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Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems

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Dean, J.F., Coxon, G., Zheng, Y. et al. Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems. Nature 642, 105–111 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09023-w

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