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Sheldon Whitehouse: Does anybody on this panel doubt that the oceans are in fact warming? That sea levels are in fact rising, and that the…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
Does anybody on this panel doubt that the oceans are in fact warming? That sea levels are in fact rising, and that the ocean is in fact becoming more acidic?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Asking for consensus on the effects of climate change on oceans.

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