Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 48, Problem 9SQ
Global climate change is causing ___ .
- a. a decrease in sea level
- b. glacial melting
- c. acid rain
- d. all or the above
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