Anna Lagerstroem | Science @ NTU

Accelerating Sea Level Rise Could Drown Mangroves 30 years From Now Unless Carbon Emissions are Cut

by Anna Lagerstroem | Jun 17, 2020

A recent publication in Science, co-authored by ASE chair/EOS PI Prof Benjamin Horton, shows that vast areas of mangroves are under threat from sea level rise, which may cause the mangroves to drown by 2050 unless we curb climate change by cutting carbon emissions. The study surveyed 78 sites in the tropics and subtropics around the globe, using paleorecords of mangrove growth and sea level rise to predict the future of these ecologically and economically important ecosystems.

New Opinion Piece by Profs Horton and Horton in Today Online: Can we pass the green test post Covid-19?

by Anna Lagerstroem | May 30, 2020

Could the pandemic offer an opportunity for humankind to hit the reset button and address the environmental crisis and the climate emergency? This is what ASE Chair Prof Benjamin Horton and his father Peter Horton, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, suggest in an opinion piece in Today Online.

Tier 3 to ASE/EOS Prof Horton and Collaborators: Southeast Asia SEA-level Program – towards home-grown expertise on sea level science and policy

by Anna Lagerstroem | May 8, 2020

The SouthEast Asia SEA-level program, led by Prof Benjamin Horton, sets out to produce world class interdisciplinary sea-level science focused on Southeast Asia and framed to promote resilient coastal cities and communities in Singapore and the surrounding region. An important goal of the program is to train a home-grown scientific community that can respond to Singapore and Southeast Asia’s need for future sea-level projections and their interpretation, that is both the scientific basis and its translation into policy.

Volcanic Crystals Reveal Time Scale of Volcanic Plumbing System Processes

by Anna Lagerstroem | May 7, 2020

Time scales of volcanic processes leading up to a volcanic eruption is a key part of the puzzle to predict volcanic eruptions, and this is the special interest of ASE Assoc Prof and EOS Interim Director Fidel Costa. In a recent article in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, he outlines the technique of diffusion chronometry, where volcanic crystals are used as time capsules that, for those who know how to read them, can reveal the time scale of underground magmatic processes of a volcano.

New NRF Fellow Asst Prof Perrine Hamel uses nature to design sustainable cities

by Anna Lagerstroem | May 5, 2020

As a densely populated city on a small island, Singapore is no stranger to urban planning; on the contrary, it has been a key part of the growth of Singapore, enabling housing of an increasing population and growing industry while still preserving sizeable green areas.

Key to Corals’ Bleaching Susceptibility Lies in their Diet

by Anna Lagerstroem | Apr 21, 2020

Climate change and warming oceans are major threats to coral reefs and can cause widespread coral bleaching. As coral scientists and conservationists work against the clock to restore and preserve coral reefs, new research has revealed some corals have a secret to help them tolerate climate change.

Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award 2020 to Prof David Wardle

by Anna Lagerstroem | Apr 17, 2020

Congratulations to ASE Professor David Wardle, who has been announced as the 2020 recipient of the Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The Whittaker Award recognizes an ecologist with an outstanding record of contributions in ecology who is not a U.S. citizen and who resides outside the United States.

ASE Chair Prof Benjamin Horton Elected To International Climate Panel

by Anna Lagerstroem | Mar 15, 2020

Professor Benjamin Horton, Chair of ASE, has been elected to serve as a member of World Climate Research Programme’s Grand Challenge of Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR).

Assoc Prof Adam Switzer new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the CCOP and leading a Singapore team for an International IAEA wetland project

by Anna Lagerstroem | Feb 17, 2020

Associate Professor Adam Switzer has been selected as the new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the Coordinating Committee for Geosciences Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP).

Mystery of the Asian monsoon’s historic unresponsiveness to glaciation in East Asia set straight in new study from ASE/EOS

by Anna Lagerstroem | Feb 17, 2020

The Asian monsoon is the world’s largest weather system and affects the lives and livelihoods of about half the world’s population. Current human-induced climate change is affecting the Asian monsoon and causing it to change in various ways, with potentially huge socioeconomic consequences.