Chemistry
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Author: Raymond Chang Dr., Jason Overby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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What is the difference between weather and climate? In the winter months of 2010, record snows fell on the East Coast from Washington, D.C., to the Deep South. Can this occurrence be taken as evidence against global warming? Can you suggest one way in which global warming might actually be responsible for what happened?
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