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Photo taken from the International Space Station of Shikoku Island and other parts of Japan
Posted inResearch Spotlights

An Innovative Approach for Investigating Subduction Slip Budgets

by David Shultz 19 February 202118 January 2022

A new 3D model offers a state-of-the-art look at the full spectrum of slip behaviors in the Nankai subduction zone off Japan.

Map of south and southeast Asia showing the near-surface origins of ‘fast’ airmass trajectories connecting the surface and the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Measurements of Ozone-Depleting Chemicals in the Asian Monsoon

by William J. Randel 10 February 202119 September 2022

New high-altitude aircraft observations identify unexpected high levels of halogen-containing species entering the stratosphere above the summertime Asian monsoon.

Researchers walk atop the banks of an ancient canal in the Kazakh desert.
Posted inNews

Drought, Not War, Felled Some Ancient Asian Civilizations

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 28 January 20218 March 2023

Radiocarbon dating, luminescent sand grains, and climate records point to drought as the reason for the civilizations’ demise.

Satellite image of the Bering Strait
Posted inNews

Overturning in the Pacific May Have Enabled a “Standstill” in Beringia

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 21 January 20212 September 2022

During the last glacial period, a vanished ocean current may have made the land bridge between Asia and the Americas into a place where humans could wait out the ice.

A scene from a Japanese picture scroll depicting the 1855 Edo earthquake
Posted inNews

Kabuki Actor’s Forgotten Manuscript Yields Clues About 1855 Quake in Japan

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 8 September 20206 December 2021

Researchers analyzed a survivor’s account of the disaster to better understand future temblors.

Map showing an example of how chemical signature informs the dynamics of the Asian Summer Monsoon flow pattern
Posted inEditors' Highlights

When Chemistry Lends a Hand to Dynamics

by C. Zhang 25 August 202029 March 2022

Chemical signature and chemical transport analyses help understand the dynamics of the Asian Summer Monsoon.

Tokyo skyline
Posted inNews

The First Undeniable Climate Change Deaths

by D. Merino 18 August 20206 December 2021

In 2018 in Japan, more than 1,000 people died during an unprecedented heat wave. In 2019, scientists proved it would have been impossible without global warming.

Satellite image of Typhoon Hagibis approaching Japan
Posted inNews

Typhoons Getting Stronger, Making Landfall More Often

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 12 August 20209 March 2023

New research shows a growing threat from Pacific storms amid climate change.

Map of the world showing trajectories that transport water from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Perspective on a Classic Climate Conundrum

by Alessandra Giannini 6 August 202012 January 2022

The Lagrangian method applied to tracking water transport between the Atlantic and Pacific basins reveals a larger contribution by mid-latitude westerly winds across Eurasia than previously thought.

Photograph and heat map plot of a spontaneously combusting coal-mine waste heap in Myanmar heating up to 91.5 degrees Celsius
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Citizen Science Reduces Risks from Combusting Coal-Mine Wastes

by K. Hudson-Edwards 17 July 20206 January 2023

A community-based citizen science study on spontaneously combusting coal-mine waste heaps in Myanmar underpins the development of risk management plans to protect individuals and communities.

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