The process responsible for the majority of sea-level rise in the global ocean is ________.
A. thermal expansion
B. photosynthesis
C. albedo
D. glacier melt
E. El Niño
Answer: D
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a. rising; warm b. rising; cold c. sinking; warm d. sinking; cold e. stagnant; medium-temperature
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