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A flatter Earth

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The regular beat of the seasons and between day and night are far more noticeable than recent increases in surface temperature. Researchers now show that these rhythms are changing in a way that parallels the pattern of long-term surface warming.

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  1. Alexander R. Stine is at the Department of Earth & Climate Sciences, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132, USA,

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Stine, A. A flatter Earth. Nature Clim Change 4, 959–960 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2424

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