Rapid loss of lakes on the Mongolian Plateau

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2015-02-02

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1411748112PMID 25646423PMCID PMC4343146
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