Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Global commercial shipping exerts a net cooling effect on the Earth's atmosphere. Reason (R): Ships emit significant quantities of sulfur dioxide (SO2), which forms sulfate aerosols that reflect solar radiation. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Both (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

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