Current European flood-rich period exceptional compared with past 500 years.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
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11
2019
accepted:
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05
2020
entrez:
24
7
2020
pubmed:
24
7
2020
medline:
24
7
2020
Statut:
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Résumé
There are concerns that recent climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of river floods in an unprecedented way
Identifiants
pubmed: 32699397
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2478-3
pii: 10.1038/s41586-020-2478-3
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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560-566Commentaires et corrections
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