The emergence and evolution of Earth System Science

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  2020

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  Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

• Publication date

  2020-01-13

• Fields of study

  Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s43017-019-0005-6
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