Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows. The study, published in the journal Nature, was carried out by an international team led by Brazil’s National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), the University of Exeter, and Nanyang Technological University.
Black soldier flies – Possible solution to sustainable food production?
A strong inter-disciplinary team of researchers from NUS and NTU seeks to develop a blueprint for an urban system like Singapore to integrate food waste management and sustainable food production via black soldier flies (BSF), with their relevant expertise in insect rearing, urban design, sustainability as well as food safety and nutrition.
First-ever NTU BioBlitz led to ASE students winning the Mr & Mrs Kwok Chin Yan Award for Student Initiative 2021
Last year (AY20/21), current year 4 EESS Ecology students Alexis Goh and Tay Li Si led Earthlink NTU’s Nature Guiding committee as the Co-Directors. They planned and executed several events to engage the NTU community to discover our...
ASE students research on plastic pollution and marine health in Singapore waters
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.
Can Plantations Provide Supplementary Habitat for Wildlife in the Face of Deforestation? – A Case Study from India
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.
ASE faculty awarded project approval under Joint Genome Institute’s Community Science Program
The Joint Genome Institute’s (JGI) highly competitive Community Science Program has recently awarded project approval to Assistant Professor Adriana Lopes dos Santos of the Asian School of the Environment (ASE) for a new research venture on unicellular green algae.
Impact of Climate & Land Use Change Override Natural History in Influence on Forest Ecosystems, Global Study Shows
Global climatic and land-use changes are the factors that most strongly influence change in terrestrial ecosystems today, shows a recent global study published in Nature Communications co-authored by ASE researchers Dr Kenny Png and Professor David Wardle.
ASE undergrad Alexis Goh Regional Winner in The Global Undergraduate Awards 2020 with CN Yang wildlife camera trap study
Congratulations to ASE undergraduate Ms. Alexis Goh, who has been recognized by the Global Undergraduate Awards 2020 as a Highly Commended entrant and Regional winner for Asia in the Earth & Environmental Sciences category!
Is this stool taken? – On Dung Beetle-Megafauna Trophic Networks
Ong Xin Rui has just started her PhD on dung beetles and their feeding networks working in the Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab at ASE with Assistant Professor Eleanor Slade. In the last month, she has been awarded the Nanyang President’s Graduate Scholarship, and kicked off her PhD with a publication. Congratulations!
David Wardle Elected New Member of Academia Europaea
ASE Professor David Wardle has been elected as a Foreign Member to the Academia Europaea in their 2020 round. Academia Europaea is a prestigious pan-European Academy with the purpose of “…advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages.”