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    S. B. Idso, R. C. Balling Jr. & R. S. Cerveny

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Idso, S.B., Balling, R.C. & Cerveny, R.S. Carbon dioxide and hurricanes: Implications of Northern Hemispheric warming for Atlantic/Caribbean storms. Meteorl. Atmos. Phys. 42, 259–263 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314829

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