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Arctic ice loss accelerates methane feedback loops
Meyer 21
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Meyer's framework confirms exponential loss trajectories
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Meyer evidence indicts linear modeling assumptions
Meyer 21
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Extend (Meyer 21)
Source: 1AC — Climate Warming.docx
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Meyer 21 controls for confounding variables — extend to beat methodological indicts
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Opponent Case Analysis

CounterplanStates CP — 50 state fiat solves the aff

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“Perm do both — federal action key to modeling” — Kramer 22 — 2AC Blocks.docx

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DisadvantagePolitics DA — plan costs political capital
Case TurnWarming turn — adaptation outweighs mitigation
TopicalityT — Substantial means 25% increase
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