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18-year moon cycle can cause 30 cm rise in sea level in the South China Sea with consequences for extreme tides and storm surge

22 Mar 2019

Hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia, live in low-lying coastal societies that are vulnerable to extreme sea level events. The impact of events such as mean sea level...

ASE Fruits Fiesta March 2019

20 Mar 2019

#10YearsOfEarth challenge by Data Science in EESS students

19 Mar 2019

The #10yearchallenge has been a major thing in social media since early 2019, with people posting photos of themselves today and 10 years ago for comparison. With all the hype...

ASE student Regine Tiong Hui Yi wins best poster award at the URECA poster competition for seaweed-microbe study

18 Mar 2019

Our warmest congratulations to ASE student Ms Regine Tiong Hui Yi for winning the best poster award at NTU's URECA program poster competition in the category Natural and Environmental Science...

Prof Horton on new UN GEO report in the Straits Times: Despite prosperity, Singapore not isolated from environmental problems in the region

15 Mar 2019

The effects of human-induced environmental change around South-east Asia do not recognize human borders, and it is inevitable that environmental problems in neighboring countries, such as peat burning, will impact...

New National Sea Level Program launched by Centre for Climate Research in anticipation of future sea level rise

13 Mar 2019

According to Channel News Asia, The Centre for Climate Research Singapore, a research division of the Meteorological Service Singapore, is launching a National Sea Level Programme to improve knowledge on...

Hot future careers in environmental science according to NTU Magazine Hey!

11 Mar 2019

Good news for our students: the future holds hot career opportunities for environmental scientists. When NTU Magazine Hey! lists 15 hot jobs of the future, two are in environmental science:...

International Women's Day March 8th

07 Mar 2019

Surprisingly high consumption of “antelope horn” products from critically endangered saiga antelope in Singapore

07 Mar 2019

A recent study by ASE’s Asst Prof Janice Lee and colleagues found that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products containing horn from the critically endangered saiga antelope are consumed by as...

Professor Benjamin Horton in Today Online: Why Antarctic ice loss is a concern for Singapore

04 Mar 2019

What does the melting of an Antarctic iceberg have to do with Singapore? In Singapore we don’t really feel the rising global temperature and may feel immune to the effects...

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