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4 - The Earth system feedbacks that matter for contemporary climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2012

Sarah E. Cornell
Affiliation:
Stockholm Resilience Centre
I. Colin Prentice
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Joanna I. House
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
Catherine J. Downy
Affiliation:
European Space Agency
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Understanding the Earth System
Global Change Science for Application
, pp. 102 - 128
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