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 informed manner. GCM compareR is written in R and uses the web app
 development package Shiny. The code of this app can be find in the
 project’s github,
-<a href = "https://github.com/marquetlab/GCM_compareR" target = "_blank">https://github.com/marquetlab/GCM\_compareR</a>.
+<a href = "https://github.com/marquetlab/GCM_compareR" target = "_blank">https://github.com/marquetlab/GCM_compareR</a>.
 
 General Circulation Models (GCMs) are key to climate change research.
 Currently, scientists can chose from a large number of GCMs, as