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West Antarctic ice sheet and CO2 greenhouse effect: a threat of disaster
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mercer, J. H.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1978-01
- Volume
- 271
- Issue
- 5643
- Pages
- 321-325
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2033556329
- Cited by
- 1,032
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 18.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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