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'Category Five' book explores oceans and their role in climate change

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Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with author Porter Fox. In his book “Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans that Feed Them,” Fox explores the vital role that oceans play in weather and climate change, and how scientists are working to rectify their lack of knowledge about that role.

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