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Rosa, L.P., Santos, M.A.D., Matvienko, B. et al. Scientific Errors in the Fearnside Comments on Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from Hydroelectric Dams and Response to His Political Claiming. Climatic Change 75, 91–102 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-9046-6
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