? Assuming climate model predictions are correct, how might this “ocean delay” influence the debate on what should be done about greenhouse gas emissions.

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Climate models predict that the global average temperature will continue to increase as humans add more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The entire predicted temperature change does not happen instantly though as the models predict that there will be an “ocean delay.” \

What is the “ocean delay” and briefly what causes the delay (in a sentence no detail expected)?
Assuming climate model predictions are correct, how might this “ocean delay” influence the debate on what should be done about greenhouse gas emissions.

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