A very inconvenient truth

Oceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-218

  Greene, Charles H ^a   James Baker, D ^b   Miller, Daniel H ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b The William J Clinton Foundation   (United States)

^c The Roda Group   (United States)

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EID: 77950914219     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2010.98     Document Type: Article

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