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Satellite image of tan whisps of clouds over green land. There is brown land to the right and blue ocean to the left.
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Extreme Wildfires Make Their Own Weather

by Elise Cutts 8 March 202313 March 2023

Extreme fires in the western United States and Southeast Asia influenced the local weather in ways that make fires and smoke pollution worse.

Dynamic topography in the Banda arc and Weber Deep.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Transient Mantle Flow Triggers Morphotectonic Activity in Asia

by Claudio Faccenna 8 April 20228 February 2023

Changes in mantle dynamics following the Australian collision in southeast Asia triggered fast and intense morphotectonic activity at the surface.

Under a cloudy sky, numerous blue-tipped sand mining ships dot the green-blue waters of the Mekong River.
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Satellites Spy on Sand Mining in the Mekong

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 21 December 202110 January 2022

Concrete, used in everything from streets to skyscrapers, needs sand, often mined from active rivers in developing countries with little oversight. Researchers can now use satellites to keep watch.

Slash-and-burn agriculture in Laos
Posted inResearch Spotlights

农事用火加剧东南亚空气污染

by Terri Cook 2 November 202121 March 2022

农事用火和森林采伐用火对贫困人口的影响过大,减少这些用火每年可帮助防止5.9万人过早死亡。

Slash-and-burn agriculture in Laos
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Fires Lit for Agriculture Boost Air Pollution in Southeast Asia

by Terri Cook 8 October 20216 January 2023

Reducing fires lit for agricultural management and deforestation, which unduly affect poorer populations, could help prevent 59,000 premature deaths per year.

Plot showing volume transport changes in the AMOC and ITF in response to an abrupt quadrupling of carbon-dioxide occurring in year 0
Posted inEditors' Highlights

What Causes Centennial Changes in the Indonesian Throughflow?

by J. Sprintall 11 January 202112 January 2022

Transient long-term changes in the strength of the Indonesian Throughflow are unexpectedly linked to circulation changes in the remote high-latitude North Atlantic.

The Sun sets over a rice field in Cambodia.
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Will Rising Temperatures Make Rice Too Toxic?

by N. Ogasa 9 December 202028 February 2023

Greenhouse experiments reveal how higher temperatures act to elevate arsenic levels in rice and may help focus efforts to solve a crisis threatening food systems around the world.

Gold dome of Shwedagon Pagoda dominates the skyline
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A Golden Opportunity to Save Shwedagon Pagoda’s Acclaimed Dome

by Richard J. Sima 10 July 20206 January 2023

The dome is replaced every 5 years, and researchers are studying how to make the gold more durable.

Steam and smoke from a factory in China
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Pollution over Southeast Asia May Threaten Ozone Health

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 27 October 201729 March 2022

Emissions of short-lived chlorine-based chemicals that deplete ozone are increasing worldwide. But over some regions of Asia, these chemicals may be on a fast track to the ozone layer.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improving Indian Summer Monsoon Prediction

by L. Strelich 20 November 201514 June 2022

A new study analyzes temperature and moisture variations in different layers of the atmosphere to improve forecasting of Indian summer monsoon precipitation patterns.

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