A URECA study with Asst Prof Edward Park at NIE gave ASE student Ang Wei Jing the opportunity to study the world’s largest river, the Amazon. With her project “Remote Sensing of Rivers” she won the URECA Research Excellence Award, and now she is publishing her results in a top journal.
Every year in CoS, PhD students defend their thesis, earning their doctorate which is the highest qualification in university. Science@NTU caught up with Dr Constance Chua from the Asian School of Environmental (ASE) about her PhD experience.
Scientists from ASE’s Marine Biogeochemistry Lab have discovered interesting patterns in ocean acidification linked to Singapore’s monsoon seasons. Using stable isotopes they were able to trace the path of carbon atoms from land to sea and air in and around Singapore.
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Prof Simon Redfern and his team show that subduction zones can be carbon sinks, contributing to the long-term storage of carbon in the deep Earth and thereby keeping it from re-entering the atmosphere as CO2. The flows of carbon between the Earth’s crust and the atmosphere are important processes regulating global atmospheric CO2 concentration.
EXPLORE! Grant awardees Roy Tan and Grace Tay will use novel techniques to achieve more accurate and efficient sampling of water and detection of marine microplastics and diatoms.
Two recent papers published in Nature Geoscience by researchers from ASE and the EOS Geodesy group shine new light on the geological processes leading up to earthquakes that can generate devastating tsunamis. In view of the new findings, earthquake and tsunami risk assessment need to be revised for coastlines near subduction zones in Asia and worldwide.
Conversion of forest to agricultural land is one of the biggest threats to wildlife in Asia. ASE PhD student Anushka Rege has investigated the potential of cashew plantations in India as habitat for wild animals, showing that though forests remain irreplaceable, cashew plantations could serve as a supplementary habitat for local animals, if well-managed.
Congratulations to ASE student Chai Min Wei, a final year geoscience student who recently took part in NTU Peak, and was part of the team awarded Best Ideation.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including Associate Professor Federico Lauro (PI) and Assistant Professor Patrick Martin (Co-I) from ASE, have been awarded the NERC-NRF SEAP research grant to study marine microplastic waste in Southeast Asia.
With the use of online advertising and news coverage, Assistant Professor Janice Lee, Dr. Hunter Doughty and co-authors bring to light the potential of strategic online advertising as a tool for promoting more sustainable consumer choices.