The Asia region harbors exceptional chondrichthyan (shark, ray, and chimaera) diversity but faces intense fishing pressure. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process provides a collaborative, evidence-based framework to identify critical habitats and inform spatial management. We assessed ISRAs across the Bay of Bengal, Southeast Asia, and the Northwest Pacific to characterize their extent, ecological significance, and...

Literature reviews have become increasingly prominent in scientific discourse; however, few have critically examined the geographic distribution of research, particularly in the field of biometeorology, where studies remain disproportionately concentrated in the Global North. Building on previous regional reviews and special issues, this paper critically examines geographic disparities in publication trends, authorship, and me...

The Indian Summer Monsoon typically begins over Northeast India (NEI) about 2 weeks earlier than monsoon onset over Kerala, extending the rainy season in NEI to around 150 days. This early onset is strongly linked to planetary‐scale processes, particularly interactions with extratropical Rossby waves. These waves facilitate the downward and southward intrusion of potential vorticity, which triggers low‐level cyclonic vorticity...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms Have been linked to cognitive functioning. However, the impact of PTSD and depression on cognitive functioning, especially among middle-aged urban adults, is not well understood. Cross-sectional data were analyzed from 1434 participants from the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span study. We used multivariable adjusted linear regression a...