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Climate science: The mysteries of Sahel droughts

✍ Scribed by Cook, Kerry H.

Book ID: 109920181
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 158 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 1752-0894
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo320

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