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Ongoing climatic change in Northern Eurasia: justification for expedient research

FEATURED ARTICLE Focus on Climatic and Environmental Change in Northern Eurasia

Pavel Groisman1 and Amber J Soja2

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Further reading

 
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Dyurgerov M B 2002 Glacier mass balance and regime: data of measurements and analysis Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder occasional paper 275 pp

 
Northern Eurasia Earth System Partnership Initiative 2004 NEESPI Science Plan available at neespi.org/science/ (273 pp + appendices)

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