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\[QUESTION TO ALL:  I think our team's conclusion about climate change should come first in the writeup...To that end, the sentence labeled under "Mitigation of Climate Change" should be moved to the front of the write up.  Any comments?\]

Write-up begins below: 

"We depend on the oceans---for food, jobs, recreation and solace. Ocean currents circulate the energy and water that regulate the earth's climate and weather and thus affect many aspects of the human experience, whether we live on the nation's coasts or its heartland" (Pew).

Climate Change 

We acknowledge that the issue of global climate change is outside the scope of Mission 2011's proposed solutions.  However, this is a matter of such global importance and potential impact that to not discuss the issue at all, even briefly, would have been negligent.  Furthermore, we emphasize that slowing or stopping the progress of anthropogenic global warming is necessary.  There are many other groups currently working on this issue. For more information on this topic we suggest visiting the website of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at <http://www.ipcc.ch>.

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