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Science 26 July 2002:
Vol. 297. no. 5581, pp. 528 - 529
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074379
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Perspectives

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CLIMATE VARIABILITY:
Enhanced: The Rains May Be A-Comin'

David E. Black

The Southwest Asian monsoon affects nearly half the world's population in any given year. Yet little is known about its natural variability on decadal to centennial time scales. In his Perspective, Black highlights the report by Anderson et al., who shed light on the monsoon's variability over the past 1000 years.

The author is in the Department of Geology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. E-mail: dblack1{at}uakron.edu

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