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Nature 426, 826-829 (18 December 2003) | doi:10.1038/nature02206;

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A change in the freshwater balance of the Atlantic Ocean over the past four decades

The oceans are a global reservoir and redistribution agent for several important constituents of the Earth's climate system, among them heat, fresh water and carbon dioxide. Whereas these constituents are actively exchanged with the atmosphere, salt is a component that is approximately conserved in the ocean.

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