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Transitional wave climate regions on continental and polar coasts in a warming world
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Increasing surface runoff from Greenland’s firn areas
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 June 2022; doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01371-zIce that melts at high elevation often refreezes and, therefore, does not contribute to the shrinking...
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