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A new low-latitude loess record unveils the rainfall cycle of the East Asian summer monsoon
A low-latitude loess profile from China revealed the dominant ~20,000-year cycle in rainfall change in the core zone of the East Asian summer monsoon, driven by variation in insolation controlled by precession, and precipitation and temperature variation may not follow the same orbital-scale cycles.
Train Horns Save Hundreds of Lives, Yet Kill Thousands from Noise Exposure
Fatalities at railroad crossings decreased by several hundred (2007-2022), attributable in part to Federally-mandated train horns at crossings. Yet sleep disturbance from railway noise contributes significantly to the burden of disease, causal to thousands of disability-adjusted life years (DALY).
