Understanding climate change and sea level rise

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The Earth has an ‘energy budget’ – the amount of energy coming into the atmosphere and the amount being let out. Two connected systems function as the Earth’s heat energy regulators – the climate and the ocean. The composition and content of the atmosphere affects the. amount of sun rays reaching its surface, and the. amounts of heat retained in the atmosphere.