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oceans which influence the timing and patterns of climate change; polar ice-sheets which affect the predictions of sea-level rise; land surface processes and feedback (when the output of a system affects the input) which affect hydrological and ecological processes. There are also limitations to the computer models which are used to simulate an Earth-atmosphere system. Related sites Climate change 2007: The physical science basis (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Global climate change (British Broadcasting Corporation, United Kingdom) Predicting climate change (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) Other boxes Box 1. Greenhouse gases Box 2. What is modelling? Box 4. International deliberations Box 5. Australia's policy response
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