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Month: November 2019

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The East Asian monsoon is many millions of years older than we thought

by Alex Farnsworth on Wednesday November 13th, 2019

The East Asian monsoon covers much of the largest continent on Earth leading to rain in the summer in Japan, the Koreas and lots of China. Ultimately, more than 1.5 billion people depend on the water it provides for agriculture, industry and hydroelectric power. Understanding the monsoon is essential. That is why colleagues and I …

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Inspiring the next generation

by Alex Farnsworth on Friday November 1st, 2019

Shortly after arriving back in China, our very own Bob Spicer was asked to speak at a Kunming primary school around the general topic of Tibet, Monsoons and Biodiversity in Asia. He was told beforehand that the children would be aged around 10 and that the talk was part of an afternoon of interesting the …

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