Nature Geoscience, Published online: 14 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02046-6

A strong seasonal cycle shifts the tropical rain band towards symmetry by amplifying southern rainfall during austral summer through heating and ocean–atmosphere feedback, helping to explain persistent climate model biases, according to model simulations.

Nature Geoscience, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41561-026-02043-9

The extent of Indian continental underthrusting beneath Western Tibet influences its moderate-to-rapid exhumation, relative to slow exhumation in Central Tibet, according to thermochronological data and exhumation history modelling.