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Typographical errors and technological solutions

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A recently reported typographical error in our global computer simulation model did exist, but had only a small quantitative effect on the published results. The error was not responsible for the pollution crisis mode; its removal does not stabilise the model system and the conclusions are unaffected by the numerical change.

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Meadows, D., Meadows, D. Typographical errors and technological solutions. Nature 247, 97–98 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247097a0

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