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Watershed systems science—A new paradigm to understand and govern the impact of human activities on the earth’s surface in the Anthropocene

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  1. School of Engineering & Innovation, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

    Ray Ison

  2. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, QLD, 4072, Australia

    YongPing Wei

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Ison, R., Wei, Y. Watershed systems science—A new paradigm to understand and govern the impact of human activities on the earth’s surface in the Anthropocene. Sci. China Earth Sci. 60, 2225–2227 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-017-9141-3

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