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An analysis of arid lands around the world shows how patterns in vegetation may serve as harbingers of things to come.

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Grace, J. Ecology: Signals of impending change. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 0047 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-016-0047

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