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... leading to changes in the competi- tive abilities of plants and hence to changes in species abundances and community composition . Fossil fuel combustion reverberates through the Earth System to become even a biodiversity issue ! Like ...
... leading to changes in the competi- tive abilities of plants and hence to changes in species abundances and community composition . Fossil fuel combustion reverberates through the Earth System to become even a biodiversity issue ! Like ...
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... leading up to the fires . In the three - four months leading up to the disaster , the relative humidity in the region was unusually low , about 12 % below average . The forests were simultaneously subject to extreme heat ; the ...
... leading up to the fires . In the three - four months leading up to the disaster , the relative humidity in the region was unusually low , about 12 % below average . The forests were simultaneously subject to extreme heat ; the ...
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... leading to rapid changes in regional socioeconomic conditions and in terrestrial , marine and atmospheric systems , with implications for the regional environment and resource development as well as for the global environment . Because ...
... leading to rapid changes in regional socioeconomic conditions and in terrestrial , marine and atmospheric systems , with implications for the regional environment and resource development as well as for the global environment . Because ...
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Planetary Machinery | 9 |
Reverberations of Change | 19 |
Towards Earth System Science and Global Sustainability | 32 |
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