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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-275-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-275-2013
Research article
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12 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 12 Feb 2013

A recent tipping point in the Arctic sea-ice cover: abrupt and persistent increase in the seasonal cycle since 2007

V. N. Livina and T. M. Lenton

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