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The Co2 Lifetime Concept Should Be Banished; An Editorial Comment

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Tans, P.P. The Co2 Lifetime Concept Should Be Banished; An Editorial Comment. Climatic Change 37, 487–490 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005373006194

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