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[Seminar] A Brief Introduction to Borneo Marine Research Institute and Coral Reef Research in Sabah

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Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) is one of three research institutes in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It is strategically located along the shoreline of Sepangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, providing easy access to the sea and surrounding habitats. The institute conduct marine and aquaculture research and offer postgraduate degree programmes. Undergraduate teaching of two programmes, marine science and aquaculture is conducted on behalf of Faculty of Science and Natural Resource. Facilities in the institute includes fish and invertebrate hatcheries, marine aquarium and museum, as well as boathouse and jetty.

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[Fireside Chat] Can Plastics to Fuel Technology Resolve the Plastic Waste Problem?

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Of the 300 over million tonnes of plastics produced each year, less than 10 percent gets recycled. What happens to the rest? Some get sent to landfills where, when left to degrade, can leach harmful chemicals that spread into groundwater. Some are washed out through rivers into the oceans where they break down into microplastics that today is found in everything we eat and drink.

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[Insights] Celebrating International Day of Biological Diversity 2019

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Today – Wednesday 22nd May – is the International Day of Biological Diversity 2019. This year’s theme is “Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health”. You can find more information about IDB and the Convention on Biodiversity at their website, https://www.cbd.int/idb/.

Many Singaporeans profess to live to eat, and one of the most frequent questions we get during our nature guided walks around St John’s Island is “this one eh sai jiak bo?” (can this be eaten?).

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[Seminar] The Future of Coral Reefs: Bridging Science to Policy and Knowledge to Action

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Both the value and plight of corals reefs are well established. During the past five decades, researchers have identified the key problems affecting reefs, including sedimentation, pollution, overfishing and climate change. We have also documented extensive losses, with an estimated 50% of reefs having been severely impacted during this period, as a result of human activities. Some reefs are thriving and have demonstrated the capacity for recovery from both local and global level stressors. Others have passed a tipping point and reached an alternate stable state, dominated by algae, and are unlikely to recover without interventions.

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[Seminar] The role of coastal ocean processes in the global carbon cycle: Land Ocean Carbon fluxes and Blue Carbon Burial

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Fossil fuel combustion and changes in patterns of land usage are together adding approximately 10 GT C yr-1 to the atmosphere, of which about half remains in the atmosphere contributing to global warming with the remaining half being taken up by the terrestrial biosphere and the oceans in approximately equal amounts. This major perturbation to the global carbon cycle is set against a much larger natural carbon cycle which our research focus is beginning to turn to understanding.

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