Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment

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• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2025-08-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41586-025-09349-5PMID 40836134
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