Asia
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Environment
Ancient climate patterns help to improve predictions of monsoon changes in South Asia
The south slope of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Medog County, July. Credit: Guo Zhun South Asian Summer Monsoon (SASM) is the world’s most important monsoon system, providing about 80% of the region’s annual rainfall. Agriculture, water safety, and livelihoods of over 1 billion people on the Indian Peninsula, West Indochina Peninsula, South Qingdao – Tibet Plateau. Due to the widespread impact of…
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Earth
Climate warming increases the risk of flooding from rain rain events in alpine Asia, research finds
Rainy Rain Flood Risk (Rosflood). Credit: NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science (2025). doi:10.1038/s41612-025-00943-y A recent study led by Professor Chen Yanning of the New Jiang Institute of Ecology and Geography at the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that climate warming has increased flood risk from rainline (ROS) events in Alpine Asia. This study, published in NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science,…
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Science
The discovery of Kina technology challenges the view of ancient human development in East Asia
Kina technology was discovered in Europe decades ago, but has never been discovered in East Asia before. Credit: Ben Marwick The Mid-Lestic Age is considered a dynamic period in European and African history, but is generally considered a static period in East Asia. New research at the University of Washington challenges that perception. Researchers have discovered the complete Kina technical…
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Environment
Identifying highly skilled ensemble members could boost extreme cold forecasts in East Asia
Beijing snow and winter jasmine during the cold wave on March 18th, 2022. Credit: su jingzhi Seasonal to seasonal forecasts play an important role in the early warning of extreme weather events and disaster risk prevention, but their predictive capabilities are still limited. Extremely cold events in East Asia cause widespread disasters in the form of cold temperatures and snow,…
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Earth
Treering records reveal changes in drought based on climates in Europe and Asia
It is possible that rising global temperatures contribute to drought conditions in the 21st century, including the 2017 drought at Lago de la Ducesa, Italy, depicted here. Credits: Pamela Trisolino, EGU, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Determining the extent to which drought conditions change worldwide is due to natural aquatic fluctuations, and the extent to which climate change is caused is a…
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Environment
Study provides refined estimates of permafrost loss in Alpine Asia due to future warming
The permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is thawing, leading to recession. Credit: Jie Jiang Permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has thawed. Credit: Jiang Jie Climate models are important for predicting future changes caused by greenhouse gas emissions and can guide policy decisions regarding climate mitigation. However, some of the latest climate models, particularly the latest generation set, are considered “too…
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