Abrupt climate change

被引：13
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作者：
Alley, RB [1 ]
机构：
[1] Penn State Univ, Ctr Earth Syst Sci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
来源：
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN | 2004年 / 291卷 / 05期
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D O I：
10.1038/scientificamerican1104-62
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Winter temperatures plummeting six degrees Celsius and sudden droughts scorching farmland around the globe are not just the stuff of scary movies. Such striking climate jumps have happened before-sometimes within a matter of years.
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页码：62 / 69
页数：8
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