Oceans heat and cool more slowly than land because of
A) oceans' lack of transparency dampens temperature changes.
B) great amounts of latent heat available to directly warm ocean water.
C) oceans' high specific heat dampens temperature changes.
D) lack of mixing through the water column.
C) oceans' high specific heat dampens temperature changes.
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