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Close-up of the palm leaves of Babad Lombok held together by a string threaded through a hole in each page. Each side of the palm leaves shows inscriptions in Old Javanese.
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Stories Scribed on Palm Leaves Help Scientists Understand Ancient Eruption

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 19 December 202219 December 2022

Deposits from the 1257 Samalas eruption may contain artifacts of an ancient kingdom, according to scientists who link volcanology studies with histories written onto palm leaves.

Photograph of the southern flank of the Merapi volcano during a partial collapse
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Drones Discover Hidden Weaknesses of Collapsing Volcanoes

by Clarissa Wright 7 April 20221 June 2022

Understanding buried, hidden zones of structural weaknesses within Indonesia’s Merapi volcano can help to substantially advance our ability to predict catastrophic dome failures.

Two people stand on the edge of a road, looking at a straight crack, representing the surface trace of a fault, the cuts across the road and offsets its painted centerline.
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Striking Out into the Field to Track Slip on the Sumatran Fault

by Karen Lythgoe, Umar Muksin, Arifullah, Andrean Simanjuntak and Shengji Wei 16 March 202223 June 2022

An international team overcame many challenges, including from the COVID-19 pandemic, to deploy a dense seismic network along an understudied fault system that poses hazards to millions in Indonesia.

Satellite image of Anak Krakatau, Indonesia, with one slope covered in sediment.
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Which Came First, the Eruption or the Landslide?

by Saima May Sidik 25 February 202221 July 2022

Anak Krakatau’s eruption was accompanied by a devastating tsunami. But was the eruption to blame?

An inlet of Lake Toba in Indonesia, surrounded by tropical vegetation
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La vida después de una super erupción

by Danielle Beurteaux 9 November 202116 March 2022

Una vez que una erupción volcánica masiva termina, el sistema subyacente puede mantenerse activo por miles de años. Una nueva investigación vislumbra cómo funcionan los ciclos de super erupciones.

An inlet of Lake Toba in Indonesia, surrounded by tropical vegetation
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Life After a Supereruption

by Danielle Beurteaux 27 October 202116 March 2022

Once a massive volcanic eruption is finished, the underlying system can remain active for thousands of years. New research illuminates how supereruption cycles work.

A photo of Agung volcano
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Lava from Bali Volcanoes Offers Window into Earth’s Mantle

by Jon Kelvey 13 August 20212 May 2022

Lava from the Agung and Batur volcanoes provides a near-pristine picture of Earth’s mantle and raises questions about all volcanoes along the Indonesian Sunda Arc and beyond.

Health officials monitor residents with thermometers and disinfectants
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Can Climate Preparedness Mitigate Emerging Pandemics?

by Tim Hornyak 6 November 202024 October 2022

Indonesians say being prepared for climate-related disasters helped blunt the impact of the coronavirus pandemic—and that lessons in resilience may mitigate the effects of climate crises in the future.

The toppled remains of a building on the shore of Palu Bay in Indonesia following a 2018 earthquake and tsunami
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Redes Sociales Ayudan a Revelar la Causa del Tsunami en Indonesia en el 2018

by Aaron Sidder 21 October 20206 October 2021

Videos de Twitter y YouTube ayudaron a los científicos a descubrir los mecanismos físicos que generaron el gran tsunami en Palu Bay después de un terremoto de magnitud 7.5.

The toppled remains of a building on the shore of Palu Bay in Indonesia following a 2018 earthquake and tsunami
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Social Media Helps Reveal Cause of 2018 Indonesian Tsunami

by Aaron Sidder 26 June 202030 August 2022

Videos from Twitter and YouTube helped scientists tease out the physical mechanisms that generated the large tsunami in Palu Bay after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake.

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