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Men working on a makeshift platform in front of a populated valley
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Afghanistan’s Blob Hunters

by L. Joel 3 June 201919 October 2021

How a first-of-its-kind team of Afghan scientists and engineers helped make a monolithic discovery.

A team of Afghan and U.S. scientists install a continuous GPS instrument
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The Blob Causing Earthquakes

by L. Joel 10 May 201919 October 2021

Geophysicists discover that a “blob” of rock sinking into the mantle is the force triggering earthquakes in the Hindu Kush.

The Pamir Mountains, known as “the Roof of the World,” which tower as high as 7495 meters.
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Villages Must Recalibrate Time to Survive in the Pamir Mountains

by B. Y. Landis 13 April 20167 October 2021

Scientists plan projects this year to help a rugged, troubled region of central Asia retune traditional timekeeping methods based on environmental cues in the face of climate change.

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Mapping Seismic Activity in the Pamir Mountains

by JoAnna Wendel 10 February 20157 October 2021

Researchers plot deformation from 6000 seismic events across the central Asian mountain range to better understand its tectonic history.

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