Category Archives: Research Articles
The following are some Research Articles on Environment issues.
There are summaries of International Reports (United Nations/ WWF reports) on Climate change, Food & water distribution in the world and Overfishing etc.
Some articles share thoughts on the Environment.
Little Climate and NASA Children website
I’ll share 2 excellent website about Climate change in this post. [ The websites are children-friendly and provides good info for adults and children alike.] 1. Little Climate Website: www.littleclimate.com The above is a nice, humorous and knowledgeable ebook to read on Climate Change. … Continue reading
NASA Article: “An unrecognizable Arctic” (2013)
NASA’s website has a lot of good information on the science of Climate change: http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ In 2013, NASA published an Article with a detail description of the extend of Arctic Sea Ice melt. An unrecognizable Arctic: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/958/an-unrecognizable-arctic/ Extracts from the article: … Continue reading
Share Straits Time Article and PNAS report (Mar 2016)
On 25 Mar, Straits Time published an Article on Climate Change “Meat the Culprit” http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/meat-the-culprit The Article shows that Livestock sector is a major generator of Green house gases and that a global switch to diets that includes less meat and … Continue reading
WWF Earth hour 2016
WWF is organizing Earth Hour on a Global scale on 19 Mar.(Sat) Earth Hour 2016 video: (3 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTuotGlZj60 The Future starts today video: (3 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxhHhyjcTmo Earth Hour official website: https://www.earthhour.org/ Take Action on Climate change: https://www.earthhour.org/take-action …… … Continue reading
Updates from UN COP21 Paris Conference (2015)
Envoys from 190 countries gathered in Paris in Nov to Dec 2015 to attend United Nations Climate Change Conference (UN COP21). Over 140 countries out of the 190 participating countries had filed their contributions – setting either five-year or 10-year … Continue reading
USA, China, European Union pledges to cut GHG emissions (2014)
In Nov 2014, USA and China has strike a deal on carbon cuts to limit the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions of their country. The World emits about 50 GtCO2 annually. (50 Gigatons of CO2 = 50 Billion tons of … Continue reading
Share info from Dr Jane GoodAll’s website
I recently wrote a short report on “The Jane Effect” – a public lecture organized by NTU Earth Link in Feb 2015. Earth Society members attended the event and were inspired by Dr Jane GoodAll, a famous primatologist and environmentalist. … Continue reading
WWF Climate Change Talk & Earth Hour 2015
WWF Singapore is organizing a Climate Change talk on 21 Mar 2015: 21 Mar (Sat) Climate change Talk – by Mr Sandeep Chamling Rai 1.30 to 3 pm @ Botany Center/ Singapore Botanic Gardens. Anyone who is interested can register for … Continue reading
Dry Spells, Droughts and Global Warming (2014)
We are now facing abnormal weather patterns in Singapore. From Jan till mid-Mar this year, Singapore is under a “Dry Spell” and received record low rainfall. In Jan 2014, we received just 75.4 mm of rainfall. [Long-term average: 242.4mm] [ … Continue reading
Earth Hour 2014 (Singapore)
WWF is organizing an Earth Hour Lights-off event on 29 Mar 2014 (Sat) at The Float @ Marina Bay. This year, WWF has invited the Spider-man team to lead in the Lights-off. Earth Hour 2014 Super hero Ambassador: [2 mins] … Continue reading