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- 1999
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- article
- Volume
- 402
- Issue
- S6761
- Pages
- C19-C23
- Citations
- 482
- Access
- Closed
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Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
(1999).
‘Earth system’ analysis and the second Copernican revolution.
Nature
, 402
(S6761)
, C19-C23.
https://doi.org/10.1038/35011515
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- DOI
- 10.1038/35011515