Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Nature Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2018-04-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41559-018-0530-6PMID 29632351
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