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Scientific Challenges for Anthropogenic Research in the 21st Century: Problems of Scale

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Leemans, R. (2006). Scientific Challenges for Anthropogenic Research in the 21st Century: Problems of Scale. In: Ehlers, E., Krafft, T. (eds) Earth System Science in the Anthropocene. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26590-2_18

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