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Question
Give a reason for the following:
Warm currents produce a milder climate.
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Solution
Warm currents produce a milder climate because they raise the temperature of the air above them, thereby warming the coastal areas they flow past. This effect reduces the severity of winters and makes the overall climate of these regions more temperate and less extreme.
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