A Note on Imbricated Granite Boulders on NW Penang Island, Malaysia: Tsunami or Storm Origin?
The Batu Feringgi area (N coast, Penang Island), with a high concentration of beach hotels, is critical to the tourist economy of Malaysia. Three large imbricated granite boulders ...
Estimating the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Wave Height and Period from Boulders’ Distribution at Pakarang Cape, Thailand
We propose a numerical method to estimate the local wave height and period of a tsunami from the distributions of boulders. The method was applied to boulders (<23 t) at Pakarang C...
Hydrological droughts in the 21st century, hotspots and uncertainties from a global multimodel ensemble experiment
Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are expected to modify the global water cycle with significant consequences for terrestrial hydrology. We assess the...
Multimodel seasonal forecasting of global drought onset
The capability of seasonal forecasting of global drought onset at local scales (1°) has been investigated using multiple climate models with 110 realizations. Climate models incre...
A 400-year record of hydroclimate variability and local ENSO history in northern Southeast Asia inferred from tree-ring d18O
We present here a chronology of tree ring cellulose d18O for the period 1588–2002 based on individual measurements of seven Fokienia hodginsii trees growing in northern Laos. Res...
Application of the Destination Sustainability Framework to explore the drivers of vulnerability and resilience in Thailand following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
The impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on multiple tourism destinations was a striking reminder of the vulnerability of tourism-dependent destination communities to shocks and...
Recent increase in high tropical cyclone heat potential area in the Western North Pacific Ocean
The Main Development Region (MDR) for tropical cyclones (TCs) in the western North Pacific Ocean is the most active TC region in the world. Based on synergetic analyses of satellit...
Tsunami Source of the 2010 Mentawai, Indonesia Earthquake Inferred from Tsunami Field Survey and Waveform Modeling
The 2010 Mentawai earthquake (magnitude 7.7) generated a destructive tsunami that caused more than 500 casualties in the Mentawai Islands, west of Sumatra, Indonesia. Seismological...
Recent tsunamis events and preparedness: Development of tsunami awareness in Indonesia, Chile and Japan
Since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, there is a growing awareness of the risks that tsunamis pose to coastal communities. Despite the fact that the population of some countries suc...
Navjot's nightmare revisited: logging, agriculture, and biodiversity in Southeast Asia
In 2004, Navjot Sodhi and colleagues warned that logging and agricultural conversion of Southeast Asia's forests were leading to a biodiversity disaster. We evaluate this predictio...
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Along the National Road 32 of Vietnam Using GIS-Based J48 Decision Tree Classifier and Its Ensembles
The main objective of this study is to compare the results of decision tree classifier and its ensembles for landslide susceptibility assessment along the National Road 32 of Vietn...
Earthquake Activities in the Thailand-Laos-Myanmar Border Region: A Statistical Approach
A large number of earthquakes have been recorded by instrument in the past along the Thailand-Laos-Myanmar border region. However, the locations of most of these earthquakes do not...
A comprehensive drought monitoring method integrating MODIS and TRMM data
Drought is a complex hazard caused by the breaking of water balance and it has always an impact on agricultural, ecological and socio-economic spheres. Although the drought indices...
Evolving Multi-Parameter Monitoring Network in Mayon Volcano, Philippines
Mayon is the most active Philippine volcano, having erupted 49 times since its ?rst recorded activity in 1616. Its gamut of eruptive behavior spans small but hazardous hydrovolcani...