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what specific heat of water explains why the climate doesn't vary much with season in places near large body water​

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The specific heat of water is greater than that of dry soil, therefore water both absorbs and releases heat more slowly than land. ... This causes land areas to heat more rapidly and to higher temperatures and also cool more rapidly and to lower temperatures, compared to oceans.

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