Cooling of US Midwest summer temperature extremes from cropland intensification

Nathaniel D. Mueller; Ethan E. Butler; Karen A. McKinnon; Andrew Rhines; Martin Tingley; N. Michele Holbrook; Peter Huybers

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journal article Oct 12, 2015

Cooling of US Midwest summer temperature extremes from cropland intensification

Nathaniel D. Mueller

Ethan E. Butler

Karen A. McKinnon Andrew Rhines

Martin Tingley N. Michele Holbrook Peter Huybers

Nature Climate Change Vol. 6 No. 3 pp. 317-322 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Oct 12, 2015
Vol/Issue: 6(3)
Pages: 317-322
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Nathaniel D. Mueller

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;,; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Ethan E. Butler

Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108;

Harvard University Center for the Environment, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;,

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Nathaniel D. Mueller, Ethan E. Butler, Karen A. McKinnon, et al. (2015). Cooling of US Midwest summer temperature extremes from cropland intensification. Nature Climate Change, 6(3), 317-322. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2825

Cooling of US Midwest summer temperature extremes from cropland intensification

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