Global warming is projected to force climatic variables in some places beyond the range of historical experience, perhaps permanently. A reassessment shows that this could begin sooner or much later than recently estimated.
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Power, S. Expulsion from history. Nature 511, 38–39 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/511038a
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